So yea, I had this "medical waiver" on my merchant mariners license, had to send in a medical review, bloodwork all kinds of **** every year. I sent it in and I get this call back, "Hey scott this is Coast Guard Medical Officer such and such please call me back I would like to talk to you about your medical records".



Oh **** I think this ain't good at all. Call the dude back and he says, "Hey just wanted to let you know I am releasing the medical waiver on your license, you will no longer be required to submit a yearly review. We'll ask that you submit it every 5 years when your regular renewal comes up (which you have to do anyway)".



So that is pretty fuggin cool, I am pretty close to my sea time for my Masters, so thats really good news.

 

arg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Good news, Cap'n!

 

Well,

now you can go to a foreign port knowing your clean.......when you got there!

 

I'd say that's a fairly arguable statement

 

Hey so as a civilian is there a pollywok/shellback thing?( Should you for some reason ever cross the equator)

 

Yes it has nothing to do with your level of service, it's been recognized/practiced long before the USCG came along.... It's been around since the 19th century and i have read some literature indicating it was around in the 1600's. There is a ceremony to be followed, which varies a bit, from nice to horrific. The ceremony is your "baptism" into King Neptune's Court. It was supposedly started by the British Royal Navy, but i don't know how accurate that is.

 

So does this license authorize you to carry extra seamen on your poop deck?



Steve

 

Awesome! Cause for celebration! More beer!

 

Why you gotta be like that, yer makin me cry i try to tell you something personal and you turn it into a joke.

























HA HA, I even had a hard time writing that one.