[QUOTE=Oil_Is_Evil;176078]Didnt you used to run anchors back in the day?[/QUOTE]
Yes I did.
What’s wrong with RN admiral’s uniforms? That’s the sort of rig they traditionally wear for special occasions. I though sailors were supposed to be big on tradition.
You know tailors need work too. What do you have against the Tailors Guild? They’re just hard working schmoes like the rest of us.
[QUOTE=c.captain;176065]NYAH! You’re no fun anymore.
and please let’s not get started how Brit Admirals are even more pompoos gasbags that merchant navy masters
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Nothing wrong with an admiral wearing a traditional outfit, would you prefer if they wore a gimp suit?
[QUOTE=follow40;176092]Nothing wrong with an admiral wearing a traditional outfit, would you prefer if they wore a gimp suit?[/QUOTE]
I believe that all Navy officers and ratings should wear color-coded, long-sleeve, crew-neck velour shirts with black slacks.
That’s the Public Relations side class that ccaptain missed out on. Could be ccaptain doesn’t have the knowledge and experience to feel he should wear it. Dam tooting, I would! If ccpaptain worked on my shrimp boat I’d make him polish my medals every morning before I put on my bling. Then again he’s most likely polished a knob or two in his lifetime. Back to charm school for you!
ahem!..that’s been done already
personally I want my crew to be in dirty dungarees or boilersuits all the time…shows they know how to WORK!
THESE are the men I want to go to sea with! REAL SEAMEN…EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEIR SODDEN MISERABLE SOULS!
there isn’t a charm school on this planet that can hold me!
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That the master who is being awarded is dressed in a plain suit is not by accident. It seems that he is not allowed to wear his uniform, which would have been appropriate for such an occasion, because he is not a Queen’s officer. The military donot really recognize merchant marine officers as officers, they are condoned more or less by necessity. In this case it would have been out of protocol.
In the old days, by order, we always had to wear uniform. The picture shows me on the top deck of the sts ‘W. Alton Jones’. What I hated was that in the tropics some captains required us to wear those horrible long white socks which reached up to just below the knee.
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I always get a kick out of people that are in charge of cleaning toilets on the boat but they have the captain title before there name on the address to there subscription to work boat magazine.
[QUOTE=acesouthcoast;176123]I always get a kick out of people that are in charge of cleaning toilets on the boat but they have the captain title before there name on the address to there subscription to work boat magazine.[/QUOTE]
When I worked with American crew I remember seeing the same with the Workboat magazine like you mentioned. I never gave it a second thought because I knew people were doing it to ensure they received a free magazine. I think I took some liberties as well when filling out the questionnaire concerning my purchasing authorities. But one thing that has always creeped me out is those guys who put the word Captain or Chief Engineer on every single item they bring to the boat. I have seen people label everything from their science fiction books, underwear & gurgle cups. Baggage handlers at the airport don’t care if a duffle belongs to a captain & the techs at Best Buy couldn’t care less if a person has a C/E license. The cooks gurgle cup is going to get the same amount of respect as everyone else’s & using a Sharpie to write the word “Captain” on one doesn’t make it captain of the gurgle cups. Something is wrong with those obsessive Capt/Chief Engineer labeling people if you ask me.
Years ago with a past employer (not going to make any more specifics to keep some anonymity)…anyway, this boat had six staterooms, all perfectly identical. For whatever reason, they were labeled ‘capt’ ‘mate’ ‘engineer’ ‘deckhand’‘passenger’ etc…
The lead captain on there, when he came back from his time off, the room that said ‘capt’ on it had his mate in it, because that’s who was running the boat when he was off. So he would go in the room labeled mate. To remedy the situation, he would switch the placards on the doors to show properly who was occupying them. This used to make me laugh my ass off. Someone asked him one time why he thought it was important to do that, and his answer was something to the effect that if he was dead in his room, whomever comes to rescue him would know who was in the room…my cynical nature suggests that there was another reason…
[QUOTE=Ctony;176127]Years ago with a past employer (not going to make any more specifics to keep some anonymity)…anyway, this boat had six staterooms, all perfectly identical. For whatever reason, they were labeled ‘capt’ ‘mate’ ‘engineer’ ‘deckhand’‘passenger’ etc…
The lead captain on there, when he came back from his time off, the room that said ‘capt’ on it had his mate in it, because that’s who was running the boat when he was off. So he would go in the room labeled mate. To remedy the situation, he would switch the placards on the doors to show properly who was occupying them. This used to make me laugh my ass off. Someone asked him one time why he thought it was important to do that, and his answer was something to the effect that if he was dead in his room, whomever comes to rescue him would know who was in the room…my cynical nature suggests that there was another reason…[/QUOTE]
[FONT=“Times New Roman”]I once relieved a Mormon Chief Engineer and he had his Mormon Bible labeled Chief Engineer Such&Such. I am pretty sure Mormon Jesus doesn’t care what position you hold on a boat & I am 100% sure no one else on the boat was going to convert to Mormonism or mix his Mormon Bible up with someone else’s Mormon Bible. I think for some the excessive labeling might be a form of OCD, for others a self esteem issue & others are probably just bat-shit crazy.
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Everyone needs something to be proud of. You don’t know, some people that might be the only thing they have in life…
I worked with a wiper who tried to pick up women by calling himself the Chief Engineer.
He did this at a bar we all frequented in Oregon, with hilarious results.
One time when i was still decking and single i told a beautiful blonde in the airport i was a ship docking pilot after a few drinks. Like most people who have no clue that the maritime industry even exists, she assumed i was an airline pilot. I just went with it because when i was 25 and drunk i would be whoever a pretty girl wanted me to be if i could sleep with her. It was going great and im confident she was impressed with all my flying stories until we boarded the plane and she mentioned to a stewardess that i was a pilot. The stewardess asked me a few questions and blew my cover real quick. It was a big mess but i can laugh about it now and shake my head.
[QUOTE=Slick Cam;176131]Everyone needs something to be proud of. You don’t know, some people that might be the only thing they have in life…[/QUOTE]
There appears to be an excessive number of people with Capt. in their nick here on the forum as well.
[QUOTE=catherder;176141]I worked with a wiper who tried to pick up women by calling himself the Chief Engineer.
He did this at a bar we all frequented in Oregon, with hilarious results.[/QUOTE]
I recall hanging out at the Elbow Room in Dutch Harbor one night with a famous captain from the gcaptain forum. After closing time we were trying to hitch hike back to the boat out on the Spit. The first car driven by a Native girl slowed down and she said what do you guys do? He puffs up and says I’m a fishing boat captain. She drives off. The next car comes along and the same thing happens. Then a pick up pulls up driven by a buxom blond. She was a Dutch Harbor Nine (that’s about a three anywhere else). She says what do you guys do. I say I’m a fisherman, but the captain hollers I’m a FISH BUYER.
She says that she’s a FISHERMAN too. She tells the captain (pretending to be a FISH BUYER) to hop right in , but tells me That I can ride in the back . Next thing I know she has pulled over, and there is a lot of commotion going on in the cab , the truck is shaking, and the Windows have steamed up. All of a sudden, the truck stops shaking , and the captain screams out. He says “oh my God, I’ve only been a FISH BUYER for 20 minutes, but I’ve already screwed somebody.”
[QUOTE=c.captain;176065]NYAH! You’re no fun anymore.
and please let’s not get started how Brit Admirals are even more pompoos gasbags that merchant navy masters
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Geeze O’ Pete. . . .thought that was your buddy Force. . . .
Since you mentioned pompous asses, check out who is in the NY Times. Ol’ Max himself. No doubt another veiled attempt at hawking his miserable book.
Siiiiiiiiggghhh…