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On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 8:33:51 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/14/2017 7:54 PM, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:34:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/14/2017 12:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:01:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I've been on enough cruises to last me, courtesy of Uncle Sam. It is not quite the same but I understand the sentiment. When Judy was in the AC biz, cruises seemed to be the sales prize of choice and she won a bunch of them. True. The only time I had an authorized drink aboard ship was when the Captain ordered "Splice the mainbrace" following an arduous underway replenishment and refueling in the middle of the winter. On the CG ocean stations they roll out a keg of beer on "hump day" the middle of a 4 week patrol. It ends up being just about enough for everyone to get one of those big navy coffee mugs full. The cutter my grandson is assigned to just returned from a drug interdiction patrol during which they seized 90 million dollars worth of cocaine. The drugs were confiscated from four, high speed outboard powered boats. They launch a helicopter from the flight deck that goes out and fires on the outboard engines, disabling them and then an armed boarding team takes over. Goodie for 'em! |
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On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 3:26:03 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 22:09:22 -0500, wrote: We were still working on a virtual zero budget but 2 of the guys worked at International Harvester, fixing the same 6-71s the 40 footer had. They managed to come up with all the parts we needed and get the engines going. There were several handy guys around to fix the rest of the broken stuff. I got my "ride" by rewiring the boat. === Long live the DD 6-71s. We've put over 6,000 hours on our pair in the last 13 years or so, 48,000 nautical miles at last count. Oh, that's going to **** haree off. :) |
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:25:57 -0500,
wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 22:09:22 -0500, wrote: We were still working on a virtual zero budget but 2 of the guys worked at International Harvester, fixing the same 6-71s the 40 footer had. They managed to come up with all the parts we needed and get the engines going. There were several handy guys around to fix the rest of the broken stuff. I got my "ride" by rewiring the boat. === Long live the DD 6-71s. We've put over 6,000 hours on our pair in the last 13 years or so, 48,000 nautical miles at last count. I don't know how many hours these guys had on them but this was a 20 year old Coast Guard boat. Fortunately the BM1 and the MM1 fixed these things for a living and worked in a shop at IH. They did talk Norfolk into hauling and painting it before we got it and it did make it up to DC although it may have limped in on one engine. (rumors vary). It took us a few weekends to get it going and god only knows how many hours the guys spent on the engines but it was running good when I left. If the CG had let me stay on the boat, I may have retired from the reserve but some bean counter decided I was supposed to be in the electronics unit, not the "deck" unit. I left shortly after that. |
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On 1/15/17 7:17 PM, Its Me wrote:
On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 3:26:03 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 22:09:22 -0500, wrote: We were still working on a virtual zero budget but 2 of the guys worked at International Harvester, fixing the same 6-71s the 40 footer had. They managed to come up with all the parts we needed and get the engines going. There were several handy guys around to fix the rest of the broken stuff. I got my "ride" by rewiring the boat. === Long live the DD 6-71s. We've put over 6,000 hours on our pair in the last 13 years or so, 48,000 nautical miles at last count. Oh, that's going to **** haree off. :) Why is that, Jackoff? |
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On 1/15/17 7:45 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:25:57 -0500, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 22:09:22 -0500, wrote: We were still working on a virtual zero budget but 2 of the guys worked at International Harvester, fixing the same 6-71s the 40 footer had. They managed to come up with all the parts we needed and get the engines going. There were several handy guys around to fix the rest of the broken stuff. I got my "ride" by rewiring the boat. === Long live the DD 6-71s. We've put over 6,000 hours on our pair in the last 13 years or so, 48,000 nautical miles at last count. I don't know how many hours these guys had on them but this was a 20 year old Coast Guard boat. Fortunately the BM1 and the MM1 fixed these things for a living and worked in a shop at IH. They did talk Norfolk into hauling and painting it before we got it and it did make it up to DC although it may have limped in on one engine. (rumors vary). It took us a few weekends to get it going and god only knows how many hours the guys spent on the engines but it was running good when I left. If the CG had let me stay on the boat, I may have retired from the reserve but some bean counter decided I was supposed to be in the electronics unit, not the "deck" unit. I left shortly after that. Wow...you and the lads protected the mighty Anacostia River from...from what? |
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 16:57:05 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 1/15/2017 3:25 PM, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 22:09:22 -0500, wrote: We were still working on a virtual zero budget but 2 of the guys worked at International Harvester, fixing the same 6-71s the 40 footer had. They managed to come up with all the parts we needed and get the engines going. There were several handy guys around to fix the rest of the broken stuff. I got my "ride" by rewiring the boat. === Long live the DD 6-71s. We've put over 6,000 hours on our pair in the last 13 years or so, 48,000 nautical miles at last count. Just about broken in, huh? === Almost. :-) At age 36 they now into middle age. They will probably out live me. |
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 16:17:26 -0800 (PST), Its Me
wrote: On Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 3:26:03 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 22:09:22 -0500, wrote: We were still working on a virtual zero budget but 2 of the guys worked at International Harvester, fixing the same 6-71s the 40 footer had. They managed to come up with all the parts we needed and get the engines going. There were several handy guys around to fix the rest of the broken stuff. I got my "ride" by rewiring the boat. === Long live the DD 6-71s. We've put over 6,000 hours on our pair in the last 13 years or so, 48,000 nautical miles at last count. Oh, that's going to **** haree off. :) === Haree is a sad, sad case. He's lucky that he found a woman to take care of him in his final years. I wonder if she checked out his background and the trail of debris he has left behind. |
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On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:48:07 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote: On Saturday, January 14, 2017 at 8:33:51 PM UTC-6, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/14/2017 7:54 PM, wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:34:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/14/2017 12:27 PM, wrote: On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:01:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: I've been on enough cruises to last me, courtesy of Uncle Sam. It is not quite the same but I understand the sentiment. When Judy was in the AC biz, cruises seemed to be the sales prize of choice and she won a bunch of them. True. The only time I had an authorized drink aboard ship was when the Captain ordered "Splice the mainbrace" following an arduous underway replenishment and refueling in the middle of the winter. On the CG ocean stations they roll out a keg of beer on "hump day" the middle of a 4 week patrol. It ends up being just about enough for everyone to get one of those big navy coffee mugs full. The cutter my grandson is assigned to just returned from a drug interdiction patrol during which they seized 90 million dollars worth of cocaine. The drugs were confiscated from four, high speed outboard powered boats. They launch a helicopter from the flight deck that goes out and fires on the outboard engines, disabling them and then an armed boarding team takes over. Goodie for 'em! === Yes indeed, those drug busts got a lot of publicity here in FL last week. Unfortunately it's just a drop in the bucket. I'd be willing to bet that there are another bunch of speedboats and submarines out there right now. |
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