What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

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  1. PLANofMAN

    PLANofMAN Eccentric Razor Collector Staff Member

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    I stared at a wall all day, doing firewatch. Welder on the other side doing pickup work. About to start getting overtime pay, since we've been working 9.5 hr shifts. It's all in a day's work as a boilermaker, working on refitting a U.S. Navy destroyer. Some days are easy, some aren't. This is one of the easy ones.

    If my grandfather was still alive, he would appreciate the irony. He served on a destroyer, the USS Melvin, during WW2, and became a plumber and pipefitter after the war.

    I became a welder, then a fitter-welder, then a pipefitter, and now a boilermaker, then wound up working on a Navy destroyer. Feels almost like I'm living his life in reverse.

    Just to be clear, I work at a repair shipyard, I'm not a member of the armed forces.

    My grandfather was not one to discuss his experience during the war, and the few details I do know come second-hand. He wouldn't read any books while deployed, as he didn't want to die with a book half read. He and his shipmates were convinced they wouldn't survive the war, (They did in fact, survive). He did mention that he got in quite a bit of trouble for leaving his assigned fire lane to shoot down a Japanese kamikaze, and he had nightmares for years after the war, waking up, thinking he was on the ship again.

    I looked up the ship's battle record, and his ship was involved in some of the fiercest and deadliest campaigns in the Pacific.
     
    PLANofMAN, Jun 18, 2021
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  2. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    I am transitioning back to using my heavier bows, a month after cancer surgery.
     
    Sara-s, Jun 18, 2021
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  3. IAmTheJody

    IAmTheJody Gillette-i Master Staff Member

    Having to let go of $1,600 would turn me into unmanly, waterworks and all. My mascara would be running everywhere...
    :angry017::angry017::rofl:
     
    IAmTheJody, Jun 18, 2021
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  4. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    Probably not a good day to wear mascara then. :p
     
    richgem, Jun 18, 2021
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  5. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    Then you'd have get manly again by wiping your tears with 60 grit sand paper and chase down a 400lb caribou with a pocket knife for dinner.

    :eatdrink013:
     
    Enrico, Jun 18, 2021
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  6. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    Sounds like a Tuesday to me.;)
     
    richgem, Jun 18, 2021
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  7. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    Glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that.
     
    swarden43, Jun 18, 2021
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  8. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    TSD: ruiner of keyboards since 2000.
    :D
     
    richgem, Jun 18, 2021
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  9. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    I'll be over for dinner Tuesday. :eatdrink023:

    :eatdrink013:
     
    Enrico, Jun 18, 2021
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  10. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    Bring a nice wine.
     
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    richgem, Jun 18, 2021
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  11. PanChango

    PanChango Not Cute

    That's still a drag. Did you have to do the head gaskets yet?
     
    PanChango, Jun 18, 2021
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  12. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    I got a neat haircut. The babe made me look a little older, which is good. This cut would have looked funny during Woodstock, but do I care?

    No.
     
    Paul Turner, Jun 18, 2021
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  13. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    Pics or it didn't happen.;)
     
    richgem, Jun 18, 2021
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  14. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    On my Forester yes, but not on my OutBack

    :eatdrink013:
     
    Enrico, Jun 18, 2021
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  15. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    Beat me to it!
     
    swarden43, Jun 18, 2021
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  16. PanChango

    PanChango Not Cute

    Took the day off and went for a ride through JIm Thorpe, PA. Even saw a bear for a brief second.

    IMG_20210618_214857.jpg
     
    PanChango, Jun 18, 2021
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  17. lottenhem

    lottenhem Well-Known Member

    Interesting story! My Grandfather was on a Mine Sweeper ( not sure if that is the right name of a ship that seeks for mines? ) . Anyway he was up on deck on their way up to Norway when they were hit by a torpedo from a British Submarine. He fell in to the water due to the shock wave and he was the only alive.. After that he was a war prisoner and his duty was as a “captain” of a fishing trawler, fishing for the British/ US forces. After the WW2 he was Harbour Captain in Wismar until retirement. He was also responsible for testing new combat ships for the Russian Navy produced by Mattias Thesen Shipyard in Wismar. Also responsible for the whole construction of Mast and sail for the East German School Ship Wilhelm Piek.
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    Skickat från min iPhone med Tapatalk
     
    lottenhem, Jun 19, 2021
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  18. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    Went to a gun range with my husband. Shot with a target pistol (I really like these) and despite my limited experience, mostly hit was I was aiming at.

    I really like this range as they are very safety conscious.

    Ironic note- my husband, with all his military experience, has given me multiple lectures about how to avoid slide bites. I’ll give you one guess who got one.
     
    Sara-s, Jul 3, 2021
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  19. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    duhhhhhhh....you?
     
    Paul Turner, Jul 10, 2021
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  20. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    All right, it didn't happen, but somehow my hair got shorter with her cutting it.
     
    Paul Turner, Jul 10, 2021
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