welch, on 26 Jul 2013 - 5:24 PM, said:My Dad laughs about someof the weird things he saw in the navy, including fellow-mechanics who forgot to take fountain pens out of their shirt pockets before climbing into the back seat of a dive bomber -- getting flight time toward flight pay, but landing with a shirt full of ink...ibnk that was tough to wash out.
Then there's the U.S. Navy blue nose ceremony, when you cross the arctic circle longitude, in one case onboard a P-3 Orion while chasing Russian subs, they rub indelible blue ink on your nose that never comes off - until it does.
John Danza, on 04 Sept 2013 - 11:33 AM, said:I don't have any waterproof inks. For envelopes, I use regular FP ink and then rub the area with a block of paraffin that I got at the grocery store about 10 years ago. It protects the address perfectly fine. The paraffin comes in a four pack for use in the canning process and after all this time, I'm still only less than half way through the first block. I guess the one box is a lifetime supply.
I remember those 4 packs of paraffin from elementary school when we had to bring one in for a project.