When I said "off-duty" I was referring to "off-duty while at sea" as in "not on watch". Of course we found plenty to do in port, like anything that would get us away from the ship for a few hours. It's funny, though - we would "swear like sailors", as the saying goes, but the unwritten rule was never in front of women or children. Or any civilians, for that matter. It just wasn't done. These days of course the women and children use language that would "make a sailor blush", and often does.
Times change.
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