Most esteemed flyboys from the land of SP and blue eye: if I may be so bold as to request a translation:

'Nu you ting tas ol mi man bilong no'

bearing in mind, of course, that this came from someone who's pidgin is at best a little scratchy (though ultimately better than mine)

Cheers boys.

Mi no savi

It probably should be...at least in part...Na yu tingim mi tasol man bilong no' ( I have no idea what no' is, it's not a word in Tok Pisin). This translates to "And you think I am just a man from (no')".

Hope that helps....but it doesn't sound like he knew what he was saying either.

Chuck

I can't make anything more out of it than Chuck. Methinks something is missing... was this phrase written or spoken? What was the general context that led to this phrase?

Ozex and Chuckles.!! I personally heard both of you talk like that most Friday nights at the Dero Bilong ****face pilit. In fact it deteriorated into
Tok Mumble and I and others would mumble back and everybody was mumbling to everybody else. It made perfect sense to me at the time.....cerianly more sense than when we were sober. :}

Thanks gents though never mind - as i'd expected, best just to put this down as the ravings of a mad lunatic and leave it at that.

Chuck seems to be about the closest to the money, although the expression makes little sense:

'Nu you ting tas ol mi man bilong no'

Perhaps should be: Nau yu tingting tasol mi mun bilong ...(no....

Translates to: Now, you think I'm only a man from ...(no)...

Hey Chuck!

I thought that I always had the individual's interests at heart, providing a golden handshake as they departed. Except of course for a couple of really naughty boys, one who commandered the boss's plane to take a few mates flying on the 7th day and after consuming a carton from the dreaded SP tree, used the empty containers to dive bomb picnic parties along a beach.

Bilong No!
 

I recall that when PNG natives were permitted to legally consume alcoholic beverages, various religious groups had posters up everywhere displaying a big hand holding a glass of SP beer! with the words,

"Say NO!"

On the day they could legally drink, many a lad fronted a bar asking for a 'Glass Of NO!"
:D

Chuck....
GREEN label you said you were on.?? Whatever it is....I want some. :ok:

Ah Chuckles,

Those WERE the days and some poor bastid had to do some bad things. The departure of one lad may have contributed to his longevity. Recall the damage to a couple of busloads of staffers; guys beaten within inches of their life, females raped and very lucky no one was killed. Many were sent to Cairns for Psycho counselling.

I recall one pilot returning home one evening years ago with his wife and as they reached the front door, THRUMP!! a bluddy great spear passed between their heads to lodge in the door. For some unknown reason they departed not long after. The pilot did return some years later but only lasted a very short time before leaving for good.

Your story reads far better than my diary and I think that I'll use yours as the basis for inclusion in the book. I will give you credit.

Hand grenades(fragment, smoke or stun?) was at Buka after we were allowed to return under RPNGC and PNGDF control. No Xray machines in Buka, eyes tasol and one solitary T/O to do the job of three. We had to rely on crew to be observant and to this day, I belive that no such grenades were carried on board.

The other incident was at Mt Hagen when we were trying to lock up a pollie's security guard after charging him for obstruction, assault and carrying a dangerous weapon(handgun). The skipper flatly refused to testify what he had observed but luckily we had the hostie(more balls than the capt) and an off duty pilot in the cabin. Very sadly, we failed with the prison sentence but the guard was fined K2,500. A first in PNG for some time.

What about the skipper who took over the PM's flight to Jakarta from Darwin and then returned to POM with the aircraft still laden with the 18 pollies personal effects and more embarassingly, PNG's gift to the Indon President.

In reply to my query, the skipper said that it was not his job to look in cargo holds to see if thery were emptied. That cost the country and company plenty.

Yes, Chuckles, terrific days that as Percy Chatterton once said, days that I have loved, and I would not miss it for quids. If I did it again, I think that I would have to be less lenient on the spivs, miscreants and bludgers amongst a band of very fine people.

I do remember that...cannot remember who but given the nature of the flight I guess he was senior...seems strange when we were always looking in the holds to check when some errant T/O officer said they were empty...before departing Mt Hagen:}

Or what about the time when someone VERY senior in my day was not quite so...something about jumping the chocks with pikinin bilong Mrs Queen on board....now that was funny.:ok:

BTW you took my last post with remarkable good grace:ok:

Note to self: Waigani Swamp is dead..Sharpie doesn't like that game anymore....email Mountain Man with news:sad: :E :ok:

Geeze Chuck - that's nothing!! You should hear the words of fond affection Junior had for Sharpie when he was the Union delegate around 30 years ago!!! :} :}

It's all water under the bridge now!! On to another important subject!!

Got a letter today from the great man himself, Paul Bolger who is organising the 2006 P.N.G. Reunion. It is on Saturday, June 10, 2006 (Queen's Birthday Long Weekend) at the Southport R.S.L.

Cost is a very reasonable $39.00 per person and there are a number of very reasonable hotel packages available. Souvenir Reunion Polo Shirts are also available at $35.00 each.

Anyone interested in details or attending, send me a PM or email and I'll give you Bolge's contact details.

Numbers are limited and early registrations are highly recommended.

Dennis?...piiifffttt...a mere babe in the woods...ya should heard what Dick Holt's widow had to say three years ago down on the coast..what a charming old lady....and such an astute judge:} :E :ok:

Yes Chuckles,

Must be mellowing, but I am a little concerned at your retention of facts and wonder just how much written is actually in error!

The Chock jumping episode was carried out by bongo with the Pope on board. First the nose wheel followed by a main as he desperately steered away from impacting a walkway! But the best part was still to happen. On arrival at HGU, bongo could not start the apu and had to keep No 2 running, thereby very successfully drowning out the Pope's address to thousand of welcomers. Sad, as being a devout popie, bongo was very keen to make a good impression to facilitate his future pathway above.

The Jakarta episode should not have happened as I had rostered a national crew to fly Bill Skate and party, but somwhere along the way, CNS based crew got in the act and an ex raaf type had the system changed and he flew the flight. I tried to Hammer it in that changes for the better may not actually be so.

Sharpie/Chuckles .....

What I love about you two, is that you BOTH bite.!! Fishing is a piece os wossname with you guys around.
Now, Sharpie, you say that the JKT incident should not have happened.
Bloody right it shouldn't have.! As I recall, it was around 600kg of non Loadsheeted deadload that was on board, but what really really hacks me of about that incident apart from all the Diplomatic Pek Pek flying around, was that there was a Moresby T/O on board to look after precisely all this stuff.
The little sod was too lazy to go downstairs and look in the lockers, or to Liaise with his Indo mates.
Mind you, it was all of 8/9 steps. I suppose the Skip can be blamed for everything, but then, why roster people who's job it really is, to travel with the aircraft. Might as well go to the heart of the matter and blame the crew.!! Now, back to the entertainment....Sharpie v Chuckles. :hmm:

600 kg of what ..?......buai..? :hmm:

I might have got the Bongo story a little wrong (the pax identity only) because it happened a decade or two before I got there....just a funny story from the PX folklore.....the rest of it either happened to me or good mates of mine.

A largish number of ex PX pilots hold a different view....it's no use trying too rewrite history....there were to many witnesses.

I started to write a post of truly Mountain Man proportions...but then changed my mind...it just is not worth it and not in the spirit of this thread...and for the same reason removed my previous post.

I look forward to reading your latest effort as a fiction writer:ok:

...the bouncing Pope
 

...Sharpie, is it true that the skipper concerned also had the gall to take a stroll down the back to ask for the potentates autograph. Did he get it?

Woofwoof! The autograph would not surprise me as his wife did all the gentleman's washing just a few houses down from me at the papal annunciature where he was staying.