Because I chose to go into the Navy as opposed to the Air Force like my dad and the General.
Which version?
Dry Navy - Aircraft
Wet Navy - Ships and Boats and stuff.
Sunken Navy - Submarines.
#2, but I was on a Floating Dry Dock in Scotland that sunk itself so submarines could go in and out for part of my time. I was on a Supply Ship first then the floating dry dock and then a guided missile Destroyer. Both the Supply Ship and the Destroyer are razor blades now but the Floating Dry Dock is in Texas just sitting there unused in a shipyard that bought it after the Navy moved it out of Scotland.
Not so cool fact a submarine takes 7 coats of paint on it's hull to keep it from rusting etc, each one of which has to be HAND ROLLED by people!!! Painting a sub SUCKS especially in the every day and night rain that happens in that part of Scotland!!
I was a welder, carpenter and a plumber, Ship Fitter and Damage Control man in old/new ratings but a Hull Tech when I was in in the 70's. It was not fun welding in the rain but it was even less fun painting a sub!! NO I was NOT a sub certified welder, I welded things like the grates we walked on back down to the deck so they kept us out of the water that's ALWAYS on the deck. NO underwater welding certifications either just starting a weld above the water and then trying to keep it going long enough so you could get it down thru about 3 inches of water to the deck. The walkways were just metal grates with legs that were welded to the deck and we have to reweld some of them at least once a week. I have alot of 'stories' of my 6 years active duty in the Navy but that's for another thread.
Tom M wrote: mikey
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#2, but I was on a Floating Dry Dock in Scotland that sunk itself so submarines could go in and out for part of my time. I was on a Supply Ship first then the floating dry dock and then a guided missile Destroyer. Both the Supply Ship and the Destroyer are razor blades now but the Floating Dry Dock is in Texas just sitting there unused in a shipyard that bought it after the Navy moved it out of Scotland.
Not so cool fact a submarine takes 7 coats of paint on it's hull to keep it from rusting etc, each one of which has to be HAND ROLLED by people!!! Painting a sub SUCKS especially in the every day and night rain that happens in that part of Scotland!!
I was a welder, carpenter and a plumber, Ship Fitter and Damage Control man in old/new ratings but a Hull Tech when I was in in the 70's. It was not fun welding in the rain but it was even less fun painting a sub!! NO I was NOT a sub certified welder, I welded things like the grates we walked on back down to the deck so they kept us out of the water that's ALWAYS on the deck. NO underwater welding certifications either just starting a weld above the water and then trying to keep it going long enough so you could get it down thru about 3 inches of water to the deck. The walkways were just metal grates with legs that were welded to the deck and we have to reweld some of them at least once a week. I have alot of 'stories' of my 6 years active duty in the Navy but that's for another thread.
mikey wrote: I have alot of
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Do tell!
Ideas are not fixed, nor should they be; we live in model-dependent reality.
cecht wrote: mikey
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+1
The only question is where he should tell those stories?
The Seti Coffee shop and Bistro?
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Tom M wrote: The Seti Coffee
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excellent choice