Sharpshooter Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 Yeah, i had this one in Lemoore NAS back in the mid 60s. I was assigned to the flight line (dummy work) until my training class began. This was on a Wednesday. I walked in, saluted the E-6 Petty Officer, and announced my presence. He decided I was an ignorant boot and told me to "go find him some portable pad-eyes and a bucket of prop wash. And don't come back without them!" For those of you not in the know, a pad-eye is a steel anchor point set in concrete; prop wash is the wind created by a propeller. So I left on that Wednesday morning, looking for those two fictitious items. I returned on the following Monday morning. The E-6 was significantly upset with me. "Where the hell have you been?" was the gist of it all. So I related to him his assignment and I said "so I looked ... and I looked ... and I just couldn't find any." He asked me how long I'd been in the Navy. I replied "about a year." So he told me to "get the f... out of my sight." That worked until my training class began the following Monday. You're right, I don't play well with others! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtallen83 Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 A staple prank on the jobsite, the board stretcher was the usual item to be found but post holes were for the special ones. Had an extra flagger that stuck around to help one day and she was driving everyone nuts. Lead man came and asked if I couldn't get rid of her for the concrete pour at least so I sent her to the lumber yard to get to 3 ft post holes. The lumber yard wasn't twenty miles away so when she didn't come back for several hours I thought maybe she quit and drove back to the yard, nope, about quitting time she rolled up mad as hell. The local lumberyard had told her she would have to go to Menards in the city to find one she made the 70 mile trip where they promptly explained the joke to her. She did stick to the flagging after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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unforgiven Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Cunuckgaucho said: Hahaha good one's brother 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 So we're setting hangers in an old building that had a clay tile ceiling that required 3/8" toggles 6" long for band iron hangers. We got this guy that was a sign guy just got into ventilation. I explained the MO I'm watching ,he's going a long I'm putting duct work together. At a point you transition to a concrete ceiling. It required a 3/4" 6" hammer drill bit for Hilti for toggles. Concrete you change to a 9/16" bit and a 3/8" drop in anchor that you use a setting tool to smack the bullet that swedges open the shell. I hear the different sound of the hammer drill and sure as $hit he's drilling a 3/4" hole in the concrete I stopped him at the 2" depth. WTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cunuckgaucho Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 1 hour ago, suzukiray said: The cat is there to keep the goose in check... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzukiray Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Cunuckgaucho said: The cat is there to keep the goose in check... Aaaahahahahaha!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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98Z5V Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Ironic, ain't it, how all that is tied together... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sisco Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 (edited) So, like, who hasn't? Edited July 2, 2021 by Sisco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 A Canadian and American discussing politics at the border... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzukiray Posted July 2, 2021 Report Share Posted July 2, 2021 Aaahahahahaha!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 I had to bust out laughing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbas4570 Posted July 3, 2021 Report Share Posted July 3, 2021 All excellent ones!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lonewolf McQuade Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 I need a hat, t-shirt and a bumper sticker with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed Eye Doc Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) 15 second time exposure of the sky in the middle of nowhere. Edited July 5, 2021 by Armed Eye Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 First fireworks. If we don’t count the ones from last night. We got to watch from right where they launched them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted July 5, 2021 Report Share Posted July 5, 2021 11 hours ago, Lonewolf McQuade said: I need a hat, t-shirt and a bumper sticker with that! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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