One of the last flyable PBY Catalinas was lost by Hollyweird… This apparently occurred of the Florida coast during the filming of the USS INDIANAPOLIS movie last year, but very few knew about it, or at least published anything about … Continue reading
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At least this time around, we get an extra hour of sleep… Unless you’re pulling the duty, and you get to work an extra hour. Personal opinion, we just need to do away with DST. It’s no longer necessary, as … Continue reading
Friend of mine was on the last cruise in VF-151… USS Midway (CV-41) was the last US Navy aircraft carrier to operate the McDonnell Douglas F-4S Phantom II. On March 25th 1986 the Midway sent the Phantoms to the beach for good. The article and a nice little … Continue reading
My friends are doing better than I am at getting stuff out there… First up, Monalisa Foster’s new book Ravages of Honor. As always, click the cover for the link! The blurb- With one act of defiance Syteria holds the … Continue reading
It’s HOWLOWEEN! May your bucket overflow!!! Oh, and please come by… LOTS of candy to get rid of… Otherwise, somebody will be taking all the excess in to work… 🙂 … Continue reading
PP texted me yesterday afternoon, now on day 4 with no power, and no sign of any coming back anytime soon. ‘Maybe’ next week, sometime… One report has over 2million without power in northern California, and apparently the Kincaid fire … Continue reading
So you get humor… CALLER: Is this Gordon’s Pizza? GOOGLE: No sir, it’s Google Pizza. CALLER: I must have dialed a wrong number. Sorry. GOOGLE: No sir, Google bought Gordon’s Pizza last month. CALLER: OK. I would like to order … Continue reading
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead! US Special Operations personnel got him night before last in Idlib Province in Syria… “We had some incredible intelligence officials that did a great job,” Trump said during remarks at the White House on Sunday. … Continue reading
The Big Sky Conference has named a transgender athlete as its female cross country runner of the week. The mind boggles… But apparently even after having raced as a man for three years, he still gets beat by some of … Continue reading
It pays to read the ‘fine print’… Here’s the sector chart for that area… P-73 is in the red circle. And the reason for the prohibited area? Well, much like the prohibited area around congress and the White House, this … Continue reading