Silversea Water Cooler: Welcome! Part Four

[mysty]

Greetings Coolers! Another frigid morning here 4 C (39 F). Sorry if this is also affecting you JP!

 

TTS...your dog is so cute! Thanks for making me smile this morning.

 

J...thanks for passing on Miss S.'s trip report. Her last port doesn't sound very appealing. I am at a loss as to what the "knotted hankie brigade" is. Help anyone?????

 

Have a great day all!

[jpalbny]

M, I tried googling it and I think one of the other coolers who speaks British slang will have to fill us in.

 

Do you mean 4F? It's 10F/-12C here so right now I'd love some of that 4C weather you're speaking of.

 

Love the dog story. I had a dog growing up who was protective of me as well. Will have to find an old picture and scan it in.

 

Off to visit Chris' Dad this weekend. Time to pay our penance.

 

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[UKCruiseJeff]

 

J...thanks for passing on Miss S.'s trip report. Her last port doesn't sound very appealing. I am at a loss as to what the "knotted hankie brigade" is. Help anyone?????

 

 

Have a great day all!

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=knotted+hanky&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJ1sqhjozYAhVpCcAKHaWoCWMQ_AUICigB&biw=1064&bih=620

[mysty]

Ha Ha Ha! Thanks J! That is not what I was thinking it was. I imagined more the hankie wringing - as in nervous nellies. I much prefer the visuals you offered. :)

[UKCruiseJeff]

A picture paints a thousand words M. I suspect it is the obvious consequence of SS filling some of their supposed upmarket cruises with large numbers of clearly identifiable readers of "lower" publications at discounted prices. I suspect they ensure they get their "money's-worth" ;)

 

Today was slow roasted shoulder of pork, with knödel, potato and cabbage in a Noily sauce. Wifey enjoyed it. :)

 

 

 

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[mysty]

Greetings Coolers! Another frigid morning here 4 C (39 F). Sorry if this is also affecting you JP!

 

 

OK Folks. My brain was obviously frozen when I posted this. It was 4 F this morning. Not 4 C. Sorry if I caused some head-scratching. :(

 

And your meal looks soooooo yummy J!

[UKCruiseJeff]

That's conversion rates for you M!

 

I picked out the nicest looking scone for Wifey today. Twice as much fruit as Mary Berry adds.

 

 

 

 

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[Tothesunset]

Last ones. Promise.

 

Guarding his pal:

 

 

Getting comfy:

 

 

 

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[mysty]

I say Bah Humbug to conversion rates! Can't keep things straight these days. Our furnace thermostat displays the temp in F. We're not easily trained and we work better with the old system using F. Our weather news is in C of course and we struggle between the two. I know what 70 F feels like and I can't imagine 21.1111 C.

 

That scone does look like the pick of the litter J! Kind of you to pass it to Mrs. J.

 

TTS...adorable pics! It does seem like your wonder dog is bigger than your granddaughter. Pals for life! :)

[UKCruiseJeff]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5182349/Dogs-lookalike-puppies.html

[MBP&O2/O]

Now for my feeble attempt at posting a pic .... If it works then great ... if not I need to find out how to delete the post.

My brain hurts!

 

 

 

 

 

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[MBP&O2/O]

Ah! It seems to work ..... That’s me .... bottom left!

 

 

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[mysty]

That looks so scary! Since you were able to post (congrats on the picture post) you survived. WOW! And you still sail on...not too traumatized. Congrats on that too!

[spinnaker2]

MBP

Did the vessel then sink or was that later?

Must have been an amazing adventure, especially when you can look back now, years later and know you survived the ordeal!

[Camillus112]

Although most of us can recount adventure stories, I wonder which one would equate to yours. Glad you're with us.

[mysty]

There is an account of the sinking of the British Ambassador available as a book preview on google books from a book called "The Last Voyage of the Lucette" by Douglas Robertson. It appears starting on page 351 in an Epilogue 1975: Amen to the Ambassador. Be advised that it does take some time to load.

 

https://books.google.ca/books?id=QIEfsO-Z9gQC&pg=PA354&lpg=PA354&dq=british+ambassador+ship+rescue+by+fort+fetterman&source=bl&ots=CtMPKFmDwZ&sig=snpjuSKxVpZH-JQKY9JK7QxDdFA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNhNbt_4zYAhXI1IMKHcQVD7wQ6AEINzAF#v=onepage&q=british%20ambassador%20ship%20rescue%20by%20fort%20fetterman&f=false

[MBP&O2/O]

The print is a wee bit small as well!

There are a couple of minor inaccuracies in that story .... the wind was Force 7 gusting 8, and there was an ‘incident’ with the lifeboat before it was evacuated. It was actually swamped as we came alongside the Fort Fetterman and thus she had to have another go to manoeuvre alongside us in the dead boat. The water was up to hip level and very cold. The Master of the Fort Fetterman did an amazing job, and everyone got on board safely ... no injuries but dented pride as far as I was concerned! My first command [emoji847] and the bloody thing sank[emoji34]

Not impressed at all, but hey ho .... an occupational hazard.

 

 

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[mysty]

Greetings Coolers! It's warming up here. All the way up to 12 F.

 

MBP&O2/O were you the Master on the Ambassador then? Or am I misunderstanding? If you were, the story obviously becomes more of a hair-raising experience with the fate of the crew in your hands. WOW!

 

Have a great day all!

[spinnaker2]

The site shipsnostalgia.com has some interesting commentary.

[UKCruiseJeff]

Lamb curry .....

 

 

 

 

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[MBP&O2/O]

Not the Master .... Second Officer who was just in command of the lifeboat. What is it they say about ‘volunteers’? A volunteer is someone who misheard the question?

I ‘volunteered’ ( from an available cast of one) to take the boat. The object was to transfer non essential staff and wives ..... come back .... take a second lot across remain on board, but ......

There are few of my inputs on ShipNostalgia.

 

Mike

 

 

 

 

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[mysty]

Thanks Mike! I did read your inputs. Unfortunately the link to your account of the episode on the vriginmedia site no longer works. The reviews of your account were very complimentary though!

[MBP&O2/O]

Yes, we moved house and lost Virgin, so the site is no longer hosted as such, which gives me a chance to update the pages whilst I look for some suitable hosting. The whole trip on that ship was a fiasco for want of a better word[emoji849]

 

This is a more spectacular pic .... I hope!

 

 

 

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[mysty]

Frightening! Thanks Mike! I hope the cruise ships take very good care of their life boats! And when you find a suitable hosting site please let us know. :)

 

J...your lamb curry looks awesome!

[mysty]

Greetings Coolers! Another frigid morning here at 0 F!

 

Cooler is quiet these days. Only 8 more sleeps before the festivities begin. I want to take this opportunity to wish all the Coolers (and lurkers) a very Happy Holiday season! May 2018 ring with optimism, cheer and laughter!

 

 

Have a great day all!