Junior Master Bater
Years ago when myself and my mate were engineer cadets we had the misfortune of sailing with hairy-arsed British crew on a North Sea oil tanker.
Now we were only second trip cadets, not to bright, perpetually walking around in a semi-alcoholic haze, but we were given the tasks of;
a. Build new extension to the workshop tool bench, angle-iron frame, wood plank top, welded to existing structure and deck.
b. Build new access platform and mount to the side of the donkey boiler, at the top of the boiler, so this will require staging.
c. Build a new mount for the spare burner for the main boiler.
These may not sound like much, but having such jobs given to two inexperienced, but willing kids really did make a lasting impression (it was 20yrs ago), and also instills a sense of accomplishment and confidence.
Not to mention you can also stick it up to the other engineers who were mainly a bunch of work-shy bastards.
(cargoeng, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 14:16, 2 replies)

You were boiling donkeys?
You monster.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 14:21, closed)

That boils my donkey piss.

( Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Thu 11 Oct 2012, 14:31, closed)