Monday, December 30, 2013

I never went winter camping like that


I'd go winter camping in Maine when I was in Boy Scouts, which was great fun.  This, I'm not sure about.  As I was once told by an (ex) submariner, why would anyone who didn't have to go onto a submarine?

8 comments:

  1. Dave HDecember 30, 2013 at 2:41 PM

    Yeah, I really liked winter camping. Especially when there was a bright moon, and you could hike at night with no lights.

    I never did like the idea of camping on the ice though. Ice was too unpredictable in our area.

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  2. BobDecember 30, 2013 at 3:53 PM

    That's a Navy boot camp joke - - never volunteer to serve aboard a ship that sinks on purpose, and never volunteer to jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

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  3. Old NFODecember 30, 2013 at 5:04 PM

    +1 on Bob... and I don't see any Polar Bears in that photo... They must not have gotten there yet!

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  4. Rev. PaulDecember 30, 2013 at 5:13 PM

    Bob beat me to it; and it should be noted that submariners volunteer for that duty.

    It's still not logical, though. :)

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  5. RabidAlienDecember 30, 2013 at 8:17 PM

    Pfft. Why would anyone want to put to sea in a ship that's not designed to come back up after it goes under?!?

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  6. CormacDecember 31, 2013 at 10:43 AM

    RabidAlien has it right! I'm a little upset that I never got to walk the ice at the north pole, but we were making really good time from CT to Japan...

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  7. ThomasJanuary 5, 2014 at 9:04 PM

    A little secret from a former bubblehead ... they do give you a psych test before submarine school. We used to say, if you pass the psych test, they won't let you in.

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  8. BorepatchJanuary 5, 2014 at 10:23 PM

    Thomas, LOL

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