On Mon, 5 Feb 2018 13:15:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 2/5/2018 1:05 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 18:07:11 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

No shame in that, looks like a very rough day. I was thinking to
myself how difficult it must be to get any serious work done in
conditions like that.


You learn how to walk on walls.


And not spill your coffee ;-)



A useful skill for life. My wife cracks up because I can walk, trot,
trip ... whatever ... and never spill a drop. Your hand becomes a gyro
of sorts and the coffee cup sorta "floats" over the bumps. :-)

I never drank coffee before the Navy but learned quickly that strong,
black coffee was your lifeblood. Still drink it like that today, 40
years later.

I still have that skill too and if you look at the coffee instead of
looking around the ship, you won't get seasick. Your eyes are seeing
what your inner ear is feeling. Part of that same thing is being able
to hold your head still and let your legs do all of the pitching and
rolling. Again it absorbs most of the sloshing that would be going on
in your ears. Guys used to just show off at how well they could just
stand there drinking their coffee while the ship was going nuts.
Tricks small ship sailors learn I suppose.