The one about uncle chuck
Tuesday, May 28, 2001
hey you crazy, kooky kids,
i spent all my time reading the Nancy Drew and updating that today and so i really didn't get a chance to come up with a weekly. But not to worry. It'll come to me. Rome wasn't built in a day y'know. Isn't that cool? "Rome wasn't built in a day" therefore my procrastination has been justified. i mean, you wouldn't ask ancient imperial ROME to write one of these in a 24 hour time span would you? Like you could get an appointment with Rome in the first place.
So i was going to write one about my Uncle Chuck. i was going to tell some of his hilarious stories about the navy but i can't remember any of them. Well, maybe just one.
Chuck was in the war.
Ok, now you guys know me, i'm not about to start making fun of war. War isn't funny.
Well, the Hundred Years War does have some funny parts to it but mostly war is serious.
Especially when you talk about the Vietnam War. Lot's of people don't like to talk about that war. But this isn't about war, it's about CHUCK.
Chuck was in the Navy during the Vietnam War. He was on a big boat called the U.S.S. Waccamaw which is named after a river in South Carolina. One thing you should always remember: when asking questions or talking with people who were/are in the Navy, you never say "big boat". They hate that. "It's a SHIP!" So keep that in mind.
During that time he was guarding the perimeter.
Well that's what he told me. Anyway, he was stationed in Naples during the war. i
know what you're thinking, "But isn't Naples like, in Italy
or something?"
Yes, yes it is.
"But Vietnam isn't anywhere near..."
No, no it's not.
Perimeter.
On all the big boats (SHIPS they're not boats, they're SHIPS!) there must be a certain number of life jackets. The life jackets are sort of self-inflatable. You push a button or pull a string or something and a CO2 cartridge goes off and the vest inflates. Simple. In order to reuse the life vests they made the CO2 thingy easily removable.
So basically this boat is full of young guys
right? You can imagine the possibilties.
They would remove the unused CO2 cartridge and somehow they would
pop them so the thing would launch into the air. They would
often try to aim for sea gulls. Naval sports. Chuck says that not one life vest
was in working order.
Anyway i wish i had more funny stories for you but i didn't want to make Chuck or the Navy seem like a bunch of morons. That's all i need, a branch of the U.S. military on my case, or Chuck for that matter. He's got the Mighty Claw.
One other Chuck related note. He used to have a neighbor that
had a speech impediment. Nothing ot be ashamed of, these
things happen.
Anyway, this lady couldn't say chuck. She pronounced it
'suck'. the bad part is that, well, let's say he's working
on his car and she's across the street working in her yard and
she wants to say 'hello' or ask him a question or something. She
had no problems with yelling across the street, "Hey
Suck!"
She also makes sicken sawad sanwenses.
i have updated the Nancy Drew page.
Now you can read about chapters 1 - 15.
i've almost got the whole thing read. Hopefully by the end of the
week.
http://pickle.fleegan.com/nancydrew.html go and have fun.
Unfortunately my brain is not working anymore.
i blame Laura and this webpage mostly www.popcap.com beware, it's addictive. NO
REALLY. DON'T PLAY THOSE GAMES. You'll stop eating and
bathing and working. You will become a slug.
hello, my name is jaimie pickle... and i'm a slug.
next week's episode: six kids vs. a cave. who will win?
jaimie "hey, don't blame me. Rome wasn't built in a day." pickle
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