Survived? We had a blast! Buddy, we were at the wheel drinkin beer and "finger-foodin lobster" and it was up and down big time. Well, fer me, anyway. 2.5m or so and the boat was about 8m. Rain so's ya couldn't see squat. But Al joined the navy at 14 years old so I never gave it a second thought. I just had fun.

He told me about the time they were under fire in... in... ahhh...damn... I forget. Anyway, it was quite a story. He ducked under a desk in the comm room when a shell hit... just after they ran aground because someone got the orders wrong. This guy was one of the heroes in my life, especially when he told me what he did under the desk... it was a "human moment".

I must give him a call this eve. Haven't spoken to him in a dog's age.