Definition of a Sailor

Bubba49 · Jun 23, 2018

Some of us Sailors can identify with this definition..

rhino 2 · Jun 23, 2018

Segue alert

Back in the days of sailing ships woman were never welcome aboard the ships

There was a superstition that Seaman and Woman don't mix....

Bubba49 · Jun 23, 2018

rhino 2 said:
Back in the days of sailing ships woman were never welcome aboard the ships

There was a superstition that Seaman and Woman don't mix....

Since you mention it here’s a good music video about drunken sailors.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7dwUw0qIlwE&feature=youtu.be

FuzzyWuzHe · Jun 23, 2018

Bubba49 said:
Some of us Sailors can identify with this definition..

Back in my youth ... that was pretty much my creed. Thankfully, I found God before I killed myself or got killed.

trike lady · Jun 23, 2018

Here's a question about sailors and probably the most famous; Popeye, was he a Chief Petty Officer? I did see a challenge coin of Popeye as one. I know this is a bit off topic, but maybe someone may have the answer. We had been talking about old cartoons and that had come up. I always thought he was a regular enlisted man.

FuzzyWuzHe · Jun 23, 2018

trike lady said:
Here's a question about sailors and probably the most famous; Popeye, was he a Chief Petty Officer? I did see a challenge coin of Popeye as one. I know this is a bit off topic, but maybe someone may have the answer. We had been talking about old cartoons and that had come up. I always thought he was a regular enlisted man.

A chief IS a regular enlisted man ...

. But, I've never seen a Popeye with rating insignia's. Your challenge coin does show him as a chief, but, the comic strip did not. He wears a "Dixie Cup" for a lot of his strips, then another cap that could be a chief's cap, but there is no insignia on it. His uniform is more inline with the non-chief enlisted uni. I guess, as long as he was a sailor, he should of made Chief by then, but, all the fighting might of ruined that ... LOL

trike lady · Jun 23, 2018

Thank you.

Peter A. · Jun 24, 2018

Popeye

FuzzyWuzHe said:
A chief IS a regular enlisted man ... . But, I've never seen a Popeye with rating insignia's. Your challenge coin does show him as a chief, but, the comic strip did not. He wears a "Dixie Cup" for a lot of his strips, then another cap that could be a chief's cap, but there is no insignia on it. His uniform is more inline with the non-chief enlisted uni. I guess, as long as he was a sailor, he should of made Chief by then, but, all the fighting might of ruined that ... LOL

That pretty much says it all.......he was just a REGULAR guy, one of the rough/tumble workers,

:laugh:

peteg59 · Jun 24, 2018

Bout nails it Bubba.:clapping:

Served many MidRats to drunken shipmates, and had only one actually challenge me to a fight for not serving "fresh" chow at the midnite hour...

Popeye was definitely not "Chief" material. Maybe he was "promoted" posthumously???:Shrug:

Bubba49 · Jun 24, 2018

peteg59 said:
Bout nails it Bubba.:clapping:

Served many MidRats to drunken shipmates, and had only one actually challenge me to a fight for not serving "fresh" chow at the midnite hour...

Popeye was definitely not "Chief" material. Maybe he was "promoted" posthumously???:Shrug:

Thanks Pete. You just gave me a trivia question “When did Popeye retire?” I think I’ll use it during CPO initiation this year when I run into the selectees at the Navy base in Charleston S.C..

Bubba

FuzzyWuzHe · Jun 24, 2018

Bubba49 said:
CPO initiationBubba

Now that brings back some memories ... "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times."

Bubba49 · Jun 25, 2018

FuzzyWuzHe said:
Now that brings back some memories ... "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times."

Yes it does. I was initiated in 1989 and I still remember it like it was yesterday.

peteg59 · Jun 25, 2018

Straying off topic but, I thought they closed NAVSTA Chasn a few years back?

I served 2 years of "shore duty" there in the early 80's. That was one base where you wouldn't walk alone at night outside the gates...

FuzzyWuzHe · Jun 25, 2018

Bubba49 said:
Yes it does. I was initiated in 1989 and I still remember it like it was yesterday.

I did mine in 84 and it's still really fresh in my mind. I can still taste the Ballute (-5 sp). Of course, I made mine sooooo much worse by getting the Chief insignia tattoo on my left hand before I was initiated .. not a move I recommend.

Bubba49 · Jun 25, 2018

peteg59 said:
Straying off topic but, I thought they closed NAVSTA Chasn a few years back?

I served 2 years of "shore duty" there in the early 80's. That was one base where you wouldn't walk alone at night outside the gates...

You’re right! It’s not Navsta Chasn anymore. It’s Joint Base Charleston. Naval Weapons Station and Nuclear Power School are down there along with a bunch of support units. They’ve got a decent exchange and such too. It’s about 145 miles from my house, so I only go down there once a year to harass the selectees.

Bubba

oldprowler · Jun 27, 2018

In 1972 I had two initiations, the first on the ship (on my actual advancement day) which of necessity was pretty mild since the ship was at sea chasing a carrier (plane guard). The second was at the Pearl Harbor CPO club on a Saturday, no less, and needless to say it was not so mild.