# Chief's Log #3 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 10, 2000, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefs-log-3/14553 "2000-03-10T08:06:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefs-log-3/14553/1 "2000-03-10T08:06:00Z")
Well, my e-mail’s down again as we drop the hook in the harbor of beautiful Triete, Italy! I’ve not been able to send my daily message to Girlbysea or my son. We completed carrier qualifications, the Atlantic crossing, a live fire exercise at Wrath, Scotland (for those of you who’ve followed the Vieques Issue, that’s where we had to go to finalize the battles groups for live fire support), in-chopped to the Sixth Fleet (Mediterranean Sea) and conducted five days of presense operations in the Adriatic Sea. A very busy 21 days. In port, I’ve arranged 640 ship tours for Italian citizens as well as office calls by the admiral skipper and CAG to the offices of the Mayor of Trieste, Prefect of Trieste and the President of the Region. The skipper will return the favor by bringing those folks aboard for dinner tonight. Needless to say, I won’t be getting off the ship today. But now it’s time for liberty! I’ve got the duty today, but Saturday and Sunday I’ll be sipping espressos, licking gelato and scarfing pasta. My trip to the Italian Alps is off. There’s not enough snow there to ski. So Saturday I’ll be bumming around Trieste itself, seeing the Roman ampitheater (they must have a law over here – you must have a Roman ampitheater if your city is located withing 10 kilometers of the med. Every fricken’ town has one!), and the Miramare Castle, the “love-nest” of Maximillian and Charlotte before he accepted the burdens of the Mexican Crown. I’ve pushed back my Venice trip to Sunday. I’ll be taking the 0607 train from Trieste to Venice’s Santa Lucia Station. I’m going with a couple of European newbies so I have a feeling a gondola ride is in my near future. I’ll update all of you Monday night. * * * Voted **Best Sport** And narrowly averted the despised moniker **Smiley Master** Forward deployed until 18AUG00 ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefs-log-3/14553/2 "2000-03-10T12:51:00Z")
Give 'em, your best rendition of “O Sole Mio,” Chief. Keep us posted, and tell us what your favorite pasta dish is. ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefs-log-3/14553/3 "2000-03-10T13:06:00Z")
Take care and remember that my heart is with you. * * * * * * Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS) ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefs-log-3/14553/4 "2000-03-10T16:45:00Z")
Back atcha baby, X 10. * * * Voted **Best Sport** And narrowly averted the despised moniker **Smiley Master** Forward deployed until 18AUG00 ---
**Author:** ![Ophanim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@Ophanim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ophanim)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefs-log-3/14553/5 "2000-03-10T19:58:00Z")
If you get to Japan, give a shout out to my man Hatao Miyazaki! * * * Kisses! }\>\<(((^\>\<^)))\>\<{ Ophy ---
**Author:** ![Ophanim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8491ac/32.png) [@Ophanim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ophanim)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefs-log-3/14553/6 "2000-03-10T19:59:00Z")
Aggghh! Dammit Hayao! Hayao! Hayao! Sorry! * * * Kisses! }\>\<(((^\>\<^)))\>\<{ Ophy ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiefs-log-3/14553/7 "2000-03-10T20:06:00Z")
Howdy Chief. Stay away from that Lambrusco. Ophy, I think you need to check your atlas. Italy and Japan are nowhere near each other.