"Two battleships assigned to the training squadron had been at sea on maneuvers in heavy weather for several days. I was serving on the lead battle ship and was on watch on the bridge as night fell. The visibility was poor on patchy fog, so the captain remained on the bridge keeping an eye on all the activities.
Shortly after dark, the lookout on the wing of the bridge reported,
"Light, bearing on the starboard bow."
"Is it steady or moving astern?"
the captain called out.
Lookout replied, "Steady captain," which meant we were on a dangerous collision course with that ship. The captain then called to the signalman,
"Signal that ship:We are on a collision course, advice you change course 20 degrees."
Back came a signal,
"Advisable for you to change course 20 degrees."
The captain said, "Send, I'm a captain, change course 20 degrees."
"I'm a seaman second class," came the reply, "You had better change course 20 degrees."
By this time, the captain was furious. He spat out,
"Send, I'm a battleship. Change course 20 degrees.
Back came the flashing light,
"I'm a lighthouse."
We changed course.
A simple and humorous account, but carrying an important message as well. I currently just can't put a peg to the "Moral of the story", but if and when it comes to me I will be sure to name it here. This excerpt was taken from pg 33 of "The 7 habits of highly effective people" (Yes, I am trudging through it and I hope there will be more funny bits like this."
Currently my nose is running its 2.4 at roadrunner speed and is making me very unhappy. After all, who would be extremely comfortable with blowing her nose every 20 seconds, contending with "near sneezes" (these are the worst) and having to walk around with her mouth hanging open like a fish because she cant breathe with her mouth? Skipping school tomorrow.
Its a hectic week, and I'm going to have to rush head on for a chance of survival. Coping with the diet too! The benchmark is the day I can squeeze my hefty self into my Ashleys and actually be able to breathe.
God bless you all!
