To: Sub-Driver
Do US Naval vessels still have yardarms?
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3 posted on
06/05/2007 9:37:28 AM PDT by
Lurker
(Comparing moderate islam to extremist islam is like comparing small pox to plague.)
To: Lurker
Kaffee: Sherby, does the Navy still hang people from yardarms?
Lt. Sherby: I don’t think so.
Kaffee: Dave, Sherby doesn’t think the Navy hangs people from yardarms anymore.
Semper Fi,
NYleatherneck
12 posted on
06/05/2007 9:44:30 AM PDT by
NYleatherneck
(It ain't a World War until the French surrender.)
To: Lurker
At need, sailors can kluge anything.
17 posted on
06/05/2007 9:47:37 AM PDT by
magslinger
(Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors. And miss. R.A.Heinlein)
To: Lurker
Do US Naval vessels still have yardarms?
Yeppers. You'd be suprised how many times we fired a flare from the bridge wing that hit the damn yardarm and went straight into the drink.
We actually used ours as a high-dive platform for swim call.
42 posted on
06/05/2007 10:27:38 AM PDT by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
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