TBT…

Who remembers when this was the cat’s meow… I’m an old fart, my first modem was a 300 baud one… sigh… ARPNET/Compuserve… And BBS… And the first computer I ‘owned’ was a hand me down IBM XT, upgraded with a … Continue reading

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In the non-PC days…

Who Says We Can’t Deport Millions of Illegals? Ike Did Dwight D Eisenhower was the first president who had to deal with illegal immigration.  A study in Texas found that in areas where there were lots of illegals, the pay … Continue reading

There IS more than one way…

To end a boring meeting… It wasn’t me, but ‘somebody’ did… And literally emptied the room! 🙂 I hope that somebody is in the next long meeting and feels free to fart again…LOL … Continue reading

The Grey Man- Update…

First and foremost, THANK YOU to those who’ve parted with your hard-earned money to buy my books. Second, I need to apologize to those who’ve ordered books, and those Alpha and Beta readers. Work has had me on the road … Continue reading

Sad Puppies Meetup…

Thanks to Keith for organizing the Sad Puppies Meetup last night. I got back just in time to make it, and we had between 25-30 people at Rock Bottom Brewery!!! The guests of honor, so to speak, were John C. … Continue reading

Scotch 30…

It’s gotta be scotch 30 somewhere… I brought this back from Prestwick in 1972… I thought I’d lost it, but it was in the bottom of a box that I almost threw out the other day.  Now I need to … Continue reading

Done…

Mostly… House is cleaned, stuff is in a cube for transport as soon as it sells. My ass is draggin, but it’s done. Thanks to friends, and their recommendations, I got out for a reasonable amount on the various things … Continue reading

TBT…

Back in the day, we had more squadrons in all services than we do today… Somebody (probably an Admiral), decided they wanted a photo op of all the squadrons… Front to back, VP-5, VP-16, VP-24 (Batmen!), VP-45, VP-49, VP-56 And … Continue reading

Aging out…

This one came over the transom last night via the mil-email string… As we get older and we experience the loss of old friends, we begin to realize that maybe we  bullet-proof Pilots won’t live forever. We aren’t so bullet-proof … Continue reading

How did I miss this???

Real manned robots… A challenge… And apparently an acceptance!!! I’ll bring the popcorn! 🙂 This could get interesting! … Continue reading