Martian Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Pete in Lincs said: Man the riggin', yer scurvy dogs! Left hand down a bit, Mr Phillips! Report for "Anchor Inspection" that Earthling! Martian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 No chance of splicing the mainbrace then? The sun is over the yardarm. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 3, 2022 Author Share Posted July 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, RAF4EVER said: No chance of splicing the mainbrace then? The sun is over the yardarm. I have just got back from the patrol and the mainbrace is about to get spliced within an inch of its life. Parched of Mars 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Martian said: Report for "Anchor Inspection" that Earthling! I'm a bit tied up at the moment. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted July 3, 2022 Share Posted July 3, 2022 11 hours ago, Martian said: Especially when Captain Ahab is hunting jet-skiers breaking harbour regulations. Martian von Ahab I was also asking about the harpoon.... So Martian von Ahab will look for RPG.... Or Javelin... They are at bargain price for the moment..... 11 hours ago, general melchett said: Yes I remember it well. That was exactly the image you cast when stood proudly on the poop, beard flapping majestically in the salty breeze, scanning the beaches for miscreants terrorizing the tourists in the shallow end. All you needed was the oversized harpoon and 200 ft of hemp to strap yourself to them and reel 'em in. Sadly they knew where the bolt holes were and disappeared before engagement was possible. I'm still deaf from the loud hailer! Well told Mon General, I visualise it in reading your lyrics..... A bit Wagnerian indeed, but I figure it well !! CC 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Quote I'm a bit tied up at the moment. The mind doth boggle... Quote A bit Wagnerian indeed, but I figure it well !! Funny you should say that CC, I was playing 'Ride of the Valkyries' in my mind as I watched him up there, bellowing through his loud hailer (after which he muttered 'I love the smell of chastised jet-skiers in the morning') or some such gobbleijuke. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 On 7/3/2022 at 1:37 PM, Martian said: Especially when Captain Ahab is hunting jet-skiers breaking harbour regulations. If it's any consolation, they're a pain in the proverbial out here too. Even more so as most of them have removed the baffles and just show off, deafening and annoying at the same time. I proposed to the local bar that we invest in some hand held tennis serving machines, and charge people to shoot at them.....with cricket balls! Ian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 4, 2022 Author Share Posted July 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, Brandy said: If it's any consolation, they're a pain in the proverbial out here too. Even more so as most of them have removed the baffles and just show off, deafening and annoying at the same time. I proposed to the local bar that we invest in some hand held tennis serving machines, and charge people to shoot at them.....with cricket balls! Ian Hand grenades would be better! Martian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 22 minutes ago, Brandy said: I proposed to the local bar that we invest in some hand held tennis serving machines, and charge people to shoot at them.....with cricket balls! You've not heard of hand grenades, then? Perhaps that may be overkill - no pun intended. Regards, Jeff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 12 minutes ago, ArnoldAmbrose said: You've not heard of hand grenades, then? Indeed I have, but they don't go down too well in Abu Dhabi! Ian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 21 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: I'm a bit tied up at the moment. There is definitely a heavy, heavy guffaw smiley needed here 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 4 hours ago, general melchett said: The mind doth boggle... Funny you should say that CC, I was playing 'Ride of the Valkyries' in my mind as I watched him up there, bellowing through his loud hailer (after which he muttered 'I love the smell of chastised jet-skiers in the morning') or some such gobbleijuke. I would think that it would be more appropriate with Martian bellowing out "Damn the Martinis,,,, Full speed ahead! Git them hippies off the water! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 22 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: I'm a bit tied up at the moment. And we have not heard from him again in 22 hours. Should we be worried??? And “tied up”. ?? Alongside a quay or jetty? Some strange assignation with a lady who has a strong personality? Acquired many items of gentleman’s neck wear? struggling with over demanding boss at work? The membership needs to know. What is going down in Lincs? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 40 minutes ago, JohnT said: The membership needs to know. What is going down in Lincs? I've been reading my Ladybird Harry Houdini book, and managed to get off to work this morning. Pending the rope burns healing properly, I should soon be back to my usual lovable self. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: Pending the rope burns healing properly, In a way, I'm sad it was rope. Chain would have been more appropriate for Pete in Links Edited July 4, 2022 by psdavidson signal failure at Vauxhall 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 11 hours ago, general melchett said: Funny you should say that CC, I was playing 'Ride of the Valkyries' in my mind as I watched him up there, bellowing through his loud hailer (after which he muttered 'I love the smell of chastised jet-skiers in the morning') or some such gobbleijuke. Good one My Dear General !! But I was thinking about it..... Moreover because.... If my memory serves me well Our Martian has started a thread about a ship named Karel Doorman..... Which, by Jove !! is precisely a batavian one..... Holly Molly, No windmill emoticons....Well let's go for tulips !! Wilco my dear Alien.... I know the drill !! CC 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Quote What is going down in Lincs? You've heard of the Bermuda Triangle, Area 51, Rendlesham Forest...Baldrick's trousers. Well, it's worse than that. There's a permanent slo-time envelope in place around the county, (more specifically, the Waddington area) where, to quote the Hitchiker's guide 'Within it, you would not even notice all of creation coming to a burning end. You will live out all of your infinite years in total ignorance of anything happening outside'. Sums it up nicely. Before you jog on over to the Naughty Corner again CC....here's some rare footage of him patrolling the beaches of Poole, ready to blast any errant jet-skiers out of the water. A-Haa 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Funny, I always imagined Martians Harbor patrol always looking like this especially on a week end. 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 You'd think so Loren but oddly, it was more like this.... 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Mmmmh !!! What's going on here.... Everything is too silent.... Hello Dear Martian, How'd'you make it ?? CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 10, 2022 Author Share Posted July 10, 2022 On 06/07/2022 at 10:09, general melchett said: You'd think so Loren but oddly, it was more like this.... Sadly, I can't deny this one as Mrs Martian has the pictures to prove our beloved General right! 15 hours ago, corsaircorp said: Mmmmh !!! What's going on here.... Everything is too silent.... Hello Dear Martian, How'd'you make it ?? CC Looking after two over active and inquisitive kittens while Mrs Martian is away in Cumbria for a few days. Just opening the door of the Martian cave has the two little oiks invading the place. With part of my "ready use" stash crammed under my bench, I thought there was no room for kittens there, the little *****s proved me wrong! Today, however, I did manage to sneak in there while they were sleeping off their second breakfast (I thought they were supposed to be cats, not Hobbits!). While there I did manage to get the two Takom builds decaled, I had to make the L15 codes for the P Class from Letraset dry print transfer lettering, rubbed down onto clear decal sheet and coated with Microscale Liquid Decal Film. Mrs Martian is due home any moment and I hope to use her as a decoy tomorrow so as I can get some pictures done. The project took an intriguing turn the other day when I acquired a length of fabric from Zeppelin LZ55 which was shot down over the marshes near Salonika by the Battleship HMS Agamemnon. LZ55 was an army ship and the fabric matches the description in Ray Rimmel's book Zeppelin! to a tee. Now, I have the Hobby Boss kit of Agamemnon, which is to the same scale as the Takom kits . No prizes for guessing where this is going and, yes, another P Class is on the way to Martian Towers as I write these words. Out of Control of Mars 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Cats, it's always cats at the back of any disaster anywhere 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 26 minutes ago, RAF4EVER said: I suppose somebody had to bring that one up sooner or later! Mrs Slocombe was lucky, she only had one pussy to cope with! Martian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 11, 2022 Author Share Posted July 11, 2022 We are lucky today in that while Mrs Martian was the subject of the kittens' attention I was able to sneak into the Martian cave and get some pictures of the two Takom kits, resplendent in their decals. I went with the L23 for the Q Class as she has a very interesting back story. She holds the record as the only airship ever to board and capture a ship. She halted and examined a Norwegian sailing ship the Royal that was carrying timber to the UK, put a prize crew aboard her and had her taken into Cuxhaven. This feat was lauded in the German press but behind all the publicity, the L23's commander recieved a severe rocket from the Fuhrer der Luftschiffe, Peter Strasser for having put his command at un-necessary risk. Takom only supply two crosses for the L23 but I have a gut feeling that she should have a cross under the nose. I shall have to delve into my references again. In the meantime here are those long delayed pictures. Complaints to be directed to Master Tinker and Miss Nest Martian C/O Martian Towers! Thanks for looking 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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