What a sh!tty day !

[mickrick]

uk_vette said:

mickrick said:

essayer said:

mickrick said:

I'll put a bit of your magic mix down the pipe, and seal the end up. As I've resigned to the fact they will do without this head for the next trip.
There're 7 others they can use.

Holy st how big is this boat

One in each cabin, a His & Hers in the master, + a day head.
They soon add up.
She's 27m.
Just M'self and a deck hand run her. But the Boss doesn't want us on board when they're out.
So we do the deliveries, pick her up from wherever she's been "dumped", do the damage control, and deliver her to wherever they want to continue the destruction.
My phone doesn't stop, and I'm often jumping on a plane to go sort out some disaster or other.
After 10 years, I'm losing the will to live.

.
Sounds to me you just complain too much, and don't get on with your job.
Perhaps it's time you just got on with the job, and fixed the pipes, like that's part of your job.

vette

Well thank you Mr. Vette I'll consider your sage advice and just get the fk on with it shall I ? Which is exactly what I've been doing.
Yes I had a moan to get it off my chest. But I wasn't moaning about my job. I was moaning about the stupidity of the feckless private school educated darlings, that never have to face the consequences of their actions, and the fact that what I was having to do was so unnecessary if they had an ounce of common sense.
Hopefully my little rant has produced a solution from another PH'er, which may get me out of the st. If you'll pardon the pun.
Unlike your suggestion.
In the meantime, perhaps you'll consider the picture below, and whether rolling about in this, and my own sweat is in fact part of my job.
This lot came out a a rate of knots with the baby wipe on the end of the spring rod that had just released, and got me in the face.

I'm quite happy to service the vac pumps, replace diaphrams and duck bill valves, and toilet seals, but I don't consider hepatitis, or vomiting into a bucket as part of my job. Although it obviously is.

As I mentioned before, glamour jobs eh?

[croyde]

Holy crap!!!!!!!

[Jazzer77]

Your title makes perfect sense after that pic.

[XJSJohn]

King Herald said:

mickrick said:

Ah the good old Blakes seacock How many times have I had to wallop one of those to get it unsiezed !
After 18 years in the business there isn't much I haven't had to do, but I don't remember having to swim in it. Although I have occaisionaly rolled in it, and had to dive in some pretty disgusting places. (the river in Butterworth Malaysia springs to mind, with a breadnife to cut away a rope we picked up on the way past Penang. I couldn't see my hand in front of my face!)
I don my cap to you Sir ! .....

Squeaky clean Singapore empties raw sewage into the sea near Changi, or it did do 20 years ago, and I had to leap into that once or twice for emergency yacht repairs.

Ahh, Pasir Ris Beach! Not all the time, but the overflow does throw some lovely floaters out if we have heavy rainfall (now it doesn't rain much here does it!!!)

Mick, I feel your pain, jam rags stuck in the bog are a right pain!!! There is a reason why the bog on my boat is always "broken" whenever anyone wants to use the lavvy (it's classy on my boat, also the sail locker)

[Simpo Two]

Is there any reason why marine toilets have to be puny half-sized replicas with 1/2" piping? Why can't we have proper (domestic-size) bogs?

[croyde]

We had use of a small boat with a 2 berth cabin and a head whilst on holiday in the Bahamas earlier in the year. My mate, the owner, wouldn't let anyone use the head and I can see why now

[Fishtigua]

Simpo Two said:

Is there any reason why marine toilets have to be puny half-sized replicas with 1/2" piping? Why can't we have proper (domestic-size) bogs?

Most marine bogs run 3/4" inlet and 1"1/4 outlet. If your arse needs bigger than an inch and a quarter, Lord help you.

Stop eating clay.

[King Herald]

XJSJohn said:

Ahh, Pasir Ris Beach! Not all the time, but the overflow does throw some lovely floaters out if we have heavy rainfall (now it doesn't rain much here does it!!!)

I remember the old tourist line from the 90's: "Singapore, A Tropical City Of Excellence....".

If only they knew.....

[Ult-Jim]

Hello Mick, I understand fully. Had to literally jump into the black tank on Thunder-A mid charter to pull out a blocked pump years ago. A blockage in the pipes was a regular occurrence on a Palmer Johnson I worked on as well, so much so all the crew were drilled and had a role to unblock it. Yes my role was to cruel into the bilge with a wet vac and disconnecting sections of pipe! I had a specially allocated overall to wear for that job. Only last year in the yard I was confused with the plumbing of the sewage system (which was jury rigged so work could be done on the quantum stabilizers below it) and I accidently started the half connected pump resulting in a 2 second full face of it!!

[King Herald]

Fishtigua said:

Most marine bogs run 3/4" inlet and 1"1/4 outlet. If your arse needs bigger than an inch and a quarter, Lord help you.

Stop eating clay.

So they run 4" pipe in houses simply because they like the look of it???

[johno_78]

mickrick said:

BliarOut said:

Surely there's some sort of hand drill flexible attachment. for this sort of thing?

I'm thinking about it. And I recon there's a market for them in this job.

Google root cutter. I've seen one chew up roots, that were causing a blockage, in seconds, so i can't see a tampon being any dramas. Granted this was an outside pipe going to a cesspool, but the principle is the same.

[MOTORVATOR]

Yep that's it Mick, get what effectively is a hole saw designed to go down a 4" clay Pipe, attach to your most powerful electric drill and set it off down that 1"1/2 pipe next to the plastic hull bottom.

We look forward to your report

[Steve_D]

MOTORVATOR said:

Yep that's it Mick, get what effectively is a hole saw designed to go down a 4" clay Pipe, attach to your most powerful electric drill and set it off down that 1"1/2 pipe next to the plastic hull bottom.

We look forward to your report

At least the water would be relatively clean.

Steve

[Junior Bianno]

mickrick said:

Well thank you Mr. Vette I'll consider your sage advice and just get the fk on with it shall I ? Which is exactly what I've been doing.
Yes I had a moan to get it off my chest. But I wasn't moaning about my job. I was moaning about the stupidity of the feckless private school educated darlings, that never have to face the consequences of their actions, and the fact that what I was having to do was so unnecessary if they had an ounce of common sense.
Hopefully my little rant has produced a solution from another PH'er, which may get me out of the st. If you'll pardon the pun.
Unlike your suggestion.
In the meantime, perhaps you'll consider the picture below, and whether rolling about in this, and my own sweat is in fact part of my job.
This lot came out a a rate of knots with the baby wipe on the end of the spring rod that had just released, and got me in the face.

I'm quite happy to service the vac pumps, replace diaphrams and duck bill valves, and toilet seals, but I don't consider hepatitis, or vomiting into a bucket as part of my job. Although it obviously is.

As I mentioned before, glamour jobs eh?

That was a better rant than the first one IMO. Still a bit light on the swearing though...

[mickrick]

I am Mr. Tranquilo today.

[NDT]

mickrick said:

But I wasn't moaning about my job. I was moaning about the stupidity of the feckless private school educated darlings, that never have to face the consequences of their actions, and the fact that what I was having to do was so unnecessary if they had an ounce of common sense.

Who are you, Ed Milliband? Having little common sense is nothing to do with going to private school, it's to do with youth.

[thinfourth2]

A small but useful fact

Ginger nuts biscuits when mixed with water looks exactly like turd


A morally dubious person could mix it up and let some end up on your sleeve

A very morally dubious person could do this just after working on a sewage system

An exceedingly morally dubious person would then lick this off their sleeve in the company of others

[Getragdogleg]

Mind you so does French Mustard and you also get to do a little sour face as you lick it off your fingers.

I find the little catering portion packs pouches are easy to conceal and you just rip the corner off and squeeze it out when needed.

Came out of the toilet in the staff room with "mustard applied" and made a room full of greasy mechanics dry heave and retch with that one once.