[Antennas] Re British/English language

[Charles Greene]

At 10:12 AM 5/16/2002 -0400, K7lay@aol.com wrote:
>In the U.S. Navy I was stationed on the U.S.S. Portsmouth cl-102 (light
>cruiser).
>
>I was one of 17 guys in the Airedale division (17 guys??) who took care of 3
>float planes on this ship.  I remember one day one of the petty officers sent
>one of our guys to the paint locker to get a bucket of "prop wash" and darned
>if he didn't go search for it!  That fellow (for some other reasons too)
>didn't stay in our unit.
>
>73 Bob,


When I first joined the Navy at 17, I got sent to the bo'son's locker for a 
"finish" line, and then to the paint locker for some stripe paint.





73, Chas, W1CG