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abqtommy

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14. In 1954 at the age of 6 I was traveling with my family by ship from West Pakistan to England.

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2019, 08:00 PM

Dec 2019

I was told that it was time for a lifeboat drill and as we all stood on deck with our life jackets on I asked my parents how the ship's crew knew what time the boat would sink. I never did live that down but
after several years people stopped talking about it. I don't know but that I missed out on a career as a comedian!

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Know any good ocean-liner jokes? [View all] Kaleva Dec 2019 OP

A nervous passenger asked the captain griffi94 Dec 2019 #1

Lol! Kaleva Dec 2019 #2

Did you finish flash freezing the rutabagas? griffi94 Dec 2019 #3

Yes. It's bagged in quart freezer bags and back in the freezer. Kaleva Dec 2019 #4

Excellent griffi94 Dec 2019 #5

My wife makes a killer no bake cookie. Kaleva Dec 2019 #9

what kind of cookie? griffi94 Dec 2019 #10

I'll post you the recipe tonight or tomorrow the latest. Kaleva Dec 2019 #11

That'll be great. griffi94 Dec 2019 #12

No Bake cookie recipe Kaleva Dec 2019 #19

Thank you so much griffi94 Dec 2019 #20

Better to ask the captain where the lifeboats were, no? TheCowsCameHome Dec 2019 #8

so, a joks so long its like moby dick? 5X Dec 2019 #6

I sailed with a guy Turbineguy Dec 2019 #7

Thanks for sharing your sea story! Kaleva Dec 2019 #13

Don't get me started. Turbineguy Dec 2019 #15

Me and a shipmate had compartment cleaning duty one day Kaleva Dec 2019 #16

In 1954 at the age of 6 I was traveling with my family by ship from West Pakistan to England. abqtommy Dec 2019 #14

That's a long voyage! Did you go throught the Suez or did you transit around Africa? Kaleva Dec 2019 #17

On that leg we went trough the Suez Canal to Southhampton, lazed around London for a month abqtommy Dec 2019 #18