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Re: History tidbit
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:00 am
by BlauBear
Mach 2 wrote:LITTLE KNOWN NAVAL HISTORY...........
By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, although unarmed she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland . Her landing party captured a whiskey distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn. Then she headed home.
GO NAVY!!!
Any word on the sheep?
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:35 pm
by Ghostofwar
I bet there were some Marines on board as well. Who else would have drank all that alcohol?
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:56 pm
by malinois
Of course they had Marines on board...they were the ballast....lol.
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:52 pm
by BlauBear
malinois wrote:Of course they had Marines on board...they were the ballast....lol.
DI always said we were rock life...
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:38 pm
by jneihouse
After they drank all the booze no one remembers what happend to the sheep......
Kitty
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:40 pm
by BlauBear
jneihouse wrote:After they drank all the booze no one remembers what happend to the sheep......
Kitty
The original "Don't ask, don't tell"?
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:42 pm
by jneihouse
More like "You can ask, but I don't remember..."...I've had a few nights like that....
Kitty
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:43 pm
by jneihouse
But I am fairly sure that no farm animals were injured along the way..
Kitty
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:55 pm
by BlauBear
So they all say...
Hey, we aren't here to judge.
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 8:50 am
by Ghostofwar
jneihouse wrote:More like "You can ask, but I don't remember..."...I've had a few nights like that....
Kitty
If you woke up sore anywhere you aren't supposed to be sore, you probably had a rough night. But I won't be asking because I really don't want to know.
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:05 pm
by ShooterP14
jneihouse wrote:But I am fairly sure that no farm animals were injured along the way..
Kitty
Are you saying that they went away satisfied ???
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:18 pm
by BlauBear
And about that "fairly sure" part...
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:21 pm
by Jerry G
malinois, That is funny to an old combat engineer. I'll bet the jarheads didn't think so.
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:59 pm
by malinois
I really did not have any problems with the Marines...But then again its not wise to piss off the Master at Arms....lol
Re: History tidbit
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:18 pm
by BlauBear
It's unwise to piss off senior enlisted NCO's in any branch of the service. They have long memories, patience, and great connections.