[Spridgets] Are you a Cold War Vet? Or entitled to a medal?

[Jim Johnson]

SHORT???  At one point I was so short I had to get a step ladder to tie my
low quarters!

Cheers!
Jim

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Dave KK7SS <kk7ss at frontier.com> wrote:

> Buster... I like that one. <g>
> Our squadron tradition was that you hung a 360 day calender (bought in the
> local book shop!) on your locker and blacked out each day as it passed.
> 1096 days on that squadron!!!
> Quote: "Roll on Death - Demob is too far away!"
> The W.O. would make you take it down for inspection, and then you hung it
> back up as soon as he'd gone!
> You didn't mess with tradition!
>
> --
> Dave G  KK7SS
>  Richland, WA
>
> '59 Morris Minor 1000 - working on it :|
> '65 Sprite - running :)
> '76 Midget - co-owned with #4 Son :)
> '06 Honda Civic Hybrid
>
> ----- "Robert Evans" <b-evans at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Yeah, but I'll bet my "short timers chain" was longer than yours.  It
> > started with 684 paper clips, and each day I would dutifully removed
> > one paper clip.   Needless to say, it gave the Chief I worked for
> > apoplexy each time I performed the ceremony, complaining that I was
> > not a good "haze grey and squared away" sailor!
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Cheers!!
Jim Johnson
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