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   > CP wrote --   
   >> Not to someone hoped up on some thing, or just seriously enraged, beyond   
   > reason & awareness, then the balsa holder is in big trouble. Did you carry a   
   > proper cosh in your back pocket for such an emergency?   
   > No idea what the other SP guys were carrying.   
   > I was in the waiting area for the motor launch back to the ship moored in   
   > the harbour.   
   > Like I wrote, it was temporary duty, filling in.  I wasn't regular SP.   
      
   So you didn't think much of it -- just another assigned task, eh?   
      
   > I think the worse we had was maybe some guy who had had a bit too much to   
   > drink and passed out.  :)   
      
   Those are everywhere.   
      
   I had to get a buddy home one time, who was pie-eyed neyond the abilityto   
   feel  or be aware of the world around him -- it was cvold &slushy. I ordered   
   im to  grip the nacjk of my wheelchair & I dragged ghim, walking for the   
   first  fewsteps until he fell inot theslush, then I tyelled at him to get the   
   fleep up   
   & grab hold again; Ewe went like that for the 2 blocks to my place where I    
   encouraged him, rough-verbally, to crawl through the door & get to he couch,   
   on it & stretch out; I made sure he was angled in case he puked, & took his   
   shoes  off, then covered him & wejt to bed. He was feeling it in his head the   
   next  day; I never got hungover, no matter what I drank or how  much, so I let   
   my  cheerful morhning nature tick him off for a while,. giving us both strong    
   coffee to get going.   
      
   The funny part is the bar wouldn't serve me my usual drink (triple Jack    
   Daniels, neat in a rocks glass) for fear I couldn't handle the alcohol.  My    
   friend, able-bodied & ambulatory *9no wjhee;chair for him -- just me) was    
   ordering triople black or white Russians constantly & they gave him them all,    
   evern if he ordered 2 at once.   
      
   Yet, he was the one who got too drunk & Io'm the one who got us both home    
   safely, even though I'm left-paralyzed in a wheelchair!   
      
   Oh well; I'm used to people making assumptions about my abilities, & I just    
   don'tcare -- I know myself & that I don't believe in limitations, barriers,   
   or  any of that guff.  I stay aware of thosewho are thusly biased, & look for    
   opportunities to provide teaching moments, if they're open to them.   
      
   Or I just find ways to show them up in front of those who know me & can    
   translate my words to know they're mocking, not sincere.   
      
   Like "Thank you for looking out for me, since I'm handicapped & can't do   
   stuff" (sdaid in a slow stereotypical voice, of course--causing my friemds to   
   crack  right up)   
      
   > We were dealing with other shipmates.  My ship, the Newport News was a   
   > heavy cruiser with 1000 men onboard.   
   > https://www.uss-newport-news.com/   
      
   Look at that - a ship with its own custom URL & n ot just a Facebook page --    
   this is different! This is to continue the esprit de corps after y'all swap    
   out?   
      
   What, one of the past crewmen made the site for y'all & whoever cares to,    
   donates to keep it going?   
      
   >> My main defense, if needed, is my brain -- I'll first try to talk down the   
   > miscreant, then use what I know about self defense to maximize mty chance of   
   > survival   
   > Wise thing to do.   
   > And a good judo flip could flatten them for a second, provided they are   
   > unarmed.   
      
   Not a lot of judo moves to be done by a guy with only one working hand & leg!   
      
   Ive received Krav Maga trainig on how to deal with an armed attacker(mugger,    
   etc, when diplomacy won't do the trick; even this guy (BIG, all muscle, & 3rd    
   level Blacjk Nelt sdays he'd prefer to just get away without an altercation;    
   funny, my 7th dan Taekwando instructor said the same!); must be good advice,   
   I  figure!  When in doubt, follow the experts, I say.   
      
   >> In wartime, I'd hope, as the enemy Seal-types could board you on the quiet   
   > sider & attenpt to take over the ship'scontrols.   
   > We didn't have any problems like that on my ship.   
      
   You weren't in the middle of a big war, were you, or were you?   
      
   > During my time we were usually around the Caribbean visiting friendly   
   > islands.  :)   
      
   Peacetime? Why did the Navy deploy you like that, knowing you're mainly    
   vacationing with the pretty island girls & $1 rum drinks? No woinbder the   
   Army  gets mad at you guys! :D    
      
   While they're crawling in mud -- you're having a blast in the Caribbean! ;)   
      
   >> He was the sole fatality? :(   
   > There were 250 who lost their lives.   
   > https://taskandpurpose.com/news/uss-serpens-coverup/   
   > https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=USS+Serpens   
      
   Eep! So not cool if there's anything to his suspicions. . .   
      
   He used the Freedom Of Informsation Act to request information - how likely   
   is  it hat the info he received wasn't 'sanitized'p prior to sending to him?   
      
   Of course, it's SUPPOSED to be largely unedited, but we know that's just a   
   nice dream.  Some redaction is necessary to guard secrets that could harm the    
   nation, including her forces, of course, but I suyspect certain    
   mbarrassmentsa that are clearly due to individuals, not the system, would   
   'ddisappear,' too. . I hope he can find the truth & set himself & others   
   emotionally free with it.   
      
   Yup, war is hell, it's been said, & I accept that, sight of war unseen, thank    
   God.   
      
   So grateful  that the US pulled ground troops out of Ukraine -- that was just    
   asking for WW3 to start -- once a bit of stray(or not so stray) Russian    
   ordnance kills or injured a US troop, now the war is on 3 continents &    
   incvolving the two world superpowers. . .   
      
   I wouldn't blame the US for responding to such a thing, but I'm glad Biden    
   chose to pull them out to avoid such altogether.   
      
   I think the average American is sick to death of corporations being in charge    
   of how long a war lasts & how many good young people(the strongest & best who    
   are the future of the nation at home); sure would be nice to have a minimum   
   age for new recruits/draftees, instead of a max, & put these CEOs to the front!   
      
   It's all push-button warfare now, so no physical strength & stamina needed,   
   for yhe most part.   
      
   Put a few bankers, politicians, & overpaid CEOs out there, & let's nip war in    
   the bud if there's a next big one!   
      
   Let mothers & fathers enjoy their young men & women safely at home a little    
   longer, building careers & a viable future.   
      
   Believe me, I'm a hawk, when it comes to defensive war, if not forced into    
   being by manipulation, but otherwise, I'm becoming a dove. Whatever results   
   in  the feweart deasd bodies, I say.   
      
   Well, hopefuly I'm not crossing the guidelines here; I'm trying to avoid    
   "current politics" per se, by sticking to a philosophical look at war.   
      
   Best to all of you & your families, both near & far. . .   
      
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