tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post9099345940326610268..comments2024-03-29T10:59:48.841-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: I'll see your backed-up toilet, and raise you . . .Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-15147459938687290912019-08-20T12:23:22.559-05:002019-08-20T12:23:22.559-05:00I think I'll skip reading that, as I've al...I think I'll skip reading that, as I've already lived it, out in the middle of the Pacific on an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate, the USS RENTZ (FFG-46). One of our toilets in the officer's head turned into an "artesian well" while the seat was occupied by LT Warren, our navigator and Ship Control Officer. The LT was less than happy. The flood spread throughout officer's country, and we all had to bunk with the Chiefs (senior NCOs in the Navy) for about a week during extensive cleanup by guys in full NBC gear.<br /><br />It was vile! <br /><br />It was caused by a t-shirt stuffed down a toilet in one of the crew's berthing spaces. <br /><br />BTW, RENTZ is now on the bottom of the Pacific, in ~30,000 feet of water, sunk by 22 Hellfire missles in a SINKEX three years ago next month.Bob Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11266431893694354354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-438661443755092602019-08-19T16:56:15.469-05:002019-08-19T16:56:15.469-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01735111308385655585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-50286660378791958532019-08-19T16:08:31.817-05:002019-08-19T16:08:31.817-05:00Way back in my Navy days someone, probably a yard-...Way back in my Navy days someone, probably a yard-bird, sabataged the head by stuffing a couple hundred feet of twine into it. We were well out to sea when it clogged the line used to blow sanitaries. One of machinist mate's volunteered to go through the inspection hatch and fix it. (which is how we discovered what the problem was). Took a few hours and earned him a slew of shots from the doc and a NAM from the CO. Fredrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574586401709392348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-13393732384598704392019-08-19T10:07:06.417-05:002019-08-19T10:07:06.417-05:00That's worst case of Toilet Cough that I'v...That's worst case of Toilet Cough that I've yet heard.Orvan Taurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889662143359248647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-256216821645143072019-08-19T10:06:43.862-05:002019-08-19T10:06:43.862-05:00I won't attempt any jokes, and I was either in...I won't attempt any jokes, and I was either in the Navy or worked in the Naval Shipyard long enough to see the Navy change from discharging human waste over the side to storing and pumping it. <br /><br />The Navy called it, Collecting Holding and Transfer, (if my memory is right) and someone far cleverer than I renamed the system, Sewage Handling Internal Transfer. They based that on calling a spade, a spade. <br /><br />Paul deserves a pay bump.John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.com