Attn - Corky

[Scoular1]

BTW Kitey...Kestrel is doing ok.Has free run of the lounge at night and bad days (guana for sale)and in big cage outside on good days.

[Corkhead]

Timberprick...wtf

His was Woodcöck. Now you know where we Corkheads get our crap sense of humour from.

[bluekite]

BTW Kitey...Kestrel is doing ok.Has free run of the lounge at night and bad days (guana for sale)and in big cage outside on good days.

Well done very caring of you.. what do you feed it on ? .... does it have a ??? (Presumably different on guano days)

[bluekite]

Ern, Gen, Puss, Suncrush, Fred the Caretaker, Dot, Daddy et al.

I'd forgotten Gen... I'll raise you a Lit (this could develop into a corkheads version of Mornington Crescent !!

[Corkhead]

Gen taught me all the maths I know. (ask Bladds for a reference). Lit had a beard didn't she? Taffy, Scratch Trixie, Cod, Harry

[lovedeanblue]

On my first ship I shared a mess deck with such characters as Flob, Snitch, Daisy. Prudence and Jessie. Long before Wrens at Sea of course.

[Scoular1]

And what was your nickname then LDB?

[BlueAdder]

This has come a long way from me telling Corky he had missed putting in a score.

[lovedeanblue]

And what was your nickname then LDB?

Swinny in those days Scully. However in the 70s that changed ...While watching the film Support your Local Gunfighter on one of Her Majesty's submarines I was christened Swifty (Morgan) by a then young man who is still very active over Selsey Bill way.

I quote....After hearing a rumour that the infamous gunslinger "Swifty" Morgan (Chuck Connors) is expected in town, Latigo concocts a scam: With the help of amiable ne'er-do-well Jug May (Jack Elam) impersonating Swifty, he schemes to pay off his debts and skip town before the real Swifty makes his appearance.

[lovedeanblue]

I can also remember finding out on the world service that the Scummers had won the Cup, 2 weeks after the final. There was a commentary on the World Service of a Scotland v England clash, a real shock at Wembley 2 weeks before was mentioned. The Submariner Petty Officer Cook was gobsmacked as I was. Who'd have thought of that lot beating United his words. My Saturday night steak was in jeopardy that evening for sure, he wasn't best pleased with my late news. RIP Stokesy, a proper Pompey boy.