Shop Clock / Happy Meter

I joined the Navy to see the world. 4 years and I never made it overseas. I didn’t even get the clap. I’ll have to dig through my stuff and pull out a sign my day had in his garage/shop.

I can relate Jack… I was stuck in the shipyard for most of my first sea tour and hated it. Got to do a few neat things… but not much. Now the guy I releaved… he had the dream tour and did everything I hoped to do… Wasn’t in the cards for me though.

-- Matt, Pine is fine, but Oak's no joke!

On my last deployment to Iraq the security was that no one ever left base. Some heavily scrutinized vendor came once a month and sold crappy bootlegged DVDs, cheap Pakistani rugs, pocket knives and trinkets.

However, during my first deployment (GW 1) I did have an American flag flown over Bagdad during the invasion in a U2 at a “classified” altitude.

-- I hate being bipolar. It's awesome! :^ ) ^:

an American flag flown over Bagdad during the invasion in a U2

I’d trade that for the “flag flown over the whitehouse” they sent my parents any day.

-- Matt, Pine is fine, but Oak's no joke!

BTW the clock is cool. Good choice and I hope it keeps running for years to come.

In my shop I did finally hang up my collection of license plates that we acquire through the years. That is the only memorabilia thus far.

-- I hate being bipolar. It's awesome! :^ ) ^:

Great clock…I was fortunate enough to go to Russia ( Murmansk ) on my last deployment….I’ll trade you a battle jack off a Russian cruiser for the clock !;) BTW I never caught the clap in PI, but damn I got drunk!

-- If the old masters had power tools, they would have used them. So get off your damn High Horse.

It’s a huge trap built in the 40s by my uncles. They came up with the big idea to trap deer ! It’s about 4 ft. end to end and the trip plate is about 12” dia. One uncle set it in a deer trail, said he laid awake all night thinking about a man getting caught. The only time they ever tried it. When people ask me about it, it’s my burgler alarm.

-- What started as a hobbie is now a full time JOB!

battle jack off a Russian cruiser

Dude you rock! You got to post a pic of that bad boy…. I picked up a couple deployment pins at the bizzare …. but I would love to have a real battle jack… does it have St. Andrews cross on it? (light blue field with white ‘X’)...

I do have a mini of the old U.S. Navy Jack on the shop wall above my desk…

-- Matt, Pine is fine, but Oak's no joke!