[GreenKeys] Movie question...

[Ralph Irish]

When I was aboard the USS Hancock, in Main Communications we had a group of pneumatic tubes to
send messages to the Bridge, Flag Bridge, Aerology, and a handful of other places on the ship.
When things got dull, we would gather up a few ounces of chads and put them into a faulty 
'messenger tube' that didn't stay closed.  Upon arrival, it would usually do a good job of 
spreading chads all over the place.  This kind of activity was usually relegated to the Mid
Watch, when the people on the other end were low ranking guys, stuck on the mid watch, also.

Of course, we had to be prepared for 'vengeance' once the chads were cleaned up on the other
end.  Someone did a 'hit and run' at Main Comm, by opening the door, tossing the chads inside
and hauling ass!

Ralph - W8ROI

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On Jul 24, 2017, at 10:03 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Jul 2017, Jim Haynes wrote:
> 
>> The normal prize in things involving Teletype is a thimbleful of chads.
> 
> Back in Computer Science, we used to empty the chad bins from the 029 keypunches over peoples' heads; took ages to wash it out.
> 
> -- 
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