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You should see some of the awkward positions I've had to operate in

Bet you can't beat laying under an SLBM replacing a limit switch with the North Atlantic x inches below your back through the pressure hull and 16 tons of solid propellant inches from your face.

Submarines don't make for comfortable work spaces. Or living spaces.

Parole - Tithe. [&o]

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You should see some of the awkward positions I've had to operate in

Bet you can't beat laying under an SLBM replacing a limit switch with the North Atlantic x inches below your back through the pressure hull and 16 tons of solid propellant inches from your face.

Possibly not, in no particular order...

Replacing a switch in a VC-10 K3, in the area between the stubwings. There's no floor, just a fuselage stringer on one side and a beam about three feet away where you can just about get your other foot. In the surrounding area are all the fuel, air and hydraulic feeds and the throttle cables. So stepping on anything else is verboten. The addition of Skydrol fumes are the final bonus to the whole situation [:(]

Testing a HDU air motor regulator was another fun one. To test the top limit switch we had to disable the lower limit switch, the only way to do that was via a manual switch. The switch was above the motor turbine and the only way to reach it was to jam your head and arm through the tiny gap between the turbine and fuselage. Pull the switch and then bail out quick, cos if the switch doesn't work there's about half a second before the turbine explodes. [X(]

Plenty of experience inside various engine cowlings of recently landed jets in the desert, the OAT of 50C+ felt almost cold at times [:D]

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Submarines don't make for comfortable work spaces. Or living spaces.

Underwater tubes aren't a fun place to live? [X(] The Beatles lied to us...

I once worked in a torpedo tube. That sucked.

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I once worked in a torpedo tube. That sucked.

Good job it didn't blow....

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Good boy.  [;)]

Woof! [:D]

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Had a pint of Hobgoblin with my lunch yesterday and very nice it was too

I wish they let us have a beer at lunch. [8|]

+1 [&o]

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For me, there's nothing better than going to the Rose and Crown pub at Disney World's EPCOT and ordering a Black and Tan or a Golden blend fresh from the tap. Cheers, y'all!

Harp and bangers 'n mash at O'Reilly's in Manhattan.

Sounds good. We're doing colcannon and pork. [:)]

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The only way shuttles develop military skills is if your force is carrying out a series of fast but short retreats [:D]

Maneuverability in awkward positions is definitely a military skill....retreating or advancing. [:D]

[:D] You should see some of the awkward positions I've had to operate in [;)]




Mostly at work [:'(]

Kinky! [:D]

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Please see mu previous response.[:)]

Yeah, I get it. Youre grumpy. [:'(]

No. But your'e Dopey! [:D]

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Had a pint of Hobgoblin with my lunch yesterday and very nice it was too

I wish they let us have a beer at lunch. [8|]

Would it increase your productivity? [:D]

Not at all. But it would make work a lot more fun! [:D]

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Submarines don't make for comfortable work spaces. Or living spaces.

Yet you did volunteer! [:D]

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You should see some of the awkward positions I've had to operate in

Bet you can't beat laying under an SLBM replacing a limit switch with the North Atlantic x inches below your back through the pressure hull and 16 tons of solid propellant inches from your face.

Beat it? Who'd want to? Apparently Simon , you have a strange thing for pain! [:D]

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Submarines don't make for comfortable work spaces. Or living spaces.

Yet you did volunteer! [:D]

No I didn't.

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Submarines don't make for comfortable work spaces. Or living spaces.

Yet you did volunteer! [:D]

No I didn't.

You didn't volunteer to serve in submarines? [X(]

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Yet you did volunteer! [:D]

No I didn't.

You didn't volunteer to serve in submarines? [X(]

The answer is still, "No".

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No I didn't.

You didn't volunteer to serve in submarines? [X(]

The answer is still, "No".

That's interesting. In most of the world's Navies subs are volunteer only duty (except obviously Russia). [&:]

In theory you are a volunteer because when you join up you volunteer to serve in any ship, submarine or aircraft.