And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I rode three storms worse this on a Tin Can. This was common in the Pacific, not daily or even weekly, but common. The camera had to be on a drone or helo. But Queeg's strawberries were safe and dry.
When I went to enlist when I was 18 I asked the Navy Recruiter if I enlisted could he guarantee I would never set foot on a boat... he and the Marine recruiter sitting next desk over busted out laughing. I enlisted in the Army. I was being sarcastic and smartassed, didn't want to join the squids anyway.
My Navy dad was transferred to Hawaii back in 1954, when I was only 8yo. The family went there on board USNS Barrett, a troopship not much larger than this, and we hit a storm leaving SF which lasted for several days.
I soon adjusted to the pitching & swaying, and after the first meal didn't have any seasickness; but I'll always remember the dishes & plates sliding off the mess tables, even though they were rubber-covered. It was a real roller-coaster ride!
I hope Captain Queeg's strawberries survived.
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Delete4 years in the Navy 1965-69. Never put one foot on a ship. Thank God!
ReplyDeleteI rode three storms worse this on a Tin Can. This was common in the Pacific, not daily or even weekly, but common. The camera had to be on a drone or helo. But Queeg's strawberries were safe and dry.
ReplyDeleteWhen I went to enlist when I was 18 I asked the Navy Recruiter if I enlisted could he guarantee I would never set foot on a boat... he and the Marine recruiter sitting next desk over busted out laughing. I enlisted in the Army. I was being sarcastic and smartassed, didn't want to join the squids anyway.
ReplyDeleteMy Navy dad was transferred to Hawaii back in 1954, when I was only 8yo. The family went there on board USNS Barrett, a troopship not much larger than this, and we hit a storm leaving SF which lasted for several days.
ReplyDeleteI soon adjusted to the pitching & swaying, and after the first meal didn't have any seasickness; but I'll always remember the dishes & plates sliding off the mess tables, even though they were rubber-covered. It was a real roller-coaster ride!