Jonesy said:
And for any old timers here, a beautiful and now forgotten Australian piano composition. I bet no-one here remembers watching this as a kid....
Aye Jonesy, and you'd lose your bet in a hurry around here. It was before "Skippy" and "The Beachcombers", but after "It Could Be You", and "The Mavis Bramston Show" as I recall.
southerncross said:
BTW how is Polly doing Cap'n? Last time I saw him he looked nearly comatose, like a vegetable nearly.
Thank you for asking Southern Cross. Yes, it's quite remarkable the change that's come over Parrot since Dr Karlov brought him back from the dead. Poor Parrot has been though quite a lot, and is resting quietly in his cage at the moment. Positively REFUSES to talk to me now. He's off his seed too barely glances at the seed dish now. I took him out for a brisk walk on a leash yesterday, but he just dragged himself along the deck with very little enthusiasm. Then I thought a quick flight around my cabin might help, so I threw him into the air, but he struggled to stay aloft and soon landed and lay there quite still.
I think being killed was pretty hard on the old bird. He probably looked into the abyss and saw nothing staring back at him, and decided to keep away from the abyss from now on. Probably character building in some small way though.
It's his bath time soon. Maybe a good soak in a tub of hot brine will help him recover some of his missing senses.
errol43 said:
Captain Turk. Sorry I could nee do the deck patrol last night. Our good doctor gave me some tablets to ease my anxiety and stress of these parties of late. He said not to feel so cocky that I could go the distance. I think I be drugged captain, fell asleep on the crows nest and woke up as stiff as a board.
Avast there Errol43!
It's good to see you're taking care of yourself. You're in good hands with Boris. You know how much we love your work, but if you don't have your health, you don't have anything. The crow's nest is really no place to be when you are under the weather. Frankly, you've been working too hard lately and have begun to look half-dead some of the morning crew have been calling you Errol21.5 behind your back. The very last thing we want right now is for Dr Karlov to revive YOU from the dead like he did for our dear Ozama Un Leaden, oops, I mean Miss Bitsbemissin.
Have you tried some of Hotel46's limeandakokanut? It's very invigorating and cures scurvy and dyspepsia. I might even add a drop or two to Parrot's bath tonight.
Now listen carefully Errol43, we picked up a new passenger last night a Mr Anonymous4444. (Just between you and me, I think he might be a Vogon because he writes a lot of fancy poetry and such stuff, although he doesn't make a big deal about it... probably the shy sensitive genius type. So we'll need to all lift our game now and don't drop no double negatives and such when he's around.)
errol43 said:
I'm predicting a recovery of sorts tonight at NY close.
Aye, and glad we will be to see THAT on the horizon matey. I'm mighty glad someone else has got their eye on this matter. I've been looking at charts until I've become a chartered captain. This week I've had to draw a line that extended off the chart, and down the leg of me table and out the cabin door down to the lower deck - just to keep up with this price action. I was about to make a prediction about tonight but Mighty Atom just came past with her Hoover and hoovered all my calculations right off the deck...
So anything could happen tonight!
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