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Old May 18th, 2020, 12:18 AM
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Fallout Re: Offmap Artillery Poll

I do what I can to both inform and entertain with glimpses into my world. We are after all humans in the end.

To the "wisdom" issue: 1) Very well done!

2) You have to wonder about a person that volunteers to put themselves inside a "tube" with a nuclear reactor that makes you travel fast underwater, deeper then 800ft. with several hundreds+ of pounds of pressure PSI against the hull (It was always fun to take the "new" guys underway for the first time, tie a string tight across from the Port to Starboard side and watch it "sag" when going deep and see the reactions on their faces. Right up there with sending them to feed the "shaft seals" we'd get most of them every time with that one among others like "dangling" sardines in rough seas and swallowing them whole or chewing them VERY SLOWLY and sticking out your tongue full of sardines, of course that would cause a reaction of another sort.) and do it for months at a time.

Here's what I miss, CINCLANTHOME sending me a "Family Gram" limited to 35 words to include my full name and rate, the smell of fresh baked bread and chocolate chip cookies, pizza night (Sat.) and seeing the most beautiful Sunrises and Sunsets out of the periscope I've seen anywhere in the world, and best of all Homecomings. We still talk about that.

Now there is some wisdom in that!

I digress, and again well done! It put a smile on my face.

Let's get out the vote out here. I'd hate to think only 12 of us represent the community.

Regards,
Pat
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