Whoa there

Found in the archives so it should have been made available four years past (OK mid 2012)

Back on board the OC after a two year sabbatical (a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since I last sighted her prowed lines (pun intended)).

 And what changes? First to report is the successful completion of the unofficial offshore T4 course, for which the vessel was temporarily renamed (security reasons were sited), the remarkable feat of talent and perseverance was carried out under duress (but the Bridge Super went away after they gave him some marbles to play with) and the honour of tightening the last bolt was declined by non-other than Lee Van Cleef and all that without a parachute drop in sight.

On the subject of courses, the deck crew have taken it upon themselves to equip their supervisor with an arsenal of “useful” vocabulary (most of which could get him arrested), and the OC workout video is in post-production.

The LARS paint by numbers has all but been completed (with the exception of the one item painted by a colour-blind hedgehog (next month’s competition = name the part).

Welfare:

Rumours that the welfare fund is to be renamed the “Nespresso” fund are found to be untrue, even though the conversion to P.O.D. (Price Over Desirability) coffee is virtually vessel wide. And a full length posing mirror has been installed in the Gym (however, the subscription to “Bodybuilders have small Genitals “ monthly was turned down).However I have taken up the option of the weekly Gay Pride magazine and find myself strangely attracted to our own  Aerobics instructor after watching his workout video.

Morale:

Morale remains high and the occurrences of crew being made to walk the plank are being kept to an all time low (Keel hauling is down too, but that might be due to the shortage of good rope).

Comings & Goings

We have waved a tearful farewell to Tuan (then he came back) wished Damo a good camping trip, Bryce got married (congrats from all of us) and Dino has become a daddy (potential future ROV Pilot?)

Party Preparation

Well hello again, I had a wonderful new year (totally oblivious of the date other than the sporadic felicitations from my fellow rig occupiers) then the run up to dear mater's arrival and ensuing visit.

Now I am awaiting the final moments of the smoker (having enslaved my nephew on smoker watch) and we are all about to trip off down the hill to imbibe and be merry (in an official manner).

The photo? Last night's moon rise, as we were cooking the first batch of ribs (yummy). G&Ts all round and lots of burnt animal flesh. Hey ho.