Comments on: Insert Seamen Joke Here http://skippyslist.com/2008/08/05/insert-seamen-joke-here/ The Official Site of Skippy's List: military humor and other things that make Skippy giggle for more than 15 seconds Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:46:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Petersen http://skippyslist.com/2008/08/05/insert-seamen-joke-here/comment-page-1/#comment-10456 Petersen Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:33:54 +0000 http://skippyslist.com/?p=198#comment-10456 The last S in SWIMS is "secure or redirect ventilation" The last S in SWIMS is “secure or redirect ventilation”

]]> By: Daver http://skippyslist.com/2008/08/05/insert-seamen-joke-here/comment-page-1/#comment-10428 Daver Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:39:07 +0000 http://skippyslist.com/?p=198#comment-10428 SWIMS: S - Stop the Spill W - Warn Others I - Isolate the Spll M - Minimise exposure S - Stick in Extra S to make previous Pnemonic work... SWIMS:
S - Stop the Spill
W - Warn Others
I - Isolate the Spll
M - Minimise exposure
S - Stick in Extra S to make previous Pnemonic work…

]]> By: Jon http://skippyslist.com/2008/08/05/insert-seamen-joke-here/comment-page-1/#comment-10419 Jon Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:35:31 +0000 http://skippyslist.com/?p=198#comment-10419 Eh... contaminated spills were never really that big a deal. Yeah, you didn't want to drink it or anything, but the radiation levels of pretty much anything that we had access to in the engine room was so low it wasn't a big problem. In the reactor compartment during a shutdown was a different story, but just being in there heightened your awareness greatly. Fortunately, the only time I ever had to go in there was when we had to clean it or paint it. Eh… contaminated spills were never really that big a deal. Yeah, you didn’t want to drink it or anything, but the radiation levels of pretty much anything that we had access to in the engine room was so low it wasn’t a big problem.

In the reactor compartment during a shutdown was a different story, but just being in there heightened your awareness greatly. Fortunately, the only time I ever had to go in there was when we had to clean it or paint it.

]]> By: Lit http://skippyslist.com/2008/08/05/insert-seamen-joke-here/comment-page-1/#comment-10047 Lit Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:11:59 +0000 http://skippyslist.com/?p=198#comment-10047 I don't know, that looks exactly like would I would do if I were around a contaminated spill. I don’t know, that looks exactly like would I would do if I were around a contaminated spill.

]]> By: Jon http://skippyslist.com/2008/08/05/insert-seamen-joke-here/comment-page-1/#comment-9969 Jon Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:41:14 +0000 http://skippyslist.com/?p=198#comment-9969 There is an acronym, at least for Navy nukes, that we tend to learn in nuclear power school. Originally it is for the immediate actions for a contaminated spill, but there is an alternative definition that I lived by in the navy for whenever something wrong was happening: SWIMS: S - Stop W - Walk Away I - Instigate Others M - Make up Story S - Stick with Story It amazed me how many sailors screwed up that last one, which just made the punishment worse. (I leave it as a challenge for readers to get the real meaning of the acronym.) :) There is an acronym, at least for Navy nukes, that we tend to learn in nuclear power school. Originally it is for the immediate actions for a contaminated spill, but there is an alternative definition that I lived by in the navy for whenever something wrong was happening:

SWIMS:
S - Stop
W - Walk Away
I - Instigate Others
M - Make up Story
S - Stick with Story

It amazed me how many sailors screwed up that last one, which just made the punishment worse.

(I leave it as a challenge for readers to get the real meaning of the acronym.) :)

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