Carol Shenkenberger wrote:
> Left me a mess to clean up.

Ouch!  Hell of a job to turn it around.

> airwing didnt count, and we rotated in 4 at a time (painful but folks have to 
> be fed too).

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

> I didnt make Senior Chief off any of that.  I made it because I'm just like 
> that.  I deal fair and explain myself well.

I'd say you do at that.

> It doenst stop me though.  I'm possibly the most important enlisted person on 
> my ship next to the CMC right now.  I'm acting 'Traino' and we are headed for 
> TRAV in a week.  1,200 people, 700 schools setup.  I'm knee deep in everything 
> from food for box lunches for those who wont eat unless someone thinks of that,
> to bus transport for schools too far away to walk to.  A gadzillion details and
> i just hope i tagged them all!

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

> Yes, takes a bit to get your own guys to understand that they are staying late 
> to maintain something 'someone else owns' but if you do it right, they really 
> do understand.  Used to really piss off my CMC too as I'd cut the guys loose as
> early as 10am on rainy days (hell, cant work on the mast, got anything else we 
> need to do?  Ok, work on that til 10am then talk to me with progress as I got 
> libertyitis too).  So like, 1 day in every 2 weeks it would rain and I'd say 
> 'screw it, lets go home early'.  They stayed til sundown 2 days a week which 
> more than made up for it.

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

> PL>  From the description, y'all earned it.
> Grin, my guys did it.  I didnt. 

Even leading, you did (IMO).

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

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

Just miss those kind of get-togethers, too.
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5a