On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:48:07 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 8:33:51 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/14/2017 7:54 PM, wrote:
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.



The cutter my grandson is assigned to just returned from a drug
interdiction patrol during which they seized 90 million dollars worth of
cocaine. The drugs were confiscated from four, high speed outboard
powered boats. They launch a helicopter from the flight deck that goes
out and fires on the outboard engines, disabling them and then an armed
boarding team takes over.

Goodie for 'em!

===

Yes indeed, those drug busts got a lot of publicity here in FL last
week. Unfortunately it's just a drop in the bucket. I'd be willing
to bet that there are another bunch of speedboats and submarines out
there right now.