I have friends who live in tiny apartments in japan. they managed to store an enormous amount of personal belongings in such tiny spaces and it always amazes me but they have three things that they do religiously. one of them is zero clutter, everything has a place to be and when you take it from its place you do not put it down until you put it back down in its place. this is difficult to do in a 2000 square foot house but it's not so bad to do in a 60 square foot room. the second thing is clutter which falls in the category of hair, food particles, cigarette Ash, pocket lint. this is dealt with daily and/or as it occurs, and the third is sanitation, every surface must be disinfected and this seems to happen once a week. this seems like a lot of aggravation but when you're living in a space that you can stretch out your arms and touch everything it's not as daunting as it might be otherwise.
I often have dreams of living like this, but I have accumulated such a massive collection of personal belongings that I am happy just to be able to maintain that level of cleanliness inside my gun safe.
From my experience on a sub the enlisted crew knows the ship in detail but the officers only the high levels. They go between their staterooms, the Wardroom, and the Control Room or Maneuvering for their watches, only touring their watch spaces once a watch. When I had been on the Omaha for a while as a Machinist Mate (enlisted) I could walk into the Engine Room and pretty much tell you which sets of pumps were running and what the bell was just by listening.
There is enough of a difference there is a long tradition of the crew playing pranks on the officers (except the CO). Johann will hear about times when the crew stole the door to the XO's stateroom or the Goat Locker (Chief's quarters) and hid it away. Might be in the fan room, or the Aux Machinery space, or somewhere deep in the Engine room.
In our case it was The XO's Door in the Engine Room behind the RCFW cooler. The trick is to hid it in plain sight but in such a way that you didn't see a readily identifiable part of the door.
That is why Nathan Lowell's scene in Half Share about the Environmental watch going on a tour of the ship rings true. “Be back in time for lunch. Stay on the path. Write if you get work.”
Been thinking logistics a fair bit recently, so here is an idea: Would you be willing and able to trade one-off donations to your substack for e-mailed ebooks?
Babylon 5 had a number of clips involving housekeeping and one whole episode told from the maintenance POV. Pest Control in Space:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yMhu0SPtC0
I have friends who live in tiny apartments in japan. they managed to store an enormous amount of personal belongings in such tiny spaces and it always amazes me but they have three things that they do religiously. one of them is zero clutter, everything has a place to be and when you take it from its place you do not put it down until you put it back down in its place. this is difficult to do in a 2000 square foot house but it's not so bad to do in a 60 square foot room. the second thing is clutter which falls in the category of hair, food particles, cigarette Ash, pocket lint. this is dealt with daily and/or as it occurs, and the third is sanitation, every surface must be disinfected and this seems to happen once a week. this seems like a lot of aggravation but when you're living in a space that you can stretch out your arms and touch everything it's not as daunting as it might be otherwise.
I often have dreams of living like this, but I have accumulated such a massive collection of personal belongings that I am happy just to be able to maintain that level of cleanliness inside my gun safe.
From my experience on a sub the enlisted crew knows the ship in detail but the officers only the high levels. They go between their staterooms, the Wardroom, and the Control Room or Maneuvering for their watches, only touring their watch spaces once a watch. When I had been on the Omaha for a while as a Machinist Mate (enlisted) I could walk into the Engine Room and pretty much tell you which sets of pumps were running and what the bell was just by listening.
There is enough of a difference there is a long tradition of the crew playing pranks on the officers (except the CO). Johann will hear about times when the crew stole the door to the XO's stateroom or the Goat Locker (Chief's quarters) and hid it away. Might be in the fan room, or the Aux Machinery space, or somewhere deep in the Engine room.
In our case it was The XO's Door in the Engine Room behind the RCFW cooler. The trick is to hid it in plain sight but in such a way that you didn't see a readily identifiable part of the door.
That is why Nathan Lowell's scene in Half Share about the Environmental watch going on a tour of the ship rings true. “Be back in time for lunch. Stay on the path. Write if you get work.”
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Been thinking logistics a fair bit recently, so here is an idea: Would you be willing and able to trade one-off donations to your substack for e-mailed ebooks?
Only the non-Rac books of course.