Rontini Submarine BBS : Dex Armstong http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:34:17 +0000 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 14:30:10 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.04 360 RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4061 <![CDATA[Rontini Submarine BBS]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_images/Rontini_2021_5.gif http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/ <![CDATA[Dex Armstong : Boy Throttleman wrote:Correct...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4061&PID=10846&title=dex-armstong#10846 Author: Flapper
Subject: 4061
Posted: 13 Jun 2017 at 2:30pm

Originally posted by Boy Throttleman Boy Throttleman wrote:

Correct in #1 the can came back down.
#2 the garbage cans in the mess hall were tall and narrow sized to take a GDU bag.
I never heard them called that but I assume you had to be a "sharpshooter" to hit one from any real distance.
PS
I came on board the USS Requin not long after Dex left, but never heard them called that.
setting the scene, the maneuvering room of a nuke boat (S5W powerplant):
Off-frame at lower left, tucked in the corner below the throttle wheels, was our sh*tcan (never heard 'sharpshooter' used for it). Panels left to right are SPCP steam plant controls, RPCP reactor plant controls, and EPCP electrical plant. Back turned to us is the EOW engineering officer of the watch at his little elevated corner stool. 
On the Dan'l Boone I had a watch officer that spent the tedium of boring low turn anonymous holes in the ocean by diligent practice shooting wadded paper balls from his 'highchair' in various directions to, eventually, ricochet into that sh*tcan. He'd make bets with visitors on, say, making the shot 'Off the RO's coffee cup, behind the throttles and into the can.' And then he'd make the shot he called. 
Now HE was a sharpshooter!


Edited by Flapper - 13 Jun 2017 at 2:34pm]]> Tue, 13 Jun 2017 14:30:10 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4061&PID=10846&title=dex-armstong#10846 <![CDATA[Dex Armstong : I dont remember doing that, but...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4061&PID=10836&title=dex-armstong#10836 Author: Boy Throttleman
Subject: 4061
Posted: 11 Jun 2017 at 8:42pm

I dont remember doing that, but if I did I screwed up Sorry.




Edited by Boy Throttleman - 11 Jun 2017 at 8:43pm]]> Sun, 11 Jun 2017 20:42:24 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4061&PID=10836&title=dex-armstong#10836 <![CDATA[Dex Armstong : Thanks for the reply. Not having...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4061&PID=10833&title=dex-armstong#10833 Author: SaltiDawg
Subject: 4061
Posted: 10 Jun 2017 at 1:36pm

Thanks for the reply.  Not having got an answer I also asked Ray and he answered.

I'm in the process of reading your posts on his site!  They also are great!

One point, I think you listed Capt Cromwell as being lost on Growler, not with Sculpin.  (Of course, Capt Gilmore on Growler.)    Maybe it was a Dex Post???

I am so glad you memorialized your remembrances from the early 1960's.  They were also a memorable time for me.




Edited by SaltiDawg - 10 Jun 2017 at 2:35pm]]> Sat, 10 Jun 2017 13:36:34 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4061&PID=10833&title=dex-armstong#10833 <![CDATA[Dex Armstong : Correct in #1 the can came back...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4061&PID=10828&title=dex-armstong#10828 Author: Boy Throttleman
Subject: 4061
Posted: 09 Jun 2017 at 9:56pm

Correct in #1 the can came back down.
#2 the garbage cans in the mess hall were tall and narrow sized to take a GDU bag.
I never heard them called that but I assume you had to be a "sharpshooter" to hit one from any real distance.
PS
I came on board the USS Requin not long after Dex left, but never heard them called that.


Edited by Boy Throttleman - 09 Jun 2017 at 9:56pm]]> Fri, 09 Jun 2017 21:56:10 +0000 http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4061&PID=10828&title=dex-armstong#10828 <![CDATA[Dex Armstong : I recently discovered the Postings...]]> http://RontiniSubmarineBBS.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=4061&PID=10823&title=dex-armstong#10823 Author: SaltiDawg
Subject: 4061
Posted: 07 Jun 2017 at 4:45pm

I recently discovered the Postings of Dex.  Been reading for days. (He enlisted a few months before I did.)

I have figured out what most of his posts meant when my experience did not give me first hand knowledge.

Two questions:

1)  What is the difference between "One Way" and "Two Way" trash/garbage?  (Guess: "Two
Way" suggests the can was coming back to the boat after being dumped???)

2)  What is a "Sharpshooter Bucket?" Again in the context of trash? (Guess: Was it the Garbage Cans with holes in them?)

Pardon my ignorance.

Jerry
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