Promotion at Last!
Glad to see that here, at least, we have been promoted from "Radio Operators" to "Radio Officers!":applause:
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Still got nobody to give orders to !
Just get the footy scores and you can call yourselves whatever you wish. |
Oh well, that rules me out - back to the fo'castle, :king: Never did bother with football results apart from those received in the press!
Never been to a football match in my life!:chuckle: |
No promotion, mate - we have always been Officers.
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Yes, I know Troppo!:) But there has always been a certain number who made it a "point of honour" to always refer to us as "operators," although operating was only part of our duties. I have noticed in the thousands of merchant ship plans that I have poured over in the past 50 or so years that in over 90% of the cases, the R/Os cabin was designated "Radio Operator". Rather like the majority of the British public who insist on referring to ships as "boats" even though some of them are a quarter of a million tons. It would not be so bad if the others were incorrectly designated as well:
Map Readers Fitters Grocers :chuckle: |
I've always thought being known as a Telegraphist, had a nice sound to it.
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I know this has been mentioned elsewhere, but: on Greek crewed ships the R/O is known as 'Marconi' although the official designation is Ασυρματιστης (Asyrmatistis) which literally translates as wireless-ist.
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I always used: "Ello Gorgeous, how would you like to clean my bike for a couple of months ?"
Strangely, it never worked ...:rolleyes: |
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