Ev Littlefield, who was one of my early blog readers passed away last week. A former Navy man, trained as a jet engine mechanic (ADJ) even though he’d grown up on the water. He was a pilot and maintainer of … Continue reading
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Gas lines again too??? Or will people have to decide between food and gasoline? Prices have jumped over $2.00/gal in Texas from what they were at the end of 2019. I saw the first prices over $4.00/gal yesterday. Texas is … Continue reading
We could all use a bit of it right now… The Pastor’s Ass The pastor entered his donkey in a race and it won. The pastor was so pleased with the donkey that he entered it in the race again, … Continue reading
An old friend sent me this asking, “Do you remember being taught these things?” I told him I did, and he said, “I tried to teach my grandson and his mother raised holy hell with me about it. She wants … Continue reading
The folks that showed up day before yesterday did most of the kitchen while two guys started on the planks. TWELVE work hours later, they were done!!! What looks like tile is also laminate, 8mm thick as opposed to the … Continue reading
Getting new laminate flooring put in… Running from pillar to post. So go read the folks on the sidebar. Hopefully full posting and commenting will return on Sunday or Monday. … Continue reading
Shipmate of mine sent me this… It was definitely true when we were doing it… Hopefully it’s a bit better today… And I know some scientists that are STILL arguing about the figures from experiments lo these many years later… … Continue reading
The results of sequestration continue to bite the Navy in the ass… The U.S. Navy’s cruiser modernization program has been disorganized in its planning and troubled in its execution, service leaders have told Defense News. <snip> Seven cruisers were put … Continue reading
I don’t post a lot of music because I can’t hear most of it anymore, but I stumbled across this yesterday in a research wiki wander… Saw them live at Winterland in 73… They were originally from San Jose, and … Continue reading
If there is something physically or mentally wrong with Putin. His speech earlier this week was, to put it mildly, over the top, even for him. And now this… Russia has threatened its close Arctic neighbours Sweden and Finland with … Continue reading