Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

The Bridge Collapse and the Navy

Maryland's DOT apparently does better at maintaining its bridges than the Navy.

This is the wreckage of the bridge, which shows no significant rusting:



Unlike the Navy.





One of the axioms about military equipment is that if the little things are taken care of, it's a reasonable assumption that the big things are also good. It's a matter of pride and professionalism.

3 comments:

Eck! said...

if it moves salute it, if it rust scrape and paint it.

I think they have a shortage of swabies to do the latter
and likely paint and needle guns.

This has been a problem, more so with the pacific fleet.


Eck!

seafury said...

While I wasn't Navy, that axiom sure worked in the Army. A lot of inspections never got too deep
if the little things were evident. and one of my first Sergeants taught me that an inspection wasn't something you got ready for.

Unknown said...

I recall a possible counterexample - the USS Washington in WWII when Adm Lee ran her. She looked worse than any other ship in her class because Lee cared about nothing but her gunnery.

Pappenheimer