Math test Tomorrow
Tomorrow (probably today as you are reading this) is our Maths test. The pass mark is 50%, So far I have got 100% in the practice papers, but I am not so hopeful for the real thing. I dont get exam "nerves" but that said, I dont get 100% in them either. Results are on Wednesday so I shall post them as soon as I get them. The last week has been very uneventful, maths, maths and more maths. amazingly I am beggining to enjoy it! Ciao! R
posted by Rob @ 11:00 pm
44 comments
44 Comments:
Can't wait for the results.
I bet you it's a good pass.
It'll be "downhill sailing" - after that.
or "Running Free"
Shipmaster (Ret'd)
It had better be.
This guy's been costing me a fortune - "In interest" & downloads.
bss
Well if you get your results back as quickly as that then for sure you're college is doing it's job properly.
Good luck, a pass may suffice in the meantime, provided you do not throw your maths books away.
Anything over 70% will be fine, in all probability.
However, I have a gut feeling, you will even do better than that.
Capt. (Ret'd)
82%, made a few silly mistakes, mostly on the algebra. Trig was up to scratch and Simpsons rule not bad. Still its a clear pass and thats what matters. Plenty more practice and I should be better.
Excellent - well done.
You should have no problems from now on and will find things more interesting too.
Keep up the good work but be carefull not to adversely expose yourself on the net.
If it's worth exposing, and you have to, then expose it by all means - like zoold did in the other place - but at the end of the day it makes no real difference, for no matter what you do you will make both friends and enemies at the same time.
Wish I was still at sea, and maybe even on that cadet ship - my cadets were always excellent - every last one of them and they were many indeed - but that was Red Ensign - not foreign - there we degenerated to having absolutely nothing at all and that ships zoold pointed out was, by comparison, like a palace.
I'm soooooo happy U are doing so well - but remember the vagrant gypsy side of it, especially spot market trading - that used to be called "tramping".
Thats Tankers, Dry Bulkers, OBO's and Ore Oilers - amongst others.
Shipmaster (Ret'd)
pp "the others"
Hey 83% - I like it- that's good.
Hope you'll do even better -"looking forward".
Those Maths books must be good books, - an even better reason not to throw them away.
Now what about Physics & Mechanics !!
Luv Ya,
Dorothy
Yer - that's ok.
You should be able to cope with it all quite easily now.
In future recognise tank diving is probably the most dangerous part of tanker practice. More lives lost in tanks than anywhere else.
Therefore when you do it again, never mind what the check list may say, nor the tank entry permit.
The fact remains - in your own mind - you should consider all the questions on the checklist as Just "Maybe" irrespective of which box has been ticked, then proceed accordingly.
bulkship.
For Sure.
"Appropriate Action" = a minature scba escape kit.
Never go in without one.
"ELSA" is the best brand name - or at least it used to be.
And of course - check it's OK before you use it.
LOL.
ELSA, ELSA, ELSA.
Remember the name !!!!!!!!!!
Seascout
WELL ABSOLUTELY !!!!!
You should be "eaten alive" if you do.
This blog has been "Pure Education"
Perhaps the best study guide on the net.
PAY ATTENTION !!!!!!
LOL
Shipmaster (Ret'd)
Correction:-
Should read "You should be "eaten alive" if you do go in without one".
Silly me too.
Be accurate and fully comprehensive in all your reporting !!!!!!!!!!
S.M. (ret'd)
LOL
Aye laddie - it's true.
But at least you don't have that woman Thatcher to contend with, the one who acheived what even Hitler and his wolf packs could not.
"quote"
And now, the end is here
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and ev'ry highway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way
Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption
I planned each charted course, each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this, I did it my way
Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall and did it my way
I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside, I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way,
"Oh, no, oh, no, not me, I did it my way"
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels and not the words of one who kneels
The record shows I took the blows and did it my way!
"old blue eyes."
Capt (Ret'd)
What are you doing now rob.
LOL
SPELLING - Again - you are slipping !!!!!!!
Physics/Mechanics - yes it,s all about that too.
The Principles count, you have to know them, which you probably already do, so you have to refresh them and get in the habit of doing so at regular intervals. They are not difficult - you know what I mean - Mr Archimedes, Mr Charles, Mr. Boyle, the combination of Charles and Boyle, Mr Bernoulli, Mr Ohm - all those guys I am sure you first met at school.
Levers and Moments - all that sort of stuff - get them clear in your mind.
Then the instrumentation, automation and control, all becomes simpler and "exciting" - the propertional, integral and derivative stuff (PID controllers).
Then there's Captain Flinders, flux, induction and dip.
Thats what the jobs all about, and don't let anyone tell you differently - but it's about many other things too.
Ooooh - if I were still at sea, I'm sure I could do things with you. You'd be an officer before you knew it - for sure.
BUT I AM NOT, and besides, us oldies know nothing at all - do we?
Stick at it - for you are going upwards - for sure.
But always be carefull where they place you.Just one wrong placing can easily destroy it all - "they like that" - sometimes,- it suits their objectives. They're "sick", when they do, but fortunately some have "Passed On" - in a sense.
Their genes are still around tho - that's what you have to watch out for.
dsd
Quote:-
I fall to pieces,
Each time I see you again.
I fall to pieces.
How can I be just your friend?
You want me to act like we've never kissed.
You want me to forget, pretend we've never met.
And I've tried and I've tried, but I haven't yet.
You walk by and I fall to pieces.
I fall to pieces,
Each time someone speaks your name.
I fall to pieces.
Time only adds to the flame.
You tell me to find someone else to love,
Someone who'll love me too, the way you used to do.
But each time I go out with some one new,
You walk by and I fall to pieces.
You walk by and I fall to pieces.
(Patsy Cline)
Dorothy.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx LOL
Have you tried Castlemain Four X - it's a good Ozzie Beer - Queensland too (Gold - is the best)
Oz
Correction:-
Castlemaine.
Hey ROB where are you?
Have you, or are you, being intimidated ?
Never mind if you have - and by now, you should know what to say to them - if you have.
Cadet or not, you are, in some ways, already far superior to them.
Thats true,
But don't let it go to your head.
Yer Man.
seascout
Common Sense - perhaps the best attribute of them all.
Soutmaster
Well we have had an uneventful week, better planning may have seen us do the exam last friday and now be "cracking on" with the rest of the course. But the big wigs decided Monday and so we have had nothing to do for the last week. Except of course those who failed and then "re-sat". On Monday we start the remainder of this phase. We are examined in july before we return to sea. So it will be "heads in books" until then.
Dorothy - Thank you for the lyrical contribution. Much appreciated. Cant help but wonder who you are, I am sure your connections with "elders" and "spirits" mean I cannot have ever met you. But not so sure.
No - I can assure you we never met - only on computer.
You nice guy - clearly.
Dorothy
Oh it's all right,
It's OK,
Doesn't really matter
If you're old & grey.
Cool man !!
(but it does depending on which way you look at it)
Seascout II
Book Work:-
You will learn
GZ = GM x sine theta.
You have to know that.
But you must never forget that relationship applies to small angles of heel only.
Above 5 degrees (or thereabouts) it starts to break down.
OK in port, but when you go to sea it is the area under the GZ curve which becomes so important.
Thats where Mr. Simpson becomes a real hero.
Capt (Ret'd)
May 20th 2007.
Quote:-
"Cant help but wonder who you are, I am sure your connections with "elders" and "spirits" mean I cannot have ever met you."
It really doesn't matter, but what does (at sea), is the truth and the facts.
There is sure much of that in this blog & the other place.
Maybe "in the next world" perhaps.
Elder II
Quote:-
Sir Patrick Spens
The King sits in Dunfermline town,
Drinking the blood-red wine;
"O where shall I get a skeely skipper [skeely: skilful]
To sail this ship or mine?"
Then up and spake an eldern knight,
Sat at the King's right knee:
"Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor
That ever sailed the sea."
The King has written a broad letter,
And sealed it with his hand,
And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens,
Was walking on the strand.
"To Noroway, to Noroway,
To Noroway o'er the foam;
The King's daughter of Noroway,
'Tis thou must fetch her home."
The first line that Sir Patrick read,
A loud laugh laughed he;
The next line that Sir Patrick read,
The tear blinded his ee.
"O who is this has done this deed,
Has told the King of me,
To send us out at this time of the year,
To sail upon the sea?
"Be it wind, be it wet, be it hail, be it sleet,
Our ship must sail the foam;
The king's daughter of Noroway,
'Tis we must fetch her home."
They hoisted their sails on Monenday morn,
With all the speed they may;
And they have landed in Noroway
Upon a Wodensday
They had not been a week, a week,
In Noroway but twae,
When that the lords of Noroway
Began aloud to say, -
"Ye Scottishmen spend all our King's gowd,
And all our Queenis fee."
"Ye lie, ye lie, ye liars loud!
So loud I hear ye lie.
"For I brought as much of the white monie
As gane my men and me,
And a half-fou of the good red gowd [fou: bushel]
Out o'er the sea with me.
"Make ready, make ready, my merry men all,
Our good ship sails the morn."
"Now, ever alack, my master dear
I fear a deadly storm.
"I saw the new moon late yestreen
With the old moon in her arm;
And if we go to sea, master,
I fear we'll come to harm."
They had not sailed a league, a league,
A league but barely three,
When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud,
And gurly grew the sea. [gurly: rough]
The ankers brake and the top-masts lap,
It was such a deadly storm;
And the waves came o'er the broken ship
Till all her sides were torn.
"O where will I get a good sailor
Will take my helm in hand,
Till I get up to the tall top-mast
To see if I can spy land?"
"O here am I, a sailor good,
Will take the helm in hand,
Till you go up to the tall top-mast,
But I fear you'll ne'er spy land."
He had not gone a step, a step,
A step but barely ane, [ane: one]
When a bolt flew out of the good ship's side,
And the salt sea came in.
"Go fetch a web of the silken cloth,
Another of the twine,
And wap them into our good ship's side,
And let not the sea come in."
They fetched a web of the silken cloth,
Another of the twine,
And they wapp'd them into the good ship's side,[wap: throw violently]
But still the sea came in.
O loth, both, were our good Scots lords
To wet their cork-heel'd shoon,
But long ere all the play was play'd
They wet their hats aboon. [aboon: above]
And many was the feather-bed
That fluttered on the foam;
And many was the good lord's son
That never more came home.
The ladies wrang their fingers white,
The maidens tore their heair,
All for the sake of their true loves,
For them they'll see nae mair.
O lang, lang may the maidens sit
With their gold combs in their hair,
All waiting for their own dear loves,
For them they'll see nae mair.
O forty miles of Aberdeen,
'Tis fifty fathoms deep;
And there lies good Sir Patrick Spens,
With the Scots lords at his feet.
-- Anonymous
End of Quote.
With best wishes for Quiz Night:-
Woof Woof:Wag Wag.
Blackdog/snifferdog/scout
How many in your class.
How many passed.
How Many re-sits.
What subjects are you engaging in next.
Who was the examining body.
Was it Independent or separate from the college.
This could explain why there are now so many idiots with fancy degrees and diplomas . Degenerating Standards.
What fees do foreign students pay.
Are you still being paid, or are you wrapped in poverty ?
A Maritime Policeman from Penzance.
What Difference does it make ?
The better you are, then the more likely you are to suffer abuse at the hands of offshore ship managers.
They require established skilled and experienced people to sail their wrecks for them.
"Managers Quote" we provided the best skipper we had.
THINK ABOUT IT - or at least ask the ghost of Sir Patrick Spens.
Act III Scene 5. Sabotage & Bankrupting Underwriters
Curse that woman Thatcher.
Spook.
To Tony:-
I'm Georgie McKay of the HLI,
I'm fond o' the lassies and a drappie forbye
One day when out walking I chanced to see,
A bonnie wee lass wi' a glint in her ee'.
Says I tae the lassie will you walk for a while,
I'll buy ye a bonnet and we'll do it in style,
My kilt is McKenzie o' the HLI,
She looked at me shyly and said wi' a sigh:
A Gordon for me, a Gordon for me,
If you're no' a Gordon, you're nae use to me,
The Black Watch are braw, the Seaforths an' a',
But the cocky wee Gordon's the pride o' them a'.
I courted that lass on the banks of the Dee,
I made up my mind she was fashioned for me,
Soon I was a-thinking how nice it would be
If she would consent to get married to me.
The day we were wed, the grass was sae green,
The sun was as bright as the light in her 'een,
Now we've twa bonny lassies who sit on her knee
While she sings the song that she once sang to me:
A Gordon for me, a Gordon for me,
If you're no' a Gordon, you're nae use to me,
The Black Watch are braw, the Seaforths an' a',
But the cocky wee Gordon's the pride o' them a'.
Now it's Gordon for me too:-
He'll fix it - I'm sure.
Bye Bye Tony.
Go to the World Bank and right all your wrongs.
It "beggars belief" - so it does.
Somebody Else.
Well ROB - you've got some nice wee songs to sing to the Captain when you go back to sea again.
Beats "dancing for the passengers,-that's for sure".
wink wink.
Hmm - well Rob it seems you've got a lot of comments to sort through and determine in your own mind which are relevant, which are not.
Better start getting used to it now, you'll be doing a lot more of it in the future - it drives you mad - but it never used to be that way.
Fineing, logging and double
D.R. ing - there were few problems in those days - although it was not the perfect system perhaps, but it was better than the crap you have to put up with today.
Shipping Master @ Mercantile Marine Office.
If you cant look after your blog when at sea, how are you going to look after your children.
A single parent family - yours will be. (effectively)
Plan for it now before it's too late.
pp.
3 on -- 3 off might be worth targeting.
It may be something of a compromise solution, but not necessarily so.
9 on -- 3 off, is just rediculous considering it's a 24 hour a day job, no matter who you are..
Seascout.
DELEGATION:-
Consider it well, consider it hard, consider it at length.
What is it - in fact.
Is it what it appears to be, or is it in fact pure and simple abrogation of responsibility.
Therein lies an very grey area indeed.
How many "jobs" do you do ?
Scoutmaster.
O flower of Scotland
When will we see
Your like again
That fought and died for
Your wee bit hill and glen
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again.
The hills are bare now
And autumn leaves lie
Thick and still
O'er land that is lost now
Which those so dearly held
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again.
Those days are passed now
And in the past
They must remain
But we can still rise now
And be the nation again
That stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again.
What a performance - Bravo, Bravo, Bravo.
Who Luvs ya laddie.
Pm@yahoo.com.
Quote from Banjo Patterson:-
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a Coolibah tree,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
....................
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
.....................
Up rode the squatter mounted on his thorough-bred
Down came the troopers One Two Three
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
......................
Up jumped the swagman sprang in to the billabong
You'll never catch me alive said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
see
www.imagesaustralia.com
Justme
wink wink. wink wink. wink wink
Now What IF
99% = 1
****************
What would 100% be
L.O.L.
Check Mate.
Maths advertisers got their sums wrong - me thinks.
I think they've "been had" - don't you ?
But you'll learn about that sort of stuff in Shipmasters Business & Law.
LOL
Seascout xxx
Some Recapping:-
If 99% = 1
then 100% = 1.0101
that is an overflow, with the consequence of pollution.
Has the whistle blown, if so when did it blow ?
Think back to the posting about pliers, some months ago.
What was the alarm "Set Point".
Applying the same principle, think back to the 50 tpd posting.
That cylinder probe - what was the "set point" in that case, and what do you think the reason for that might be.?
Commodore Bond.
wink wink
LOL: LOL: LOL:
BUM BITE ?
Well it certainly looks like it to me, and I've got your picture as well !!!!!
That's significant "Evidence".
Just goes to show - there's a great deal of "Rough & Tumble" in training good Deck-Officer Cadets, and you really will not learn much without making some mistakes.
You are heading for a pass, "with distinction" - unless I am very much mistaken. !!!!!!!!!!
"Oh you Beauty"
LOL
Blackdog
Grrr & wag wag
May 25th 2007.
Oh dear Oh dear - looks like someone has been "Mauled" by some dogs.
Be carefull.
LOL
Text Flasher.
Brain Washer.
Has This blogger been "Murdered".
Possibly - but I don't think so.
He's at Warsash, being Mentored, and no doubt realising he has better things to do with his time.
Like - carefully monitoring the compass bearing of threatening traffic to determine if risk of collision exists.
Maybe even coming to appreciate what those compass repeaters are there for, and who knows, maybe even understanding that they are just "repeaters" and accepting that they can & do sometimes get out of step - then resolving to do something about that.
I wonder what he'll come up with.
Captain (Ret'd)
Its me again !!!!
Where are you and hows it going.
wink wink
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