20-03-15, 09:00 AM
Any Matelots (ex-Matelots) ever fall for the Splash target cox'n or weather ballon pilot or bunk light chits?
Under all the beds(bunks) on board a ship is a little light (like you get on a caravan!)
well when a newbie joins the mess after a week or a fortnight you all get an offical looking bill saying you got to pay for your electricity.. his is always highest and you explain that the lad before mustn't have paid it before he left, no tot worry as you can get it back on appeal, also remind him to turn off his light every time he leaves the mess. which he does! you turn it back on etc etc
he might say he didn't have to pay at his previous places and you point out that theywere shore establishments and a) they are connected to the national grid where as at sea you have to generate your own electricty... b) he was a trainee there now he is classed as trained ( or part trained..)
The Cox'ns are useally good at keeping the wind up going, in the old days you had to pay by cheque but only if you had cheque guarntee card etc or when they aske d to get it reduced send them down to the stokers on the distribution panels to make sure there wasn't a leak in the supply
meanwhile another bill could come in ...
oh so many i could go on ...
Under all the beds(bunks) on board a ship is a little light (like you get on a caravan!)
well when a newbie joins the mess after a week or a fortnight you all get an offical looking bill saying you got to pay for your electricity.. his is always highest and you explain that the lad before mustn't have paid it before he left, no tot worry as you can get it back on appeal, also remind him to turn off his light every time he leaves the mess. which he does! you turn it back on etc etc
he might say he didn't have to pay at his previous places and you point out that theywere shore establishments and a) they are connected to the national grid where as at sea you have to generate your own electricty... b) he was a trainee there now he is classed as trained ( or part trained..)
The Cox'ns are useally good at keeping the wind up going, in the old days you had to pay by cheque but only if you had cheque guarntee card etc or when they aske d to get it reduced send them down to the stokers on the distribution panels to make sure there wasn't a leak in the supply
meanwhile another bill could come in ...
oh so many i could go on ...
It ain't what you ride, it's who you ride with!!!