MIA's

[om15]

I have passed the secret address to a few who have decided not to join us just yet, there are still some out there in cyber space who would be an exciting addition to our forum, G&T and MJ for example, lets hope that they come across us in due course.
I think we are doing nicely for the time being.

[Pinky the pilot]

I have received a pm on the other place from Tinpis. I do not know if he will join us but he is indeed not well.

I will leave it at that. If he joins us he may explain.

[A Lutra Continua]

Bugger! Sorry to hear that, Pinky. Tinny is one of the good guys.

[Alisoncc]

Whenever I saw his moniker on the other place it brought a wry smile to my face. Tinpis was pigeon for a can of beer when I was flying up there.

[A Lutra Continua]

Beer? Not tinned fish?

[500N]

Beer. I have heard it used in the NT, now I know where it comes from as the person using it had been to PNG.

[admin]

A tin of Piss was a can of beer, on account after a few the locals would get pissed out of their minds, and those who weren't so local weren't far behind. Malarial Tours 1970 Christmas party allocated three tins of piss to each of the hangar boys, and they loved it.

Mind you Ray Shaw the Ch Eng gave them all a pay rise, and Monday the next week non of them turned up. When questioned on Tuesday when they did turn up the head boy, with the biggest smile imaginable, stated "Only need to work four days now boss".

Alison

[A Lutra Continua]

Ah so. Tinny once said his nick was pidgin for a tin of fish.

A hostie with the national carrier just wasn't rolling up for work after completing training. Every time she was rostered the standby had to be called. Manager went to see what it was about and found her at home with her mates. She told him the basic salary was enough for her and that she didn't need to do the actual flights to get the per diems and allowances, so she was happy just staying home. The logic is mind boggling at times...

[admin]

Ah so. Tinny once said his nick was pidgin for a tin of fish.

Might have been the other side of the mountains - New Guinea, but our side Papua we would dole out tins of piss to locals for helping unload and shift cargo. Always carried a few cans down the back for that purpose, and that was in 1970.

DD, aka Dennis Douglas, imported a few hundred of these handing them out at will. It was a prized possession to many of the locals who used to hang them on a piece of vine around their necks. If you were the only person in the village with one then you got the first swig at the can as payment for it's use.

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[Chuks]

That is a "church key." Gone from the scene now, sadly.

[500N]

admin
Re the "Church Key", were the tins of piss that were handed out the big tins of Fosters which
needed a triangle cut in with one of those openers ?

These things. They were still around in the late 70's.

Bottom B&W cans are from the 50's onwards.

[A Lutra Continua]

Yup. Had one on my keyring a few years ago. Jumpmaster used it to cut loose a hung static line student after he'd forgotten his own hook knife on the load and my personal one had been nicked the weekend before. Ended up chewing through the webbing using the little cut out bit while waving off a student who was determined to kill us all by deploying the reserve while still attached to the aircraft.

For some reason my suggestion to issue jumpmasters with 9mm pistols to shoot students who don't follow their training was not taken seriously.

[probes]

jeezzz, the cans look like shoe polish!

[Pinky the pilot]

In my day with Douglas Airways and later Simbu, Tinpis and rais was tinned fish with rice!

At one stage I was based in Kerema, Gulf Province PNG, subbed out to fly a 300HP Bongo van owned by the Catholic Diocese there. I stayed in the Catholic Lodge in Kerema where the food was very basic but never unpalatable.

The Cooks were young Meris from one of the local Villages who showed an aptitude for cooking. And I must state for the record here; I never ever had a lousy meal there! As mentioned above, the food was basic but always filling.

And not once did I ever get the meal mentioned in the first line of this post.

Actually, I will always remember the one night we were served Rump steak! I have no idea how they came about it. All I know is that it was bloody good!!

I have often wondered what became of those Girls who looked after me and the others who lived in the Lodge there. I can guess; and more's the pity as two in particular would have made good Chefs in some Restaurant somewhere, if only they had the opportunity!

[Pinky the pilot]

And just received a message from the illustrious Gaunty. Have extended an invitation to him to join us.

Stay tuned.

[admin]

In my day with Douglas Airways and later Simbu, Tinpis and rais was tinned fish with rice!

That wouldn't have been a certain Dennis Douglas, previously of Malerial Tours fame would it? Knew him quite well back in 1970/71. A photo of a couple of their BN2A's plus others at Jacksons Field, Port Moresby. The old name for the airport.

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Pidgeon wasn't a static language nor strictly defined, and for many there were always the "missionaries" trying to civilize the language. When we still had Kiaps running vast areas of TPNG then tinpis was pidgeon for cans of piss (beer), and payment for some effort was often in cans of beer. I understand there was a time when drunkenness was a significant problem, so attempts by missionaries to effect payment in tins of fish instead wouldn't be that surprising. And so the language drifts.

[A Lutra Continua]

...I have often wondered what became of those Girls who looked after me and the others who lived in the Lodge there. I can guess; and more's the pity as two in particular would have made good Chefs in some Restaurant somewhere, if only they had the opportunity!

Best Italian food I ever had was made by our cook in Bujumbura. Wish I could have figured out a way to get him and his family to Europe or SA. He'd have been snapped up by any restaurant worth their Michelin stars.

[500N]

Has anyone invited Cooda Shooda ?

[rgbrock1]

Has anyone invited Cooda Shooda ?

Who? Never heard of him/her. I'm sorry not to see con-pilot on here yet. Maybe I'll create a new persona on "that other site" and get con banned!

[Airborne Aircrew]

RGB:

Creating a new persona doesn't get you access I'm afraid. I created one some weeks ago now and have made several sensible posts in varying subject matter topics. Not one has appeared in the threads yet... So I'm stuck in limbo.

The funny thing is that they are now so paranoid about who may or may not be a previously banned that bona fide new members are also in limbo and probably don't bother returning. So, they are hurting their own membership numbers which, in turn, will affect that revenue stream they are trying to protect by culling us dross...