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.
Many, many moons ago, when I were but a young lad and serving in the navy. I had an opportunity to spend a few days aboard a frigate. Now, frigates, by nature, are pretty small and there's not a lot of spare bunk room to go around. So, when I asked where I was going to sleep, one guy piped up and told me "you can use my bunk (top bunk in a 3 bunk tier) I'm tired of getting thrown out in the middle of the night when we hit rough seas so now I just sleep on the deck."
I was on a CG cutter in the Caribbean somewhere for my first breakfast at sea, the ship was rolling when I ordered my eggs over easy. The cook cracked them with one hand, the other hand help a spatula with the long side down on the grill to hold the eggs in place until they firmed up on the grill. I remember thinking "that's different".
Farragut-class cans?
ReplyDeleteMany, many moons ago, when I were but a young lad and serving in the navy. I had an opportunity to spend a few days aboard a frigate. Now, frigates, by nature, are pretty small and there's not a lot of spare bunk room to go around. So, when I asked where I was going to sleep, one guy piped up and told me "you can use my bunk (top bunk in a 3 bunk tier) I'm tired of getting thrown out in the middle of the night when we hit rough seas so now I just sleep on the deck."
ReplyDeleteBased on the appearance and hull numbers, these are HMAS Brisbane (D 41) and HMAS Hobart (D 39), Charles F Adams DDGs built for the RAN in the 1960s.
ReplyDeleteConcur. Had HMAS Brisbane alongside in Singapore one deployment
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I was on a CG cutter in the Caribbean somewhere for my first breakfast at sea, the ship was rolling when I ordered my eggs over easy. The cook cracked them with one hand, the other hand help a spatula with the long side down on the grill to hold the eggs in place until they firmed up on the grill.
ReplyDeleteI remember thinking "that's different".
You should try a submarine on the surface , transiting from Norfolk to evade a hurricane.
ReplyDeleteThey must be expecting water over the bow, Mount 51 is pointing aft.
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