On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:34:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 1/14/2017 12:27 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:01:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I've been on enough cruises to last me, courtesy of Uncle Sam.

It is not quite the same but I understand the sentiment. When Judy was
in the AC biz, cruises seemed to be the sales prize of choice and she
won a bunch of them.



True. The only time I had an authorized drink aboard ship was when the
Captain ordered "Splice the mainbrace" following an arduous underway
replenishment and refueling in the middle of the winter.

On the CG ocean stations they roll out a keg of beer on "hump day" the
middle of a 4 week patrol. It ends up being just about enough for
everyone to get one of those big navy coffee mugs full.