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Originally Posted by Mendip
Were the fillings near the gumline ?
As we get older our gums recede (hence the saying "getting long in the tooth") and the portion of tooth now exposed is much softer than the extremity.
I had this problem myself and now take my dentist's advice to brush with a toothpaste that has much more fluoride.
I knew you had a Samsung flagship phone as do I. I was having some fun with our buddy Mr. CRT ootai. I mean imagine scrolling up and down....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
That said I do take most pictures upright because I do most everything one handed meaning I just don't want to stop and turn the phone sideways and take photos unless it's really necessary. I moved the shutter button to the left about 1/3 way up screen and I can snap photos fast. This keeps my other hand free to hold my cocktail. :)
FTFY.Quote:
Originally Posted by JPPR2
Killing me here. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JPPR2
The Norwegian marine crew do 4 weeks rotations and they all changed out on Wednesday. The Filipinos tend to do 8 week rotations and a couple changed out on Wednesday, including my favourite stewardess, sadly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saint Willy
The POB is down to around 30 now and it feels like a ghost ship.
Yeah, they were all close to the gum line. I've been getting a few indications that I'm getting old lately, and this must be another. :02:Quote:
Originally Posted by Latindancer
The ROV finally came onboard yesterday afternoon, everything was made ship shape and Bristol fashion and we were ready to leave.
And finally the gangway was stowed.
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This chap turned up in his van to release the mooring lines...
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... and we immediately drifted away from the quayside.
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The skipper applied his thrusters and we departed Haugesund at 16:23!
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Away we went.
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These boats are incredibly manoeuvrable and the skipped steered her out of the quay, around the promontory and out into open sea.
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Goodbye Norway!
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This may be a good time to show our voyage.
Our destination is Istanbul, which should take us around two weeks... depending on the weather. The ship will be averaging a little over 11 knots.
Don't worry Ootai, we're not sailing off the bottom of the world... just scroll down a bit.
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I was slightly economical with the truth in my last post for dramatic effect... after we left the Killingøy quayside and I'd gone to bed, we called in for bunkering at Karmøy. I think 600 cubic metres of MGO was taken on, and we left the bunkering station around midnight.
Voyage - Day 1
At the start of my shift we were here...
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I've also discovered that we have to call in at Great Yarmouth to pick up some equipment. Thankfully we won't be going alongside as a MOB boat will bring the equipment out to us. This is good news and I'm sure that anyone who has been to Great Yarmouth will agree... it's better to be seen from afar.
It should take around a day and a half to reach Great Yarmouth, or maybe a bit longer. We've started this voyage with a beam on 30 knot wind and I really hope the skipper slows down a bit... we have 4 to 5m seas and this is very unpleasant indeed.
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But I didn't get where I am today by complaining!
The early morning Norwegian coastline off our port side... my next view of land will be Old Blighty, for the first time in a year.
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Actually I do not need to hold my junk so you "fixed" nothing for me... I think you know why :). My free hand is for Beer or drinks or flipping steak on my BBQ........Quote:
Originally Posted by Cujo
Hey Mendy, Snap off some photos of Sicily as you go by. Wife and I plan on going there next year (Covid dependant of course) to look at villas and see some family. Could be our end game after FIL moves on.
Just for that I hope the weather stays rough all the way you cretin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
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Not really hope you have a safe and enjoyable trip.
^ I'll add it to the list JP and see what I can do... but can't promise anything.
Don't take my red arrows too literally as I may have routed us across a few small islands. Hopefully the skipper will take better care.
I don't know how wide the sea is between Tunisia and Sicily but I'm hoping for a pic of Mount Etna with maybe a cloud of ash spewing out... a full-on eruption would be good!
Are all the Norgie shielas so easy to get along with or just that one? Askin for a friend.
we got back to my hotel room all she wanted to do was take it up the starfish. The Scandinavians are very imancipated and this was quite a shock to my niave, younger self, and it must have made quite an impression on me to remember the incident so clearly 25 years later. I won't say how the night turned out but it's certainly not
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Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker
Early January 1973, my very first night in Arctic Norway. It was a Saturday, and the nearby village had a dance on in the village hall. The only source of alcohol was a cafe attached to a petrol station on the main road, and (very) expensive beer only. Of course, we had our 'instant party kits' with us, holdalls with duty free spirits and cassette players. Anyway, I trapped a lady and went back to her place, another village about 30 kms away. She had an apartment in the basement of a typical Norwegian wooden house, and in the morning took me upstairs for a breakfast of cheese, bread and strong coffee. What was unusual was her mother and father joined us, which in my experience wasn't the norm for a 'one night stand'. She had to leave that afternoon to return to Bodo where she was training to be a nurse. Never saw her again.
I gotta say Mendy, that's a pretty good steam from port of origin to Istanbul. Will you be stopping to survey on the way or is it a straight shot to port?
^ Apart from a brief stop at Great Yarmouth it's a direct steam to Istanbul to mobilise for the Black Sea work.
There's no survey personnel onboard (apart from my good self) and only 3 ROV guys to do some work on the vehicle, so we've no capability to do any survey work. I'm only here because I can no longer work in the Norwegian office due to Brexit.
The company are looking for more work in the area while the vessel's in the area. They can bid cheaper since while the vessel is in that part of the world the mobilisation costs are vastly reduced. They've already picked up a 5 day cable route survey in the Aegean between Italy and Albania. Hopefully there will be more.
I'd rather not talk about it. She was quite a bit older than me and not the prettiest girl (woman) in the club. I don't know what I was thinking, to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker
The evils of alcohol.
Grab a granny, eh Mendip?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
And hit her in the Gary :) He's a class act!!Quote:
Originally Posted by nidhogg
We've all been there.
Anyway, who wants to see a nice picture?!!
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I know we've been here before, but I would definitely be baiting up and dangling a rod in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
^ We're doing 11 knots mate... and it's cold out there!
Let's see if they can find it first :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
Aahhh... I should have maybe said The Adriatic!
I knew it began with an 'A'.
Another entertaining post, closely helmed by Master Mariner Mendip.
I'm presuming when surveying the planned course is followed by the ship, steered at the bridge, and you monitor the SUV feed in real-time.
When you are surveying, if you spot something of interest, do you pilot the SUV or are there dedicated SUV operators ?
Do you concentrate directly below the SUV, or are looking ahead/either side?
How far either side of the course can the SUV go off the planned survey route, if allowed, prior to informing the bridge?
Thanks.
^ that comes across more as an interrogation, you forgot to include who long Mendip has to respond, with the correct answers of course. :)
I see mendip has neatly diverted attention from "grandmagate"