Do any of you guys recall playing a game on the ships communication headphones while at sea, during the wee hours of a (12 to 4) or (4 to 8) watch? It was kind of a variation of "YOUR HIT PARADE" or "NAME THAT TUNE". To defeat boredom and keep from going to sleep, while standing our four-hour watches wearing those confounded headphones, we would sing or hum a tune and we would keep score on who recognized the most songs.
Considering that some these guys were from other divisions --- who normally wouldn't see or speak with one another if they passed one another on deck or in the passageway --- but during this couple of hours on watch, guys on the bridge, engine rooms, fire rooms etc. had a bit of fun together. I know for some of you, this type of shenanigans, just never occurred on your watch, but it did on mine in the 1950s.
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