Well you are nearly there and owing to your recent success rate re NH3 I will now explain the T.T.T.T. saying. You could be in a pub, in the control room or indeed anywhere when someone would say T.T.T.T. TIME TO TURN TURBINES. In other words, time to go. It came originally from when in steam on a t...

Yes BP you are correct in your assumptions, Revolver, with no NH3 experience has solved this problem that no one else out there could. The distict advantage over Freon is it is the worlds best instant cure for a hangover. Shame on all you NH3 people out there when a self confessed no experience pers...

The reason it's not in the Q'& A is because it was a personal thing unbeknown to management and was handed down by the apprentice who had done the job before you. In other words it was supposed to be imparted by those " in the know" and as such I am hoping that someone out there would ...

This was the thing shown to you by the next apprentice up who was "handing over" to you. This was performed in all aspects of the job, in the engineroom, machining, white metalling, dodges, perks short cuts etc. skives included. I am sure anyone who operated NH3 compressors in particular m...

Well, that well and truly put me in my place. Good job I never lied about my age then, really would have been caught with my trousers down there, must be someone out there who knows the answer, J J? Someone must be able to stop me claiming yet another victory? I ran a large NH3 plant our firm had fo...

As you were only 6 you would not legally do what NH3 would cure you of?

Bouyed up with my current success rating concerning my soon to have Stompers Medal my brain feels like the tension springs on the bob weights of my governor have let go and as the plus gas seeps in even further I am racing away and are being pushed way over my governed rpm and the thoughts of yester...

Interesting stuff this and something new to me, so very different to seas I have ever been on in my career. I watch the Ice Road Truckers on our TVs but that's shoreside stuff but shows us what it's like for your part of the world versus ours. No swimming pools for you to cool off in over there I gu...

Impressive indeed, have done a lot of skin diving throught my life including wire hawsers round props, rudders A or P brackets etc but think I will leave the kit behind if I ever get on one of these fellas. Understand that plenty of power required to push the ship up over the ice, ( hence the unusua...

Well I thought the Tech Managers job was to oversee all maintenance so maybe a dig out of where US metallic Packing lives from your old scribblings will solve this problem and your ship can sail, ere we could have another Marie Celeste jobby here. Or are you after promotion here to permanent watchma...

Wow, looks like easy work for them, pretty impressive I must stay. What about the stern gear though? Bent blades, rudders etc? Carry two spare props? Looks to me where all your champion ice skaters might train. A cert for duffle coat country methinks.

Well I am not sure about this, thought it would be a difficult one maybe but I have to own up, the colour I refer to is blue, but what am I referring to? Running on a high here with a possible two winners and was hoping to make it a hat trick ie three. Have already put in an application for my Stomp...

Well that's an education for me, thought ice was ice, never sailed in anything like that, turbo eh? Hate to say it but, T.T.T.T. Existed here then?

Never done any work like that, ship cuts through it like a hot knife through butter, impressive to see. Stil reckon the best place for all that white stuff is in a glass.

But what colour should have been the one in your toolbox. I know you have one because you told me so?