Rumors (i.e. the grapevine) usually have some basis in facts. Unnamed sources operate purely to advance their agenda.
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You’ve never been a guest on a U.S. Navy boat then (Marines can call ‘em boats).
>>You’ve never been a guest on a U.S. Navy boat then (Marines can call ‘em boats).
No. I’ve never been a “guest”. But I did serve on boats for several years. They were submarines, so we called them boats too. On a boat full of Navy only, the rumor mill always had a kernel of fact at the core.