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To: em2vn
Nothing is salt water or sailor proof.

A saying from my Navy days: You can make things foolproof, but you can't make them idiot proof!

22 posted on 11/18/2007 6:49:27 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW!)
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To: JimRed

I learned that from a Navy Chief during boot camp in San Diego. He also told us that the insignia for a boatswain mate should be a marlinspike and a rubber.
If I knew then what I know now!


24 posted on 11/18/2007 8:32:14 AM PST by em2vn
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