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A crusty old Canadian Navy Chief Petty Officer found himself at a gala event hosted by

a local liberal arts college. There was no shortage of extremely young

idealistic ladies in attendance, one of whom approached the Chief

for conversation.

"Excuse me, Chief, but you seem to be a very serious man. Is

something bothering you?"

"Negative, ma'am. Just serious by nature."

The young lady looked at his awards and decorations and said, "It looks

like you have seen a lot of action."

"Yes, ma'am, a lot of action."

The young lady, tiring of trying to start up a conversation, said, "You

know, you should lighten up a little. Relax and enjoy yourself."

The Chief just stared at her in his serious manner. Finally the

young lady said, "You know, I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but

when is the last time you had sex?"

" 1955, ma'am."

"Well, there you are. No wonder you're so serious. You really need to chill

out! I mean, no sex sin ce 1955! She took his hand and led him to a private

room where she proceeded to "relax" him several times.

Afterwards, panting for breath, she leaned against his bare chest and said,

"Wow, you sure didn't forget much since 1955."

 

The Chief said in his serious voice, after glancing at his watch,

"I hope not ; it's only 2130 now."

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They used the "army" 24 hour clock.

Bells were there for men who couldn't afford a personal timepiece.

Midnight= 8 bells 12:30 = 1 bell, 01:00 = 2 bells, 01:30 = 3 bells etc.... the end of the watch at 04:00 was 8 bells which is why we hear "Eight bells and all's well"

 

If they wanted more accurate time, they would have needed a personal timepiece.

 

I mean, how would they have said 04:02 ? Eight bells and two tinkles? That would have just been wrong to say on board. :D

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Actually, the only bell that had any real importance and basically the only one that the boyz paid any attention to was "UP SPIRITS" at 11:30 AM :lol:

 

Course, that was way back in the good ole days

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They used the "army" 24 hour clock.

 

I mean, how would they have said 04:02 ? Eight bells and two tinkles? That would have just been wrong to say on board. :D

 

It was O.K. if you were the SBA, better known as the "Tiffy" :P

 

Roll me over........

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