PTGWXD

Stoli · 06-14-07, 11:11 AM

PTGWXD (Post-traumatic Grey Wolves Expansion disorder)

I must be suffering from PTGWXD. I took a road trip down to coast yesterday and experienced several disturbing happenings.

My radar detector started chirping so I thought “Alarm!” and reduced engine revolutions to lower my profile. I passed a road crew with a giant orange sign out that read “Convoy Ahead”, hmmm I didn’t remember enabling auto map updates. Then I boarded the ferry and was thinking to myself, does the Captain have to sail in such a straight line…

DrMilton · 06-14-07, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Stoli

Then I boarded the ferry and was thinking to myself, does the Captain have to sail in such a straight line…

What was the ferry's tonnage...? YOU DIDNT GET THE FERRY'S TONNAGE ???

_Seth_ · 06-14-07, 11:32 AM

PTGWXD

We all have it!

Well, i heard the familiar "ping" the other day... I ordered silent running, and ordered "deeper, deeper", while throwing myself down on the floor...... Then i just realized that the food in the microwave was done.....

DrMilton · 06-14-07, 11:36 AM

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: You have to wonder what would happen if they REALLY brought a microwave oven in a sub...

Gezoes · 06-14-07, 12:41 PM

When I go to work I pass by a big canal...

The ships is one thing, things got weird when I looked at the tram crossing the same bridge... "would I hit it in between the carts or not... "

There is also a small refinery nearby so I can refuel :rotfl:

Growler · 06-14-07, 04:05 PM

LOL... this is before I went GWX, but try working all summer on a museum ship that actually ran as a convoy escort during WW2, and who's curator office still has (inert) hedgehogs in it, as well as a very well done model of a Flower-class corvette... When I first did some volunteer work aboard, I went down to that office and saw the (unlabeled) model, and immediately ID'ed it as a Flower-class, which earned me HUGE points with the Curator, since most normals wouldn't know a Flower-class from a high school class.

I've been throughout Taney as an employee and as a volunteer, and have spoken with many vets from both WW2 and Vietnam who served aboard her or one of her sisters. When you're standing IN the engine room, looking right at the location on this ship where her sister ex-Hamilton was torpedoed... it's chilling, really, and very awe-inspiring.

I can't say this enough to all of you lads: If you're anywhere near a museum ship that is open to the public, you owe it to yourself to put in some volunteer hours down there... it is almost always a phenomenal eye-opening experience, with the benefit of getting into the places the public rarely (if ever) goes.

I've got some pictures from some of the time I worked on Taney. I'll have to see if I can dig 'em up.

06-14-07, 11:11 AM	#1
Stoli A-ganger Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 74 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	PTGWXD PTGWXD (Post-traumatic Grey Wolves Expansion disorder) I must be suffering from PTGWXD. I took a road trip down to coast yesterday and experienced several disturbing happenings. My radar detector started chirping so I thought “Alarm!” and reduced engine revolutions to lower my profile. I passed a road crew with a giant orange sign out that read “Convoy Ahead”, hmmm I didn’t remember enabling auto map updates. Then I boarded the ferry and was thinking to myself, does the Captain have to sail in such a straight line…

06-14-07, 11:32 AM	#3
_Seth_ Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: In Tromsoe, @Tirpitz' final resting place.. Posts: 3,277 Downloads: 94 Uploads: 0	PTGWXD We all have it! Well, i heard the familiar "ping" the other day... I ordered silent running, and ordered "deeper, deeper", while throwing myself down on the floor...... Then i just realized that the food in the microwave was done..... __________________

06-14-07, 12:41 PM	#5
Gezoes XO Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 435 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	When I go to work I pass by a big canal... The ships is one thing, things got weird when I looked at the tram crossing the same bridge... "would I hit it in between the carts or not... " There is also a small refinery nearby so I can refuel :rotfl: __________________ If I wasn't a little mad, I'd go mad.

06-14-07, 04:05 PM	#6
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	LOL... this is before I went GWX, but try working all summer on a museum ship that actually ran as a convoy escort during WW2, and who's curator office still has (inert) hedgehogs in it, as well as a very well done model of a Flower-class corvette... When I first did some volunteer work aboard, I went down to that office and saw the (unlabeled) model, and immediately ID'ed it as a Flower-class, which earned me HUGE points with the Curator, since most normals wouldn't know a Flower-class from a high school class. I've been throughout Taney as an employee and as a volunteer, and have spoken with many vets from both WW2 and Vietnam who served aboard her or one of her sisters. When you're standing IN the engine room, looking right at the location on this ship where her sister ex-Hamilton was torpedoed... it's chilling, really, and very awe-inspiring. I can't say this enough to all of you lads: If you're anywhere near a museum ship that is open to the public, you owe it to yourself to put in some volunteer hours down there... it is almost always a phenomenal eye-opening experience, with the benefit of getting into the places the public rarely (if ever) goes. I've got some pictures from some of the time I worked on Taney. I'll have to see if I can dig 'em up. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

06-14-07, 11:36 AM	#4
DrMilton Gunner Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Right in the middle of it... Posts: 94 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: You have to wonder what would happen if they REALLY brought a microwave oven in a sub...