Our kid asks about that nearly every freakin' time we drive by the base. We finally threw our packs of plebe-issue signal cards at her and she's actually enjoying the decoding process.gmb said:How about the signal flags we were required to memorize? I found that to be quite useful in our line of work.
My personal favorite useless knowledge is the max power limits for single-loop low pressure cutout on an S3G reactor plant. I even still have the rare nightmare about it.
I don't know if your squad leader aided your signal-flag memory with such vivid visual imagery as mine did, but every time I see a signal flag I remember Scott Griffith '79.
I'm hoping that I can eventually overwrite my head's old hard drive sectors with classic rock lyrics. The heck with signal flags-- someone has to pass the important messages of "Welcome to the Hotel California" down to the next generation!