Here's another true story....while I was in the Navy electrician training school, there were two (60 hz 3600 RPM) motor generator sets that were used for training on parallel operation of generators. I don't remember how big they were, but they stood about 2 ft high and four feet long. Bolted to a concrete floor. Well....somebody (not me) paralleled 'em out of phase at just the right time to get max torque. It ripped one out of the floor, threw it against the wall and then it rolled up the wall about three feet before it crashed to the floor. I didn't see it happen, but we all had to go look at the damage. Made a lasting impression.
Oh, making out? Naw! On a sub the new guys had to "hot rack". Not enough beds for all of the crew. Which means share the same bed with two other guys because we worked three 6 hour shifts and you slept only during your six. I slept in my clothes on top of the blanket. No way I was gonna crawl between somebody else's warm sheets (unless it's my wife). YUK!