Forum: Off the vessel - OVERTIME

I thought about a thread for just general chit-chat, a place where nothing else goes except for shooting the breeze with whatever is on your mind....

I loved the Desert Island Music thread by EHP, brilliance!! So I thought I'd expand upon it if I may. Here is what I am listening to right this...

Calling all fans of "The Big Bang Theory". I'm without any big secret, a fan of many TV series and comedies of our time: as geeky as I can be...

Every time I feel like telling you about a tv programme, I also belive I don't have to make a new thread. Don't know if the title is covering what I...

How many are fans of "Family Guy" Like so many other comedies, I'm also a big fan of this comedy... the Griffin Family of the "Family Guy". Are...

Rather than make a new thread for just this one item, I thought it would be better to start a thread where we can post various news items. Miracle...

Greece This is the first beer I had in Greece. It's quite good though the one I had from this bottle was pretty well skunked (something I'm...

We have a thread here called "Only in China". I think it is time to have one for "Only in America", for good or for bad, or for plain stupidity. ...

I had a thought, as I'm always hunting around the interweb for interesting and sometimes unusual stuff you can find. I thought all the things I come...

Here is the first candidate: http://www.fvn.no/lokalt/kristiansand/Ba-raneren-pelle-seg-ut-2271747.html Sorry, only in Norwegian and I don't know...

I thought about where I'm from and what we are in our largely unknown county, I found that most people even in England know very little about our...

From 1986 new years eve party at the pub. One or ten toooo many, a fun night if I could only remember it all.

From time to time we all come across a video that does not seem to fit into any other category. So instead of making a new thread for just one video,...

I found this video on Huffington Post:...

Yesterday was one of those days that I will remember with pride and emotion for the rest of my life. For yesterday I became a Grandad for the first...

I thought I would start the Holiday Season 2013 here at CVF off right. Enjoy!!!! ZROzKzZTaFk

How fast is your Internet connection? Do the test here: http://speedtest.net/

IKEA : World famous furniture and accessories store! Do we need an Ikea-thread? (giggle) Anyone love Ikea or is it hated? Do you shop at...

To add to the "Only in....."-threads, here is one for India. I received these pictures by e-mail, but they appears to have been compiled from...

Facebook: hated or loved There are millions of facebook users around the world, some people love it, some people hate it and some just use it...

Auction for the Norwegian flag from the Olympic opening ceremony....

21 years with a minimum of 10 years in prison? I am an ocean away and still angry. Then I think of all the Norwegians working hard and paying taxes...

I SO enjoyed PoloUK’s Olympic Torch Relay photographs. It turned out to be much more than “enjoyed”, for they actually managed to inspire a...

I thought that as I have done some artwork other than liners, I would put them up too if that's alright. I did this first one about 10 years ago,...

Here's my Friday the 13th weirdness. I got out a seldom used pump and piping to do some watering. It's a 2" pump so it's hoses are much larger...

On the 22nd of June 2012, the Dalai Lama visited Edinburgh This link takes you to an official website with a summary of the events that took place....

Movie time! USCSS Prometheus. I love this one... basically, I love alien movies... (blush) Anyone else seen it?

Movie time! The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel You all really should go and see this charming and funny film when you have a chance... I loved it so...

I have been following my new satellite's construction for a couple years, it's launch last October, it's slow progress to it's working orbital...

I enjoy drawing from time to time, and as I know what is behind a good drawing, I admire people who can use their pencils or brushes to create...

I always look for funny or silly Tee-shirts being worn by people, some knowingly and some have no idea that it either. Here is an example to start...

It is said that Statistics can be used to prove, or disprove anything. There should be plenty of jokes, or more serious proves of that. Here is...

I started a thread about the american president a few years back, and now, because I can't get a hold of her myself to ask questions face to face, I...

New movie coming: Snow White and the Huntsmen Can't wait for this movie to come out... and to see Snowhite like I've never seen her before: ...

Sterkoder, you should make more of these... I love caricatures of such high quality!

Okay everyone, this is the thread you have all been waiting for!:eek: This is the place to post all of those songs that you remember from so long...

For those who appriciate both maritim life and plastic arts I suggest to discover DIRK VERDOORN's work in a notice in english on Wikipedia or on ...

Don’t talk to aliens, warns Stephen Hawking Stephen Hawking is probably one of the most insightful and smartest men on the whole entire planet,...

It is early in the carnivale season but we caught a parade in the French Quarter in New Orleans last night. It was not one of the fancy parades seen...

Over the last several days of being unfortunately cooped up at home I thought I'd do a bit of digging into Area 51, Groom Lake or Dreamland. Using...

Jan-Olav, if you wanted to announce this yourself, I'm sorry, but I know these things are difficult for you sometimes. Just wanted to make your life...

Does anyone else have a ship on a tree? This is Holland America's Westerdam.

Soap Opera "Cuando Saes Mia" One of my favorite soaps from my time back in Thailand.... well, to be really honest, I do not like watching soaps...

James Bond : Quantum of Solace : The new James Bond movie was recently screened all across the world and I have also seen it, in Trondheim about a...

This we continue from our old forum: http://captainsvoyage.7.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=2414

Maybe most of us assume that data traffic is controlled by satellites, but they are actually in the cables on the seabed. And more cables are being...

No such thing as "deleted" on the Internet t's always fun to write about research that you can actually try out for yourself. Try this: Take a...

In answer to Wherrygirl's query over Talk Like A Pirate Day, I have discovered it is a major holiday/celebration in the Church of the Flying...