Ahh; that was a FAVORITE with the new Deckies in the Coast Guard. "Go get me a bucket of steam." "I need you to bring me fifty feet of shoreline." One Boatswain's Mate told the new boot to get him a "pneumatic to electric converter." The kid played along and went down below. he cut the end off an extension cord, stuck the cord into a length of pneumatic hose, and clamped it. Then he put a quick-disconnect on the other end of the hose and brought his creation to the BM, who could be heard laughing at the other end of the ship!
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Ahh; that was a FAVORITE with the new Deckies in the Coast Guard. "Go get me a bucket of steam." "I need you to bring me fifty feet of shoreline." One Boatswain's Mate told the new boot to get him a "pneumatic to electric converter." The kid played along and went down below. he cut the end off an extension cord, stuck the cord into a length of pneumatic hose, and clamped it. Then he put a quick-disconnect on the other end of the hose and brought his creation to the BM, who could be heard laughing at the other end of the ship!
The joke on CVA59 was "grease for the relative bearing" [a bearing relative to the heading of a ship]
Go get a box of gunline. Or a box of grid squares. No, not those - the 50 meter ones.
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