who ya gonna call........when Thames Coastguard has gone?

[Burnham Bob]

Embarrassing admission - last time I ran aground going south through the Raysand Channel ( before the new buoys and before Tillergirl's excellent chartlet I hasten to add) I called Thames Coastguard to report in and said there was no problem in case anyone spotted us. We made a coffeee and waited till we floated off.

So who do we call in future? I know friends have reported large floating lumps of wood and other hazards. Presumably we'll get new MMSI numbers too. And finally the FAQs say that new disposal sites will be established for time expired flares.

 

[Koeketiene]

So who do we call in future? I know friends have reported large floating lumps of wood and other hazards. Presumably we'll get new MMSI numbers too. And finally the FAQs say that new disposal sites will be established for time expired flares.

As I understand it, Thames Coastguard will still be there, except it will be a bloke in Aberdeen talking to you.

And what makes you think you'll get a new MMSI number?

 

[FullCircle]

It'll be a bloke calling himself Christopher and speaking in a broad Bengali accent asking how you are doing today.

 

[sailorman]

It'll be a bloke calling himself Christopher and speaking in a broad Bengali accent asking how you are doing today.

give him range & bearing from The Kovalam

 

[MoodySabre]

I've got Cantata's mobile number........

 

[FullCircle]

I've got Cantata's mobile number........

but he does a rubbish Bengali accent.

 

[Cantata]

but he does a rubbish Bengali accent.

I thought it was quite good.
Anyway HMCG will be coping without me from next Spring, so yer'on yer'own.

 

[Supine Being]

It'll be a bloke calling himself Christopher and speaking in a broad Bengali accent asking how you are doing today.

This guy might need a new job. Coming soon to a coastguard near you. Well, not that near probably

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIEkSs3fsDw&NR=1&feature=fvwp

 

[Koeketiene]

It'll be a bloke calling himself Christopher and speaking in a broad Bengali accent asking how you are doing today.

Don't do Bengali, but have been known to do a mean CROSS Gris Nez

 

[Sixpence]

I do a mean Punjabi but with a hint of Welsh, or is it Irish, never know these days

 

[rubberduck]

Ghostbusters, well someone had to.

 

[Koeketiene]

Ghostbusters, well someone had to.

 

[nigelm]

Press 1 for fire
Press 2 for medical
Press 3 for sinking
Press 4 for grounding
Press 5 for out of red diesel
Press 6 for out of white diesel
Press 7 for any other issues

 

[MoodySabre]

"Sorry, both our operators are busy at the moment. Please leave a message or try later."

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

Don't do Bengali, but have been known to do a mean CROSS Gris Nez

Hee hee.. my kids refer to Cross Gris Nez as 'the lady in the toilet'... because that's what she sounds like!

 

[Cantata]

Hee hee.. my kids refer to Cross Gris Nez as 'the lady in the toilet'... because that's what she sounds like!

Ha! That's what we've always thought, too.
And there's a chap who usually broadcasts live (as opposed to the recording in the toilet) with the iconic accent, conjures up a vision for us of him hunched over the desk in darkness save for the glow of the reading lamp, with a Gauloise smouldering in the ash-tray.

 

[Koeketiene]

And there's a chap who usually broadcasts live (as opposed to the recording in the toilet) with the iconic accent, conjures up a vision for us of him hunched over the desk in darkness save for the glow of the reading lamp, with a Gauloise smouldering in the ash-tray.

That would be me

 

[Habebty]

Hee hee.. my kids refer to Cross Gris Nez as 'the lady in the toilet'... because that's what she sounds like!

I think she sounds "hot" and preferably imagine her lying in the bath holding a mike and a glass of champagne.




I just typed that out loud didn't I

 

[DavidTav]

Ghostbusters, well someone had to.

Don't you mean Coastbusters?

 

[FullCircle]

I must admit I just had a rivetting couple of hours watching BBC Parliament covering the Coastguard statement and debate. You have to hand it to Mike Penning, he was well up on his brief, and the Shadow Labour guy could barely jemmy a crack in the argument.

I sat and watched until the paint dried.