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To: rlmorel

2 posted on 09/06/2015 11:24:13 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Chode

Very cool!

When I was on the Kennedy back in 1976 on my first deployment on the ship, they sent me to work in the Chief’s Mess, which was, all in all, pretty good if you had to do mess duty, because they had good food!

While I was doing mess duty, the ship was doing sea trials after an overhaul, and one of the things they did was high speed turns like this. You can imagine we had to prepare in advance for it, and in the mess hall, they a large rolling steel cabinet that was loaded with glass dishes and bowls, and it had to be secured to the bulkhead.

It wasn’t secured well, and when the ship did the high speed turn and heeled, that thing came loose, flew across the deck and smashed into an opposing bulkhead.

You can imagine the mess, there were broken dishes and bowls everywhere!

Heh, needless to say, it wasn’t my fault, it was another guy who was responsible, but I don’t remember him getting in trouble. I guess it was just something that happened...


60 posted on 09/08/2015 8:17:39 PM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant)
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