On Aug 28, 5:20*pm, JimH wrote:
On Aug 28, 6:16*pm, Vic Smith wrote:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:41:20 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

You mean you never got "frocked"?

Never heard of it. *Remember, I was a BT.
Enlighten me.

--Vic

What is the Navy tradition with crewmen crossing over the equator for
the first time on a ship? *They showed it on the PBS "Carrier"
series.........something about polywogs.

After all the humiliating probing, and debauchery, you get a
certificate signed by Neptune Regis