Ode to___ - USS Alexander Hamilton2024-03-28T08:58:59Zhttp://afrog617.ning.com/forum/topics/ode-to?commentId=3478459%3AComment%3A4765&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHow can you forget our illust…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2011-02-24:3478459:Comment:55622011-02-24T23:06:57.863ZGlenn W. Lintonhttp://afrog617.ning.com/profile/GlennWLinton
<p>How can you forget our illustrious engineer? David Craig Welling, DC Welling, went by "Craig" to the O-gang. He was a ring knocker, class of 70, I think. He was affectionately known as Squatty Botty back aft. He left the Frog, ended up as XO on the Archerfish then was CO of the Frog when it went for its overhaul and conversion to a slow approach boat. I lost track of him after that.</p>
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<p>Do you remember the Pistachio Fiasco, starring the suppo, Welling, the nightly trash…</p>
<p>How can you forget our illustrious engineer? David Craig Welling, DC Welling, went by "Craig" to the O-gang. He was a ring knocker, class of 70, I think. He was affectionately known as Squatty Botty back aft. He left the Frog, ended up as XO on the Archerfish then was CO of the Frog when it went for its overhaul and conversion to a slow approach boat. I lost track of him after that.</p>
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<p>Do you remember the Pistachio Fiasco, starring the suppo, Welling, the nightly trash compactors, Mo Howard, the nucs at large, with a cameo appearance by Smilin Sam?</p>
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<p>How about this one? How did the Alexander Hamilton become the "AFROG?" The knickname was even sanctioned by WR, remember the ships weekly newpaper was the "AFROG LOG." I even have a couple of those that survived all of my moves.</p>
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<blockquote cite="http://afrog617.ning.com/forum/topics/ode-to#3478459Comment5363"><div><p>Good Lord, man, I don't even remember a Welling!!! I guess your radiation was harder on hair, and ours was absolute murder on brain cells.</p>
<p>Wait, that may have been the beer during off-crew...</p>
<p>I have the great good fortune to be working with a Nuke Electrician, think he sailed on the JimmyK, don't look like much but smart as a whip. I remind him as much as possible about FTB's eating chow in foul-weather jackets. Makes his whole day.</p>
<p>Small world.</p>
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</blockquote> Good Lord, man, I don't even…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2011-02-24:3478459:Comment:53632011-02-24T17:25:02.445ZJody D. Zimmerhttp://afrog617.ning.com/profile/JodyDZimmer
<p>Good Lord, man, I don't even remember a Welling!!! I guess your radiation was harder on hair, and ours was absolute murder on brain cells.</p>
<p>Wait, that may have been the beer during off-crew...</p>
<p>I have the great good fortune to be working with a Nuke Electrician, think he sailed on the JimmyK, don't look like much but smart as a whip. I remind him as much as possible about FTB's eating chow in foul-weather jackets. Makes his whole day.</p>
<p>Small world.</p>
<p>Good Lord, man, I don't even remember a Welling!!! I guess your radiation was harder on hair, and ours was absolute murder on brain cells.</p>
<p>Wait, that may have been the beer during off-crew...</p>
<p>I have the great good fortune to be working with a Nuke Electrician, think he sailed on the JimmyK, don't look like much but smart as a whip. I remind him as much as possible about FTB's eating chow in foul-weather jackets. Makes his whole day.</p>
<p>Small world.</p> I also drew the picture of th…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2011-02-20:3478459:Comment:53622011-02-20T00:10:34.635ZGlenn W. Lintonhttp://afrog617.ning.com/profile/GlennWLinton
<p>I also drew the picture of the fat man on the shitter with his coveralls at his ankles and san 1 blowing out all around his feet. One of the "sounds" was "Kirsch," the squadron deputy commander who blew shitters on himself during sea trials. </p>
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<p>Anyway, I depicted the fat man in a t-shirt that said, "US Navy -- Kill for Peace"</p>
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<p>The loss of Sins and 400 hz etc was because Welling screwed up during a boat move causing a loss of all AC. So, during the next boat…</p>
<p>I also drew the picture of the fat man on the shitter with his coveralls at his ankles and san 1 blowing out all around his feet. One of the "sounds" was "Kirsch," the squadron deputy commander who blew shitters on himself during sea trials. </p>
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<p>Anyway, I depicted the fat man in a t-shirt that said, "US Navy -- Kill for Peace"</p>
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<p>The loss of Sins and 400 hz etc was because Welling screwed up during a boat move causing a loss of all AC. So, during the next boat move, he had the IC men put the IC ABT in manual and then it never got moved back to auto. Then, later at sea, came engineering drills and a fire in the switchboard drill. Turning off the switchboard resulted in the loss of IC power (remember the ABT in manual), thus the loss of protection circuitry for SINS, the loss of a 5KW MG (SINS power), and just for good measure, the 30/10 MG got tripped off the line by some electrician (not me) trying to correct the problem, and then, well you know the rest.</p>
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<p>I don't think I ever saw Smilin Sam so pissed. He chewed Welling out in MR2UL for about 15 minutes. I never thought the old boy had that kind ass kicking in him.</p>
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<p>I also recall the temper tantrums Baby Huey through.</p>
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<p>Anyway, that's how I remember it.</p>
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<p> </p> The Fat Man was ALWAYS out fo…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2011-02-19:3478459:Comment:51642011-02-19T18:25:46.914ZJody D. Zimmerhttp://afrog617.ning.com/profile/JodyDZimmer
<p>The Fat Man was ALWAYS out for blood.</p>
<p>You now lay to rest thirty years of rampant speculation. Think I'll call Fairchild and Tolley! Thank you, both for the verse and for clearing the water - I think somewhere I have both a copy of it as well as some of Mark's artwork. Probably cross-connected the two.</p>
<p>Cap'n Sam wasn't a bad guy, but there were those in his wardroom that truly should have been executed at sunrise.</p>
<p>Now. Glenn, have you any confessions to make regarding…</p>
<p>The Fat Man was ALWAYS out for blood.</p>
<p>You now lay to rest thirty years of rampant speculation. Think I'll call Fairchild and Tolley! Thank you, both for the verse and for clearing the water - I think somewhere I have both a copy of it as well as some of Mark's artwork. Probably cross-connected the two.</p>
<p>Cap'n Sam wasn't a bad guy, but there were those in his wardroom that truly should have been executed at sunrise.</p>
<p>Now. Glenn, have you any confessions to make regarding the identity of the 400-cycle saboteur? I can still recall the 7MC going haywire, both SINS in hot destruct, not copying the broadcast, sonar effectively shutdown...made for a fun watch, probably because there was so much misery in OPSUL.</p> Nope, I wrote it. I guess tha…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2011-02-19:3478459:Comment:50702011-02-19T14:22:57.205ZGlenn W. Lintonhttp://afrog617.ning.com/profile/GlennWLinton
<p>Nope, I wrote it. I guess that solves the hacker bonus. I actually signed it anonymous because Mr. Ziffle wanted me on report for it. The fat man was out for blood. </p>
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<p>Lucky for me that Smilin Sam Badgett had a great sense of humor.</p>
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<p>I met Capn Badgett for lunch in the mid 80's when he was CO of the ROTC detachment at Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. He let me know then that he knew it was me.</p>
<p>Nope, I wrote it. I guess that solves the hacker bonus. I actually signed it anonymous because Mr. Ziffle wanted me on report for it. The fat man was out for blood. </p>
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<p>Lucky for me that Smilin Sam Badgett had a great sense of humor.</p>
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<p>I met Capn Badgett for lunch in the mid 80's when he was CO of the ROTC detachment at Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. He let me know then that he knew it was me.</p> Glenn, that's beautiful!! I c…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2011-02-19:3478459:Comment:52622011-02-19T13:09:55.101ZJody D. Zimmerhttp://afrog617.ning.com/profile/JodyDZimmer
<p>Glenn, that's beautiful!! I could remember parts of it, but seeing the whole thing again...laughing my ass off!</p>
<p>I don't recall for sure, but wasn't this written by the multi-talented Mark Whitney?</p>
<p>Glenn, that's beautiful!! I could remember parts of it, but seeing the whole thing again...laughing my ass off!</p>
<p>I don't recall for sure, but wasn't this written by the multi-talented Mark Whitney?</p> I remember this like it was y…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2011-02-17:3478459:Comment:47672011-02-17T17:36:52.467ZJay Kisorhttp://afrog617.ning.com/profile/JayKisor
I remember this like it was yesterday.
I remember this like it was yesterday. Ode to BKA
One fine day in…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2011-02-17:3478459:Comment:48632011-02-17T02:33:24.618ZGlenn W. Lintonhttp://afrog617.ning.com/profile/GlennWLinton
<p>Ode to BKA</p>
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<p>One fine day in that room called the ward</p>
<p>He shook his belly and prayed to the lord.</p>
<p>His sphincter muscle ached with the strain</p>
<p>As he ran to the head to relieve the pain.</p>
<p>Down with his coveralls and down with his shorts</p>
<p>He then proceeded to dump thirty two quarts.</p>
<p>He sighed in relief that he made it in time</p>
<p>To load his pants would have been an embarrising crime.</p>
<p>In the midst of his pain and mad dash to the…</p>
<p>Ode to BKA</p>
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<p>One fine day in that room called the ward</p>
<p>He shook his belly and prayed to the lord.</p>
<p>His sphincter muscle ached with the strain</p>
<p>As he ran to the head to relieve the pain.</p>
<p>Down with his coveralls and down with his shorts</p>
<p>He then proceeded to dump thirty two quarts.</p>
<p>He sighed in relief that he made it in time</p>
<p>To load his pants would have been an embarrising crime.</p>
<p>In the midst of his pain and mad dash to the head</p>
<p>He failed to notice that sign colored red.</p>
<p>So he sat on the throne flogging his dong</p>
<p>And didn't realize there was anything wrong.</p>
<p>He wiped his ass as clean as a whistle</p>
<p>And dreamed of the trident C 4 missle.</p>
<p>He thought of home and fresh cold brew</p>
<p>And ten new ways to fuck over the crew.</p>
<p>He laughed to himself and thought he was clever</p>
<p>As he grabbed that deadly green handled lever.</p>
<p>With a supple smooth thrust, it was pushed to the floor</p>
<p>And immediately followed by a deafening roar.</p>
<p>There was piss on the floor and turds on the shelf</p>
<p>But he sprayed most of San 1 all over himself.</p>
<p>There was shit on the walls and shit on the ceiling</p>
<p>As he crawled from the head, whining and squealing.</p>
<p>He looked up and he saw the feces were raining</p>
<p>And developed a plan using his officer's training.</p>
<p>Not a second went by by before he made a decision</p>
<p>To leave all the cleanup to MS division.</p>
<p>Well dung to the weps who, after years on a sub</p>
Is the newest member of the 700 pound club I have the original "Ode to B…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2011-02-15:3478459:Comment:47652011-02-15T19:19:12.465ZGlenn W. Lintonhttp://afrog617.ning.com/profile/GlennWLinton
<p>I have the original "Ode to BKA" in a folder at home, along with the drawing of Mr Ziffle himself on the shitter. I will send you it when I find it.</p>
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<p>Berthold Klaus Arnold (aka Mr. Ziffle) blew shitters on himself and then blamed the wardroom MS and made them clean it up.</p>
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<p>Mr. Ziffle wanted blood or a Mast or a Court Martial, but Smilin' Sam would not hear of it. In fact, Smilin' Sam made Ziffle wear the "700 pound club award." Also, Smilin Sam had the…</p>
<p>I have the original "Ode to BKA" in a folder at home, along with the drawing of Mr Ziffle himself on the shitter. I will send you it when I find it.</p>
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<p>Berthold Klaus Arnold (aka Mr. Ziffle) blew shitters on himself and then blamed the wardroom MS and made them clean it up.</p>
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<p>Mr. Ziffle wanted blood or a Mast or a Court Martial, but Smilin' Sam would not hear of it. In fact, Smilin' Sam made Ziffle wear the "700 pound club award." Also, Smilin Sam had the drawing and the poem posted in his stateroom.</p>
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<p>Mr. Ziffle had endeared himself to the crew (not), so as fast as Ziffle tore down the poem and the drawing, it was reposted.</p>
<p> </p> BK blew the shitters on himse…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2010-07-17:3478459:Comment:40862010-07-17T23:20:06.000ZJay Kisorhttp://afrog617.ning.com/profile/JayKisor
BK blew the shitters on himself and the CO made him wear the ball vlv<br />
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<cite>Jay Kisor said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://afrog617.ning.com/forum/comment/show?id=3478459%3AComment%3A4084&xn_out=json&firstPage=1&lastPage=1&_=1279408676658&xg_token=d97e564872d5157e9388e42aa2bbbd1e#3478459Comment4084"><div><cite>Jody D. Zimmer said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://afrog617.ning.com/forum/topics/ode-to#3478459Comment4080"><div>Burt K Arnold it was, circumstances involved the…</div>
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BK blew the shitters on himself and the CO made him wear the ball vlv<br />
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<cite>Jay Kisor said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://afrog617.ning.com/forum/comment/show?id=3478459%3AComment%3A4084&xn_out=json&firstPage=1&lastPage=1&_=1279408676658&xg_token=d97e564872d5157e9388e42aa2bbbd1e#3478459Comment4084"><div><cite>Jody D. Zimmer said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://afrog617.ning.com/forum/topics/ode-to#3478459Comment4080"><div>Burt K Arnold it was, circumstances involved the unfortunate use of 'the deadly green-handled lever' ( thereby dredging up one more line of the Ode and giving away oolie #2).<br/><br/><cite>Stan Tribble said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://afrog617.ning.com/forum/topics/ode-to?page=1&commentId=3478459%3AComment%3A4077&x=1#3478459Comment4077"><div>Burt Arnold, but I don't remember what the cause was. Was it that marathon field day before the ORSE?</div>
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