*** Quoting PATRICK LONG from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

> Left me a mess to clean up.

PL> Ouch!  Hell of a job to turn it around.

Well, these things happen.  It still wasnt easy on my relief as all those
¨troops were green to the job, but at least he had something to work with.

PL> Yea, having pulled a shift as MDMAA right before retiring, I know what
PL> you mean.

I did a short stint of that once.  Just covering for leave for another, I
made ¨Chief before I rolled up on a full tour.

> to bus transport for schools too far away to walk to.  A gadzillion
PL> details and
> i just hope i tagged them all!

PL> Ye little gods... do you even get any _easy_ jobs?

Havent had an easy one since maybe "A" school instructor (was
dual hatted as ¨"A" school company commander for last part of
that).  That wasnt 'easy hours' ¨but it was the easiest I've had going
back.  First 2 tours were not too bad ¨either with second one being fairly
easy.  Left "A" school instructor in early ¨1995.

PL> loose as
> early as 10am on rainy days (hell, cant work on the mast, got anythi
PL> else we 
> need to do?  Ok, work on that til 10am then talk to me with progress
> libertyitis too).  So like, 1 day in every 2 weeks it would rain and

PL> Had a case of that on Samuel Gompers, though I didn't get off quite th
PL> early.

Rare for me too but when the chance hits, it's a good thing to do for the
guys. ¨Sometimes I'd get to leave early too.

Gompers eh?  Had orders there once but they fell though.

> PL> I even miss Uncle Louie's, y'know.
> 
> Uncle Louies?  Sorry, I'm forgetting something?

PL> Norfolk.  I get waiter/watress attention for more coffee by sitting it
PL> on my head.  Had a stereotypical blonde for a wife.

Ah yes .
                                       xxcarol

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