Same shit, different ship

[Airportwo]

Give her a break Mendy, it has simply gotten hotter and more humid each day you have been gone. Smart kid if you ask me. We have told our housekeeper she can use the guest suite with air conditioning its so bad.

Your not wrong! open the window and let the 40+ heat in or AC, smart kid, been Brutally hot this year, no rain since Oct ...

[Airportwo]

^Norwegians don't generally take well to flavour..

I spent some time around Norsky rig catering, perfectly edible utterly tasteless food, they get wild with the "white sauce" at times, just to add more tastelessness to the food.

[Shutree]

I see from the photo that the window is closed which means that the daughter has sneaked the aircon on.

I thought you loved her! It is life-threateningly hot here, she needs aircon 24/7.

[Reg Dingle]

Filipina stewardesses are in their 20s, they will see you as an oldie. You're about the same age range as their parents

Great Grandparents where Mendy is from

[bsnub]

Gotta hand it to Mendy. He got out of LOS just in time to miss the heatwave.

[Stumpy]

Gotta hand it to Mendy. He got out of LOS just in time to miss the heatwave.

Gotta tell ya Snubs, heat versus cold? I will take heat anyday. Nothing worse then frozen fingers, ears and toes and snot.

Plus no sun and always adding clothes to go out and taking it all off when you get back. Here it's HOT. Get up and put on my O'Neil Hybrid shorts and T shirt and enjoy the day. Flop in the pool to cool a bit.

[Mendip]

^ A bit overdressed?

If it was a real heatwave you should just be wearing your silk wicking boxers and nothing else!

I prefer heat over cold but it's really nice to escape the heat and humidity for a while... and we have plenty of sun at the moment although I see it rarely due to my night shift. I wouldn't want to live in the cold permanently but it's a nice relief for a while... and I get paid to boot.

[bsnub]

Gotta tell ya Snubs, heat versus cold? I will take heat anyday.

Not me. I like the cold and a nice rainstorm. A big reason why I probably never made it to LOS. I do not do well in heat and humidity, but a nice chilly day, yes please.

Nothing worse then frozen fingers, ears and toes and snot.

LOL, the weather in Napa in 9 days is highs in the seventies. To me, that is nice, comfortable weather.

Here it's HOT.

Ya no, thanks.

[Stumpy]

If it was a real heatwave you should just be wearing your silk wicking boxers and nothing else!

Lazada on holiday for Songkran. But I gotta say, my wife would burn them upon arrival.

[Stumpy]

Ya no, thanks.

I lived in Henderson Las Vegas. For a few years. The heat in Thailand is pretty easy. 110 to 115 is pretty smoking hot.

Honestly Thailand Temps aren't bad. Usually in California it hits 100+ frequently so its the same in many respects.

[Stumpy]

I wouldn't want to live in the cold permanently but it's a nice relief for a while... and I get paid to boot

Win Win Mendy. I will be in California in a week or so and it's cool. I will enjoy my morning walk through the Vineyards on my way to the coffee shop. That said, look forward to my return home.

[david44]

that's not a porthole you fibber

I was worried it might be Candyman's colonoscopy by Blackpool Hospital for chronic Onanism

The rest are wonderful views of places I recall from my Scandi days, Thais don't realize the thaw leads to slush and grit or as Scots call it character, At that time every farm had a still , I guess harder to track in 1970s even then taxes were mouth watering.

[bsnub]

I lived in Henderson Las Vegas.

Dry heat with low humidity. I can actually handle that.

The heat in Thailand is pretty easy.

No its not. High humidity is a nightmare. I dealt with it on business trips I took to the US south. Always glad when I got away from that hell.

Honestly Thailand Temps aren't bad.

Usually in California it hits 100+ frequently so its the same in many respects.

For a like a month in August. Come on dude.

[VocalNeal]

If it was a real heatwave you should just be wearing your silk wicking boxers and nothing else!

Ships engine room in the tropics

[Topper]

Ships engine room in the tropics

with a steam leak...

[david44]

with a steam leak...

After hot dish like Curry Kapitan and a snaps chaser

Chicken Curry Kapitan Recipe | Daily Cooking Quest

[CalEden]

Filipino or not? I haven't seen fried eggs and SPAM for your

I've never seen or heard of spam lumpia. Spam lumpia sounds pretty good! Could be a staple at Jolli Bee.

[Buckaroo Banzai]

I thought you loved her! It is life-threateningly hot here, she needs aircon 24/7.

I agree, Hot as hell here in Khon Kaen also. We got a bit of a reprieve today with 38 degrees , if anyone can consider 38 a reprieve, but the forecast is 40 and no rain for the rest of the week.
Air-condition 24/7 is The way to go, If we has not scheduled a Family reunion trip abroad for June, we would be going to the US or Greece for a couple of months .
I am still tempted to go for a month until this heat breaks

[Mendip]

In the Officer's Saloon we never had to serve ourselves

That sounds nice, VC. On any boat I've ever worked on everyone has to serve themselves, even the skipper. In fact the only time I've ever seen food served up was during Covid when, if anyone tested positive, they were confined to their cabin in which case the food was delivered.

that's not a porthole you fibber

Why so Mike? This is my office which I sadly have to share but we have a porthole each!

And what is that Stabburst Leverpostei(?) with yellow lid - is it liver spread?

Yes Katie, like a liver pate. Goes nice on toast with a slice of tomato and plenty of pepper.

Give her a break Mendy, it has simply gotten hotter and more humid each day you have been gone.

Jeepers, let the kid use air con!

Your not wrong! open the window and let the 40+ heat in or AC, smart kid, been Brutally hot this year, no rain since Oct ...

I thought you loved her! It is life-threateningly hot here, she needs aircon 24/7.

I agree, Hot as hell here in Khon Kaen also.

OK, OK, she can use the aircon! I just don't want her getting used to it, that's all. Maybe I'll bring in a new family rule that we can use aircon when the temperature hits 40?

Electricity ain't cheap, ya know.


I've recently had three very good friends retire from work. They were ten or so years older than me and it's strange, after spending months on end working offshore with them over the past three decades all of a sudden I never see them any more. And when I think about it, maybe I will never see them again? It makes you think.

They seem to live in far flung places as well so it's not as if a visit is easy... one lives in Samut Prakan, who strangely enough is easy for me to meet up with during my Bangkok trips, one lives in Great Yarmouth of all places, FFS... I mean, WTF ever visits Great Yarmouth? And one lives on the island of Valderøy, just offshore from Ålesund on the west coast of Norway.

Rick originally came from Banff, north of Aberdeen, but married a stewardess from Valderøy and moved there in the 90s. I worked regularly with him for 20 odd years but after he started working onshore for AkerBP we lost contact apart from the occasional pint in Stavanger if I was passing through. Even though we are good friends I doubt we have met up for eight or nine years or so and it's been at least three years since we exchanged any kind of communications. But yesterday we were passing by Valderøy.

This is the island of Valderøy...



And this is Ålesund on the mainland, nestled at the foot of that big mountain. A tunnel connects the two, of course.



When I realised we were about to sail past Valderøy I sent my mate the first Whatsapp message in a few years just in case... and he was home! No doubt enjoying a couple of Sunday afternoon drinks. He said he'd look out for us.

I think Rick's house is one of these...



Or maybe one of these... it's hard to wave out when you don't know which house someone lives in.



I sent a few pictures and Rick sent a couple back... it looks like his trampoline has seen better days.



And past we sailed...



If you're wondering, I am the blob on the right on the helideck.



And that was it.

Bye Rick... see you again in another eight years, or maybe I'll remember a Whatsapp message for Christmas...

[Airportwo]

Gotta tell ya Snubs, heat versus cold? I will take heat anyday. Nothing worse then frozen fingers, ears and toes and snot.

Plus no sun and always adding clothes to go out and taking it all off when you get back. Here it's HOT. Get up and put on my O'Neil Hybrid shorts and T shirt and enjoy the day. Flop in the pool to cool a bit.

For day to day living, I'll take the heat, for physical work give me the snot! My electric bill has doubled the past month to 7.6k, "government "helping by putting prices up yet again!

[DrWilly]

OK, OK, she can use the aircon! I just don't want her getting used to it, that's all. Maybe I'll bring in a new family rule that we can use aircon when the temperature hits 40?

Do you not use the AC when you are at home? How about at night?

Anyway, great pics. That little village looks quaint, but grim.

[Backspin]

Do you not use the AC when you are at home? How about at night?

Anyway, great pics. That little village looks quaint, but grim.

Da fuq is grim about it? That grey house is a nice shack.

[Backspin]

Mendy said
I've recently had three very good friends retire from work. They were ten or so years older than me and it's strange, after spending months on end working offshore with them over the past three decades all of a sudden I never see them any more.

Just curious if they all retired at 65 or so ? Or some earlier ?

You said something about how everyone smoked offshore back in the day. But what is the policy on vaping now ?

[cyrille]

Da fuq is grim about it? That grey house is a nice shack.

Could even have a barbie without tying your tongs to a railing.

[Mendip]

Do you not use the AC when you are at home? How about at night?

I never use AC.

We have it upstairs in the bedrooms but I prefer the windows open with ceiling and pedestal fans on. I do get a bit sweaty at times though... and I often seem to end up sleeping alone.

But that's better than getting aircon head.

Just curious if they all retired at 65 or so ? Or some earlier ?

You said something about how everyone smoked offshore back in the day. But what is the policy on vaping now ?

They retired somewhere between 65 and 70, which is the maximum age allowed to go offshore in Norway.

I was hoping to retire much younger than how things seem to be panning out. I reckon I'll be working for at least another ten years, probably more.

Smoking is confined to outside (unless we're working close to platforms) and a couple of designated smoking rooms and I would imagine that vaping is treated the same. I've never actually seen anyone vaping offshore... I think most offshore workers have more self respect.