Only a few of them, at that,' he added, grinning and rubbing his hands together because Zainal had included him as the crew foreman.

The crew foreman gave him hell and the company billed him for the work," Mark reports.

When the crew foreman called for reef-divers, my crew spit me out like a pit.

The crew foreman is an inventor of things that don't quite work and of stories that do.

'I'd like to double-check the trim colour with you,' the crew foreman said.

The crew foreman's clipboard told him what had to be done, and the long list of procedures had him curious, but little else.

Many believe it was named after a crew foreman.

"I'm through checking the tower for now," I told the crew foreman.

The crew foreman said it hasn't been much of a problem.

"The head of the municipal guard, the crew foreman, and I all climbed up with torches."