[Neil E. Wright]

The moral is TOO TRUE! Late Friday night humor post.

[smellmygunpowder]

Hey, not only is the moral true, but that’s a true sailor story.

I had three pair of issued underwear when I got out of bootcamp (Great Lakes) complete with my stenciled name on them. I immediately went to A school down in Meridian, MS afterward. I rotated between those three pair of underwear for 3 months while in school. I only did laundry once a week. Do the math on that one.

[cva66snipe]

I remember being the only guy in the shop with a pick up truck. We pooled about 10 bucks a piece and I went and got a washing machine before each MED Cruise. I think all the Snipes did their own laundry on the ship.

By the way the Chief you posted about musta been a MAA :>}

[exnavy]

Hey, wait a minute.

We didn't do that!!!!!

LOL

[oldsalt]

Kinda reminds me of the time we pulled into Taranto,Italy back in '68 I think. My bro-in-law was in the USAF stationed at some Comm station in San Vito,so he and my sister came to Taranto to see me,hadn't seen my sis in a couple of years.

I was in a Vigilante squadron on board USS Independence,we were in a 155 man berthing compartment on the 01 level forward of Hangar Bay 1.

This was the morning after the first night in port and my bro-in-law wanted to see how we lived in the Navy so I took him up to berthing while my sister waited in an electronics shop in the "tunnel".

When we entered the berthing compartment my bro-in law asked how I could stand the smell...I,of course,said,"What smell?". Bro-in-law needed to take a leak so I showed him where the head was and he went in and promptly threw up in the sink.

I guess it's a matter of becoming acclimated.

[astyanax]

Not to be picky, but a boson is a particle.
Should be bosun...
From a quondam squid who now works with particles. ;o)

[Non-Sequitur]

You know the difference between a sea story and a fairy tale, don’t you? Fairy tales begin “Once upon a time...” Sea stories begin “Now this is no shit...”

[astyanax]

But a fine (and funny) story, btw!