about the big lazy slow moving flies that showed up after you had been underway for a month or two (and submerged the entire time)?

Naahh...we just killed them...and counted the corpses.

Gave out an award to the highest number of confirmed kills, too, as I recall.

Yeahhh...it was a great mystery. Now, on a smokeboat, it wasn't a great mystery how they got in the boat - we had to snorkel every night, even though we remained submerged. So there was a direct link to the outside world. BUT, how the hell did the flies get that far out in the "XXXXXX Sea" in weather that cold?

Well, as the nuns used to tell us when I was in grammar school: "It's none of your concern. It's a mystery".

"Mack the Knife"
CDR USN (Ret)

We used to call em patrol flies....

I just assumed that there was some food somewhere that had a little maggot factory on it

I'm no sailor...Mack knows...he hates me anyways...but if there was fresh fruit on board...there's your maggot factory!

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Originally posted by SHARK7:
I'm no sailor...Mack knows...he hates me anyways...but if there was fresh fruit on board...there's your maggot factory!

Dude, there's NO freash fruit on board after about a week and a half. Any fruit that IS on board... well let's put it this way... it ain't fresh anymore.

Save a shipmate...Waste your fair share.

well it's gotta be something? frsh fruit on board makes sense...

Well there were fruits on board errr wait that isn't politically correct.

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Originally posted by mpwimmer:
Well there were fruits on board errr wait that isn't politically correct.

And being pc is a concern for you ? NOT

Shark, we are talking about flies so big you can hear them coming. These are not the little quick moving ones you see around your house if a door gets left open too long. These things have to file flight plans before they take off.

Months after the fresh fruit is gonetoo. They are also VERY slow moving. I remember one MT who caught one and tied some string to it. Flew it around the Missle Compartment for a day or two as his "pet kite".

HORSE FLIES!!!!

P.S. That has got to be one oof the funnier things I've heard. Pet Kite! LOL

He isn't kidding.

And I don't think Mack hates anybody.

Mack has been there and done that before they even had T shirts to commemorate the event.

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Originally posted by stumpx:
Mack has been there and done that before they even had T shirts to commemorate the event.

Hang on, hang on! Whattaya think those sleeveless animal skin thingys were? They were big sellers in the Olduvai Gorge Flea Market!

Speaking of fleas...and flies - you know you're in trouble when they start showing up with little bitty pocket dosimeters strapped to their legs! Remember the movie "The Fly"? The guy reminded me of a couple of shipmates on a smokeboat after libs in Yoko.

"Mack the Knife"
CDR USN (Ret)

Ahh but the real question is did they look that way because of what they did on liberty or because of what you did on liberty , or is it OPSEC cause yer young lovely is peeking over the shoulder awaiting enlightenment on your sorted past/present/future .

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Originally posted by nhegge:
...or is it OPSEC cause yer young lovely is peeking over the shoulder awaiting enlightenment on your sorted past/present/future .

Heh, heh...once she figured out what boats I was on and when - and what the reunion websites are (contact lists, too) - it was all over in trying to 'hide' anything. Besides, she's waaaay cool - and gorgeous and brilliant and...well, you get the idea.

"Mack the Knife"
CDR USN (Ret)

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Originally posted by 6396992:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by nhegge:
Besides, she's waaaay cool - and gorgeous and brilliant and...well, you get the idea.

"Mack the Knife"
CDR USN (Ret)

I believe the Owl called this Twiterpated , mum called it smitten Hard to believe she can keep up with him . Must be a dynamo .

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Originally posted by nhegge:
I believe the Owl called this Twiterpated , mum called it smitten Hard to believe she can keep up with him . Must be a dynamo .

We plead guilty to all of the above accusations, your honor! Spring should bring interesting revelations.

"Mack the Knife"
CDR USN (Ret)

The other shoe if you don't mind .