We have another starter for the Rocks run.

I talked to Howie Henderson (username Hendo) from the 14th Intake last night and he indicated that he will be there for the weekend. In fact I invited the lucky bastard to share my room in the Hyde Park Inn. I figured if Seejay and Shep can shack up together, then I can put up with Howie's snoring.

So you can add another starter to the list Tricky.

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John Kelly (WEBMASTER)
R42620
Ex-WOMTH
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'83
Nirimba x3 - Rushcutter - Sydney x2 (Carrier) - Melbourne (Carrier) - Penguin - Kuttabul - Creswell x3 - Stalwart x2 - Brisbane.

That's ONE more with Hendo, and getting close now, with only 11 days 'til the...
5th RAN Skilled Hands Annual Sydney Rocks Xmas Pub Crawl Smokey
currently, our 2007 head count stands at....

So far CONFIRMED we've got...

Col 'Pussasan' Kelson
John 'Chippy Ned' Kelly
Chris 'SeeJay' O'Keefe
Rick 'Hippy Chippy' Pengilly
Mark 'Mobes' Mobley
Henry 'Henry S' Schubert
Dean 'Dinophot' Gedling
Steve 'Shep' Shepherd
Col's 'Surrogate Illigitimate Daughter'
Glen Friedrich
Mrs Friedrich
'Jak' Cuttle (doing the 'wusses' short course...)
Wayne 'Buck' Rogers (with incriminating camera...)
Simone Morris
Shirley MacLean
Rob Hall
Howie 'Hendo' Henderson

So adjusting our still UNCONFIRMED we've got...

Ummmm... Just Chantel (a definite maybe first timer)

I'm still doing a ring around of past articipants, I ain't giving up just yet..! :thumbright:

With a number of starters for convivials on Friday evening with Charlie,
like SeeJay, Shep, Pussasan, and myself we really do have the capability
of putting quite a dent in the 'Loo... hopefully not like our friend below...


...but with characteristic moderation, I'm sure we'll see the
whole weekend through...



Keep 'em coming Gang, if everybody who's committed to the event
fronts up on the day, we will have WELL AND TRULY blown all previous
attendance records...!

Anyway, looks like we're in for a great outing on Saturday...! BUT...



PLEASE DON'T FORGET THE MOBI YACHT 'NIRIMBA' 41ST BIRTHDAY
HEART STARTER BRECKY BBQ, AGM AND OPEN DAY AT RANSA ON
SUNDAY, THE FOLLOWING DAY...! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT...!

_________________

Rick Pengilly
WEBMASTER
Ex-CPOMTH3
R42630
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'74
HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane

If you take daylignt savings into account...

...we're LESS THAN one week away from kick-off of the...
5th RAN Skilled Hands Annual Sydney Rocks Xmas Pub Crawl Smokey

Or for SeeJay, up there in Queensland... one week and 30 minutes to go...!!!

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Rick Pengilly
WEBMASTER
Ex-CPOMTH3
R42630
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'74
HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane

Now less than 4 days to go (3 days to the Friday Run Practice), and to show you Mexicans how committed I am, I'll even start the run an hour ahead of real time. ( You know, the time you lot will return to after five or six months of telling yourselves that daylight saving is a good thing).

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Chris O'Keefe
R43136
Ex WO Chippy
19th MOBI Intake
July 65 to July 85
HMAS Nirimba X 4 -Penguin-Sydney-Queenborough - Creswell - Moreton - Stalwart - Platypus - Coonawarra Reconstruction Team 76 - Platypus - Hobart - Cerberus - FHQ - Coonawarra.

Anyone can be ordinary. Shipwrights choose to be extraordinary!

I should live so long, SeeJay...! Just gotta keep reminding myself...

StReSs iS mY fRiEnD...!!!

Just got back from putting the yacht back in the water at Noakes,
single-handedly manouvering her to tie up alongside, where she'll stay
overnight, no-one to help me get her back home to RANSA today...
...meeting Ralph at 'sparrow's fart' tomorrow morning to motor
her back from McMahon's Point to RANSA before I front up for work...!

Gettin' too old for this sh*t, I'm futterly ucked... [-(

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Rick Pengilly
WEBMASTER
Ex-CPOMTH3
R42630
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'74
HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane

I knew life wasn't all champagne, wild women and caviar as a trendy yachtie Rick..........just most of the time......right???

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Robin (Bob) King
R105234
Ex-WOETS4
25th MOBI Intake
July 68 - June 88
Nirimba, Waratah (Dam Neck), Brisbane, Waratah (Mare Is & LBNSY), Harman (CDSC), Waratah (Mare Is), Brisbane, Harman (Navy Office & CDSC), Waratah (Dam Neck & Mare Is), Harman (CDSC)

Wisdom comes with age, sometimes age comes alone.

It's tough at the top Tafmo, but somebody's gotta do the hard yards...

...like interviewing 'Pirates' for our "Pirate's Day" Poster...


And just to check that those lovely legs go all the way up to her bum... :pottytrain2:
...and then some... Just click on the poster...!!!

Yep... Anyway, suffice to merely say that The MOBI Yacht 'Nirimba' is now safely
back on her mooring at RANSA... and I can now get back to focussing my efforts on...
5th RAN Skilled Hands Annual Sydney Rocks Xmas Pub Crawl Smokey
currently, our 2007 head count stands at....

Our 17 CONFIRMED starters are...

Col 'Pussasan' Kelson
John 'Chippy Ned' Kelly
Chris 'SeeJay' O'Keefe
Rick 'Hippy Chippy' Pengilly
Mark 'Mobes' Mobley
Henry 'Henry S' Schubert
Dean 'Dinophot' Gedling
Steve 'Shep' Shepherd
Col's 'Surrogate Illigitimate Daughter'
Glen Friedrich
Mrs Friedrich
'Jak' Cuttle (doing the 'wusses' short course...)
Wayne 'Buck' Rogers (with incriminating camera...)
Simone Morris
Shirley MacLean
Rob Hall
Howie 'Hendo' Henderson

Fantastic... going to be a HUGE day... I'm really looking forward to it...!

AND DON'T FORGET THE MOBI YACHT 'NIRIMBA' 41ST BIRTHDAY
HEART STARTER BRECKY BBQ, AGM AND OPEN DAY AT RANSA ON
SUNDAY, THE FOLLOWING DAY...! WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT...!

_________________

Rick Pengilly
WEBMASTER
Ex-CPOMTH3
R42630
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'74
HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane

Bloody fantastic.

I cant wait to have a few drinks with the wimps like Shep and Seejay, then watch them turn into blithering idiots. After that, a little raping, pillaging, culture and goodwill spreading, then we might have a bit of a drink with the real Sailors.

It's such a shame that a couple of my best non MOBI acquaintances, Buck and Dino, will be flopping around like untrained seals, still trying to keep up with "the big boys"

Oh well, I suppose it will be just another run, just another fond memory, just another surreal experience, just another carry the sprogs home exercise, just another disappointment for the local virgins.. No change, just the year.

Shit, I can hardly wait.

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John Kelly (WEBMASTER)
R42620
Ex-WOMTH
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'83
Nirimba x3 - Rushcutter - Sydney x2 (Carrier) - Melbourne (Carrier) - Penguin - Kuttabul - Creswell x3 - Stalwart x2 - Brisbane.

Ned, ya dopey bastard, I don't need ANY drinks to turn into a blithering idiot.

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Chris O'Keefe
R43136
Ex WO Chippy
19th MOBI Intake
July 65 to July 85
HMAS Nirimba X 4 -Penguin-Sydney-Queenborough - Creswell - Moreton - Stalwart - Platypus - Coonawarra Reconstruction Team 76 - Platypus - Hobart - Cerberus - FHQ - Coonawarra.

Anyone can be ordinary. Shipwrights choose to be extraordinary!

Yet another starter for Saturday, Dave Warren will be joining us as well...

...bringing us up to 18 starters, with one and a half days to go...!!!

_________________

Rick Pengilly
WEBMASTER
Ex-CPOMTH3
R42630
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'74
HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane