Comments on: Quiet Day http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/31/quiet-day/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Taxi1 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/31/quiet-day/comment-page-1/#comment-320363 Taxi1 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 22:03:12 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7512#comment-320363 Hmmm, never got measured, and I had a squadron qual and a training qual. Sad. Hmmm, never got measured, and I had a squadron qual and a training qual. Sad.

]]> By: Bookworm http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/31/quiet-day/comment-page-1/#comment-320355 Bookworm Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:48:35 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7512#comment-320355 Thank you. Truth be told, even now that I know what the words mean, I'm still somewhat impressed and bewildered by the practical reality behind them. Clearly, I'm going to have to throw some legal jargon around here to offset my sinking sense of mental inferiority: res ipsa loquitur, due diligence, ipso facto, etc. You guys are the best! Thank you. Truth be told, even now that I know what the words mean, I’m still somewhat impressed and bewildered by the practical reality behind them. Clearly, I’m going to have to throw some legal jargon around here to offset my sinking sense of mental inferiority: res ipsa loquitur, due diligence, ipso facto, etc.

You guys are the best!

]]> By: Nose http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/31/quiet-day/comment-page-1/#comment-320351 Nose Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:36:26 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7512#comment-320351 I was measured by Merk Mercer, CNAL paddles at the time. I was a RAG student, taken to the boat because I knew how to write the shorthand. I thought I was the sheee-ite. Got to pass it on - measured several of my guys when I was a CVW LSO. I was measured by Merk Mercer, CNAL paddles at the time. I was a RAG student, taken to the boat because I knew how to write the shorthand. I thought I was the sheee-ite.

Got to pass it on – measured several of my guys when I was a CVW LSO.

]]> By: lex http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/31/quiet-day/comment-page-1/#comment-320246 lex Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:46:37 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7512#comment-320246 :-) Bookworm. Search and Rescue after a night war at sea. Two days into the 1989-90 cruise that Oyster and I shared. One of our EA-6B Prowlers launched into the night. It didn't come back. We spent the better part of a day looking for them. And then we left them behind. It's a big ocean, and that's the way things are done. Remember the workups for that cruise, Oyster. Rocky on the ramp (<a href="http://www.neptunuslex.com/2003/11/26/the-unbearable-lightness-of-paddles/" rel="nofollow">or nearly</a>). I still laugh when I look to port in my memory and see you clutching another LSO, ready to jump in the net. I'd never have gotten there in time, the LSO platform was <em>so</em> close to the foul lines on the Indy. I remember the Prowler bubbas telling us that it wasn't real for Skate's family until the fly-off six months later. Everyone was gone. It wasn't until everyone was home - except for Skates and his crew - that it became real. He was a good guy, and a good LSO. :-) Bookworm. Search and Rescue after a night war at sea. Two days into the 1989-90 cruise that Oyster and I shared. One of our EA-6B Prowlers launched into the night. It didn’t come back. We spent the better part of a day looking for them. And then we left them behind. It’s a big ocean, and that’s the way things are done.

Remember the workups for that cruise, Oyster. Rocky on the ramp (or nearly). I still laugh when I look to port in my memory and see you clutching another LSO, ready to jump in the net.

I’d never have gotten there in time, the LSO platform was so close to the foul lines on the Indy.

I remember the Prowler bubbas telling us that it wasn’t real for Skate’s family until the fly-off six months later. Everyone was gone. It wasn’t until everyone was home – except for Skates and his crew – that it became real.

He was a good guy, and a good LSO.

]]> By: sherlock http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/31/quiet-day/comment-page-1/#comment-320245 sherlock Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:44:56 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7512#comment-320245 BTW Lex, being called a stylish writer by Bookworm is quite a compliment, IMHO. I'd frame it if I were you. BTW Lex, being called a stylish writer by Bookworm is quite a compliment, IMHO. I’d frame it if I were you.

]]> By: SBW http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/31/quiet-day/comment-page-1/#comment-320244 SBW Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:37:52 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7512#comment-320244 Bookworm: the Naval Safety Center has a MS Word file with acronym translations here: <a href="http://safetycenter.navy.mil/media/approach/acronyms/default.htm" rel="nofollow">Naval Aviation Terms</a>. Bookworm: the Naval Safety Center has a MS Word file with acronym translations here: Naval Aviation Terms.

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