Strange things happen, sometimes a long time later… A couple of years ago, I was talking to a good friend (non-smoker), and I mentioned that I collected Zippo lighters. Today, he walked up to me at the conference and … Continue reading
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This one’s for BZ and WSF 🙂 My Grandfather on my Mother’s side was an engineer for UP back in the early 1900s… The U.S. Standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly … Continue reading
Well, I can scratch Virgin Atlantic off my list of airlines I’ll be flying on…When they start allowing phone calls, texts, email inflight; I’m done with em…It’s bad enough to listen to some pax prattle to the seat mate, much … Continue reading
Geez, I put up TWO Air Force videos and I get accused of being a ‘fanboi’…So in answer here’s something from the Navy side of the aisle! And HERE is an excellent post by Peter on some of the machinations … Continue reading
This is why B-52s are still in the inventory… And when/if they finally retire ’em, they will be 80 years old! My cousins both flew Big Ugly Fat F**kers (BUFFs) in Nam, Linebacker, Arc Light and other ops and some of … Continue reading
Today marks the start of Memorial Week for the National LEO Memorial here in DC. LEOs from all over the world turn out to honor the fallen for the past year. So far this year, the toll is down significantly, with … Continue reading
Those of you whos Mothers are still alive; call ’em, visit ’em, take ’em to dinner! Do something good for them!!! The history- The origins of Mother’s Day are attributed to different people. Many believe that two women, Julia Ward … Continue reading
The Washington Fishwrap…er… Post is in the tank for Obummer. They had a four column above the fold on the FRONT PAGE of Romney’s high school pranks and two full pages more inside the A-section yesterday in addition to the … Continue reading
-I changed my iPod’s name to Titanic. It’s syncing now.-When chemists die, they barium.-Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.-How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it.-I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned … Continue reading
Ran out of duct tape, so I figured I’d post something funny…But I couldn’t think of anything, so you get a video and a poster… Works for me! 🙂And then there’s this one! Since Kilted to Cancer is coming up, … Continue reading