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Nick Soapdish posted:https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/1616916608118829056?s=20&t=XyYkpFTaPucSOWi6dC-Ciw Welp. We know what their next target is going to be.
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This is the profession equivalent of teabagging and flossing over the corpse.
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Jan 21, 2023 23:36
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Got word on that accident at Bangor. One the swiftpac 3 man boats decided to speed out to their patrol area and hit a buoy at top end speed due to “fog”. Coxswain is fine, another dude concussed and third guy still in hospital with broken ribs and internal injuries. Of course the idiot is ok.
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Jan 23, 2023 17:34
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I got to see something today I never thought I'd actually see in real life. A chief mate berating an electrician over not handling something exactly the (nonsensical) way he himself would do it and then claiming that as second in command he outranks the chief engineer and can fire anyone he wants in the engine room who doesn't meet his standards.
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Jan 23, 2023 22:30
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heartwarming to see someone not letting reality get in the way of their imagination and having fun with life
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Jan 23, 2023 22:45
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On the vessels I usually work on an electrician has as much or probably even more pull than a mate and I would be surprised if they came to me for backup but in such an event I would be more than happy to poo poo all over a mate for the remainder of the trip.
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Jan 23, 2023 23:01
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lightpole posted:On the vessels I usually work on an electrician has as much or probably even more pull than a mate and I would be surprised if they came to me for backup but in such an event I would be more than happy to poo poo all over a mate for the remainder of the trip. Yeah I don't think this is going very well for the mate. I'm pretty sure he's not allowed to even think about a reefer box anymore.
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Jan 23, 2023 23:21
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maffew buildings posted:heartwarming to see someone not letting reality get in the way of their imagination and having fun with life it really is a  moment, knowing that brain damage like that isn't just confined to the military, you can have a boss as poo poo as the ones in the military, without being in the military
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slurm posted:I got to see something today I never thought I'd actually see in real life. A chief mate berating an electrician over not handling something exactly the (nonsensical) way he himself would do it and then claiming that as second in command he outranks the chief engineer and can fire anyone he wants in the engine room who doesn't meet his standards. For the navy folks, this is like WEPS yelling at CHENG and saying he can fire them. Edit: well not quite cause the chief mate is also sorta kinda the XO (he takes over if the captain dies) but he’s really just a department head. And usually junior to the chief engineer. Chief engineers can’t become captains or vice versa, this was presented as a bad thing in Hunt for Red October, for some reason. FrozenVent fucked around with this message at 01:52 on Jan 24, 2023 |
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Jan 24, 2023 01:49
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They are indirectly junior to the chief on par with the first but thats only if they aren't expressing opinions on equipment thats not in their jurisdiction, or threatening union members with more decades at sea than they've been alive and that aren't in their department. Even odds they will get ripped apart by the electrician and their union officials or the 1st cause they caused the electrician to write in a lot of overtime for jurisdictional issues or something and blew up the budget or everyone cause they have their head so far up their rear end they need a glass stomach to navigate.
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Jan 24, 2023 03:05
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Adding another chapter in my career possibly. A captain I've never met before contacted me directly requesting that I join his unit. He had a gaped billet and someone recommended me directly. Had a nice phone conversation and explained the unit a bit and what they support. He wouldn't tell me who gave me his name right now but I have an idea or two. That being said I was pretty convinced at "all drills done in Hawaii and you can flex a bunch together". Some really interesting AT's and such too. I've never really heard of enlisted scum being requested like this so I'm a little flattered and worried. I hope I wasn't oversold. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Its a scam. Once you get out there, they are gonna dump you in some obscure role called CINCPAC.
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lightpole posted:They are indirectly junior to the chief on par with the first but thats only if they aren't expressing opinions on equipment thats not in their jurisdiction, or threatening union members with more decades at sea than they've been alive and that aren't in their department. Even odds they will get ripped apart by the electrician and their union officials or the 1st cause they caused the electrician to write in a lot of overtime for jurisdictional issues or something and blew up the budget or everyone cause they have their head so far up their rear end they need a glass stomach to navigate. All reefer stuff goes through the chief now as a 2 hour reefer maintenance call-out just to pick up the phone to relay the information to the electrician who also gets paid. So yeah the budget is screaming.
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Jan 24, 2023 10:47
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Crab Dad posted:Adding another chapter in my career possibly. he got wind that you were king of skaters and wants to reign you in
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ded posted:he got wind that you were king of skaters and wants to reign you in Quite frankly that’s the most likely scenario.
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Jan 24, 2023 20:11
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Third mate sprayed seawater all over the tunnel to flush the fire mains while the qmed was welding in there with a posted permit, did it right in front of the chief engineer and over his objections, what the gently caress has gotten into these mates.
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slurm posted:Third mate sprayed seawater all over the tunnel to flush the fire mains while the qmed was welding in there with a posted permit, did it right in front of the chief engineer and over his objections, what the gently caress has gotten into these mates. And he hasn't been kicked off the boat yet?
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Wibla posted:And he hasn't been kicked off the boat yet? This is actually the same third mate who let us come 20 feet off the dock without telling anyone so that's a pretty good question but I mean this is a union job so it's hard to get fired lol
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Jan 24, 2023 21:55
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Third mate’s a cadet with a paycheck, you gotta watch them.
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Crab Dad posted:Adding another chapter in my career possibly. Bet thats not the only thing he wants gaped lol
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I just like how Crab Dad continuously gets probated for having a fun career.
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It’s my duty to make sure we get the disclaimer on record, I don’t want some zoomer coming back in four years crying that all they got to do was paint and chip rust in the bilge.
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FrozenVent posted:Third mate’s a cadet with a paycheck, you gotta watch them. Further investigation reveals that this was the direct order of our excellent chief mate, that he's having the other mates both split his watches and run around like crazy to the tune of a 14+ hour workday on a normal crossing, and that they both have about the same overtime as the first and electro. 6 on, 6 off, 8 on, 4 off plus meal reliefs. Never seen anything like this.
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Jan 25, 2023 01:27
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Ohhhh that mate’s getting canned. You do not gently caress with the OT.
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RIP budget
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We had a relief mate once who managed 560 hours of OT in 35 days.
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Ah yes. One of the reliefs managed to beat me in OT by a large amount writing in all sorts of stuff. He was the one that had a Mac Nut container split and didn't bother doing anything about it or even telling anyone until that hold was filled and there wasn't any access. Hawaii - Guam with hold bilges full of Mac Nuts is something special. He also saw liquid coming from what turned out to be the heeling tank line and decided the best option was to taste it among other things. For some reason he did not make the cut for permanent.
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lightpole posted:Ah yes. One of the reliefs managed to beat me in OT by a large amount writing in all sorts of stuff. He was the one that had a Mac Nut container split and didn't bother doing anything about it or even telling anyone until that hold was filled and there wasn't any access. Hawaii - Guam with hold bilges full of Mac Nuts is something special. He also saw liquid coming from what turned out to be the heeling tank line and decided the best option was to taste it among other things. For some reason he did not make the cut for permanent. Did he gently caress it?
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lightpole posted:Ah yes. One of the reliefs managed to beat me in OT by a large amount writing in all sorts of stuff. He was the one that had a Mac Nut container split and didn't bother doing anything about it or even telling anyone until that hold was filled and there wasn't any access. Hawaii - Guam with hold bilges full of Mac Nuts is something special. He also saw liquid coming from what turned out to be the heeling tank line and decided the best option was to taste it among other things. For some reason he did not make the cut for permanent. We had a soybean box split and then a fuel tank crack and the beans soaked it all up and we simply shoveled the whole mess into sacks leaving a clean hold
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At this point, I'm convinced that CrabDad is having an utter nightmare career.Posting from Naval Station Lemoore, CA, wherein the stink of cowshit has driven him so far past the point of madness he just straight up invented a blessed career as a way of coping.
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A Festivus Miracle posted:At this point, I'm convinced that CrabDad is having an utter nightmare career.Posting from Naval Station Lemoore, CA, wherein the stink of cowshit has driven him so far past the point of madness he just straight up invented a blessed career as a way of coping. No joke I knew a sailor who grew up just east of lemoore who joined the navy to see the world and was hoping to get on a carrier. She got Lemoore as her first post.
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slurm posted:We had a soybean box split and then a fuel tank crack and the beans soaked it all up and we simply shoveled the whole mess into sacks leaving a clean hold As someone who grew up with that Hornblower story about the leaky prize ship with rice in the hold, this makes me uncomfortable.
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POV, Crab Dad's posting space
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Madurai posted:As someone who grew up with that Hornblower story about the leaky prize ship with rice in the hold, this makes me uncomfortable. Heh nowadays it just ruins the grain and creates paperwork.
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Madurai posted:As someone who grew up with that Hornblower story about the leaky prize ship with rice in the hold, this makes me uncomfortable. Maritime safety notices I've been able to count on over the last three years: The weekly mate death falling off the ship onto the dock when trying to check the drafts since they can't do it from the dock. Someone walking into an improperly vented grain hold.
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Hey sometimes it’s coal!
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Crab Dad posted:No joke I knew a sailor who grew up just east of lemoore who joined the navy to see the world and was hoping to get on a carrier. The Yamato didn't get owned this hard.
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A Festivus Miracle posted:At this point, I'm convinced that CrabDad is having an utter nightmare career.Posting from Naval Station Lemoore, CA, wherein the stink of cowshit has driven him so far past the point of madness he just straight up invented a blessed career as a way of coping. can confirm that he's not, it's real
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Dr. Fraiser Chain posted:POV, Crab Dad's posting space More room than a coffin rack. Smells less too im sure.
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I asked once why the berthings were always kept so loving cold and the chief responded "to keep down the smell of fan. feet, rear end, and nuts."
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