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Another visit to the classic brochures… And the ‘classic’ Corvette… The car we all dreamed about owning back in the day! This last one was a billboard a couple of years ago in Southern California… Sigh… … Continue reading
Category Archives: TBT
Talking to my grandson, the question I got asked was what ‘I’ learned to drive on… A 1953 Dodge Power Wagon, down on the farm. And it was ‘armstrong’ everything. Steering, brakes, no AC, no radio, no nothing, other than … Continue reading
Continuing the family things theme… This came to me through mama’s side of the family, she said this reminded her of one of the places they lived in the 1920s, when she was little… It’s still in the original frame, … Continue reading
Another back in the day post… 1984 to be exact… 🙂 The ‘military’ side of Keflavik, IC. The first hangar, center bottom, was the VP hangar. Needless to say, this is a ‘summer’ shot! And they were busy, as only … Continue reading
Many moons ago… We had this ‘thing’ called the ‘Circuit’. Deployment site to Utapao, Thailand, to Diego Garcia, to Bandar Abbas, Iran, and ‘other places as directed’, then back… With flights from each location on what were known as MAP … Continue reading
Well Seasoned Fool‘s stories of car sales reminded me of a car story out of my past, from the buyer’s side… Back in 1988, I’d just transferred back to Kalifornia for duty. I needed a bigger car since I was going … Continue reading
Since we’re back in that mess again… Detachment flight schedules sometimes got interesting… Jeddah more so than most… Stuck off in the far right corner of the airport, you never knew who or what might show up in the middle … Continue reading
Family things… My Uncle Riley drew these in 1989, based on his memories of growing up on the ‘home place’ in Louisiana in the 1910s and 20sa… I remember the old home place, it was what was known as a … Continue reading
It was a different time… I remember hearing stories from friend’s dads who’d gone through North Platte… A different time… When our country pulled together… Today, we lose 17-18 veterans a day to suicide. This is horrific! If you know … Continue reading
Gah, it really was 50 years ago… Way back this time… 1976, and a fall/winter deployment to Northern Japan… I think I’d made E-6 a couple of months earlier. And was still trying to figure out the airplane, as I’d … Continue reading