Dear Folks, I'm still working the stories for my book and one of my Navy ones reminded me of a delicate situation. I worked up in the all-male Link Shack and there was only one head (bathroom) up there. Although it posed a delicate situation what with me working with the men, we eventually managed to set up some rules and all went well considering. One weekend a year we had Admiral's Inspection and the entire base had to be spit-shined. Of course that included the heads. Because of this one particular inspection, I insisted on cleaning the urinals. Why? Because after inspection the WAVE officer in charge of all of the Reserve WAVES wanted to have a meeting with the few WAVES we had aboard the base and it was decided that the Link Shack would give us a bit of privacy. Figuring that the high-ranking woman officer might want to go to the head, I was concerned with the ugly sight of the urinals in the bathroom. Now I have to admit that I really didn't do this but this is what I wanted to do. Put pots of pretty red geraniums in them. Sure enough, she wanted to use the head after our meeting. I apologized about the urinals but explained that I had considered decorating them with pots of geraniums. She had a good laugh over it! Martha Stewart would have been proud of me! Hey, when it comes to Admiral's Inspection, we'd do anything to disguise any of the ugly stuff. BTW, that reminds me of another inspection where I was responsible for getting our small WAVES barracks ready for inspection. I outdone myself when it came to polishing the deck (floor). Not only did I wax and buff it, I added a beautiful gleaming coat of oil furniture polish. It looked gorgeous but it backfired on me. Have story, will post. vee