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...i like to make tea or drink a coffee. sometimes i go to the loo or do the vacuuming. on the last patrol i changed the bed sheets and pillow slips - then remembered i needed jam, so got on my bike and cycled to the local shop, while my crew slept it off at 50 meters: ALL STOP. everyone available at rest; it had been very bad weather in the north sea and i didnt see the point in letting the watch crew bash it out up top in the middle of the night, so we dropped to 25 meters and listened for two hours at 1 KNOT circling round...nothing, so sod-it, we stoped and slept. got the Smutje to cook up something good that involved potato's and a lot of bread. everybody was relaxed - no problems.

..then i went cleaning my front windows, straightened the chair cover and folded my towels away, managed to get some washing done too - all my smalls hung up across the front. nobody said anything. then we all had another coffee and sang some songs: Willy Hauer can not play guitar, he got angry when Josef Nekam took the p*** throwing potato's at him as he played his instrument. Nekam said " i hope you play your instrument better for your girlfriend.." Hauer lost it, storming off.

when the windows were done i washed up after dinner - joined Smutje and lent him a hand, dont get chance to speak to him much or many of the crew; but tonight as they filter past my quarters i have a quick chat ask about their families and girlfreinds - may as well, i may not see them much longer.

now i'll shave and then get some sleep - peace, not much out here tonight as things go. but tomorrow we will surface and then roll it all out again.