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marcus1977 · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:26 pm Post subject: shellback

Well as of yesterday after 11 years of waiting and a "cleansing" I joined the most honored ranks of the trusty shellbacks and am no longer a slimey polywog!
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TXHill · Horse Mullet Joined: 28 Sep 2006 Posts: 216 Location: PINS

Welcome to the club! Got mine off the coast of Somalia back in 95. Still have a scar on my right knee to remind me of it.

67 Shellback · Pony Mullet Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 95

July 1967 bound for Rio de Janeiro for me! Nothing like kissing the Royal baby.

FB PHIL · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 455

I became a Shellback in 1963 on a jog to the south coming out of Singapore for a day I still remember well. It took a while for our knees to heal up and our hair to grow back.

rabbit · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject:

Congradulations. Very Happy

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AnglerOutfitters · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:28 pm Post subject:

Congrats! Got mine in 93 doing 4 knots to nowhere a few feet below the sea.
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marcus1977 · Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:45 am Post subject:

thanks fellow trusty shellbacks
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ironmanstan · Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:24 am Post subject:

Welcome to the order of the deep,fellow trusty Shellback. Be it known to all ye land lubbers to show respect to all Shellbacks when in their presence. IMS 1976 SHELLBACK. Bicentinnel Indian Ocean cruise.
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robul · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 2677

Congrats Mark. You most definitely deserved it.. Please let me know when your coming down for the holidays so I can take you fishing at least once..

Tyler · Site Admin Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 12865

Son, Bryan got his the first time out! Something about dyed green cooking oil all over them and being sprayed with Saltwater Fire hoses!

Congrats!

longrod · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:15 pm Post subject:

Crossed the equator first time back in 1959 aboard the Lloyd Triestino passenger ship 'Africa', in the Indian Ocean off the East coast of Africa. Did not do the initiation however as my parents would have frowned on subjecting a three year old to that kind of abuse.
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rodandroll · Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:31 pm Post subject:

Got mine on Westpac in 1971. Then did it again twice for grins on Westpac in 1972

ironmanstan · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:51 am Post subject:

I had so much axle grease in my hair that I just shaved my head. I have pics from the ceremony in a Naval year book. You wouldn't believe the amount of slime, sludge, and left over galley food and garbage you have to swim through. Nowadays I have no problem working on my septic tank, or grease trap if I do, all I have to do is think back.

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flyindrdre · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:55 am Post subject:

Does it count if you do it on an airplane... Very Happy

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ironmanstan · Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:02 am Post subject:

Shellbacks are wearing the Navy uniform and are aboard ship when crossing the equator. If you cross the equator at all zeros you become a golden shellback. My uncle was a wwII golden shellback, and the last sail master in the US Navy.
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