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Author:	BC [ Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:24 pm ]
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I just received my lastest newsletter "The Ferryman" from the HMAS Sydney & VLSVA and I noticed this article. Many will remember Jack especially the Chippies. Fair winds and smooth sailing Jack.

Author:	Seejay [ Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:08 pm ]
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Time to put up the sail, relax and enjoy the voyage Jack. Farewell.

Author:	Chippy Ned [ Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:01 pm ]
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I remember Jack quite well, it is always sad when a name from the past comes up in this forum. Farewell old fella, no more pipes to unblock ..... rest in peace.

Author:	Jak Cuttle [ Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:49 pm ]
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Jack showed me just how to burn out urinal drains on the 'Ferry' when the wind was "just right" Many a pleading visit from the Middie of the watch from the bridge! Fair winds good friend

Author:	Viv [ Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:37 pm ]
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I served with Jack at FMU Kuttabul I was a lonely A/NS2 and Jack was the "Chief Plumber" he was a great minder a real honest person to work with I always remember Jack He used to start work looking like a Commodore and by standeasy he looked more like a stevedore he sure new how to dig in and get the job done Rest easy Pal your work here is done Viv

Author:	Hippy Chippy [ Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:09 pm ]
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Around September 1966, as a pair of rookie NS3's fresh out of Bonehead College, Barrie Robinson and I were on a pontoon lashed up against the side of HMAS Melbourne (the Carrier), tasked with unblocking the clacker valves on some of head outlets... Conscious of the potential for a huge 'head' of sht that may have built up in the pipe from three decks above, Barrie* and I were very gingerly jabbing at the encrusted mass around a valve with a 1/8" welding rod when we heard a bellowing from the uppers... *"What the fck do you pair of Chippie wankers think you're playing at...??? Put some ooomph into it...!" "Sorry Chief, but it's stuck fast, completely seized, won't budge...!" With that Chief Plumber Jack Tilden heaved his stocky frame over the guardrail and proceeded down the jacob's ladder to join us on the pontoon... "Bloody MOBIs...** get outa my way... give me that fcking boat-hook..."* and Jack, standing directly in front of the offending blocked sht chute, proceeded to ram that boat-hook as hard as he could into the scupper valve... Eventually, a trickle appeared on the scupper lip, immediately followed by a strange gurgling noise... ...then a huge explosion of vintage excremement, hitting Jack* square in the face, covering him from head to toe in putrified sht... Jack* didn't bat an eyelid, (or if he did we couldn't see it for the sht,)* he just turned to us two wide-eyed MOBIs and said... "Now THAT'S how you unblock a scupper...!" and calmly climbed back up the ladder and disappeared onto the flight deck... I think it was right about then that I started really questioning my career choice... And wasn't it Jack that was credited with the expression... *"Fcking MOBIs, they break your tools and break your heart...!" Ah Jack*, there'll not be another like you....* ...Rest on your 'plumbers mate' Jacko...

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