About the only two I remember straight out of boot camp was the prop wash and flight line straightener. I fell for both of those because I was sure they existed somewhere in the squadron. I was told by a few that they were fresh out but might be found in hanger 23. There was no hanger 23. After that it was always good for a pleasant walk around the base without doing some menial task like swabbing a deck that was already swabbed a few hours before. You learn to roll with it.
In the P-F basket of deplorables.
My ex-BIL was stationed on the Enterprise during Vietnam. He said he was told to go get some prop wash. He was way too smart to fall for that he thought. Somebody supposedly pulled him to the side and told him there was in fact something called prop wash- it was a solvent for cleaning helicopter blades. Not sure if he was pulling my leg. He was like that.
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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. It has to be fought for and defended by each generation." - Ronald Reagan
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If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
I forgot about the mail buoy.
If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.
Modern version is cell phone service buoy. Any minute now, just stay out on the bow. It'll be coming along.
Anyone sent to me to get a bucket of prop wash is given a 5 gallon bucket of seawater with instructions to throw it on the party that sent them. If they're too scared I do it myself.
No, no - not those.
I said to go get the illuminated grid squares,
Is the boy you were proud of the man you are?
Fimbo iliyo mkononi, ndio iuwayo nyoka!
Was told the tale of a new hire on a construction job that was tasked with obtaining boxes of toe nails, board streatchers, and like. Knowing about the joke, he asked the boss if he could borrow his truck to obtain these items- then spent the day looking for and getting a new job, in his soon to be former boss's truck.
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
"What a bunch of stupid bastards."
There's nothing civil about this war.
This is no time to be sniping at our fellow P-fers!
"What a bunch of stupid bastards."
I guess you thought it unbeakoming.
There's nothing civil about this war.
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