tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post5813368436855053992..comments2023-07-18T07:27:08.516+00:00Comments on Siren Voices: viewpointSpence Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-51884595925117155352009-02-19T21:02:00.000+00:002009-02-19T21:02:00.000+00:00Poor guy. I know it's often said that sailors and ...Poor guy. I know it's often said that sailors and fishermen drink a lot. I suppose they work in such a dangerous environment, it's just one more risk to add to the mix.Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-35436353453527697522009-02-19T20:32:00.000+00:002009-02-19T20:32:00.000+00:00After all this chat about the gap between ship and...After all this chat about the gap between ship and quayside, yesterday on my day shift they pulled a body out of our dock. It appears that a fisherman went back to his trawler in the early hours, probably the worse for a few drinks, fell asleep on the deck and rolled off into the dock and drowned. They found is body about 10am the next morning. Unfortunately this is not an uncommon occurrence!Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223738695008926378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-9055378556888273442009-02-17T08:45:00.000+00:002009-02-17T08:45:00.000+00:00That is a pretty terrifying prospect. I remember s...That is a pretty terrifying prospect. I remember standing on a little quayside in Greece where the ferry had docked. There only seemed to be an inch between the bottom of the ship and the seabed, and a closing and expanding inch between the side of the ship and the dock; the water was clear, with shoals of tiny fish swimming there. The shocking difference in scale between the ribby little fish bodies and the iron hulk of the ship was brilliant and awful at the same time. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if there's a dock cam anywhere, so your Mum could watch it on her pc? ;) xSpence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-71542022373159731532009-02-17T08:22:00.000+00:002009-02-17T08:22:00.000+00:00I'm terrified of the gap between ships when they a...I'm terrified of the gap between ships when they are 'along side' the jetty, pontoon, dockside (I've never stop around long enough to find out the real term.) I'm convinced I'll fall to a hideous death in the oily water. <BR/>My mum loves to watch ships come and go, she has a life long regret that her mum wouldn't let her go in the WREN's, the best she has managed in her life time is a very stormy day trip from Dover. Fleetwood used to be her favourite place to watch the boats, but now she's not mobile and we have so little fishing industry, I can't think where I might take her to watch themuphilldowndalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426833972060254592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-17049896376597582722009-02-16T21:15:00.000+00:002009-02-16T21:15:00.000+00:00Hey - thanks Kaz! I'll be in touch... xThanks for ...Hey - thanks Kaz! I'll be in touch... x<BR/><BR/>Thanks for that, Paul. I did try to describe what she was wearing in a bit more detail, but I cut it in the end as I thought it just sounded like the fashion section of a sunday supplement. <BR/><BR/>Hey Liv! It's a nice fantasy - but I bet I'd end up seasick, homesick and find I'm allergic to pig iron (whatever that is).Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-58863389805882563132009-02-16T21:04:00.000+00:002009-02-16T21:04:00.000+00:00It was the bacon sandwiches which sold the idea! G...It was the bacon sandwiches which sold the idea! Good luck with that, just hope there is a return trip in steerage from said godforsaken place! (What with it being godforsaken, one never can be sure about return journeys...they tend to only be one way) ;)loveinviennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061067320547283159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-76161601943974550162009-02-16T20:47:00.000+00:002009-02-16T20:47:00.000+00:00"Her demeanour hangs from her like her dress: brig..."Her demeanour hangs from her like her dress: bright, but fading after repeated use."<BR/><BR/>love this line.f2fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427524843179703787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-80234119508431967742009-02-16T20:42:00.000+00:002009-02-16T20:42:00.000+00:00Let me know when Spence and I'll see what I can fi...Let me know when Spence and I'll see what I can fix you up with LOL!!Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223738695008926378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-10720408417808845462009-02-16T17:52:00.000+00:002009-02-16T17:52:00.000+00:00I thought so, too. I bet his D&V was just anot...I thought so, too. I bet his D&V was just another thing to go wrong for them - but still, she struck me as remarkably unsympathetic!<BR/><BR/>There is something really compelling about ports. I have this ambition to pay steerage on some rusty tramp steamer (whatever a tramp steamer is), and take three weeks to reach some godforsaken place, writing, eating bacon sandwiches and drinking whisky. ;)Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-1753579348021249072009-02-16T14:39:00.000+00:002009-02-16T14:39:00.000+00:00Charming girl :| although there is probably more t...Charming girl :| although there is probably more to her indifference to her partner than meets the eye. <BR/><BR/>I like docks as well. They always remind me of summer holidays in France when we used to take the car ferry from Portsmouth or Plymouth.<BR/><BR/>Liv xxxloveinviennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08061067320547283159noreply@blogger.com