eChat – Get Smart

As I kid I was brought up on a TV diet featuring the bumbling adventures of secret agent Maxwell Smart.  Agent 86, and his more sensible female partner, Agent 99 who both worked for the Chief of Control in a secret U.S. government counter-intelligence agency. Together they fought against a never ending variety of threats… Continue reading eChat – Get Smart

eChat – Mr Abrasive

On the days when I step out of bed as MR ABRASIVE people wonder, “what has happened to the Chaplain? He is not usually so abrasive! Better steer clear of him today.” Some who know me well might think, “Oh well, everyone has bad days.” Less sympathetic types may choose to point out my abrasiveness. This may jolt… Continue reading eChat – Mr Abrasive

eChat “to Hell or Melbourne”

On my desk at home I have a postcard which features a painting of the 1850’s Clipper “Lightning” which was built for the Black Ball Line. On its first voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne a passenger’s nerves were a little ragged due to the Captain’s “cracking on”. He approached Captain James Forbes better known as Bully… Continue reading eChat “to Hell or Melbourne”