Could you do it?

Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
Yeah, but they don't get the meals that the sailors got who were with Captain Cook, and they get a better deal than Captain Bligh gave those mutineers, and how many in the seven months had to walk a plank?
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You're correct in that hey are well remunerated and, the food is great until about 4 months in and then its not great. Have to remember also, that subs are no longer able to eject rubbish so that has to be stored and brought back.

6/7 months is far too long though
 
The captain welcomed a sailor aboard as a new crew member.

The sailor was just settling in when he notice that there were no female sailors. He was a hardy young man whole needed his fill of beer, bacon, and most of all: women. So the sailor went to the captain and asked him, "Captain, there are no women aboard, and i am a man who needs lots of women, how do solve this problem?"

The captain says, "There are other men aboard and they have the same concerns as you, lad. I too find it hard to be away from me wife. There hasn't been a women aboard in years, but we have found a solution to this problem. Follow me."

So the sailor follows the captain to the hold, and the captain leads the sailor to an inconspicuous barrel with a hole thats just the right size and just about the right hight. The captain says, "well, Lad, here tis our solution, just stick it in ye hole and have away."

The sailor looks incredulously at the captain. "Are you serious?!? A hole in a barrel?!?" "Just try it" and the captain walks away.

The sailor thinks that there could be no harm in trying and undoes his pants.

Fifteen minutes later the sailor climbs on deck with a huge smile.
"Wow, captain, that was amazing! I have bedded many women in my day and that barrel was better than most by far."
The captain replies, "Aye, thought you would like it. Feel free to use it any time, day or night.... except Tuesdays that is."

The sailor looks at the captain with a confused expression. "Why not Tuesdays?"

"Because Tuesdays are your day in the barrel."
 
Sounds well boring if all you get to do is mince around the bottom of the oceans being all quiet and stealthy.

Wouldn't mind if you got to launch a few SLBM's and torp some other subs though.
 
No thanks, took a walk through an old WW2 one, a bit tight for me, these are some of the bunks nestled between some torpedoes, slept in on 8 hr shifts
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You'd think one of them could have been arsed to get the Karcher out and give it a bit of a rinse before they got back.

More seriously, no I couldn't and so I'm grateful there's people who do this on our behalf.
 
I've done some time onboard a Navy (HMS Ocean) as embarked forces, and to be honest, even though I was integrated in the Ships company duty roster (deck sentry, fire watch and pot wash), it wasn't that bad.

Not sure I could do a stint under the waves though. I've worked with more than a few submariners over the years, and they are all a bit mad.
 
According to QI the toilets on the German U-boats were only supposed to be operated by trained personnel. One day a captain decided to go for a dump but was too embarrassed to call for the “flusher” and attempted the procedure himself. He got it wrong and promptly filled the submarine with weeks worth of human waste. They had to make an emergency surface to sort the problem out.

Unfortunately they then immediately got sunk by a passing allied battleship.
 
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