Made in Norway

For Nate.
9:15 PM Monday our time
3:15 AM Monday Chicago time
34*07’19” South
163*52’33” East

At sea on our way to Sydney, Australia. There are about 50 things listed that we could do today. It starts at 7:30 AM with wake up and walk. We didn’t do that one. At 8:15 there is morning stretch. We didn’t do that one either. We went to breakfast instead. At 9:00 is bridge lessons and aerobics at 9:15 AM. We didn’t do those too. Actually we did none of those 50 things. We did however go to all meals. Couldn’t miss those.

At 6:00 PM we were invited to an officers only party on the bridge. As we arrived we were festooned with officers epaulets. Bobbi was a deck officer and I was a engineering officer. How did you like those words? Festooned means decorated with. Epaulets are those flag like thingys on the shoulders of officer’s uniforms. And here you thought I didn’t know nutin.

On the bridge they were serving Champagne and all kinds of drinks as well as canapés with lox and lotsa other good stuff. There were bunches of instruments, dials and gauges they wouldn’t let me touch. The captain blew the ships horn and let everyone walk around the small ledge in front of the bridge windows. Even though we were doing about 20 knots, there was no wind at all as it was protected by the configuration of the ship. When I saw the captain I told him Bobbi had a question for him. He is about 6’4” and the ceiling on the bridge is only a few inches higher. She wanted to know if his head hit when they were bounced around in heavy seas. His answer was that it was a problem. The ship had been built in Italy and he was built in Norway.

Then we left and met the others in the French Restaurant for dinner.

The End.

Engineer Officer Sherm out

(Posted on behalf of Sherman Rootberg)