My friend is always calling me a pedal pirate. What are some names that you as a coastguardsmen get called?

I didn't know where else to put this..so yeah

You sure it's not Puddle Pirate? Hence my avatar.

Other names are Kneedeeps, Shallow Water Sailor and Hooligan Navy.

I could just have a hearing problem, but I thought it was puddle pirate or puddle jumper.

Hobab

bathtub sailors

maybe faith is a cyclist......

...but why would she be either is she hasn't joined yet???

Or maybe "Faith" is another internet troll attempting to stir up some sort of outrage from Coasties by using what "she" believes is a putdown to us but has now found out that most Coasties have a good sense of humor, even the type that is self deprecating.

When I read the term, Pedal Pirate, what comes to my mind is someone in second place pushing a stout stick through Lance Armstrong's spokes to take Lance out of the race so that the Pedal Pirate might win that particular leg of the race, and perhaps even the Yellow Jersey itself if, say, Lance was to break his collarbone in the fall.

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What are some names that you as a coastguardsmen get called?

A lot of Navy guy's kids call us Daddy.

My uncle and father are ex-navy, they like shallow water anchor cranker.

Love the boat!!

Shallow water sailors is common out here.

Mud Duck??

On another thread it was stated that the term "Guardian" is coming into vogue, as in "Guardians of the Sea".

I prefer Coastie. Guardian sounds just a touch pretentious.

Getting a bit off of track, but as far as terms of endearment of individual puddle pirate ratings go, I was always partial to being called a "peni$ Machinist" (like I was a snipe or something).

Pedal Pirate? You don't ride one of these do ya? If so, there's your answer....



Don

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"peni$ Machinist"

I Remeber pekker chekker HM or S Slinger SS, and have been called most if not all the BM acronyms

later

cliff

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I prefer Coastie. Guardian sounds just a touch pretentious.

"Guardian" sounds more than just a touch pretentious.

Then again, I never liked "Coastie" either. It sounds a bit diminutizing (Is that a word?) and degrading to the point of not being considered important.

I always thought "Sailor" was a good descriptive term. (Who cares about that other sea service??!!). And "Coast Guardsman" was also good, though not gender neutral, and "Coast Guardsperson" sound really stupid.

...gjd

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Then again, I never liked "Coastie" either. It sounds a bit diminutizing (Is that a word?) and degrading to the point of not being considered important.

I always thought "Sailor" was a good descriptive term. (Who cares about that other sea service??!!). And "Coast Guardsman" was also good, though not gender neutral, and "Coast Guardsperson" sound really stupid.

Sailor is good. I never minded Coastie because I just saw it as an abbreviated form of Coast Guardsman. Coast Guardsperson......has anyone ever said that?

Definitely not a catchy title....

Retired has a nice ring to it..i liked being a ss at the airstation in miami..that would be Aviation Subsistence Specialist or A.S.S for short.. underway is not the only way..i do enjoy the shore.

lifes a beachsc

no. i'm just just typing that to get stuff started. I've really heard that term used a couple times by a bunch of people in rotc. that and puddle pirate are nicknames...