The hot seat
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The hot seat
Saw this photo on facebook. Seems there was a red seat in an old US Destroyer for the sailors with social diseases and maybe crabs. But seeing how close the seats are, on a busy day a lot of sailors would be rubbing up against each other anyway.
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Re: The hot seat
I remember showing my wife photos like this and explaining this was how it was in
basic training. She didn't believe me at first.
Although the chain link over the windows might mean this photo is in a prison or jail.
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basic training. She didn't believe me at first.
Although the chain link over the windows might mean this photo is in a prison or jail.
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Peace is that brief, quiet moment in history.......... when everybody stands around reloading.
Re: The hot seat
Remember the shitters in Vietnam? You also had to smell the diesel fumes. Long bench with holes... splinters in your ass optional. If you were lucky there was some paper.
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Re: The hot seat
In the Battle School at Haramura in Japan (1950s) the OR’s dunny was a 24 holler without partitions, I had to go one morning about 10 am and was safely ensconced when in came the cleaning ladies.
With.a polite bow and a “Good morning, Boy-san” they proceeded to commence scrubbing the long bench.
With.a polite bow and a “Good morning, Boy-san” they proceeded to commence scrubbing the long bench.
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Re: The hot seat
I can remember one training camp on Salisbury Plain where the toilets had individual cubicles but no doors
Duncan
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You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
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At least the military latrine didn't roll, pitch and yaw for soldiers. That's something to think about.
However, now that I'm on the subject, I remember a time in the 101st after being sent there when the last brigade of the 9th pulled out. I was made an LNO acting jack who's job was to clear and deny artillery grids for fire and I was 12 on and 12 off in an infantry headquarters bunker on a mountain firebase in the A Shau. One day I was outside the bunker for some reason and a big shit hook chopper was delivering 105 ammo on a pallet slung under the bird 50 yards or so away. The bird was hovering low trying to get the load in a particular place and was having some kind of problem. It was kicking up a lot wind and dust. I noticed a three or four hole shitter near the spot teetering on the edge of the hill top and then in a somewhat more directed trust of wind the struggling chopper blew the shitter over the side of the hill. Turns out one guy had been in the facility when it went over. Thankfully it wasn't a straight drop and the building didn't go too far down the hill. He was hurt to some extent but not seriously. I often wondered if he would qualify for a purple heart. Of course if his grandchildren should ask how he got it he might lie....I would.
However, now that I'm on the subject, I remember a time in the 101st after being sent there when the last brigade of the 9th pulled out. I was made an LNO acting jack who's job was to clear and deny artillery grids for fire and I was 12 on and 12 off in an infantry headquarters bunker on a mountain firebase in the A Shau. One day I was outside the bunker for some reason and a big shit hook chopper was delivering 105 ammo on a pallet slung under the bird 50 yards or so away. The bird was hovering low trying to get the load in a particular place and was having some kind of problem. It was kicking up a lot wind and dust. I noticed a three or four hole shitter near the spot teetering on the edge of the hill top and then in a somewhat more directed trust of wind the struggling chopper blew the shitter over the side of the hill. Turns out one guy had been in the facility when it went over. Thankfully it wasn't a straight drop and the building didn't go too far down the hill. He was hurt to some extent but not seriously. I often wondered if he would qualify for a purple heart. Of course if his grandchildren should ask how he got it he might lie....I would.
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Re: The hot seat
They did after a good night out I can assure you!At least the military latrine didn't roll, pitch and yaw for soldiers. That's something to think about.
Duncan
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch? -- W.C. Fields
"Many of those who enjoy freedom know little of its price."
You can't fix Stupid, but you can occasionally head it off before it hurts something.