"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:12:20 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:


Having had two tours on DEs during my Navy experience, I can appreciate
the
story without even hearing it.


I bet you can.

Those were amazing little warships.

I remember the chow line to the little mess hall used to extend out one of
the side door hatches and down the exterior of the ship. Welded to the
outside overhead were rails spaced about 2 feet apart. It was more common
than not to be standing in line, shooting the **** with one hand holding one
of the overhead rails. Every couple of minutes everyone would have to grab
the rail with their other hand as well and do a pull-up to avoid getting
soaked from a greenie washing down the side of the ship.

It's comical to think about it now ... nobody really took notice of the
technique unless it was a particularly big greenie and they never
interrupted the conversations.

Eisboch