OK, it has come to my knowledge that we have senior citizens visiting my web page. How hard can it
be? So it's not very easy for them to see the blue coloured links to the next page. Jiffy (also jiff)
noun [in SING.] informal a moment: we'll be back in a jiffy.
ORIGIN late 18th cent.: of unknown origin.
So as you understand, in a jiff pretty much depends on your internet.
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Faites vous parlez le français? Pas de problème! Pour arriver à la page suivante faites s'il vous plaît un déclic le bouton “Next” ci-dessus!
Haga usted dice el español? No hay problema! Ver la siguiente página sólo hacer clic el botón “Next” encima!
Farla parla l'italiano? Non problemi! Per vedere la prossima pagina lo scatto per favore giusto Il bottone “Next” sopra
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Вы говорите по-русски? NJET PROBLEMA! Просто нажмите синюю кнопку "Next" с левой стороны и Вы моментально переместитесь на следующую страницу!
E ni Svenskar och inte förstår Engelska så ska ni skämmas. J och Björn, med det menar jag inte att alla mina stavfel ska ältas varje gång vi träffas.
Well, the flag of Skåne, just a BONUS flag.
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No longer any need to use the Internet Explorer or run the Internet Explorer rendering engine. I gave up IE after the introduction of Internet Explorer 11
Page is tested in Fire Fox, Chrome and Safari. Looks like it works OK in all browsers, except the sounds in Safari.
Of course, browsing www.aladdin.st in Safari on an iPad is a different story, nothing looks as it should
Page is tested in Fire Fox, Chrome and Safari. Looks like it works OK in all browsers, except the sounds in Safari.Of course, browsing www.aladdin.st in Safari on an iPad is a different story, nothing looks as it should
Saturday 1 st of June 2013 and we were still anchored when I came on the bridge at 8 o'clock, no surprise. My watch passed pretty quickly and I was soon eating smoked salmon in the mess room. Our Cadet wanted to check our fixed gas sampling but I was tired and we decided to start at
3 o'clock in the afternoon.But some foocking twat was banging on top of the funnel and it was impossible to sleep so we were in the CCR before 3 o'clock. Well, around 3 o'clock, I gave his NOKIA another try to see if this was something I wanted to buy.
We were soon giving up with the fixed gas detectors, didn't work and later on I found out that it was new equipment installed, but they were still having the old instructions. So I might give it another try after lunch tomorrow.
I went to the crews TV room on my way back to the cabin for a few words with our Deck Cadet and the Lloyd Trainee. When I left our Russian 2nd officer called me.
- VERY GOOD! He said pointing to his computer
He had found www.aladdin.st and he was busy reading
- Sit down! Very good this! Sit sit, please!
I saw that he had a case of Ramlösa
- What the
is this? You invite me to sit down without offering a Ramlösa.+++++++++++++++
Sunday 2 nd
of June 2013
and it was a gorgeous morning when I came on the bridge, still anchored. The strong wind from yesterday was gone and it was quite warm in the sun.Time turned very quick and I was surprised when our 2nd Officer stepped in on the bridge quarter past 11. And he was carrying gas detectors, sample bottles and equipment. We had talked about it yesterday, but I never expected him to show up.
But here he was eager to learn. That's the motherfoocking spirit we're looking for!
Gas detector training
2nd Officer with all the equipment
Checking the test tube
We started with the multi gas detector, Rieken Keiki 517, at least I think it is what they call the
machine. Testing with test gas and then we calibrated the instrument so he know how to do it.He was most interested in our handpump and test tubes for chemicals but I told him to cool down a bit. He was always 3 steps ahead, one hand on the gas detector and the other hand and his mind on the
test tubes. So he was happy when it was time for the tubes.
I started to explain how to get sample gas from the bottom of the tank as the rubber hoses for the test tubes are too short to reach all the way down the tank. The hose for the gas detector easy reach the bottom of the tank and we put a sample bag on the outlet from the multi gas detector and we filled the bag with sample gas.
I showed him where to find how much gas we had to draw through the tube to get the correct reading. When I was ready we checked the indication on the tube, of course, 200 - 3000ppm Hydrocarbon will go to full when we test with an 8% gas. But our 2nd Officer got the picture.
- OK, now it is you turn, I said
- What?
- Yes, you have to do it now!
This is fun and if you have support from a company ashore it can be very fun. I have had Swedish and Norwegian gas companies and I always exchange ideas with them and I have learnt a lot from them. And last time I had a “EXCHANGE” of ideas I got the following reply from Norway:
“Du skal få poeng for kreativiteten når det kommer til gassmåling!”
It is in Norwegian only and I don't want to translate it. But we completed our Training and our 2nd Officer went for a quick lunch. Of course, before he left I signed for his completed gas detection
course and he turned cartwheels down the stairs to the mess room. And yes, I could hear him all the way down to the mess room on A-deck.- YIPPEEE!! I MADE IT!!! GUYS!!! I MADE IT!! YIPPEEEE!!!!
Sucking up sample gas through the test tube
So let's see if the next guy is as enthusiastic. I could not help but thinking about my gas detection course with Captain and Chief Engineer aboard M/T Ekstar a few years back. And they were as enthusiastic, but they were better than our 2nd Officer to restrain themselves.
And I can't help notice how serious they are taking notes and stuff, good students. So enthusiastic they were and maybe the turned cartwheels up the stairs when they were out of sight.
- YIPPEEE!! WE MADE IT!!! GUYS!!! WE MADE IT!! YIPPEEEE!!!!
And the guys aboard M/T Ternvik was as enthusiastic as the guys in Ekstar. Whenever we got a few minutes of time with nothing to do we took the opportunity to learn something.
Future Chief Officers testing test tubes eager to learn
And I hope you notice the “ON DEMAND” valve, only ship I seen a valve like this was aboard Maersk Claudia. And when they sold the ship I stole the valve. Will come in handy on my next Maersk ship. We approached Hong Kong and I changed my mind, if they want us to have a on demand valve onboard they would put them aboard.
So I left it behind aboard Maersk Claudia in Hong Kong. And what do I know about stuff like this? They know better in the office with their experience.
First thank you wasn't good enough
Second time was OK
I finished my lunch and our Deck Cadet and I went to the CCR to continue with the fixed gas detection system. We calibrated the gas detection sensor for the ballast tanks with a screw driver
and a volt meter.We wasted a full bottle of test gas before we had managed to adjust the sensor to 120mV representing 50% LEL. For ZERO adjustments we didn't need any gas, just to adjust the sensor to 40mV with a screw driver and the volt meter. We were busy adjusting, looking at the volt meter and
wasting gas when the Lloyd Trainee came in to the CCR with a fish.He was obviously spending the Sunday on deck fishing and he had caught a small fish. But it turned out that the fish got caught on our Cadet's fishing gear and not his own. They obviously have had an argument about using bait
or not. Our Cadet had refused
to use bait and he was happy that he had caught the fish. Well, his fishing gear was unattended, well, never mind. Enough with the commotion!- Yippee ay ay motherfoockers, exciting, but we have plenty to do here, I said.
When we were ready we made an entry permit and risk assessment for entry in to the pump room to test the sensors we have there, there are 6 of them and we expected it to take some time so permit valid for 2 hours.
We were out of there in 30 minutes or so. Well, Deck Cadet stayed for 30 minutes, I was out in 10 because I had to be in the CCR to check the readings while
he was applying gas to the sensors.A quick power nap before dinner and uploading the latest on my web page before going to the bridge to enjoy yet another evening with tea and nice weather.
HopefullyI had not been on bridge for long before our 2nd Officer came up to make yet another
phone call about his appearance on www.aladdin.st and this time it was a former girlfriend.I understood foock all, but I could hear aladdin.st and internet between all the Russian words. I was soon growing tired and I continued with my tea while watching the gloom and grey over
Rotterdam anchorage. A beautiful day had turned in to a shitty evening with increasing wind from the North bringing nothing but cold.Cold or not, our Lloyd Trainee had tasted blood and he was on the poop deck fishing with the other
fishing “entusiasts” dressed in winter coveralls. I was looking at them and it both felt and looked cold.It was darn cold and I was soon inside sipping on my tea. The guy a relieved in Rotterdam on the 7th of May will be back, and it looks like I will have to go home. What a shame, I had been looking forward to staying here enjoying the summer and to be back home in October. Now it looks like I will go straight to Roy Maersk without any holiday and what I know we will only trade between Singapore, Indonesia and India. A nice area in the winter, but I would prefer to stay in Europe during the summer.
Even though it is darn cold they are on poop deck fishing
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Monday 3 rd
of June 2013
and today the Cadets changed so the guy that had spent the last 3 weeks in the engine room came on the bridge. Previous Deck Cadet went down to the engine room.
I did a work permit for the guys so they could continue painting the mast and one work permit for 2 guys to grease the life boat davit.When everything was set I had time for a few sip on my tea bucket before our Pump Man, Cadet and 2nd officer came back on the bridge. They had brought all the gas equipment that I had used with the other 2nd Officer yesterday.
Time for a new gas detection crash course. Our 2nd Officer on the 4 to 8 watch had seen the training record for the other 2nd Officer yesterday evening and he also wanted to know about these exciting things.
- Can you please show me these things as well? He asked when I came on the bridge yesterday evening at 8 o'clock to relieve him.
- No problem- Top priority , he said
- OK, tomorrow morning. We will have Pump Man and the Cadet as well.
So here we are again and today there were the 3 of them in class. And we started with the gas detector and we tested the detector and then we calibrated the darn thing before we continued with the personal gas detector.
Test, air calibration and gas calibration and when we were ready it was time for the test
tubes. And they were very good students and our Pump Man surprised me. He
was taking notes like they did
aboard M/T Ek-Star. That's the spirit I'm looking for!And when I pointed this out the other 2 was suddenly
busy taking notes as well. But Pump Man was first! we were using H2S tubes today and I took the first sample from the bag.Yes, I had showed them how to draw sample gas from the bottom of the tank with the gas detector. When I was ready we could read the result and it was almost the same as it was in the sample bottle, 25ppm H2S. And yes, our gas detector measures H2S
and our Cadet asked why we needed to use the test tube. Well, in class is the right place for asking questions.- How fun would it be to use a tube for Benzene?
Would show foock all with the gas we're using and they would not have seen the reaction in the tube.
When I was ready with my tube I told them that it was their turn and they started to fight with each others.
- IT IS MY TURN!!- NO I WANT TO DO IT!!
- I WILL KICK YOUR ARSE!!
- COME HER YOU LITTLE....
- ENOUGH ALREADY!! WE HAVE ENOUGH TUBES FOR EVERYONE!!!
Yeah, that's right, cool down. Not that I don't appreciate the spirit, but...
Getting the equipment ready for testing the sample gas with a tube
Getting the equipment ready for testing the sample gas with a tube
Our Cadet is first out pulling gas through the tube
The tube is full of chemicals reacting with the toxic gas we're testing for. The reaction can be read on a scale on the tube.
And now it is easy to understand that we need different tubes with different filling depending on what toxic we're sampling for.
And now it is easy to understand that we need different tubes with different filling depending on what toxic we're sampling for.
I still have a picture of the tube we used aboard M/T Ternvik
Here it is easy to see that we had 200ppm of whatever toxic we were testing for
Pump Man is letting go of his notes for a while to pull a sample
I gave them one tube each and our Cadet started and when we were ready and I was alone on the
bridge I went back to enjoy my tea.We don't know for how long we will stay anchored and our tank inspection is overdue. So we might clean the tanks here so we can inspect the tanks. So I started to do a tank cleaning plan.
Cleaning will be pretty quick, but the re-inerting will take quite some time.
Well, we have seen them before, we have had it up the here with them. They have been driving us crazy, but here we go again, the DAILY PICTURES! And this time of our 2nd Officer. He came rushing up to the bridge 5 minutes before 12.
- Now they have my 11 years old nephew to translate your web page
- What??
- My 11 years old nephew is the one who speaks English and he translating your web page for the rest of my family.
Right there and then I decided to take up the DAILY PICTURE service again
That's the motherfoocking spirit, the company is on their knees
and he is eating expensive fruit like there is no tomorrow
and he is eating expensive fruit like there is no tomorrow
We have children translating the English so I will have to be careful with the language. So let's try again... That's right, eat all the vitamins you can get so you get BIG
and STRONG
And it was like a miracle, after lunch they were going down the pump room and we needed to do a enclosed space entry permit. And I used the aspirator bulb with the personal gas detector.
My favourite way of measuring gas. I know exactly when I have pulled enough sample gas to the detector. And the guys wereat least to say thrilled to see the real thing in action.I was in my cabin updating all this crap after dinner and then i had about one hour to study my Thai languag books before I went to the bridge for more tea again.
It had been a pretty exciting day and even though I don't expect any excitements on the bridge during the night I'm looking forward to enjoy my evening on the bridge. Tea and plenty to study before our vetting inspection. I started to rearrange the binders in my office this afternoon so I get it to Aladdin standard,
hopefully before the vetting inspection so I know everything I have in my binders.I got an e-mail from my friend in Bangkok. Our friend won his fight at Lumpinee Stadium again, and as the owner of Sophia Muay Thai Gym said:
- He is a future champion, but he is still very young
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Tuesday 4 th
of June 2013
and they called from the company around 9 o'clock, no cargo so we will do tank cleaning and we will inspect the
cargo tanks. So I started the preparation for tank cleaning and we started 15 minutes before 4 o'clock in the afternoon.Of course, after some delays, but I got a tour to the engine room out of it when I looked for our 2nd Engineer. And I ran in to our previous Deck Cadet, he is in the Engine room for 3 weeks now and we have the other Cadet on deck.
3 tanks and I will inspect them to see how they look before I continue with the other tanks. And we need to transfer slop water from CT 3 to CT 7. We cleaned and inspected CT 7 today and now we can put the rest of the wash water in these tanks. We stopped cleaning at 16:55 and we had the fans up and running quarter past 5. I had time for a Diet MAX with Pump Man before we went for dinner.
Lo and motherfoocking behold, work in the engine room! Motor Man painting
Pump Man, no worries in the world with the hands in his pocket on deck
CT 7 P/S was gas free quarter to 7 and I went down to inspect the tanks, 7S first and as soon as we were back up we moved the fan to CT 6Stb. And our Pump Man and I were out of CT 7 Port at 8 o'clock. And as I expected yet another hour before CT 6 Stb would be gas free I went to my cabin to enjoy a freshly purchased Diet MAX with Pump Man.
You see, all the vitamins from yesterday and you have plenty energy to carry my Diet MAX
I had made the tank entry permit for 6 Stb 5 minutes before 9 o'clock and I was soon in the tank. The tank looked good and I was soon back in my office while our AB secured all tank openings so I could start the IG plant. No look forward to the same adventures tomorrow.
I wasn't really feeling like open my Thai books when I was back in my cabin. But I had time for a few videos with Alif Silpachai and “Learn Thai with Mod” before going to bed.+++++++++++++++
Wednesday 5 th
of June 2013
and I woke up just before my alarm went off. I was dead tired, in bed at midnight thirty and 30 minutes later I had cramp in both legs- MOTHERFOOCKER!!!
I was more angry than annoyed over the pain. So not much sleep and I went for a glass of Diet MAX
at my desk while I turned on what is maybe the funkiest music in the world. In to the shower and down the mess room for some tea and 2 slices of black bread with cheese. When I'm back
home I will start my day by learning Thai with the videos from Alif Silpachai and a few lessons with “Learn Thai with Mod”But while aboard Alif Silpachai and “Learn Thai with Mod” will have to wait until the evening, if I have the time that is.
We started the day by transfer tank cleaning water and then we transfer the slop from the residual tank and it took me more
than 1 hour to transfer 50m³ of slop, it was like tar and it took quite some time to pump the slop. But we were ready just in time for the coffee break and I went through the start up
procedure with the heating with our 2nd Engineer during the coffee break.- Hmm, so actually, the coffee break turned in to a
meeting and no coffee break. Well, did not come as a total surprise.But we had time for our Lloyd Trainee when he showed us a new spot on his boiler suit.
- That's n utella , I said.
We started tank cleaning after the coffee break and we completed the cleaning at 14:25. We were in such a good mood when we were about to complete the
cleaning and our Cadet went to get us a few Diet MAX
- This calls for a Diet MAX !
- Yeah, a real Diet MAX moment
We went down CT 1 P/S after the coffee break in the afternoon. And I decided to go down to Ct 3 P/S as well, still some time before it is time for dinner. I was late for dinner, but it was nice to have inspected the tanks. 7 tanks to go tomorrow, something I look forward to.
Before going for the shower I asked our Pump Man to get me a drum of the hand cleaning stuff. I needed a drum in my shower because I was all black. And our Mess Man brought me a sponge and I was almost clean when I came for dinner. And I kept the drum with hand cleaning stuff in my shower. Will most likely come in handy tomorrow when we have finished the tank inspection.
I was late for dinner and I had just started to shove down my food when our 2nd Officer came from his watch at 6 o'clock.
Sometimes, on rare occasions our 2nd officer find the time to sit down relax in the mess room
Back in my cabin and it was almost 7 o’clock, we had received an inquiry from the company about out draft after loading 30,000 MT. And I was tired after a full day of kicking behinds on deck. Watch a video with Ted Nugent? Stranglehold is always very good, but if I fall asleep without have done my Thai lesson videos with Alif Silpachai and the “Learn Thai with Mod” videos I would suffer from some severe agony. So you can watch a video of Ted Nugent performing the excellent Stranglehold while I learn Thai with Mod and Alif Silpachai.
Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
TED NUGENT PERFORMING LIVE FROM GERMANY 1976
Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
On July 4th 2008 Ted Nugent celebrated Independence Day as only he could with a concert
in his home city of Detroit that marked the 6000th live performance of his remarkable career.
From the opening that sees the Nuge perform the US National Anthem in front of a military line-up
and joined by a girl leaping out of a cake clad in a stars and stripes bikini, the party never stops
with Nugent classics and cherished cover versions delighting a huge and enthusiastic crowd.
Ted Nugent is unique, a truly larger than life character and a wonderful guitarist.
in his home city of Detroit that marked the 6000th live performance of his remarkable career.
From the opening that sees the Nuge perform the US National Anthem in front of a military line-up
and joined by a girl leaping out of a cake clad in a stars and stripes bikini, the party never stops
with Nugent classics and cherished cover versions delighting a huge and enthusiastic crowd.
Ted Nugent is unique, a truly larger than life character and a wonderful guitarist.
And I can't help being impressed, every time I'm watching these videos I notice that Ted Nugent have aging with grace, 1976 and 2008, 30 years. Of course, in 2008 he is not jumping around like he did back in 1976. But look at the guy!
It is a wee bit different with,hmm, what’s his name again? The Eastern mystique cool guy? Ah, Steven Segal, he had been sitting behind a desk or in a car the last movies he has appeared in.
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Thursday 6 th
of June 2013
and we started the day with work permit, tool box talk and a risk assessment in my office. The Engineers and Motor man were going to repair the cargo pump in CT 3 Port. They had made a hot work permit so they could take pictures while repairing the pump and of course, I took the opportunity to take some pictures during the day. Time for some “ACTION” pictures. I measured the tank and the crew went down.
2nd Engineer getting ready to go down the cargo tank
Deck Cadet in the cargo tank, please note the safety harness for the fall arrestor
Can as well take the opportunity to take a few “ACTION” pictures. Engineers
are repairing cargo pumps and we have “HOT” work permit for the cargo tanks
are repairing cargo pumps and we have “HOT” work permit for the cargo tanks
Deck Cadet ready to leave the cargo tank
Can as well take the opportunity to take a few “ACTION” pictures. Engineers
are repairing cargo pumps and we have “HOT” work permit for the cargo tanks
are repairing cargo pumps and we have “HOT” work permit for the cargo tanks
When they had started with the pump our Pump Man and I started to prepare for the inspections of the last tanks. And I had to re-measure the tank atmosphere in CT 3 every hour while the work was
going on. And we were soon realising that they would not be ready until 5 o'clock, the time the work permit expires.So I did a new work permit during lunch
and this work permit is valid until 8 o'clock tonight. And by then they shouldhopefully be ready. Or we will have to make a new
work permit, no end to the paper work aboard Richard Maersk.As usual, Chief Officer's tea break and lunch break turns in to a quick bite of food before getting back to his office, no
time to sit around picking buggers.But it is fun since we got our new Chief Engineer aboard, he joined us last week and things starts to work. Actually I have not seen so much action since I was in Maersk Cassandra. Yeah, Joe, you know what I'm talking about. OK, sorry, I forgot our new 2nd Engineer aboard Britta Maersk, he joined us in Indonesia and after that thing started to work.
And it is fun to work with people like this, you can see the improvements and that is good for your spirit. Not very fun when you see things deteriorate by the day.
But of course, it is not easy to get things done, Christmas and New Year, and when finally your about to start to kick arse in January some foocker throws in a Russian Christmas and New Year on top of all the festivities and suddenly you’re in the middle of January. And it is Christmas or bust, never mind what's in need of repair.
11 O'clock and who do I see plunging down the deck with swung in his steps? It is our 2nd Officer and he was on the way to the cargo tank. I could see his enthusiasm bubbling in his blood from hundreds of meters away.
He was going down to check the tank, I don't think he had ever been in a cargo tank and he wanted to check it out. THAT'S THE SPIRIT!
He was going down to check the tank, I don't think he had ever been in a cargo tank and he wanted to check it out. THAT'S THE SPIRIT!
He is plunging down deck with swung in his steps
Hell yeah, you can feel his enthusiasm just by looking at the picture!
Our Pump Man and I continued to inspect cargo tanks after lunch. We will inspect 7 tanks today and then we have finished all of our cargo tanks. Then we can sit down relax until it is time to sign off. Well, dream on, always something to do on a tanker. But anyway, it will be nice when we have completed the tank inspection and I will spend my day doing paper work tomorrow.
Of course, I will be busy measuring for gas in CT 3 Stb as they will repair that cargo pump tomorrow. But I will
hopefully never have to see the inside of a cargo tank aboard
Before
After
But I prefer Bangkok Fight Club or Sophia Muay Thai Gym. A few more
weeks and I will be there kicking behinds again.
I miss it even though I have my new hadn grip exerciser, and well, I haven't really have had the time to use them since I bought them. But for sure, they will be a standard item in my “Helicopter packing” from now on.And I know I have give up alcohol. But you never know when the next
accident is going to happen, like when I ended up at the biker party in Bangkok and my (new) healthy life capsized and sunk in the Ratchadamnoen area.So better off being prepared and I have already planned to have
one of the darn hand grip exercisers STAND-BY next to my bed. The Hangover DVD experience will never be the same again doing a few thousand squeezes on the hand grip exerciser.And if I end up in bad company with plenty party I will soon look like Popeye doing all the hand
exercises with the small wonder exerciser. And I'm not joking!
Yes, let's make a quick mental arithmetic. A few days with San Miguel Light and FUNKY music per week,hmm, well...
- IT WILL BE MILLIONS!
AB and Pump Man fresh out of the cargo tank
Pump Man
AB coming up from the tank
The tank was clear at 18:24 and I was soon running in to our Cadet in the mess room. He went on
and on about Schweizernöt. This was the best chocolate in the world and I agreed with him.- We only have the shitty Snickers, Mars and Ritter sport in the slop chest, he said.
- Only American and German shit, I replied
- Where is Schweizernöt from? He asked
- Of course, this is quality Swedish chocolate
Our Cadet was in the mess room drooling and I went to my bag of “excitements” in our Cook's fridge. I have placed it there since I got in to my 1000$ bet. But the bag of #8220;excitements” is filled with Schweizernöt and Aladdin chocolate. Well, by now there is only 7
boxes of Aladdin chocolate remaining.I grabbed a hand full of Schweizernöt and I returned to the mess room.
And what a hand I returned with,
a hand that would clear
any table in a Texas Hold Up poker game.And I swear to God, our Cadet almost fainted when he caught sight of my hand.
- Where theHe wondered why I had all the Schweizernöt with me aboard.
- You're not allowed to eat. You have to pay 1000$ so it seems a bit stupid. Can as well give it to
me to eat!- Not while aboard, but...
- I want some
- Well, maybe...
- WHAT?
- We can go eat. But I need a CARTE BLANC from any claim on 1000US$, in writing!
- ANY THING!
Well, a full day on deck and I was soon back in my cabin, time to update aladdin.st with the latest crap and then time to
Learn Thai with Mod and Alif Silpachai.Or I might go down to pester our Cadets and the Lloyd Trainee instead and if I'm not too tired I can watch a video or to Learn Thai with Mod. Sounds like an exciting night!
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Friday 7 th
of June 2013
and I was dead tired when my alarm went off, but I was happy that I had finished the Thai alphabet CD and the Learn Thai with Mod and Alif Silpachai videos. And I
finished my Thai books as well.We started the day by doing a risk assessment and a work permit in my office and around 8 forty five the guys went down to start the work with the cargo pump. When the work started our Pump Man and I went back to my office to make a entry permit for the Pump room.
The cargo pump was ready at 3 o'clock in the afternoon and we secured the tanks after the test run and I had the IG up and running just before 5 o'clock. Will I be in time for dinner today?
We will measure the oxygen content tomorrow morning and then we will see how it looks. We will purge the Residual tank during the night and we will force ventilate tomorrow morning and the tank will be ready for inspection in a jiff.
I was on the bridge in the evening giving some instructions on the inerting of our cargo tanks. Our 2nd Officer was quick to understand the plan and I canhopefully sleep good during the night.
hopefully sleep good during the night. Our 2nd Officer in full control on the bridge
Enjoying himself like only he can
I was down from the bridge and in to Captain's office, busy 24 foocking 7. But as I said, it is fun. We will load VGO and a fresh water rinse is necessary. No salt allowed in the cargo and we
have just finished a tank cleaning with sea water.We only have 140 tons of drinking water and we need to have our showers, and tea water is a must. We will start tomorrow morning and we will use our fire pump to fresh water rinse our cargo tanks.
It have been much about hazelnuts today. It started with the cadet going on about my Schweizernöt first thing in the morning. He felt peckish on some CRUNCHY Schweizernöt.
- If you want hazzelnut you can feel my arse, has turned in to a hazelnut since I started with the Thai boxing.I rammed my arse up in his face
- HERE! FEEL THIS! IS THIS HAZZELNUT ENOUGH FOR YOU? YEAH, GO AHEAD AND FEEL THE HAZZELNUT!!Our Lloyd Trainee looked chocked and I thought that he was going to fall off
his chair choking on his breakfast. I'm pretty sure that this was a behaviour he was not used to around the breakfast table. He wondered where the f**k Lloyds had sent him to obtain his training.- You don't believe me, but when I came to my first Maersk ship I had 2, 8 meters between the back pockets! I said
- What theWhat is it with this Chief Officer and his foocking back pockets?And at the dinner Captain read on the n utella jar and he was surprised that there were more sugar than hazelnuts in the spread.
- I have a hazelnut for you, I said.
Cheese and n
utella
, never mind, someone else is paying
Isn’t there any bottom in you?
He try to run away, but I'm after him with my camera
And how easy is it to hide a cubic ton of n
utella
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In 2nd Engineer's cabin
I was up dating my web page and at 9 I went down to see if our Cadets and Lloyd trainee had found a good movie. Well, anyway, can't be worse than what they are usually watching. Hell, they are not even watching the movies them self busy playing with their phones and stuff. But today the TV room was empty so I continued to the CCR to see how things were going with the IG.
When I returned from the CCR I heard some commotion from the mess room area. I heard on eof the Cadets and I went to investigate. There were busy in the kitchen making snacks. They were
making some Mexican
food, I don't know what it is called.But according to them it was the best thing ever. And they really tried to convince
that it was the “BEST THING EVER”- Smell that!
- Look at that! This will be the best snack ever
- Mmmmm, melted cheese and tomatoes
They opened the door to the oven several times with a big MMMMM
and drool coming from their mouths.- OK, you eat that shit and I have a Schweizernöt
- You are jealous, you can have some food if you like
- I would not have eating that even if I had spent 15 years on Alcatraz!
- A come on! Bring some Schweizernöt to the TV room and enjoy some Mexican snacks! We can have some Schweizernöt to top it up with!
I give them 10 out of 10 for imagination, turned out that the Mexican snack was Pringles with cheese and tomatoes. And the dipped in to the tray first thing. Pringles with cheese and tomatoes, well, maybe they are on to something here.
What's cooking?
Seems like the Pringles are ready
Sprødene gode
Hænge Røv
Friday night and they have hit a new rock bottom
And yes, yet another video they could have lived without
The video was crappy, but the hot Pringles turned out to be a success
The movie was at least to say, well, bad and I was soon leaving for my cabin. Captain saved me, he came to the TV room and we went to update the stowage plan for the company and when I was back in the TV room the Pringles were gone and the guys had lost the interest for the movie.
I spent a few minutes finishing my Diet MAX before I went back to my cabin to Learn Thai with Mod and Alif Silpachai with my down loaded videos.
And I was happy that I hadn't wasted a Schweizernöt on the movie the guys were watching.
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Saturday 8 th
of June 2013
and today it is time for our Bonus tank cleaning. Well, we were ready before lunch, it was just a fresh water rinse of our tanks and it was soon done. Blowing lines after lunch with Pump Man and our Cadet. Well, they were on deck and I was in the CCR with the music on full blast while sipping on a Diet MAX
and giving directions to the guys on deck via radio.And I was lucky to be inside, it was blowing cold from the North, and it has been going on for a week now. Very strange, it usually blows for day during the summer and then it is over. Now it is like autumn with non-stop cold and strong wind.
Saturday dinner, something I'm looking forward to for the whole week. Disappointment, toast, same as last week and I had to use some chocolate syrup because I had been stupid enough to add n utella to my 1000$ list. I wasn't interesting in the cold leftovers from lunch that re-appeared for dinner so toast it was, and of course, tea.
I asked our Lloyd Trainee what he thought would be his strongest memory from Richard Maersk. He looked at the food and said:
- The food
Our 2nd Officer came for dinner and he told me that his nephew had started to ask questions
about my propeller cap.- Now he also wants one, and I will have to go look for one. Where the
can a buy a stupid thing like a cap with a propeller?I had a few slices of toast with chocolate syrup, and I had to try the strawberry syrup as well, not much more exciting than the chocolate syrup. And believe me, there is a reason for n utella to be a wee bit more expensive.
I had turned off the IG before I went to dinner and I left to turn off the scrubber pump after 30 minutes. I was soon back in the mess room but then someone had removed the tea. I had a little left in my Aladdin cup that I had got from my friend in Rotterdam so I finished this while having a chat with the guys.
Well, this isn't an appropriate behaviour when we have children visiting www.aladdin.st
I was disappointed with our Deck Cadet, he had told us that he would make apple pie for dessert. I had given him several pointers in the TV room yesterday.
• No apples, blue berries or rhubarb.
I know apples are very healthy, but I can't say tasty. I force myself to eat 2 per day for all the healthy
stuff the apples contain. It is Ok, but throw an apple in the oven and it turns in to something rubber
like. And this rubber like thing is nothing you want to destroy the rest of the goodies with.
SO USE BLUE BERRIES OR RHUBARB
• Mix sugar and almond powder, 50/50 to make marzipan, mix with crushed Digestive and
crushed almonds and hazelnuts for the piecrust
Self-explanatory, haven’t we had enough of dry “crumble pies” by now? Crushed dry French bread
topped with apples thrown in the oven for a while. And topped with a few drops of custard.
THE PIE CRUST IS VERY IMPORTANT
And seriously, just to imagine my pie crust makes your mouth water...
• Butter, sugar, cinnamon, crushed hazel nuts on the top the get a toffee like crust.
Self-explanatory, haven’t we had enough of dry “crumble pies” by now? Let the sugar and butter
melt on top of the pie together with the cinnamon and you will have a delicious toffee/ caramel like
pie crust.
YUMMY! THE PIE CRUST IS VERY IMPORTANT
• Whipped cream and vanilla ice cream. Take one pot (2 liter for 2 - 4 servings) of ice cream and
melt it in the micro while whipping the cream. Don't you dare use spray can cream!
Vanilla sauce, vanilla custard or custard, many names. And to understand how important this item is
we will have to ask ourselves one question.
Can I eat apple pie (I call it apple pie even though I don't use apples) without the vanilla custard?
The answer is NO!!! But you can eat the vanilla custard without the apple pie. So the vanilla custard
is obvioulsy the most important thing. If your apple pie (without apples) turns in to shit you can
always eat the vanilla custard! And as it can be hard to find the right ingredients for the vanilla
custard you can always melt vanilla ice cream in the micro.
THE VANILLA CUSTARD IS VERY IMPORTANT
on a spray can was a fantastic thing back in the 60's. But today it is just sad!
So yes, it was never mind the toast because I was expecting apple pie. But he had not made any apple pie. He told me he would do it for the evening.
- What the
Then I cannot eat, my bet only allows me for Saturday meals, and Saturday evening apple pie is not allowed, disappointed again.
TEAM “Mexican Pringles” were soon up and running with the apple pie making.
TEAM Mexican Pringles is getting started in the kitchen
Here we go
Yesterday it was Pringles in the oven, today it is boiled M & Ms
Almonds getting chopped
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Sunday 9 th
of June 2013
and there was an instant reactions to the Mexican Pringles. Nice to know Was telling my wife about the Pringles with tomatoes and cheese, and looks like she'll be making that soon, bang goes my diet:-)
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Keep Safe
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There was an e-mail
for me from UKWell, I'm better off
not telling about the e-mail to our Cadet, he will go on and on about these foocking Pringles.We started the IG plant in the morning and I brought our Cadet back to the bridge to explain some of the secrets about inerting tanks.
I had made a pressure test certificate and as I had signed the certificate at the wrong place I threw it away. Then I realised that I was going to make a “inert” drawing for our Cadet so I took out the paper from the waste bin again. I was most likely saving a tree or two.
Of course, I had crumple up the paper as we can see on the picture, but it was good enough and our Cadet got the picture on how to inert the cargo tanks. Now we hope he remembers this when he becomes a Chief
Officer in the future.We finished class and our Cadet disappeared out on deck to check the oxygen content in the residual tank. I could finally enjoy my morning tea and it was almost 10 o'clock.
Going along side tomorrow evening and then it was changed to late tonight. I spent the afternoon in my office doing loading plans and I was ready around 4 o'clock and we checked the oxygen content in the cargo tanks.
All OK in the cargo tanks and we stopped the IG generator and I went back to my cabin to enjoy a Diet MAX
I had forgotten my entertainment center on the bridge. A must in my office and as I had planned to do the loading plans I went to get my entertainment center on the bridge. Our 2nd officer had the time of his life when I came bursting in through the door.
Of course, he can do 6 by 6 for months
We were discussing desserts during dinner and I suggested Semlor as next project for the Cadets.
And of course, it would be for the next Saturday so I'm allowed to eat.We discussed several different options of which the Semlor was the most interesting.
And no one knew what a Semla was and that made it even more interesting. Well, one of our Cadets suggested cheese cake and he was sent to the penalty box for 3 minutes for stupid suggestion. The other cadet
asked why I didn't eat the apple pie yesterday.Well, I'm only allowed to eat during the Saturday meals and I don't want to pay several thousand dollars for some apple pie. He promised that have the dessert ready for the dinner next Saturday.
Well, are we going alongside tonight or not? Will I try to sleep or not? If I manage to sleep I will be awake all night and then we will for sure not go alongside. And I will have destroyed the whole day tomorrow.
They called me 10 minutes before midnight, time for arrival to Argos Terminal in Rotterdam
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