No problem beachn!! Just giving you a hard time.
Posted on 06/14/2004 8:01:11 PM PDT by LaDivaLoca
Sometimes I have a hard time remembering which time zone people are in, so please just remember I am using my time zone when posting (of course unless I happen to remember where the person lives at that moment...... LOL)
p.s. I thought maybe we are in a secret club and you were sending me something in code, but I was having a case of CRS....LOL
No problem beachn!! Just giving you a hard time.
REAL CHIEFS...The backbone of the Navy.
-Are the only people that can make Ensign sound like a four-letter word.
-Think that Ensigns should be seen and not heard, and never, ever, be allowed to read books on leadership.
-Don't eat quiche, they can't even pronounce it.
-Don't have any civilian clothes.
-Have CPO Association Cards from their last 5 commands.
-Don't remember any time they weren't Chiefs.
-Have a coffee pot next to their desk with a tube running from it to their arms.
-Don't write in script, except for their paycheck signature.
-Propose like this: "There will be a wedding at 1000 hours on 29 October, be there in whites with your gear packed because you will be a prime participant."
-Favorite national holiday is CPO Initiations.
-Keeps four sets of dress khaki uniforms in the closet in hopes they will come back.
-Favorite food is shipboard SOS for breakfast.
-Wish KP was still a Navy Tradition, 'cause they don't have to pull it.'
-Don't know how to tell civilian time.
-Call each other "Chief."
-Greatest fear is signing for property book items.
-Dream in Navy Blue, White, Haze Gray and occasional khaki thrown in for good measure.
-Have served on ships that are now war memorials or tourist attractions.
-Get tears in their eyes when the "Chief" dies in the movie "Operation Pacific."
-Have the heart of a little boy, kept in a jar on their desk.
-Call their wife, CINCHOUSE.
-Have tattoos and are carefully tanned.
-Don't like Certified Navy Twill. "Wash Khaki" is the only *&$#?@ thing to make a uniform out of.
-Can find their way to the Stag Bar in CPO Clubs blindfolded, on 15 different Navy Bases.
-Have pictures of ships in their wallets instead of their wife and kids.
-Don't own any pens that do not have "Property U.S. Govt" on them.
-Don't voluntarily get the mandatory flu shots.
-Don't order supplies, they swap for them.
-Don't drink, not since the invention of the funnel.
-Love quotes. Their favorite is from the movie Ben Hur, "We keep you alive to serve this ship."
-Don't curse like Bosun Mates. Bosun's curse like Real Chiefs.
-Can name 15 bars in Hong Kong, but knows that the best bars are across the bay in Kowloon.
-Are at sea when their kids are born.
-Think that a 7-course meal, is a baked potato and a 6 pack of beer.
-Think excessive modesty is their only fault.
-Hate to write evaluations, except for their own.
-Turn in a 4 page brag sheet for their evaluation.
-Last ship was always better.
-Don't make coffee.
-Know that the black tar in their coffee cup makes the coffee taste better.
-Idea of heaven-Three good PO1's and a Division Officer who does what he is told.
-Think John Wayne would have made a good Chief, if he had not gone soft and made Marine movies.
-Are hated by Supply Officers, who have to take inventory after the Chief pays a social call.
-Use the term "Good Training" to describe any unpleasant task...Scraping the sides of the ship is "Good Training." Spending the night drinking and getting sick the next day is "Good Training."
Hey did someone forget to tell them that the military will still be there after the handover? Iran must be looking for an excuse for the coalition forces to come knocking at their door!
Ah, ha....that might be the reason.
Gee, I didn't realize it was you I was posting to (been a tough week). If you don't hear or they call back and refuse, you might talk them into forwarding it for you.
If you get an address and purchase a card or anything, let me know. Just because you live near there doesn't mean it's all on you.
Prayers lifted for the job possibility!
Hopefully they will have an address for them. I would love to get them to come to the Canteen!
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
Me too, I bet they'd love to find this place. If they did, they'd sure get a hearty Canteen welcome.
I would just print a card off my computer for them. Make it really special and personalized. Then the cost would only be the cost of a stamp, and I have a whole book of them!
Thank you Fawnn, I can use all of those I can get!!
*running through!*
Get these bees away from me!!
*Offscreen!*
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