Showing posts with label Navy boot camp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Navy boot camp. Show all posts

Saturday, December 10, 2022

THE PAST STAYS WITH US.

 


When I was in Navy boot camp in 1959 our Company Commander was an old salty first-class Boatswains Mate.  One of his most used expressions was,  ‘Fuck me silly with a Handy Billy.’   The Handy Billy, also known as the P50, was a gas-powered water pump used for firefighting aboard Navy ships.   Today, when I fuck something up my go-to explicative is still ‘Fuck Me Silly’.  



I don't remember his name, but he made an impression


They call it a crow; but look at the beak.  Its got to be a buzzard

The Ol'Buzzard