On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 18:02:15 +0000, Timothy Collinson
<xxxxxx@port.ac.uk> wrote:

>.. merry Christmas everyone.

...and a Happy Secular Shopping Season to you! >:)

>[1] As it happens, he's a Stena ferry 1st Officer and is on his ship in
>Kiel for the duration.  He sent a terrific photo of him lounging, in full
>uniform on a huge pile of life jackets.  Apparently every five years they
>have to change the bulbs...  presumably your emergency rescue balls would
>need something similar in order to comply with SOLIS.  Safety of Life in
>Space.
>
>It's Holiday and the ship's crew realize their SOLIS inspection is coming
>up in just a few days.  Instead of shore leave and partying, The Captain
>has them all checking/replenishing *all* the emergency survival equipment
>to get it done in time.

While Holiday is a good reminder to do it (much like checking the batteries
on your smoke detectors is supposed to be done at the start and end of
Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time, to those of you in countries that are
halfway rational about it - it's been expanded here to the point that it's
eight months long, instead of about six)), I expect that it's probably in
reality done as part of the Annual Maintenance.

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