Miami, Connection to BIW? and more
I decided to take it easy tonight and relax. Maybe finish my book. In my random surfing of the tubes, however, I came across a few interesting things surrounding my ship and those who are building it. The Miami Herald has ran an article about the commissioning. It gives a little more light on the actual event, just how busy miami's gonna be in february, and some of the activities they have in line for the crew. I, for one, can't wait to share the city with a bunch of lawyers and celebrate the birth of the ship by sticking me with a needle pulling stuff out. *shudder*Being the information junkie that I am, I was on Bath Iron Work's site seeing if I could dig up some more information on the ship. Didn't really find anything, but in the July newsletter I was surprised to see a 25 year service anniversary of one William Parmenter. If my last name was smith or thomas, it wouldn't be such a shock to me. It's not every day that you have the privledge of running into a parmentar or parmenter or parmentier (it's all the same). Another interesting thing about the parmenters is that the entire lineage is traced back to Gloustershire, England before John came over in the 18th century to settle in Massachusetts. In any case, if I have the opportunity, I think I'm gonna pay a visit to D43 in Bath to see what cuz is up to.
In other news, I think my roomate is some sort of ninja monkey. The guy is hardly ever here and when he is - it's only for 10 minutes at a time and then a cloud of smoke appears and he's gone. Also, you should see his supply of bananas. The dude is loaded. I wouldn't be surprised if he bought out the commissary's stock...for the week. Besides that, he's just an all around weird guy.
posted by parm at 22:22
2 Comments:
Hey Parm, Happy Saturday! Yeah, I can totally see how you would be shocked to see Parmenter's 25th service anniversary--wow, what's the odds?
What's up with the needle pulling stuff out? What's that about? Are you getting blood taken or something?
Anyways, random story. So, I met my "twin" a couple of months ago. Here's the stats and you tell me the probability of all of these things coming together. We are both: only children, born on 6/2/81 (exactly), German-Irish, both share the surname of Neil (his is Neil, my mother's org name was McNeil), both names start with J, both reformed Catholics, and both have dark hair and hazel eyes. I swear this fella is my long lost twin! :)
Ninja monkey, huh? What's up with all of the bananas? Potassium (yes, this is what a PhD gets you in spelling)? Have you ever heard of "Ask a Ninja" on the net? It's kinda funny, check it out. Anyways, I should get on my work. I'll talk to you later. J
yea in that article it said some of the planned activiites is a blood drive. I...don't...really...see the fun in that...at all.
That is crazy that you found your twin. I have yet to meet mine, but in boot camp the guy on the rack next to mine was born about the same time on June 4, just 5 years earlier. And in "A" school there was a girl who was born on the 4th 6 years after me...i thought that was a bit weird.
I don't think i need that "ask a ninja" on the net...i just have to throw a net over him when he comes back and interrogate him. but i'll check it out nonetheless.
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