Being with an exotic women mainly I expect.

I luv you no sh*t, buy me a helicopter springs immediately to mind!!!!!....lol Don't do nothing for me I am afraid!!

your education has obviously been neglected

So Lindsay , never get to Vancouver then ? In 76 we called in on Supply . There was a reception/dance put on for our crew at HMCS Cook (Local Depot). There were 120 sailors , all ranks and 200+ ladies (all types) . Story was , that the women in Vancouver out numbered the men 2 and a bit to one . A lot of Canucks go south to the states to work and as it was summer all the fishing fleets were further north working and ....well it was summer as they know it and mating season .....Yeh , we all mated pretty well :shock: 8)

Laundromats are where I go these days to hopefully meet a nice partner/soul mate, just ask Quinnys shitstirrin' missus Karen who wants a fortnightly update HA-HAAA! Sheesh! I don't care much for plastic girls from no matter where, "hey John you so big!!!" brrrhhhh!!!! naah don't wanna go there again. You keep that Penicillin jab away from my backside ya bastard SBA!

Hey Lindsay, I just went through the box of old photo's, from when i was in "MANUS", and i found the photo of the old larpoonmari, you were with, Her name was "Matilda", I will put it on the site soon, and give you a copy, when i see you at the reunion.........Cheers for now. Gronk.

WRONG!!! My lik lik Mari ws Judy from narangall on the way to mamotte Airport. I left Manus on 02 Apr 74. When did you post in to Manus?

Yeah , Pearl got to be real good when the carriers and the Marine Division went on thier annual cruise to Japan 8) Amazing the amount of international co-operation and fraternization that started in the laundromat and the PX . "Just loovve the way you guys talk !" :wink: Then there was the beer machine in the laundromat that took Oz 10c pieces and spat out a can of Bud in return . Cost the ships fund a fortune!

Mate I was 'smooth as decktread'.....remember that saying???

The same with the beer machines in Japan in 1972. But the 2 cent coins were roughly the same size as a 100 Yen coin. One could get well lathered for 20 cents Australian.

I did RIMPAC 80 on the Melbourne (was a chippy then) but I never even heard about the laundromat, Damn! I had a few sherbets at the submariners wets and bought a ripper diving knife at the PX. I stepped straight to shit street, and was a street ever properly named as this one? I have been to some pretty sleazy run down places and this was right up there.

Which PX (USAF Hickham, the Marines at Pearl or the huge Navy PX at Pearl). I went to all 3 hunting bargains in 92. Cooks like Stokers get their everyday working rigs cleaned at Pusser's expense, correct?? So why are all the Cooks visiting Laundromats in Hawaii???

I acquired a RNZ Navy Green River Diver's knife and sheath when I swapped a RAN Pusser's Diving knife with a Kiwi CD in 85. I still have the knife that is razor sharp in my wardrobe.