Engine room watch was four hours.
One round to learn the machinery status, two rounds to exercise
and one round to wipe the oil off of the engines.
An old Warrant once told me that the engines were designed
to leak oil, so you knew they still had oil in them. I didn’t believe him, but
it sounded reasonable.
He was a Warrant after all.
Anyway, before the last
round, I’d always grab a bundle of clean rags for wipe-downs. Today, I still
associate the smell of clean rags with the last round.
Needless to say, I love that smell.
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