@kev_hatch@NERV2nd@Prof_Quiteamess I once was invited (more than 20 years ago) to drink with the Chiefs Mess on HMS Ocean. We had a great time and were properly pissed at the end.
@kev_hatch@NERV2nd@Prof_Quiteamess USN is *nothing* unless you're 45 days straight underway and you get two beers. Period. Wait another 45 days for two more.
Now, that *has* been interpereted on occasion as 2 Heineken keg-cans.
@thatgeekycanuck@MisterSonnySays@MichaelShanks A "new modern audience" would be better served with a new set of adventures aimed at them instead of twisting older ones into pretzels no one can recognize.
This was the way.
@exjon I didn't make a habit of watching 60 minutes after I was out on my own because it was on every Sunday of my youth. It meant the weekend was over and I had to go back to school tomorrow.
@SophiesNewWorld@NERV2nd@Prof_Quiteamess We forked the RN for sure, and many traditions continue in both. I've been told this specific one in particular is. I just hadn't had personal interaction to be certain is why I said I wasn't sure.