philbow49 🇬🇧 Basic
Petty Officer 2nd Class · 174 pts
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom
Member since Feb 2013
Last online 11 months ago
Age 76
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Member of the Bournville Radio Sailing and Model Boat Club UK
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Got it! I'm buzzing!!
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Went on the Britannia recently. Really brought home the privilege afforded to the “upper classes”! Lovely ship though. They spent our money well!
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For anyone who hasn't already done so, I really, really, really, recommend the book written by Michael Palin called (Erebus: The Name of a Ship). Incredibly we…
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Well, that was tricky. Assumed bunker fuel referred to coal but obviously not! My wife got it right but I overruled her. She’s now looking very smug. Every day…
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Well done Hermank! Join the club. 52 years and still going strong for us!
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Got one right! I’m on a roll!
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Well I’m blowed! I’ve always thought it was Save Our Souls. I’m sure that we were told that when I was a Boy Scout ( morse code was one of our badges!). Just s…
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I went for cargo as well. Looked it up after to find that the Selandia was the first ship to be credited as fully powered by diesel. It was a cargo/passenger s…
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Great questions. Prompting me to know more about the subjects concerned. Did you know that the first measurement of longitude on a ship was on the Aurore in 17…
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Just a thought on the flush deck question. Having got it wrong (again!) thought I would learn a bit more. Every day is a school day! It seems a chap working fo…
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