History tidbit
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BlauBear
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Any word on the sheep?Mach 2 wrote:LITTLE KNOWN NAVAL HISTORY...........
By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, although unarmed she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland . Her landing party captured a whiskey distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn. Then she headed home.
GO NAVY!!!
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Ghostofwar
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I bet there were some Marines on board as well. Who else would have drank all that alcohol?
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malinois
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Of course they had Marines on board...they were the ballast....lol.
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BlauBear
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DI always said we were rock life...malinois wrote:Of course they had Marines on board...they were the ballast....lol.
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jneihouse
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After they drank all the booze no one remembers what happend to the sheep......
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BlauBear
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The original "Don't ask, don't tell"?jneihouse wrote:After they drank all the booze no one remembers what happend to the sheep......
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jneihouse
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More like "You can ask, but I don't remember..."...I've had a few nights like that.... 
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jneihouse
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But I am fairly sure that no farm animals were injured along the way.. 
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BlauBear
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So they all say...
Hey, we aren't here to judge.
Hey, we aren't here to judge.
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jneihouse wrote:More like "You can ask, but I don't remember..."...I've had a few nights like that....
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If you woke up sore anywhere you aren't supposed to be sore, you probably had a rough night. But I won't be asking because I really don't want to know.
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Are you saying that they went away satisfied ???jneihouse wrote:But I am fairly sure that no farm animals were injured along the way..
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BlauBear
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And about that "fairly sure" part...
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malinois, That is funny to an old combat engineer. I'll bet the jarheads didn't think so.
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malinois
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I really did not have any problems with the Marines...But then again its not wise to piss off the Master at Arms....lol
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BlauBear
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It's unwise to piss off senior enlisted NCO's in any branch of the service. They have long memories, patience, and great connections.
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