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Re: Journalist on Board
Posted by:
Barry Scully
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Date: August 05, 2003 01:05PM
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Hi Meg,
Other things occur to me. For example, there is on a uboat a kind of choreography which the crew must learn in order to safely and perhaps more importantly, quickly move around the boat. With time and experience they fall into the rhythm of this strange dance and therebye avoid bumping into each other.Getting the hang of this takes time, and I'm sure the men would NOT appreciate crashing into some bozo blundering about with a notebook and pencil as they hightailed it to the bow end trying to get the boat down fast.
If the captain's reaction when poor Johanne's nerve went was anything anything to go by, a less than level headed scribe would be lucky to survive Biscay on the way out.
Also, what did he do to fill the time? You can take just so many photos of guys lying on bunks/ writing home/looking anxiously at stop watches etc on a 10/12 week patrol. What did he do the rest of the time?
Do Chara
Barry</HTML>
Hi Meg,
Other things occur to me. For example, there is on a uboat a kind of choreography which the crew must learn in order to safely and perhaps more importantly, quickly move around the boat. With time and experience they fall into the rhythm of this strange dance and therebye avoid bumping into each other.Getting the hang of this takes time, and I'm sure the men would NOT appreciate crashing into some bozo blundering about with a notebook and pencil as they hightailed it to the bow end trying to get the boat down fast.
If the captain's reaction when poor Johanne's nerve went was anything anything to go by, a less than level headed scribe would be lucky to survive Biscay on the way out.
Also, what did he do to fill the time? You can take just so many photos of guys lying on bunks/ writing home/looking anxiously at stop watches etc on a 10/12 week patrol. What did he do the rest of the time?
Do Chara
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