Bush Ten Points Down!!!

9/3/2004 | Sixxiron

[sixxiron]

Nowthat the convetions are over, now that both candidates are out in "battleground" states, it is critical that we do not get over-confident in the commanding lead from our commander in cheif. I, like most of you are as bumped as I have ever been, but I am forcing myself to think of Bush as 10 POINTS DOWN! I am calling on all of you to take this stand and to work as hard as we possibly can to make sure that we close the deal on election day.

On the day after the election, when we have "come back" from this 10 point "defecit", we can all take pride in fighting to the end like a true champion. We are showing America and the world how to run a right, true, honest but fierce campaign and for this we should all be proud, but not until after election day. Let's finish this!!! Sixx

[philman_36]

I have no clue, but "mail buoys" doesn't sound like a good thing...
"Mail buoy" was a prank pulled on newbies. They would get assigned "mail buoy watch" and then get dunked over the side in a bosun's chair when "retreiving" the buoy.

[philman_36]

Another prank played on snipes, that's guys who work in the engine room, etc, was to have them go to the bridge and ask the captain for the keys to the ship's engine or the key to the bosun's locker.

[familyop]

"WRONG! The expression you're looking for on junk food is gedunk, not pogeybait. That is what junk food is called."

LOL! Now we know why someone mentioned pogeybait sailors! ...same thing.

There was a Tomahawk fire control sailor who was crazy enough to transfer to my MOS and a company I was in, once, but he was fairly cool in the field--not like some of the admin. and other REMFs who avoided us.

[philman_36]

They're called "Fools Errands", which closely resembles this thread.
You pick the fools.

[familyop]

That's good work you two do!

[CWOJackson]

We love it. One of the great things about the Coast Guard is the average unit is commanding by a CPO or a CWO (Search and Rescue Stations and Patrol Boats being our most numerous units).

At total I had 30.5 years when I retired. The CO's wife is the go to person for the other wives when you're underway...most of our units are in small coastal communities not those huge luxury bases you folks have.

We were up at Ft. Lewis a while back when the wife heard someone talk about volunteers for benefits work; a lot of Guard/Reserve units go through there.

We've loved every minute of it. People seem to forget that our spouses and children serve just as much as we do, they just don't wear a uniform and get even less appreciation.

[familyop]

"He must only want to be called 'Sir.'"

In Army D&C when I was in, they were addressed as "Mr." or "Mrs." and their names in person, IIRC, and mentioned by their ranks and names to others. ...the only uniformed personnel addressed that way. Oddly, most soldiers forgot that after initial training, but it's one of the few things I remember from the basic manuals.

[philman_36]

Now we know why someone mentioned pogeybait sailors! ...same thing.
Obviously it isn't the same thing. Where did you get your definition from? From the Chief himself in FR mail?
If so, he doesn't even know that the correct expression for junk food is gedunk so what makes you think he gave you the right definition for that?

[familyop]

"They're called Chief Warrant Officer in the Navy and in the Coast Guard."

Yes, but doesn't the Navy have chief petty officers or something like that? ...seems one of my grandfathers was a "chief" in the Navy, and he wasn't a warrant officer.

[CWOJackson]

Mister is the proper form of casual address in the sea services. Chief Warrant Officer is the formal form of address. I usually settled for Your Royal Highness (I'm telling you, CWO is the best rank in the world, particularly in the USCG).

The main difference between the Coast Guard and Army is I believe the Army still only refers to CWO4 (and now the CWO5 they adopted) as "Chief" Warrant Officer.

The difference between the Coast Guard and all the rest of the services is that our CWOs are actually commissioned and not warranted and we only have CWO2, CWO3 and CWO4.

[philman_36]

At total I had 30.5 years when I retired.
SO WHAT! You act like an a$$ on this board to me and others and yuck it up like it's all a big joke. Put it on your homepage. And in all that time you never learned the correct slang word for junkfood?! Give me a break!
If you acted like this to your fellow crewmwn it's lucky you didn't get deep sixed off of the fantail! Quit blowing your own horn, you're sounding like sKerry!

[CWOJackson]

And E-7 is a Chief Petty Officer, E-8 Senior Chief Petty Officer, E-9 Master Chief Petty Officer and of course the E-10 Master Chief Petty Officer of the fill in the blank.

[philman_36]

Yes, but doesn't the Navy have chief petty officers or something like that?
Yes, they do. They're strictly enlisted men. A CWO usually goes from the enlisted ranks to the officer rank. Lots of helo pilots were CWOs in the Navy.

[familyop]

"Obviously it isn't the same thing. Where did you get your definition from?"

LOL! This just keeps gettin' funnier! The whole Army and the Marines know that one.

So you were in the Navy? It appears that the Navy uses the same phrase.

Google.com keyword and phrase:

dictionary "pogey bait"

[philman_36]

Don't get me wrong, I know that you're trying to cool me down, as you see it, but I don't deal well with pretentious, pompous a$$es like Jackson. Never have, never will.

[philman_36]

Time for some more "edumacatin"...
Pogue Is A Pogue
However, upon further research (internet and otherwise) it looks like "pogey bait" is actually the young man used to entrap a homosexual (the "pogue").

And this guy plays himself off as admirable!

[CWOJackson]

Pillman has difficulty with reading and comprehension.

At first he thought the term pogeybait sailor was call him gay. Then he latches on the term geedunk, which he lifts from my post to someone else. Unfortunately, he doesn't look to see that geedunk wasn't mention previously on the thread so didn't comprehend that my (Geedunk?) to a person using the term sealawyer was asking them if they were familiar with the term.

You must keep in mind, the Navy did have personnel problems in the 70's and early 80's but them have long overcome those issues...he is not indicative of the fine sailors I know today (thought I would never tell them that direction...competion between us and the Navy is even worse then that between them and you guys).

[CWOJackson]

You take care of yourself trooper. Have a pleasant evening. Time for me to turn in.

[philman_36]

Put a sock in it a$$munch. I've shown that you did indeed call me gay without directly calling me such. Just like you didn't call me a nigger, whether I be white or black, but kept on calling me buckwheat and left it at that. You can deny it all you want, but I found something that proves it.
Call it what you will, deny it as much as you want and try to spin it any way you can, but there it is in #196.
You're a weasel, nothing more, nothing less and your attempts at making yourself look good to others belies what you truly are. Such things as that can't be hidden forever.

[familyop]

LOL! Yep, the Navy uses it, too, and very commonly, it appears.

http://www.destroyersonline.com/usndd/glossary/p.html
Pogey Bait
Anything sweet or enticing to a "Pogey". Usually chocolate bars or ice-cream.

http://www.geocities.com/batdev/glossary.html
Glossary for US Battleship Development
Pogey Bait - Candy

http://www.jacksjoint.com/sailor_terminology.htm
Terms,Traditions and Customs of the Naval Service
Geedunk. Items from vending machines or ship's store such as candy, soda and ice cream. Any dessert, sweets, or good deal. Also Pogey Bait.

http://www.hazegray.org/faq/slang2.htm
Naval Terminology, Jargon and Slang FAQ
Pogey Bait – In modern usage, candy or other junk food. See also GEDUNK.

But while running the google.com search, I did see that homosexuals tend to more immediately adhere the phrase, "pogey bait" to the very old definition of a "pogue" (homosexual boy).