Things
about a sailor’s past that make you miss the old days but feel you wouldn’t fit
into today’s Canoe Club…
It seems
that today’s Navy is adrift in a slow-rolling sea of chaos.
Sailors
never had it so well. The simple pleasures of dining on the messdecks to
generous servings of semi-gourmet meals …
The first
time entering a foreign port, I could help but notice the smell. It was a hot, damp, and humid day with a
tinge of diesel, sewage, and barbeque in the air. I remember wrinkling my nose in disgust.
I loved
Navy Coffee… I used to drink three cups in the morning and three cups after
lunch! Then I’d go down to the Titty Bars and yell…
“Put it
on! Put it on!”
The Navy would send you a fortune in News Papers! If there was trouble anywhere in the world, they’d send us right over!!! You didn’t have to read about it…
The Navy
thinks of everything… They gave me room and board, medical and dental care, thirty-day vacation, travel, a $250,000 life insurance policy, and a chance to
use it!!!
Sailors
are like boats… when they get too full of it, you’ve got to bail them out!
Best one yet!
ReplyDeleteKeep with it! Love the vernacular!
ReplyDeleteAye aye ! Sailor!
ReplyDeleteThe coffee cup stayed on the desk all day, and was refilled often while I worked in an office. I went into withdrawal when I moved down into the storerooms.
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