Posted by Mike (WA) on November 12, 2009 at 09:07:44 from (69.10.199.3):
In Reply to: Practical jokes posted by Bill(Wis) on November 11, 2009 at 12:15:11:
I was the new guy on a tank crew- track came off the tank about 10 miles from the base- Tank commander considered the situation, told me to go to the Motor Pool and get a BFR. I got there and made my request of the head mechanic, he shook his head and said "Those guys know better than to send you here for a BFR- That item is to be acquired locally- its right in the PAM." Got back and told the tank commander what I was told, and he said, "Yeah, I thought about that after you left. We did acquire one locally" and pointed to a big #$@&ing rock laying beside the now repaired track.
Guess it was a "rite of passage", but I often thought the joke was on them- I had a far easier time driving to the base and back than they did struggling with putting the track back on. BTW, the BFR method wasn't "official", but was the easiest way to put a track back on, if you knew the size and shape rock you needed, and where to place it. I still don't, because it never happened again.
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