JohnD Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 While we still could holiday in France, we were near La Rochelle, and visited the old Nazi submarine pens, now a museum where yu could go aboard an old French submarine. I was surprised that there were so few bunks. The guide told us that this was because, to save space, each was shared by three men! One on watch, one resting and only one sleeping. Never having been aboard any other nation's subs, I've no idea if they use the same practice! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, JohnD said: While we still could holiday in France, we were near La Rochelle, and visited the old Nazi submarine pens, now a museum where yu could go aboard an old French submarine. I was surprised that there were so few bunks. The guide told us that this was because, to save space, each was shared by three men! One on watch, one resting and only one sleeping. Never having been aboard any other nation's subs, I've no idea if they use the same practice! John And there was me thinking the others slept on deck 🤿 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Noticed poor old Kevin only has a black square, should we donate him some of our points to reward all his good work? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 if its just me well i dont have a clue i use google as a search eng. and have done for years yes this week to coincide with the forum updates windows 10 has had two updates i have no idea why the short cuts have become full typed notes not an icon to click i will ask my PC guru if theres something local to my machines but the main display has again lost its boxed display and back to what i have been using for far too long a good mystery Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 just to prove the layout has changed back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 3 hours ago, JohnD said: While we still could holiday in France, we were near La Rochelle, and visited the old Nazi submarine pens, now a museum where yu could go aboard an old French submarine. I was surprised that there were so few bunks. The guide told us that this was because, to save space, each was shared by three men! One on watch, one resting and only one sleeping. Never having been aboard any other nation's subs, I've no idea if they use the same practice! John "Hot Bedding" is (was) a way of life on the North Sea oil rigs. You had your Sleeping bag and pillow and used the vacant bunk. WW2 Sub`s the ratings slung hammocks around the Torpedo`s. I think the practice continued until the advent of the Nukes.? More DIck`s Patch than mine, But one of my line bosses had been a Submariner, Engineer Branch. Pete P.S. Tried to log on from my I-phone earlier, got the login OK. But the Page came up as a "dos" screen.? I thought I was back in the 80`s!. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Twitchen Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 41 minutes ago, PeteH said: More DIck`s Patch than mine Hot bunking continued into the nuclear powered submarine era, with 'Defence Watches' (6 on/6 off) the standard routine. In Junior Rates ('sailors') mess spaces the bunks were 3 high, but less crowded for the Senior Rates (PO and CPO) and they had their own bunks. Officers shared cabins and the CO had the only single cabin. Avoided submarines like the plague despite the extra pay; all that time at sea but going 'nowhere'. Much more of a Type 42 destroyer man, with mixed manning, where the CO has his own Leading Steward and the ultimate luxury of the only bath onboard; useless at sea and really there for hypothermia cases! Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 " really there for hypothermia cases!" I love the way that the military double uses things, in unexpected ways! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Truman Posted June 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Pete L think I've worked out what's wrong re Courier access, my membership was due early June & I haven't been notified so yes it accepts my login and says successful but I have no membership access? emailed Angie to sort out my payment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 If anyone has a clue about reforming the written boxes back to icons i will try anything ihave reset the PC display checked its not on sight impaired etc but all this change came from either the forum update or the windows update as both happended around the same time now at a loss but this waste of space is bugging me now . Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 as a trial i have swapped google for microsoft edge result is the same Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 now tried Bing same result and its back to everything in a box why does it all keep changing ???????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 Pete - I tried the replicate your display by copying the URL that you are using rather than one of my presets. No problem. I must be in your setup routine somewhere. Have you tried it from an Android device or a different Windows 10 machine. It won't help to tell you that I am not getting any layout formatting problems on any of my devices. Colin you use a Mac, have you have anything similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinR Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 Pete, can you try pressing CTRL and F5 simultaneously. This will cause a dumping of any cached version of the page and reload it all from the server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 22 hours ago, Dick Twitchen said: only bath onboard; useless at sea and really there for hypothermia cases! Always gave me a chuckle, The older ships had passesnger accomodation, a throw back to when much of the Ex-Pat travel involved ship`s. All had Bath`s. On ships with no stabilisation?. AND limited fresh water supply!. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 Great idea Kevin. I had to do that when the new club website was launched. My cache was holding parts of the old site and for some unknown reason mixing it with elements of the new one. Ctrl f5 sorted it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 Mine runs great on Apple Mac but I've just this minute noticed that the header has been largely blanked out! No idea why or for how long, just noticed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 ive just been locked in as much the submit goes grey and nothing uploads ( see if this re boot works ) have done ctl F5 and no change i have unistalled and re installed chrome/ bing/ MS Edge all show the same header talking to Doug he suggested use my phone or tablet well the old android tablet actually powered up and with a out of date unsupported version of google it works fine so the culprit is some daft window update Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 well that worked ...why the lock up there is something odd going on now Colins lost his Head Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 Pete- If it worries you so much you could try uninstalling the latest W10 updates but it can be a little dangerous. I have done it but only in desperation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 if that happens i will get my PC guru suggest it and he can blow it all up hes away on work just now but hes good I can work ok with the silly post headers but have this niggle to workmout or understand more about why Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 I have Both Windows 7 and 10 on a dual boot here. Win7 is working OK apart from a tendancy to drop into overtype without warning. Dosen`t happen on Win10, same machine and keyboard. I have to check and bring Win10 is up to date, so I may go and see if Petes "problem" is showing there. Demands a full "reboot". Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 I have noticed that some of the recent quotes have little arrows at the start to open and close them. Is this something new or have I just never noticed it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppyman Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 Nothing has changed on my pc apart from the rockets and now the posh arm bands. But i am running good old windows XP The only thing that gets updated is my NOD32 AV. Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted June 15, 2021 Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 well just to try i have restored the laptop to pre last windows update its taken an hour but it now wont run google chrome so loaded MS edge and the result is the same as before so its not the windows update surely this has to be from the forum update ???? it is only the forum reply post thats in a mess all other things i use are fine Pete screen print Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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