Random Stuff…

This one from PP… 🙂   And sometimes PHDs ARE good for something… Got in a discussion yesterday morning with the former Marine Sgt (twice), now PHD about ballistics and differences between 7.62 and .308… An hour later I get … Continue reading

For all the gear heads…

ELECTRICAL THEORY BY JOSEPH LUCAS Positive ground depends on proper circuit functioning, which is the transmission of negative ions by retention of visible spectral manifestation known as “smoke”. Smoke is the thing that makes electrical circuits work. We know this … Continue reading

A bit of humor…

DEAR ABBY ADMITTED SHE WAS AT A LOSS TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: (You can’t make up this stuff….) Dear Abby, A couple of women moved in across the hall from me. One is a middle-aged gym teacher and the … Continue reading

Down Memory Lane…

To My Old-As-Dirt Friends and Relatives who qualify as “old as dirt” and, to some younger folks who are trying to understand the behavior of the “old as dirt” crowd. For those who never saw any of the Burma Shave … Continue reading

Airplanes vs. Women…

Why Pilots Prefer Airplanes Over Women… * Airplanes usually kill you quickly; a woman takes her time. * Airplanes can be turned on by a flick of a switch. * Airplanes don’t get mad if you do a “touch and go.” … Continue reading

Old folks…

We’re ALL getting there, some of us faster than others… A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor’s office. “Is it true,” she wanted to know, “that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?” … Continue reading

A little humor…

Tired of the daily grind of BS… so… I’m not saying let’s go kill all the stupid people.  I’m just saying let’s remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out. I changed my car horn to … Continue reading

Too funny…

Watch it to the end… 🙂 ROTFLMAO… I don’t care who you are, that’s funny… Sorry for the lack of content, Willie played my song again. Go read the folks on the sidebar! … Continue reading

The way things are going…

This is going to be reality… The Department of Defense (DoD) is proud to announce a new fleet of Class 1069 destroyers. Having initially named the first two ships USS Daring and USS Dauntless, the naming committee has, after intensive … Continue reading

A Sailor’s Thoughts, part 1…

This one came over the transom via the mil-email chain and via JP… Some random and rambling thoughts accumulated from various quarters over the years. A bit of introspection from an “older” sailor. A sailor will walk 10 miles in … Continue reading