Category Archives: practical jokes

Be nice to the spanners

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Tim

Have lost contact with the muse recently and got entangled in the Wire. All 5 series seen now, and I feel like Jimmy Mc Nulty after a wake at Kavanagh’s bar. Still it’s a great show. Anyway back to blogging. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cadets, From the ship, On the ship, deck and engine room, oil and water, pinch of salt required, practical jokes | 3 Comments

Wind up’s

Posted on July 9, 2007 by Tim

On the long voyages on big VLCC’s where you have 3 or 4 weeks of a voyage between the Persian Gulf and Aruba around the cape things tended to get a bit monotonous, this was in the days before internet … Continue reading →

Posted in From the ship, deck and engine room, practical jokes | 4 Comments