URR here. It doesn't get much better. XBRAD may have posted this at some point previously, but I don't care. It's a damned fine documentary. Some superb video of the old "four pipers" bouncing around in the North Atlantic circa World War I, to boot! If I'd been a destroyerman, this would…
URR here. It doesn't get much better. XBRAD may have posted this at some point previously, but I don't care. It's a damned fine documentary.
Some superb video of the old "four pipers" bouncing around in the North Atlantic circa World War I, to boot! If I'd been a destroyerman, this would have been a must-have. Narrated by Senior Drill Instructor T/Sgt Moore? Can't beat it. Even if he steals a line or two from Victory at Sea…
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Well worth watching. Thanks.
I was going to whine about ignoring the snipes, then I realized that 26 minutes of staring at gauges would be rather boring.
Boring is what you want in the engineering spaces, because not boring is bad.
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Boring is good. Boring is wonderful. Learn to embrace the boring.
Forget the internets, John wins +1000 realities today.
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Not boring is when the Chief Engineer slides down the ladder into Main Engine Control and with his eyes as big as saucers says, “Drag the boilers off the line if you have to but keep going astern!”
Seems the OOD had neglected to factor in inertia when we were approaching the pier. Good thing the wooden pier was kind of flexible, so to speak.
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