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MarkShot · 09-19-07, 02:40 PM

Bill,

So, let me change topic (it's my thread after all).

Aside from yourself and Ron Banks, you are the only two nuke vets I know in a way.

The other day, I was thinking how odd it must be to serve on a nuke. On a surface ship, you are going to get to go up on deck sometimes. A WWII diesel, you might have had the chance to occassionally stand watch. There you are in the middle of the vast ocean traveling the globe, but you never get to look out upon the horizon which goes as far as the eye can see; smell the sea salt; hear the surf... Instead you are living in a tube.

I tried to imagine the other day how it might feel to drive across country ... drive across the wide open spaces of New Mexico where you can see to the horizon and mountains 50+ miles in the distance. However, instead the windows of the car are all papered over. There is nothing to see but what it inside the car. Your mind can tell you what is outside, but your eyes cannot see it.

So, what is making such a transit like? How to describe it to those of us who simply look at the PC station screens, but can walk out of the room anytime we wish after pressing the PAUSE button?

Thanks.

09-19-07, 02:40 PM	#9
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	Bill, So, let me change topic (it's my thread after all). Aside from yourself and Ron Banks, you are the only two nuke vets I know in a way. The other day, I was thinking how odd it must be to serve on a nuke. On a surface ship, you are going to get to go up on deck sometimes. A WWII diesel, you might have had the chance to occassionally stand watch. There you are in the middle of the vast ocean traveling the globe, but you never get to look out upon the horizon which goes as far as the eye can see; smell the sea salt; hear the surf... Instead you are living in a tube. I tried to imagine the other day how it might feel to drive across country ... drive across the wide open spaces of New Mexico where you can see to the horizon and mountains 50+ miles in the distance. However, instead the windows of the car are all papered over. There is nothing to see but what it inside the car. Your mind can tell you what is outside, but your eyes cannot see it. So, what is making such a transit like? How to describe it to those of us who simply look at the PC station screens, but can walk out of the room anytime we wish after pressing the PAUSE button? Thanks. __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!