[Spridgets] Parking now Marine Corps advice

Jim Johnson bmwwxman at gmail.com
Tue Nov 6 00:40:28 MST 2007


Gawd!!  It's hard to type this while fiddling with these ball bearings!
-- 
Cheers!!
Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
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On 11/5/07, Robert Bruce Evans <b-evans at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Bob Van Kirk wrote:  " Next thing you know, the'll be putting women on
> ships!!!
>
> Do you think it will ever come to that?  Just think what that might mean!
> On some ships as many as 75% of the females will get pregnant,  get two
> months of paid pregnancy leave (not charged against their 30 days annual
> leave), compassionate shore duty (that allows some dumb male to take her
> place at sea), an increase in BAQ and other goodies.
>
> Naw!  It could NEVER come to that!  But then I think of perhaps my favorite
> quote of all time:
>
> "The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots.
> If you are not an idiot, but find yourself in the Navy, you can only
> operate well by pretending to be one.  All the shortcuts and economies and
> common-sense changes that your native intelligence suggests to you are
> mistakes.  Learn to quash them.  Constantly ask yourself, "How would I do
> this if I were a fool?"  Throttle down your mind to a crawl.  Then you will
> never go wrong."
>                                               --Herman Wouk, "The Caine
> Mutiny"
>
> Those of you who have never been in the Navy can substitute it for any
> company or situation you might be in.  Say for example, "General Electric
> is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots...." or "The
> National Weather Service is a master plan designed by geniuses for
> execution by idiots....


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