Repair Time Estimates / Sleeve Oil and so forth

[W.T.Sherman]

I really like this one:

Best Jokes in the Engine room

One guy I worked with told me a story of when he sailed 1st. He and the 2nd engineer had previously measured all the pipe in a complicated run they were working on to the 1/4". The chief was a micro-manager who liked to watch. The 1st would hold up his hands spread apart a bit and yell to the second, “I need a pipe this long.” It fit into the run exactly. The chief was amazed at the fast pipe fitting. They did this for hours fooling this chief into thinking they were master pipe fitters.