"YABBER-LINER" - ALL ABOARD

Hey ((((((((((( Letty )))))))))))- that Bosun will be waking up shortly!!!!!!!!!!!!!


auntie Mame should be here on Wed night = fingers crossed.

Gotta go zzzz now, up early, toooooooo early - work tomorrow.

have a great evening crew - lovin you!

x

15 bells. Nope....That's too many.

Do you mean 3pm? That's be 6 bells, wouldn't it? Bloody long time since I was at sea. (more than 20 years!)

As any old salt will tell you, you can't have too many belles.

And
No-one has shown any interest in my "anchor's a-weigh" observations yet.
But please yourselves. Remain in abject ignorance, see if I care. It'd take me ages to type it out, anyway.
Sniff.

Start typing POMcT - designated duty to the ship's crew!

<here, have a tissue>






well, tomorrow Charlie starts her radiotherapy on her blue booby so here's a few pinks and blues for her...




Sis, will call you later tonight - i love you x



((((((((((((BEAgle))))))))))))))) - our Bosun says hey to one and all and will be on shoreleave for a couple or so days - so sending him a massive hug and lotsa love xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




Moi - bloody knackered. Just in and waiting for the wood burner folk to arrive... then off to fix a computer <ha, must be mad asking me to do it >, then expecting Tesco to deliver fodder around 10ish.

So, so tired, joints are really nasty and my jaw is locked - which makes it hard to speak (this is good for those with ears) and massively snowed under at work - my boss is none too happy with me having an op - hey ho - nem'mind. <lalallalaaaaaaaaaaaaaallala>


Talking of snow - up North is expecting the first snow of the winter season - already! It's got mighty chilld down this way but the sun is shining along with the showers - saw theeeeeeeee most gorgeous rainbow today - super stunning.


oooooooooooh oh oh oh I think the man is here to do the woodburner... dawgs howling... gotta go

ok...

BAFFLED.... the baffle was jammed...who knew!

i now have a draw, an unbaffled baffle and black marks all over the carpet <nasty dirty shooooz - tsk tsk > - but... yay - thankeee mr logburner chap!

now, off to try and fix someone's PC fingers crossed.

<put another log on the fire...>


laterz!

Hey Baffle Jammer!!!

I LOVE the photos sis - thank you so much - yes - I am off to be turned into a sunbeam tomorrow and maybe grow a halo - Beam me up Scottie!! - Finally glad that the time has come for me to move forward with my treatment - I have been fully signed off from work for the duration, so I will be having lots of R & R - Aqueous cream at the ready for the old burning and bed all snuggly - Hope to get onto A 2 K a bit more than of late - Brooke - Summon the prayer Warriors into action - God has a plan! -

Love to all of you - Izzie - enjoy Mane and your snuggly log burner and I will feedback after my first session in the morning -

Big hugs
FQ xx

Hello FavoriteFlavourQueen.
Izzie,.hello and hello.
Hasty hellos across the deck, beyond waters as well.
Running late, not just today, tomorrow or the days that have past.
Blur.
...with a capital T. No regrets.
Moon is really a crescent shape. Fading out darkened entirety. That is better.
Fall booming, blooming. Stay.

Warm tidings to all.

More synchronicity, F.Q. My mom had breast cancer which was discovered by an examination via a doctor. She lived to be 93, hun.

This was her favorite hymn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RanXgi3uyY

Waves to dear alex.

Okay then. Here goes: A DISSERTATION BY PO McTAG

"Anchors away!" cf "Anchor's a-weigh!"

The former might prompt the response "I wondered what that big splash was, bo'sun!"

The latter is very important, or used to be.
In the days of sail, before the advent of tugboats and auxiliary engines, getting the anchor up was a very tricky operation. Tricky because the ship, which might be large, was often anchored in the company of other ships, and once "un-stuck" from the bottom, was at the mercy of tide, currents, and wind...and a potential danger to herself and others. So in weighing anchor, it was vital for the officer of the watch to know the point at which the anchor was going to be broken free. When all the slack in the anchor cable had been taken up (men round the capstan, la la la, all that), the call would be made "Anchor's a-weigh", meaning, all the weight of the anchor is now coming onto the cable, the ship is free of the bottom.

Okay?

But since the yabber-liner has her own engines, we don't need to bother with any of that. The captain can just put a CD in the player and send for another rum.

On the more legal point: when "anchors aweigh", the ship is free, on move. And that is noted by the officer of the watch/navigator in the logbook. (When the anchor is fully up - that's of minor interest ... only if it get up too fast and damages the ship's side) Which means that the anchor ball has to be down, at night, the lanterns are lightened (and the anchor lantern shut) ...

Thank you, Walter, I have tried to explain the same exact thing to McTag several times. Maybe he will listen to you.

thank you POMcT - extra round of toast for you in the morning






Errrrrrrrrrrrrrr... Bosun dropped his anchor. Way too much aboard this ship


ooooooooooooooooooooooh... I am wasted - must go bed - long day at work tomorrow and then Auntie Mame will be hopefully waiting near the house - can't wait to meet her.

Missy - miss you Dixie girl - just seen your message - love you - only do an ounce of what you do daily and I'm exhausted - huge respect girlie - love you.

(((((Danny))))

Must sleep

...now

I iz that tired tonight.

((((((((((Crew))))))))))) and special hugs to Charlie, and to Blue xox


G'nite all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Morning crew,just hopped on for a moment.
Bosun - take care!
FQ - still thinking PINK! (((( you )))) and (((( family)))).Small is going to a fancy dress party dressed as a pink Viking!Need a picture of that!
Captain,if you run out of background music this evening,slip this on....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjZ7UwHaY8g&feature=related
you two are defo gonna be chatting into the early hours .
Gotta jump ship,stuff to do.Waves all round.Laters.

Oops,nearly forgot.Gonna start Ommmmmmmmming again.It worked last time .
SPLASH!!!! Jumps into water and swims for shore.

Many moons ago, my pal Fred was a midshipman on the battleship HMS Anson.

Once, the Officer of the Watch (who later in life became a top admiral) gave the order too soon, to drop the anchor. The ship was still moving, too fast.

Now a battleship's anchor, like the ship itself, is a not insubstantial item. It was only by great good fortune that the anchor and a lot of expensive chain was not lost.

"Anchor's away, No 1." "Oh deary, deary me."

Had that gone the other way, that chap's career would have been over, no matter how much brass he polished.

Hey kids! How are you all?


Miss you too hun. It is crazy. I feel like I am spread much too thinly. But I try to come by here as often as I can. Love you.

That tugboat clip made me spew my water all over the place...then the boys had to come watch it. Oh my - and the boat popped right back up. Amazing.

Hugs to all the crew. Missing you all!
mis

Hi miss sunshine, great to see you and giving me a much needed smile. "I am spread much to thinly" you say, well my dear I could put up a sound argument against that, butt dare I do that?

Captain where are you hiding? The Bosun is back for a few days and want to know what's happening over at the Moors? Caught up with Mame yet?

All well down under, good night.

Helloooooooooooooooooooo Crew

Ima here Bosun!

Right hand down!

Just dropping by quickly before I settle down to a movie with S-boy!

Got a fire going (yay for being unbaffled) - yumbly scrumbly carrot and orange cake on a plate, cuppa ...and... in recovery mode.

Just to also let you know that Charlie has had 3 sessions of radiotherapy now, and tho not quite feeling a ray of sunbeam with the clanging noise which was not expected whilst being zapped - hopefully today, in our romanticised little world we choose to live in, she will be home thisavo with a little halo shine around her



blue skies ahead, sis! 17 to go.

Soooooooooooooooo, had a fantastic time with Auntie Mame - it was so good to see her for real!!!!! So easy! We have video talked often so ... meeting her in person, having a real hug - well, that was icing on top of the cake. No sooner had I arrived home from work and the Honeymooners arrived, we gabbed and gabbed and gabbed - I then picked up the little fella - we then gabbed and gabbed and gabbed - went for a lovely meal at the Peter Tavy Inn - all kinda sharing the starters, main courses and "puddings" between us - little bit of his, little bit of hers (yuk to the Lemon Meringue Ice Cream but yay to the Creme Brulee's), pass the deep fried camembert (yum yum) - came home around 10ish and gabbed a lot more Guitar out, little bit of blues, little fellas got a tuned guitar too now - brill.

By this time tho my dearly departed body had given up the ghost so Thursday was a struggle at work and I was out of it yesterday evening. Today tho, not as bad but needed to take it real easy and not moving too much - tomorrow will be back up and running no doubt.

It was FAB to meet Mame in person and, if the mass of cells commonly known as IzCrahppyBody can get themselves together instead of falling apart, then, as we're now on half term - we may try to get up to London next week and join them in London with the Baz, before they fly home to Canada.

It was great!

Loved it.

Photos - NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN!

OK... settling down for a lie down for a couple hours but will be back thisevening





(things with R are off the wall again... so hard, so so hard, and so it goes...)




Laterzzzzzz lovelies...

steady as she goes!

I hope that Charlie is tolerating the radiotherapy well. She will need extra rest.

Do you have photos of Mame's visit that you can share with us, Izzie?

Good there.
Give my regards to Peter, won'cha.

So sorry to hear you're crook, Iz.