`` he says he bides fine and hopes ye do likewise , an ' he 's lookin ' forward to you bein ' back hame soon , an ' there 's lots o ' stuff about how the ships are doin ' an ' suchlike , no ' verra interestin ' in ma opinion , an ' he 's writ s. w. a. l. k. on the bottom , but we havena worked out what that means yet . ''