Daily Archives: July 12, 2010

Pimp my ship

  I hear a rumour that there might be some state aid sloshing around to help me pimp my ship. What can I get done? Can I get a new paint job – flashy go faster stripes, fire motif blazing down the side of the ship and a chrome funnel? Perhaps boy-racer seating on the bridge for [...]
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Sick as an old dog

LIKE many European officers, I am now at an age where gum disease is more of a real and present danger than copping an STD, so I have to confess that the prospect of undergoing pre-trip medical examinations never fail to fill me with dread. The less said about the bit where the nurse ominously snaps [...]
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