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Re: New Member in VA Beach
Posted: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:40:18
by RoundHouse
Monkey wrote:Cole,
Indeed I'm with the HST Strike Group. I have to admit, Gibraltar always looks better when viewed from the starboard side.
While YouTube is challenging, the fact that I even have internet, given the way it used to be when I started (for you old salts, think MarsGrams) keeps me content.
There's a running joke on the ship that I'm going to get my Amazon Prime stuff faster than I'm going to get the parts I need that Supply hasn't randomly cancelled yet...
As for the monkeys...if only I could use them for target practice and nobody pitch a fit...
Welcome Home Cole, and welcome to the forum!
Monkey
Thanks! Amazon is the best thing ever out there. The only problem is packing it all off!
Re: New Member in VA Beach
Posted: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 16:11:41
by rlbellco72
Monkey wrote:Cole,
Indeed I'm with the HST Strike Group. I have to admit, Gibraltar always looks better when viewed from the starboard side.
While YouTube is challenging, the fact that I even have internet, given the way it used to be when I started (for you old salts, think MarsGrams) keeps me content.
There's a running joke on the ship that I'm going to get my Amazon Prime stuff faster than I'm going to get the parts I need that Supply hasn't randomly cancelled yet...
As for the monkeys...if only I could use them for target practice and nobody pitch a fit...
Welcome Home Cole, and welcome to the forum!
Monkey
Now there's a term I haven't heard in a while.......Marsgram!
Re: New Member in VA Beach
Posted: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 23:45:46
by RoundHouse
Please explain what a Marsgram is. I love stories of the good old days before there were women on ships and Tailhook was still in Vegas ha ha.
Re: New Member in VA Beach
Posted: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 06:46:44
by MarcSpaz
Military Auxiliary Radio System AKA Military Amateur Radio Service telegram.
http://www.qsl.net/aga6la/marsgram.html
I was never in the service, but I am a HAM. I was in ARES forever. I was a volunteer Assistant Emergency Coordinator in PWC working out of the EOC. We used to run a bunch of formal traffic with MARS for training exercises. Most of the time I was the Net Control Operator on the civilian side.
Around the world on a watt... those were the days. LOL