The Anchorage, Part 3

[Rokket]

Afternoon all...first day back at work and my brain is fried. Lots of things I want to comment on but it will have to wait until the brain's working again. Took me an hour and 3/4's to get to work to day due to this
Two dead after car plunges off EJ Whitten Bridge, bursts into flames, in Keilor East
Totally gridlocked traffic for a while...but I eventually got there. Glad it wasn't a day with kids today! Just teachers...

Lorraine, your daughter looks like she's having fun!

@Rokket, what type of ship are you on? My dad used to be on an aircraft carrier off Korea during the Korean war but he was with the British Navy and they still got their rum rations back then. My brother in law works on rigs and boats that do exploring for oil and such...it's good money if you can get it.

I am on a ship that supplies the US Navy with their gas and food. It's about 700 feet long and as tall as a US aircraft carrier.

 

[Lorraine]

That's a lot of boat, Rokket! Mine is 40' long, 10' wide and draws 4'6". Not quite as big as yours and she turned 100 years old this year so she's probably a tad older.

 

[Seliah (Childe of Fyre)]

True...I feel sorry for there families. Where they went over I always thought needed some sort of barricade there, more than what there is. It's very steep...

And they were drag racing....

I don't know what the laws are like there, but where I live that is illegal. I feel bad for their families also, that's a nasty way to go. :/

 

[Lorraine]

I'm pretty sure it's against the law to drag race in Australia as it is in NZ. But young people and their high powered cars, they do it anyway. Here, the cars can be confiscated and crushed but you have to catch them first.

 

[Seliah (Childe of Fyre)]

Yeah, that's the niggle isn't it... catching them.

I do understand, Lorraine. It's just sad to see people kill themselves just for a little bit of adrenaline. There are better ways to get the adrenaline rush.

 

[Lorraine]

I reckon! And there are places you can go, at least here, and roar round a track without anything coming towards you...my son takes his car to a race track in Auckland and roars round all day, lots of adrenaline. I feel so sorry for the families. Just awful.

 

[Rokket]

That's a lot of boat, Rokket! Mine is 40' long, 10' wide and draws 4'6". Not quite as big as yours and she turned 100 years old this year so she's probably a tad older.

Yeah, the one I am on is turning 6 this year. I was in the Navy from 18 to 38 years old. Every time I called a ship a boat I was chastised for it. "Do you know the difference between a ship and a boat?!?" (shakes head)
"A boat can be put on a ship. But a ship can't be put on a boat!"
But even now, someone will ask me where I am going. I'd always reply "back to the boat...."

 

[Lorraine]

I call them all boats. And just to make it worse, I have a kitchen on my boat and my bed is in my bedroom. Can't be bothered with all the palaver of galleys and bunks and cabins. But I do have a wheelhouse and a saloon. Tradition is a funny thing.

 

[Terre]

Good morning.

 

[Lorraine]

Night all, time for a quick dip and then bed.

 

[Lorraine]

Hi Terre! You get up, I go to bed

 

[Terre]

Works that way sometimes, yes. LOL

 

[Seliah (Childe of Fyre)]

Morning, Terre.

Night, Lorraine! Sleep well.

 

[Miss B]

Afternoon folks, for those of you who happen to be around at this time of day.

 

[Terre]

'Afternoon.
Got off work a little while ago and now time to relax and get a late lunch.

 

[Lorraine]

And afternoon to yous too!

Waiting for my kettle to boil.

 

[Lorraine]

There, that's better!

 

[Terre]

*snicker*

 

[Miss B]

That certainly says it all!

 

[Seliah (Childe of Fyre)]

Hey! Lorraine, you're stealing signs off of my wall now!

Though seriously - I need one of those plastered to my forehead in the mornings!!