Comments on: Line Snapping Fun

By: Neil Sarfati

Neil Sarfati — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 20:03:43 +0000

Hi Gary,
Yes, I too fondly remember Rudy, a big gentle Yogi Bear. I also remember “Hitting the Deck” (the phrase used whenever I was busted to the Deck force, which was more than several LOL). Somehow I always got into trouble being a joker “Seeing humor in insanity” and also never understanding some of the insane rule and procedures I needed to follow. Oh, I also wish Rudy would have followed through in decking Norman.
Looking back, there were so many wonderful people on the ship. I believe one of the reasons we bought into it all was all these difference unique personalities coexisting together for what we sadly believed was a noble cause.
Many decades ago the only place I had a case was when I was “IN”. That was another of Hubbard’s insane ideas of how to shift responsibility for your actions to a THING that only he can fix. I believe having a “CASE” also was a continuous guilt mechanism creator that he could use as another control factor. We lived in a constant paranoid state of being. Not only for the little “shticks” that were occurring in real time but for every imagined incident we thought we did. Like the time 4,567,305,299,444 years, 3 months, 7 days, 42 minutes and 9 seconds ago when I +^*%%$$ the %^*^&((, it was very embarrassing.
It was amazing; as soon as I was not part of that insanity anymore I didn’t have a case anymore. I wonder where did it go?
But sadly, I also lost the phenomenal ability to exactly date over the 79.5 Qutrillion, zillion years of my existence all those most fascinating events. ROFLMTO. (Rolling the floor laughing my thetans off)

By: DOC Boucher

DOC Boucher — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 02:58:59 +0000

Thanks for posting!

By: Dead Men Tell No Tales Bill Straass

Dead Men Tell No Tales Bill Straass — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 01:05:22 +0000

In reply to Dead Men Tell No Tales Bill Straass.

As I was dying of AIDS at the time ( from a bad blood transfusion) The major symptom was fatigue. As HIV kills blood cells itis like
driving a car which is always running out of gas even with a full tank. To this add a full SO schedule and then some. If necessary to sail or get the stats up I would work all night or longer. Now I was still the Snr troubleshooter in the Engine Room and beyond. When the radar on the Bridge crapped out on Wednesday night, the Captain ordered me to the Bridge. I thought WTF, I am the Mechanics Chief and by law the Radio Operator has to be a licensed Electronics Tech, which I certainly was not. I went up there and eventually repaired it with no diagrams or technical data. ( my point.is not that I was so much better than others but that I did not comsider that failure was an option.
The downside to this was that more and more would be required until Almighty God could not have delivered what was demanded.

By: Dead Men Tell No Tales Bill Straass

Dead Men Tell No Tales Bill Straass — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:18:14 +0000

In reply to I Yawnalot. On the Freewinds we had a staff member who would show up for muster 5 seconds late again and again. The Captain made his senior and himself be there 15 minutes early. Another person made the mistake of glancing at his watch while the Captain was talking to which the Captain replied " Am I boring you, Davidson"?

By: Dead Men Tell No Tales Bill Straass

Dead Men Tell No Tales Bill Straass — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:39:19 +0000

In reply to Bruce Ploetz. I am sorry to say that D/Captain Paul McElveen died about 5 years ago from prostate cancer as did former Chief Engineer Wak Allcock. They were both good friends of mine. I was supposed to join them in death but was booted off the ship as they did not want anyone with AIDS aboard. At a point they could no longer prevent me from getting real medical treatment although they did the best they could. It was a very close call for me.

By: I Yawnalot

I Yawnalot — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:13:06 +0000

In reply to Bruce Ploetz. Good summary Bruce.

By: I Yawnalot

I Yawnalot — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 18:01:25 +0000

In reply to Wynski.

I was amazed with my somewhat brief introduction to military law just how all encompassing it is, it can get incredibly complex very quickly and the odds can stack up against the accused with lightning speed. You can never really win against it if you awaken it. If it wants to get you it will, irrelevant of the facts. The last law in the army book here refers to “conduct of the prejudice,” and if a senior officer ever pulls that on you, you’re fucked! It’s his word against yours. In the Navy there exists a reference to something like “silent dissension” as being an offence, completely governed by a senior officer’s opinion of someone’s behavior.
It’s something to never get involved in as the accused.

By: Razz

Razz — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:33:52 +0000

In reply to Newcomer. Newcomer, perfectly said.

By: thegman77

thegman77 — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:20:47 +0000

In reply to chuckbeatty77. You mean, Chuck, "Captain Queeg"? LOL

By: thegman77

thegman77 — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 17:09:45 +0000

In reply to Bruce Ploetz.

Bruce: When I was in, it was explained that all the E-Meter did was locate a charged area, nothing more. Very similar to a “lie detector”. Once pinpointed, the disturbance, memory, or charged area then had to be explored. With that understanding, it worked very well for me.

In all my auditing, I never heard on a search anything more than “There!” or “What’s that.” For me, it was like thumbing through a memory collection, or file drawere, while being guided to where the specific memrouy “file” was. And I do recall a sec check where “something” read about Mary Sue. I finally fessed up, “That hair! and both I and the auditor cracked up. 🙂

As for date locate? All I did was think of a date, quickly convince myself that WAS the dlate and blurt it out. Always worked.