"J T" wrote in message
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Sun, Jan 9, 2005, 6:50am (EST+5) (Groggy) says:
snip She looks at me for a minute, then says "is that why they're
numbered at the back?

She wasn't a 2d Lieutenant in another life, was she?

2nd Looie = Ensign, right?
1st Looie = Lieutenant J.G.
Post Korea, pre 'Nam, Steelworker CPO tells me . . .Seabees are building
concrete ammo bunkers, *new* Ensign or JG comes aboard, first day he sees
the Steelworkers torching excess re-bar off the top of the walls while
Builders are stripping forms down below, getting some sparks. Newbie has a
fit, stops job. Three senior CPO's spend several weeks rotating keeping him
*occupied* while the two not busy with that see that the job gets back on
schedule.

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Nahmie
Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot.