Seriously, I was a sailor back in the late 70’s. It was like that on ship. Even if you were not a big curser when you came aboard it was contagious. Myself and several ship-mates I knew had to adjust when we got out to quit talking like that as a routine. It took awhile for the habit to wear off.<BRWhich brings me to a Navy memory:A guy on our ship, Holt, was going to be getting out of the Navy in two weeks. We got together for our usual noon time game of Hearts (A lunch-time staple when we were out at sea).Holt mentioned that he was going to be getting out soon and since he was going back home with his parents for a while he was afraid of slipping and using foul language around his parents. He asked that we not cuss around him so he could start breaking his habit.Of course being the sympathetic people that we were, we exaggerated our cussing and kept saying things ike, “yeah everybody, watch your #%$#ing language!”Eventually he had enough and he scolded us. It went something like:“Hey this is a no $#!er you guys! I’m not #%#^#ing around here. I need to stop my #^#ing cussing!! Please, stop #%*#ing cussing around me!!”Okay, as funny as this was, sadly he wasn’t kidding.I thought this was especially good timing today having this comic come out on Veterans’ Day. I don’t know if Guy and Rod planned it this way or if it was a coincidence, but it was very appropriate for today. At least in my opinion.Unfortunately, I have to work today. Which is fine, but it does irritate me that non-vets in some jobs get a paid day off while others who actually earned it are working. I just hope the non-vets who do have a paid day off apprecieate it and show some reverence for it and don’t just piss it away.To my fellow vets out there, I salute you. And to all the non-vets who are enjoying the day off with pay – You’re Welcome!
Seriously, I was a sailor back in the late 70’s. It was like that on ship. Even if you were not a big curser when you came aboard it was contagious. Myself and several ship-mates I knew had to adjust when we got out to quit talking like that as a routine. It took awhile for the habit to wear off.<BRWhich brings me to a Navy memory:A guy on our ship, Holt, was going to be getting out of the Navy in two weeks. We got together for our usual noon time game of Hearts (A lunch-time staple when we were out at sea).Holt mentioned that he was going to be getting out soon and since he was going back home with his parents for a while he was afraid of slipping and using foul language around his parents. He asked that we not cuss around him so he could start breaking his habit.Of course being the sympathetic people that we were, we exaggerated our cussing and kept saying things ike, “yeah everybody, watch your #%$#ing language!”Eventually he had enough and he scolded us. It went something like:“Hey this is a no $#!er you guys! I’m not #%#^#ing around here. I need to stop my #^#ing cussing!! Please, stop #%*#ing cussing around me!!”Okay, as funny as this was, sadly he wasn’t kidding.I thought this was especially good timing today having this comic come out on Veterans’ Day. I don’t know if Guy and Rod planned it this way or if it was a coincidence, but it was very appropriate for today. At least in my opinion.Unfortunately, I have to work today. Which is fine, but it does irritate me that non-vets in some jobs get a paid day off while others who actually earned it are working. I just hope the non-vets who do have a paid day off apprecieate it and show some reverence for it and don’t just piss it away.To my fellow vets out there, I salute you. And to all the non-vets who are enjoying the day off with pay – You’re Welcome!