I'm really tired of these.

I will admit I had to look up Plimsoll line! Didn't know it but my Ranger has one that I have cruised on.
 
Sir, you insult me by calling me a squid, a Navy man.

I was a Coast Guardsman or, as they are known today, Guardian. Known to the Navy types as a "shallow water sailor." :p

Deep enough to drown in, I say. :cool: Anything over a fathom is "extry."

I know, I was ribbing you. ;)

Could have been worse, I could have said "swab jockey". :D

Believe me, my crummy old hat is off to the Coast Guard. Coasties do really scary stuff!
 
I've never seen one. Which is not to say that I ever missed seeing them.

I think they were called: Diamonettes or Diamondellos?? Anyway, they were annoying to see every afternoon when trying to watch either: Star Trek--or The Rifleman.:D
 
I've heard that their motto is, "You have to go out, but you don't have to come back." :eek:

That was a motto long ago, when the Lifesaving Service (a predecessor to the modern Coast Guard) launched boats from the beach and rowed out to vessels in distress grounded offshore. The days of wooden ships and iron men

Things change, and for the better I think.

I remember the Commandant of the Coast Guard saying back in the Eighties, that the motto had become, "You have to go out, and you'd better come back!" :)

God Bless the Coast Guard!
 
I remember in the 70's, cable TV's pitch was less commercials.:rolleyes:

They surely have not discouraged the public.:rolleyes:

Can't even watch "On Demand" without five or six commercials every 10 minutes.:rolleyes:
 
Time Life has put out some very nice collections.

My complaint is the ads pushing reverse mortgages. I've been hearing very bad reports about the results of reverse mortgages.

This ^^^^ for me as well. Along with the erectile dysfunction
ads......

Chuck
 
Those commercials drive me crazy, especially in this day of iTunes were one can put a great music collection together for a fraction of the price. The worst is when they use an older celebrity that really is above that, such as Roger Daltry, Merle Haggard, or Stevie Wonder. I mean I get the B-list guys but come on.
 
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That video is a hoot. Gotta love ol' Lawrence's wrap-up at the end of the video, "now you've heard a modern spiritual, by Gail and Dale..." Hilarious.

If you're ever having a bad day, I encourage you to watch some of the old episodes of Lawrence Welk, it is really funny to watch. Some things just do not age very well. You have to admire Lawrence Welk delivering quality music and wholesome programming, but it is silly/goofy x 100 to watch that stuff today.

Really amazing how he was keeping the 1930s and 1940s alive in the 1960s/1970s era... For young people watching it today, not knowing any better, you'd swear the show is one big parody act.

IMO, all commercials s**k, but they are the ONLY reason any commercial television network, newspaper, or magazine is in operation. Same for most websites, aside from blogs/forums like this one, and even we have some ads to support our interest in things that go bang.
 
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