I've Been a Lurker

[WhereTheHellIsJames?]

Post it... I should have a pile of parts arriving in my garage in April!

[Geek]

Well I went to upload it and it's almost three times the size that's allowed. Even zipping it won't help that. Will try and figure out how to try and do this.

G

[bumsteer]

Perhaps do it in installments. Maybe Steve (Desertfox4) or Larry (av8r3400) could offer some assistance.

Rick

[Geek]

I'll play with that and how cut up it would get. Good idea.

G

[ken nougaret]

Call me ignorant, but I haven't understood anything from the last several posts. Still dont know what gouge means.

[Delta Whisky]

Because you are a good friend, and very capable of keeping a closely guarded secret, we'll let you in on the coded language. But don't tell anyone else and keep it just between us.

In U.S. Navy jargon, "gouge" is the essential piece of information; the heart of the matter; or outstanding test-preparation material (such as an old test copy). A person who is tired of hearing all the extraneous information surrounding a problem might exclaim, "Just give me the gouge!" Originated at the U.S. Naval Academy and introduced from there into the wider Navy, where it sees less frequent usage.

See https://www.doncio.navy.mil/ContentView.aspx?ID=893

Airedales are of the aviation variety and blackshoes are of the shipboard variety.

[Delta Whisky]

Well shucks - Ralph posted while I was typing. Life just isn't fair!!

[rv9ralph]

In the sea services (Coast Guard and Navy). Black shoes are the sailors, and brown shoes or airedales or the aviators. Within those services, there is quite a bit of animosity between the two factions... generally because the brown shoes think they are a step above the sailors.

Ralph

[rv9ralph]

Just keeping it real. I didn't know the term "gouge" except as a tool or ripping someone off.

Ralph