What to do?

[BobM]

We had to rush to get this assignment done, didn't have the local expertise to do it, and were not provided such expertise by Squadron. The result was predictable.

Eeek! (If for nothing more than putting 4000 pounds of water into the "people tank" with each "shot".) I'm rather surprised that you were allowed to commence without the specialist on board, but since you were, and it was "fast-paced" the outcome was completely and entirely predictable.

Personally, even as a layman (and that has nothing whatsoever to do with laying mines) I have the common sense to know that if you've got hardware coming back into the cabin following a launch then you've got "problems" -- and I don't much care what the Weapons Officer has to say about it. If you've got hardware flushing back into the cabin with each shot, what's to say that something else didn't get caught up someplace else down-tube and kept a subsequent shot from going properly.... (Yes, I am partially using gunnery terms here, but lots of the basic principles remain -- if the muzzle is blocked and the breech-pressure gets too high...)

You are dead right. During the subsequent flap, and trust me, there was a considerable flap, the O.I.C. took the heat. He was a W-1 (lowest Warrant Officer) with a background in something other than weapons. But we could see the tube clear after each drain cycle. The torn off parts were aft and were flushed cleanly. Taking the water into the people tank isn't a problem because there is a lower deck level suction that either the trim pump or drain pump can take draw from. Those are serious pumps and can clear 2 tons of water in about a minute at periscope depth. If you ever get to Pittsburgh go by the Carnegie Science Center. The boat they have there, USS Requin (SS-481) is also a Tench class and you can see the set up. Requin was one of my boats, and I was part of the crew that put her out of commission in 1968.

[skirtyscot]

Well done, Arkie, you have taken the hardest step - your first time out in a skirt. Now take your courage and both hands and make 2014 your year for being skirted. Pick another place where you will get a neutral response at worst, maybe a shopping centre a few miles from home where you are unlikely to bump into anyone you know, and step out in your skirt.

[arkie]

Well done, Arkie, you have taken the hardest step - your first time out in a skirt. Now take your courage and both hands and make 2014 your year for being skirted. Pick another place where you will get a neutral response at worst, maybe a shopping centre a few miles from home where you are unlikely to bump into anyone you know, and step out in your skirt.

Oh, I've actually been doing it for years. Any time I'm travelling by myself I'm usually skirted. I'll even venture out and about at my destination, knowing that I'll not run into anyone that I know from back home. Well, actually once I did run into a friend while attending my daughter's graduation from college. Her school was about 100 miles away but I didn't go "skirted" since I was with my wife and big kid. We were walking down the hall at the hotel when one of my ham radio buddies came out of one of the rooms. I'm sure that that would have gotten a laugh, but not much more. His son, a co-worker in my IT department, has seen me in a skirt but that was at Halloween, so it doesn't really count.

I went out skirted last week but that's a story for another post.

Let's see: handle is Arkie ( Arkansas = Bible Belt), I work in IT, I have a Ham radio license. I may as well go all the way and tell you that I also play the horn (French horn), albeit badly.

[skirtyscot]

Are you happy with where & how often you wear a skirt, or are you under orders to keep your skirting hidden?

Do tell the story of last week's skirted outing.

I play the French horn too. Actually maybe it would be more accurate to say I used to play it, for I haven't played it for a long time, and not regularly since I left school. I did once obey the whim to buy one (and not in a second-hand shop!), but sadly it has rarely been used. For a while the excuse was that by the time I got home from work and had my tea, it was time for one or more of the children to go to bed, but that is no longer the case. I must get back to it, it was fun to play.

[arkie]

Are you happy with where & how often you wear a skirt, or are you under orders to keep your skirting hidden?

Do tell the story of last week's skirted outing.

I play the French horn too. Actually maybe it would be more accurate to say I used to play it, for I haven't played it for a long time, and not regularly since I left school. I did once obey the whim to buy one (and not in a second-hand shop!), but sadly it has rarely been used. For a while the excuse was that by the time I got home from work and had my tea, it was time for one or more of the children to go to bed, but that is no longer the case. I must get back to it, it was fun to play.

I once had a whim and had to obey it
to buy a French horn in a second hand shop.
I polished it up and I learned how to play it
in spite of my neighbours who begged me to stop.

To sound my horn.....

Anyway.

Wife accepts the fact that I like to wear skirts and dresses. She doesn't know that I venture out.
She doesn't like the fact that I have too many. Same goes for hose and tights.

[crfriend]

To sound my horn.....

Musicality is one of those things that marks the creative types from all others, and, interestingly, the concentrations of outright musicians (and erstwhile musicians {waves}) here on Skirt Café is several times the density in the regular population. it's a gift that should be cherished and nourished.

Wife accepts the fact that I like to wear skirts and dresses. She doesn't know that I venture out.
She doesn't like the fact that I have too many. Same goes for hose and tights.

Hose and tights are simply "tools of the trade" and serve to enhance the overall look of a skirted rig. In and of themselves they have no special meaning nor, particularly use, although they can be useful in winter for warmth.

It's good that your wife is accepting. That's huge.