On Fri, 18 Nov 2016 18:14:53 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


My oldest grandson is in his 6th week of US Coast Guard boot camp. He
just called home with news of his first duty station:

http://navaltoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/USCGC-Tahoma-Back-in-Portsmouth-Homeport.jpg


Way cool. That is a step up from my first cutter

https://www.semperparatus.com/images...o_jan1967..jpg

"Charley" (weather station) in Nov Dec 65 was fun ;-)
What is he planning on doing? I went to school before I went to sea.