[GreenKeys] Bidding Mystery

[hunybuny at eskimo.com]

Hey comcents;

Excellent example.

And "those expeditions leading to making friends and contacts in
other places helps out".

I worked a union shop. Ever try to get an emergency handled? Need a
quick spot-weld on something - GOOD LUCK!

*BUT*

When you know "Jerry in welding" you stop by, and say "Hey Jerr - I
know you're swamped [yeah, - right :-)   ] but could you fix this
for me? Oh - and how do you like your coffee - light and sweet? I'll
bet you I'm back before you're done! And Jerry sez: "You got yourself a deal!".

UE,
W6ESE - tony
NNNNZCZC


comcents wrote:
> hunybuny at eskimo.com wrote:
> 
>> And
>> then I say: "So - while I'm off on an expedition to find blinker fluid,
>> what are you doing? - you're working. I'm goofing off, B-S'ing with the
>> secretaries, drinking coffee, and carrying on. and YOU'RE WORKING.
>>
>> I didn't get any more "fun jobs" after that...  :-)
>>   
> 
> One time we had an officer catch on to one of our pranks in progress - 
> and he took exception noting what a waste of time such "Tom-foolery" 
> was, etc.  Our LPO pointed out that 1) the newbie quickly learned where 
> stuff was on the ship as he went from place to place on his quest. Good 
> to know on a ship longer than a city block with as many rooms / 
> compartments as an 8 or 9 story building sitting on that block - esp. in 
> times of emergencies.  2) the newbie got to know people in other areas - 
> striking up good working relations (if not friendships) among the vast 
> crew aboard a tender (1000+ sailors) - handy when coordinating complex 
> repair and replenishments on two to four subs (or more) at a time... 3) 
> doesn't hurt for a Newbie to learn nautical terms - to learn what Range 
> Rings, Ship's Head Marker and Relative Bearing (as opposed to True 
> Bearing) really are - handy when on watch and trying to relate info 
> about sightings or contacts on RADAR (and as short handed as our Ops 
> department was - virtually all of the Nav ETs got to stand watches in 
> CIC - while out to sea). After the "lesson" from our LPO -  he minded 
> his own business (mostly) from then on.
> 
> best regards...
> 
> 


-- 
Tony J. Podrasky | YOU CAN DO ANYTHING IF
                  | YOU WANT IT BAD ENOUGH.
                  | That is why we see so many
                  | people who can fly.