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Re: OPERATION DEADLIGHT 2003
Posted by:
John Griffiths
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Date: August 29, 2002 02:11PM
<HTML>Innes,
Excellent idea! How would you propose running an op like that? Where based? Duration at sea? Etc. It sounds like a golden opportunity!
MPC,
Tut tut! I will have you know - o ye of little faith - that having served on tugs (in the MN) one of my duties was cooking. It is of absolutely little importance that - rounding the Mull of Kintyre in a force 8 gale on a 159 ton ex London Port Authority tug - I managed to scatter the main meal everywhere and we had to have corned beef butties until we made Campletown. I was never asked to be cook again, which suited me fine. If God had meant a deck rating to be a cook I'd have been born with a tin opener in my hand and a suspect sexuality!!! (Quiet at the bloody back!)
Sea legs? Mike, you'd get sick for 24 - 36 hours - usual clammy headache, upset stomach and probably a short spat of projectile vomiting ( and not to do with my, or anyone else's, cooking ) and then you'd be okay. Bit of fresh air, a nice spot away from the exhaust fumes and Robert is your father's brother!
Seriously, what an opportunity! I write ( allegedly anyway ) and what with a decent photographer, just a week with Innes and on the hunt would be enough material to flog to Diver, National Geographic, Reader's Digest - without even looking at Warships IFR, Ships Monthly, Sea Breezes et al. The potential is staggering!
A trip on a boat, good company, hands on research and the hance to write about it? More details Innes please!
John</HTML>
Excellent idea! How would you propose running an op like that? Where based? Duration at sea? Etc. It sounds like a golden opportunity!
MPC,
Tut tut! I will have you know - o ye of little faith - that having served on tugs (in the MN) one of my duties was cooking. It is of absolutely little importance that - rounding the Mull of Kintyre in a force 8 gale on a 159 ton ex London Port Authority tug - I managed to scatter the main meal everywhere and we had to have corned beef butties until we made Campletown. I was never asked to be cook again, which suited me fine. If God had meant a deck rating to be a cook I'd have been born with a tin opener in my hand and a suspect sexuality!!! (Quiet at the bloody back!)
Sea legs? Mike, you'd get sick for 24 - 36 hours - usual clammy headache, upset stomach and probably a short spat of projectile vomiting ( and not to do with my, or anyone else's, cooking ) and then you'd be okay. Bit of fresh air, a nice spot away from the exhaust fumes and Robert is your father's brother!
Seriously, what an opportunity! I write ( allegedly anyway ) and what with a decent photographer, just a week with Innes and on the hunt would be enough material to flog to Diver, National Geographic, Reader's Digest - without even looking at Warships IFR, Ships Monthly, Sea Breezes et al. The potential is staggering!
A trip on a boat, good company, hands on research and the hance to write about it? More details Innes please!
John</HTML>
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OPERATION DEADLIGHT 2003
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Innes McCartney | 08/29/2002 12:28PM |
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Re: OPERATION DEADLIGHT 2003
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MPC | 08/29/2002 12:44PM |
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Re: OPERATION DEADLIGHT 2003
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John Griffiths | 08/29/2002 02:11PM |
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Re: OPERATION DEADLIGHT 2003
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MPC | 08/29/2002 07:11PM |
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Re: OPERATION DEADLIGHT 2003
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Don Baker | 08/29/2002 08:25PM |
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oliver | 08/29/2002 07:43PM |
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Kit | 08/29/2002 08:47PM |
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Ralph | 08/29/2002 10:52PM |
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Re:A GREAT OFFER!
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Joe Brennan | 08/30/2002 07:47AM |