Just a quick reminder: next Saturday (March 28th) marks the 30th anniversary of the destruction of the TMI-2 plant. People often say the lesson learned is "believe your indications", but the real problem was that they DID believe their indications (e.g, the plant is going solid due to the fill system, the PORV is shut because it indicates shut, etc.). I say actual the lessons learned were:
(1) Bad shit always happens on the midwatch.
(2) Mechanics will screw you.
(3) You can't fix a bad design with more training.
The cancerous cells your COB whines about.
We are collectors of sea stories from submariners everywhere. All these stories are 100% true... except when they're not, in which case at least one of us was there when they were made up. Feel free to add your own tale with the link below, but please: no last names, and no NNPI.
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- "PAPER CLIP"
- Another Dumbass Sub Movie
- Purposeless Required Test (PRT)
- LEAN that!
- The Phone Sex Girl
- Recognizing Art
- LEAN this!
- My Wife, She...
- The Shaved Hampster
- America’s Navy – The Video Game
- Another PI Story
- Navy Picnics
- In Honor of Racks
- The Burner
- Fun With Liquid Nitrogen
- Housing
- The Lieutenant
- The Backpack Incident
- Military Financing
- Married With Dependents
- The Brow
- Foreign Women
- The Evals, Part II
- The RO Board Scandal
- Blue Poofy Folders
- A Little Snopes of my Own
- To Catch A Thief
- Mail on the Boat
- The Guam Bomb
- The Delta Force Rescue
- NR & NRRO
- My Hitch in the Sea Cadets
- The Chief’s Anchor
- Radio Free Smallwood
- Underway Boxes
- Horseplay Leads to Sickbay
- The Seabees in Guam
- The Neighbor’s Dog
- The Sub Base Nazis
- An Anti-C Story
- Tales of the Occult
- Maid for the Barracks
- The Recirc Pump
- The VIP Tour
- Why We Can’t Afford Tools: Relamping
- Zapped
- The Great Cereal Caper
- The Oly in Oly
- My Philosophy On Supply
- Electrostatic Precipitators
- The Post-Tailhook Flogging
- The Worst Sub Movie, Ever
- An Open Letter
- Lair of the White Worm
- The Middi Run
- Sibling Rivalry
- The Long Underway
- My First Blog Comment, Ever
- Skimmer Hell
- Torpedo’d by the Wives Club
- Serious as a Heart Attack
- Mea Culpa
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7 comments:
But can you fix an E-diver with more training?
[See post on LEAN from last week-- the Navy apparently thinks they can fix you!]
Best regards,
Every Mechanic Knows:
You really only need only two tools. WD-40 and duct tape...
If it doesn't move and it should - use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't - use the tape.
You forgot the torque wrench, rated for stars. Great for opening those stuck-open valves.
I've always been a neolube fan more than WD-40. Don't forget that mallet either.
MM1/SS
FTN,
I'm a bit concerned. Last time we didn't have a new post from you for more than a week, it turned into a year.
We use to call it "EB Green" not duct tape. My wife flipped out when I came home from a northern run with my pants cuffed with paper staples and EB Green.
A crescent wrench and a dime could do it all ... hammer, wrench, screwdriver. What else do you need.
I have been looking for neolube in a store since I got out 30 years ago. How could something that good never make it in the civilian world?
Something happened at one of the NY prototypes the same evening.
Those in the know, know.
"Spooky action at a distance...?" Fairly undeniable.
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