RE: There I was....embarrassing!!!
John:* I did a similar thing with my dock neighbor, a retired 2 star admiral. ( I was a enlisted 2nd class Petty Officer) He is always asking me boating questions about proper knots, engine maintenance, etc. and when I tease him about his lack of boating knowledge, he responds with "I had 4500 guys on my ship* doing that for me."
The other day, we took a cruise on my boat with our wives, and in* my haste to shove off, and answering a thousand questions about my boat (He has a sail boat) I forgot to cast off the port bow line. He jumped on it and said "that's the one thing I never forgot to do when I was captain of the Midway." Man, that's embarrassing!
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