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