canaldrifter:
booty4099:
Canaldrifter, it looks like you served when Nelson was a lad. Nice to see the Senior Service on board!Nelson? I taught him how to use a telescope.
Tone
I bet you sent him up the stores for some green oil for the starboard lamp too 
Makes you think though - back in Nelson’s time a topman would have been expected to climb up there and work sails while it was swinging 30 degrees each way in a gale with no safety net in sight - never mind on a nice stable parade ground.
Can you imagine H&S getting ahold of that?
Scaffolding? Harnesses? Hard hats? Goggles? Gloves? Knee pads? Toetectors? Safety sentries? Limited hours of working? Rest breaks? Suitable recreational and protected rest areas? Inclement weather stoppages? And probably reams and reams of forms to fill in!
Tone
canaldrifter:
'… rear man to the front in road queues? … What do you do?
If conditions permit, eg if the old girl has the puff, etc, then I’ll signal intent , time my run-up and have a little try too.
booty4099:
‘…And I taught his old man how to play uckers…!’
Aah, Uckers …it was curious how the hangar broom handles suddenly got shorter when making the ex-wife’s first anniversary Christmas present 
She was strangely quiet from Boxing Day to New Year after the boys had come round for a San Miguel frenzy & an Uckers play-off, hardly aided by those beautifully painted pieces being hardened with (the last of) her nail varnish.
I havn’t even heard the word “Uckers” for nearly 20 years… why isn’t this thread at the top of the list??
Uckers and Risk were banned on the Boat I was on…
Al
AlexWignall:
Ganges… no wonder the average age of British Truck Drivers is so high!! ha,ha…
Nice to see some other ex Matelows on the road.
Another one here. Dont remember Ganges though as i joined the mob in 88 and left last month. Am driving for 3663.
Wot we need is some clever IT bod to write us an online uckers prog so we can get a few games going.
(■■■■ back five!)
Tone