Whi&e strolling around on ray usual Mon
day morning tour, I spotted all the ETs
looking over a stack of material with
obvious wonderment. An ET is considered
intelligent, with a logical,analytical
mind and an amorous desire for challeng
ing problems. This material covered
approximately 2500 square feet of floor
space and was stacked about five feet
high. Naturally, the first thought in
their brilliant minds was to assemble
this stock pile and arrive at a solu
tion. "Andy" Anderson, being a Seabee
was called in to assist and had Buck
with him. Buck, beyond a doubt, is a
typical Andy striker. He entered with a
bag of tools strapped to his hip just
like his conjuror leader. Incidentally,
these bags of tools that the garage
personnel wear weigh around 75 lbs. and
are of considerable size. They floor
anyone they ' brush against. Anyway,Andy
immediately became "honcho” and the. pro
ject was underway with a vengeance.
For the next few hours the place was
buzzing with activity; dolly carts were
whizzing by and occasionally a "crash"
was heard when some butterfingers type
dropped something on a buddy’s hand.
Then you could hear an "ouch" when some
dilbert dropped a 500 lb, piece of gear
one someone's toes. However, considering
the manpower situation, everything went
well, Gamache had to quit work because
"Big Bad John" mistakenly used him for
a hammer.
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Also, Andy was slightly perturbed when
he was left holding a piece of gear that
was 2500 sq. ft. and six inches thick,
weighing at least l/2 ton. Smith & Ski
walked up on the thing and calmly asked
”do you need any help”? So the first day
ended....
Next day, work commenced with great en
thusiasm, because now, the curiosity was
at it’s peak and everyone wanted to know
what this thing was. One ET looked high
and low, fcfrrets 'solid hours for a drift
pin, only to find one in his hip pock
et. I think his name is Curry. Most am
azing is the fact that the ET’s worked
two whole days on one project.
Again a new day... Work was progressing
nicely with ever increasing enthusiasm
showing in the faces of all except one;
nBig Bad John”, who found an excuse to
talk to an outsider all day. The .others
were disappointed...they depended on Big
John1s muscles. I noticed SKI .hanging by
his toes from the overhead.My curious?.
ty was aroused so I asked him why* He
said, ’’don’t be stupid Ralph, I’m check
ing to make sure we’re not building this
thing upside-down”.
The man worked feverishly into the af
ternoon. Soon the project would be fin
ished. Finally the answer to 'their
problan and hard work sttood before theip.
To some.,.a joyous occasion. To others,
nothing but gloom and disappo intment,
for before them stood a DOLL HOUSE!!!!
Yes, an ET Doll House. Anderson and
Buck looked at each other perplexed.
They handed the key to Smith and walk
ed away. ”May I ask, now that your
Doll Hous-^is built, who is going to
play in it?”
To end this column, may I say we had
fun, but actually it was a tough job
that had to be completed in a minimum
amount of time. All hands pitched in
and did a splendid job in a minimum
time...This is the Navy way. WELL DCNE
MEN!!!
See you next week,
RALPH E. FOO