> > yea, now I remember.... I think we called 'em something else tho..
> > not for sure... we only had (1), which was used for storing our
> > rain coats. tied in a square not, bitter-ends stuck under and below
> > the knot, making it look like an "S" with the knot in the center.

> I looked in a pre-WW2 BJM and they were called clothes stops then.
> I've no idea when they originated, but I suspect it had to be pre-WW1.

> > >> Clothes stops were short (~1') lengths of cordage with each end
> > >> kept from unraveling by metal crimps. They were used instead of
> > >> clothespins, back when Sailors washed their own clothing.

> > > yea, now I remember.... I think we called 'em something else tho..
> > > not for sure... we only had (1), which was used for storing our
> > > rain coats. tied in a square not, bitter-ends stuck under and below
> > > the knot, making it look like an "S" with the knot in the center.

> > I looked in a pre-WW2 BJM and they were called clothes stops then.
> > I've no idea when they originated, but I suspect it had to be pre-WW1.

> "..CLOTHES STOP - A small diameter cord, approximately 12 inches, used
> to tie laundry to a clothes line - the early Navy clothes pin. Issued to
> recruits until 1973."

> We were issued one such item, again, I can't remember if that's what
> they called it.

> Looked for it in my BJM, couldn't find a reference to it anywhere... was
> issued the BJM in '90

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> >>> Don't forget the clothes stops. A sailor can't go to sea without
> >>> clothes stops!

> >> Might be different terminology, but I was in the Navy from 1984
> >> thru 1992 and I can not recollection anything that was referred to
> >> as clothes stops. Just what did they do????

> > I'll take the low-road on this one....
> > "...why, they stop clothes of course."
> > buh, dum, dum.
> > Thank you, thank you very much. I'll be here through Friday.

> The manager wants to see you - maybe you'd better pack up your
> makeup...

> Clothes stops were short (`1') lengths of cordage with each end kept
> from unraveling by metal crimps. They were used instead of
> clothespins, back when Sailors washed their own clothing.

> > >>> Don't forget the clothes stops. A sailor can't go to sea without
> > >>> clothes stops!

> > >> Might be different terminology, but I was in the Navy from 1984
> > >> thru 1992 and I can not recollection anything that was referred to
> > >> as clothes stops. Just what did they do????

> > > I'll take the low-road on this one....
> > > "...why, they stop clothes of course."
> > > buh, dum, dum.
> > > Thank you, thank you very much. I'll be here through Friday.

> > The manager wants to see you - maybe you'd better pack up your
> > makeup...

> > Clothes stops were short (`1') lengths of cordage with each end kept
> > from unraveling by metal crimps. They were used instead of
> > clothespins, back when Sailors washed their own clothing.

> Okay, this I do remember.  I was issued a roll of this stuff back in boot
> camp 1984!!  It was basically a length of string with the metal crimps
> placed about 12" apart.  You had to have a knife to cut the lengths apart
> though.  I still have some of the original stored somewhere around here!!!!
> If I remember correctly the only we used them for back in boot camp was to
> tie our white hats on the line!!   It was the only thing we were responsible
> for cleaning as everything else was shipped off to the laundry.

> "On the fith day of bootcamp my CC gave to me:

> Fiiiive clothes stooooops; 4 white hats, 3 chambray shirts, 2 pairs of
> shoes and a diddy bag that wouldn't hold sh*t"

> > A little late maybe  --

> > "On the fith day of bootcamp my CC gave to me:

> > Fiiiive clothes stooooops; 4 white hats, 3 chambray shirts, 2 pairs of
> > shoes and a diddy bag that wouldn't hold sh*t"

> Hehe!

> > I went through boot camp in '69 - do they still have the 12 general
> > orders??

> I went through twenty years after you and we still had the 12 general
> orders, of which today I can recall exactly one.

> > Russ
> > YNC USN-ret

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> "On the fith day of bootcamp my CC gave to me:

> Fiiiive clothes stooooops; 4 white hats, 3 chambray shirts, 2 pairs of
> shoes and a diddy bag that wouldn't hold sh*t"

> I went through boot camp in '69 - do they still have the 12 general
> orders??

> Russ
> YNC USN-ret

> Okay, this I do remember.  I was issued a roll of this stuff back in boot
> camp 1984!!  It was basically a length of string with the metal crimps
> placed about 12" apart.  You had to have a knife to cut the lengths apart
> though.  I still have some of the original stored somewhere around here!!!!
> If I remember correctly the only we used them for back in boot camp was to
> tie our white hats on the line!!   It was the only thing we were responsible
> for cleaning as everything else was shipped off to the laundry.

> http://users.clover.net/jrjones/my_navy_experience.htm

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> A: None, he just defines Darkness? as the new industry standard..."

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