"MMC" wrote in
:

Know what you mean, never seen an HT work on the hull! Bucket
of
steam, 20 feet of waterline..... I saw 5 cubic yards of
sailboat fuel
up for auction on EBAY, figured it must have been a (Navy)
sailor that
did that!


So, how many hours did you stand on that mail bouy watch the
first time?.....(c; Come on...be honest!

We used to send the new ETs down to Supply for a fallopian tube
for the radar, our "historic" AN/SPS-6. The guys in Supply knew
what he was after and cut him a 3' section of latex surgical
hose, making him sign all the normal Supply forms for the tube.

Some of them got suspicious somewhere between Supply down about 5
decks aft and the ET shop amidships on the main deck. Others
never caught on until the guys in the shop were rolling around
laughing and holding their stomachs...(c; All in good fun, of
course.

The bad thing was, after having been played such an elaborate
trick on, they were always suspicious of any orders given them
they didn't fully understand...(c;...afraid of another
trick....like standing the mail bouy watch on the bow.