The Great Air Race

[glfrdug]

I thought I saw some posts on the Great Air Race....I cannot find them now...anyone know whats up?
Doug

[DeltaRomeo]

Heard some scuttlebutt that this is a re-incarnation of a deal that took some people's money back in '05. Until I can be conviced otherwise I removed it. Could be wrong...why take a chance?


b,
d

[glfrdug]

Thanks Doug
Doug

[Tandem46]

Scuttlebutt? Doug, I'm very pleased you're using Navy phraseology on this site!! Good on ya!

Now for some more:

It's not a ceiling, it's an overhead
It's not a wall, it's a bulkhead
It's not the floor, it's the deck
It's not a door, it's a hatch
They're not stairs, they're ladders
It's not up font or back there, it's fore and aft
It's not the front and back, it's the bow and stern
It's not left or right, but port and starboard
It's not up there, it's aloft
We're not going backwards, we have stern way
It's not candy/soda, it's geedunk
It's not....oh wait, I'd better get back to work

[Spizzzarko]

Originally Posted by tobinbasford

Scuttlebutt? Doug, I'm very pleased you're using Navy phraseology on this site!! Good on ya!

Now for some more:

It's not a ceiling, it's an overhead
It's not a wall, it's a bulkhead
It's not the floor, it's the deck
It's not a door, it's a hatch
They're not stairs, they're ladders
It's not the up font or back there, it's fore and aft
It's not the front and back, it's the bow and stern
It's not left or right, but port and starboard
It's not up there, it's aloft
We're not going backwards, we have stern way
It's not candy/soda, it's geedunk
It's not....oh wait, I'd better get back to work

When I was in the Air Force I had the Privelidge (or punishment ) to work with some Navy Fellows on occasion. The term that always threw me for a loop was "muster". We always called it "Show Time". Either way Muster and Show Time denote what time you had to show up for something.

[Mel]

Originally Posted by Spizzzarko

Muster and Show Time denote what time you had to show up for something.

When I was in the Air Force, we called it , "Hurry up and wait!"

[Tandem46]

The term that always threw me for a loop was "muster".

Yep, we still use the term "muster" everyday, kinda like roll call.

some more:

It's not a bathroom, it's a head (Navy/Marines don't call them latrines)
It's not a jail, it's a brig
It's not a cafeteria, it's the mess decks (On a ship, galley if it's ashore)
It's not a bunk room, it's a berthing compartment
It's not AWOL, it's UA, as in Unathorized Absence

[Jekyll]

Marine lingo:

ship = boat
boat = ship

It get the sailors mad every time

Jekyll

[Captain Mike]

What scuttlebutt?????Need to know!
Fossil
RV8

[DeltaRomeo]

Morning, Fossil!

What I heard (from two people) was that this was a re-hash of a '05 attempt at a documentary (same producer). Lots of application fees were collected and no film. Pat P of the air racing league was involved in this and said it was definitely not a pleasurable experience or memory.

Still researching...I'll keep you in the loop.

b,d