For want of a Nail…er Turnbuckle…

 YACHT DELIVERY 85 foot custom-built motor yacht complete with 4 state rooms, a state-of-the-art galley, GPS System and radar for navigation, twin supercharged diesel engines, etc. $7,474,793.00 Champagne, chocolate covered strawberries with cream and music dockside for the excited ‘soon to … Continue reading

Humor for your Monday…

Pretty good twists on the ‘standard’ definitions…    1.  ARBITRATOR: A cook that leaves Arby’s to work at McDonalds  2.  AVOIDABLE: What a bullfighter tries to do  3.  BERNADETTE: The act of torching a mortgage  4.  BURGLARIZE: What a crook … Continue reading

A Little Humor…

It’s blonde jokes… 🙂 A friend told the blonde: “Christmas is on a Friday this year.” The blond then said, “Let’s hope it’s not the 13th.”————————————    Two blondes find three grenades, and they decide to take them to  a police … Continue reading

Armed Forces Day???

Did anyone other than Snigs even remember???Well, it seems that Panetta DID have a press release… Panetta Praises Troops on Armed Forces DayBy Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.WASHINGTON, May 19, 2012 – Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta … Continue reading

Random stuff #346…

Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional,illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end…And a pro travel … Continue reading

Time Travel… Kinda Sorta…

I got an email asking me how I deal with jet lag or desyncronosis as it’s more properly known; so here goes… A caveat here, is this is MY personal way of dealing with it, and not necessarily what will … Continue reading

Well Dayum…

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

Horse’s asses…

 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

Oh HELL no…

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

Okay Already…

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