Stupid Skipper Trick # 14 - Page 2

peabody · 09-02-08, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seminole

:hmm: ...Its a lot like watching the wife back the truck and boat on a trailer down to the boat ramp while you stand by making ready to unhitch... isn't it?

Don't complain, she could have drove it down instead of backing it down. :rotfl:

Peabody

GunnersMate · 09-02-08, 09:55 PM

Marginally better than writing P and S on your hands

Arclight · 09-03-08, 12:52 AM

Boy, bad patrol this time.

Very nearly ran aground. Not on a reef or something, no, an island.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...062749_656.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...062800_718.jpg

After that, I was rushing home to Midway and I ran the sub into a friendly warship at ahead full.

Not a good day, not at all.

Seminole · 09-03-08, 08:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peabody

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seminole

:hmm: ...Its a lot like watching the wife back the truck and boat on a trailer down to the boat ramp while you stand by making ready to unhitch... isn't it?

Don't complain, she could have drove it down instead of backing it down. :rotfl:

Peabody

I tried doing the backing instead of the unhitching but the first time she got pulled into the water...the second she let go of the line ,to keep from getting pulled in..and I had to swim for it..and the water up here is always mighty cold..

So now she does the backing even if it does take multiple tries.

GunnersMate · 09-03-08, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arclight

Boy, bad patrol this time.

Very nearly ran aground. Not on a reef or something, no, an island.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...062749_656.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...062800_718.jpg

After that, I was rushing home to Midway and I ran the sub into a friendly warship at ahead full.

Not a good day, not at all.

Interesting way to give your crew liberty

Jetman123 · 09-03-08, 11:55 PM

I'm a complete and total newb having only bought SH4 and it's expansion a month or so ago, and still am getting used to medium realism. So excuse me if I seem ignorant... but what do you mean by "pull the plug" in the original post there? I seem to have missed something. What did you do? :P

Falkirion · 09-04-08, 12:39 AM

"Pull the plug"=Dive

Zero Niner · 09-04-08, 12:44 AM

I'm guessing he means to submerge/dive.

kylania · 09-04-08, 12:45 AM

Welcome to SubSim and SH4 JetMan! :p

Jetman123 · 09-04-08, 01:10 AM

Oh, no WONDER! xD

It's why I like the U-boat missions. Now you have that handy little thing in the upper right that lets you know if you're submerged or not.

Imagine just going by on the surface in a merchant ship when you see a submarine "stealthily" sitting on the surface in "ambush". I bet you 50% of skippers would think they weren't even seeing a submarine looking that stupid and just keep cruising along. :P

Actually, I like to use that tactic to ambush poor singular merchant vessels. Sit in front of him and watch him slowly weave back and forth while you nibble him to death with the deck gun.

Seminole · 09-04-08, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetman123

I'm a complete and total newb having only bought SH4 and it's expansion a month or so ago, and still am getting used to medium realism. So excuse me if I seem ignorant... but what do you mean by "pull the plug" in the original post there? I seem to have missed something. What did you do? :P

It is typical colorful U.S. Navy idiomatic American English for "Dive The Boat"....nothing to do with the sim directly...sorry if I had you "barking up the wrong tree"...

peabody · 09-04-08, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seminole

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetman123

I'm a complete and total newb having only bought SH4 and it's expansion a month or so ago, and still am getting used to medium realism. So excuse me if I seem ignorant... but what do you mean by "pull the plug" in the original post there? I seem to have missed something. What did you do? :P

It is typical colorful U.S. Navy idiomatic American English for "Dive The Boat"....nothing to do with the sim directly...sorry if I had you "barking up the wrong tree"...

I'll speed things along here, "barking up the wrong tree"=Looking in the wrong place.

Have a nice day, and "don't take any wooden nickles"

Peabody

Seminole · 09-04-08, 04:33 PM

Ok..lets not beat around the bush and we''ll just put the licks in:

Comprehensive reference source:

http://www.merrycoz.org/voices/bartl...ER01.HTM#intro

Though you may not find "pull the plug" listed...since the book is from a time before submarines were in general use...and probably has not been updated since...

buddha95 · 09-04-08, 09:00 PM

forgot to take my crew off GQ and my boat went dead, just as a jap task force with carriers and BBs came my,,, 90 degrees,,, slow,,, no zig-zag. I could only wave,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Jetman123 · 09-05-08, 01:48 AM

It's no problem, really. I'm the newbie here. :P

09-02-08, 09:55 PM	#17
GunnersMate Lieutenant Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: USS Sea Tiger Posts: 251 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Marginally better than writing P and S on your hands __________________ \"Sir they just fired an Exocet at us!\" \"Very well, Bosn pipe Sweepers\" I\'m having trouble with the radar, sir. What\'s wrong with it? I\'ve lost the bleeps, I\'ve lost the sweeps, and I\'ve lost the creeps.

09-03-08, 12:52 AM	#18
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Boy, bad patrol this time. Very nearly ran aground. Not on a reef or something, no, an island. http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...062749_656.jpg http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/j...062800_718.jpg After that, I was rushing home to Midway and I ran the sub into a friendly warship at ahead full. Not a good day, not at all. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

09-04-08, 12:45 AM	#24
kylania Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,528 Downloads: 118 Uploads: 0	Welcome to SubSim and SH4 JetMan! :p __________________

09-04-08, 01:10 AM	#25
Jetman123 Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oh, no WONDER! xD It's why I like the U-boat missions. Now you have that handy little thing in the upper right that lets you know if you're submerged or not. Imagine just going by on the surface in a merchant ship when you see a submarine "stealthily" sitting on the surface in "ambush". I bet you 50% of skippers would think they weren't even seeing a submarine looking that stupid and just keep cruising along. :P Actually, I like to use that tactic to ambush poor singular merchant vessels. Sit in front of him and watch him slowly weave back and forth while you nibble him to death with the deck gun. __________________ Under the seaaaaa, under the seaaaaa There'll be no sinking barges Just unfriendly depth charges Under the seaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

09-04-08, 04:33 PM	#28
Seminole Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,012 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Ok..lets not beat around the bush and we''ll just put the licks in: Comprehensive reference source: http://www.merrycoz.org/voices/bartl...ER01.HTM#intro Though you may not find "pull the plug" listed...since the book is from a time before submarines were in general use...and probably has not been updated since... __________________

09-03-08, 11:55 PM	#21
Jetman123 Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm a complete and total newb having only bought SH4 and it's expansion a month or so ago, and still am getting used to medium realism. So excuse me if I seem ignorant... but what do you mean by "pull the plug" in the original post there? I seem to have missed something. What did you do? :P

09-04-08, 12:39 AM	#22
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	"Pull the plug"=Dive

09-04-08, 12:44 AM	#23
Zero Niner Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,033 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	I'm guessing he means to submerge/dive.

09-04-08, 09:00 PM	#29
buddha95 Planesman Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 196 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	forgot to take my crew off GQ and my boat went dead, just as a jap task force with carriers and BBs came my,,, 90 degrees,,, slow,,, no zig-zag. I could only wave,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, __________________ Build a man a fire,,, keep him warm for a day. BUT, set a man on fire, keep him warm for the reat of his life !! http://s309.photobucket.com/albums/kk365/buddha95-3898 http://battleflags.net/miniflags/Bat...ddha95_sig.jpg /

09-05-08, 01:48 AM	#30
Jetman123 Swabbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Posts: 5 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's no problem, really. I'm the newbie here. :P __________________ Under the seaaaaa, under the seaaaaa There'll be no sinking barges Just unfriendly depth charges Under the seaaaaaaaaaaaaa!