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Back in the day, at least in aviation, we always relieved the watch a half hour early, but yes, even today, I’m early for any meeting unless something happens… And this pic is pretty old, since the PO1 is in … Continue reading
Category Archives: TBT
Getting old is NOT for sissies, I’ll be 75 in December… You can tell when the weather is going to change, you’re expected to be grumpy (I LIKE that) and you’re not embarrassed to take an old gun to the … Continue reading
In honor of my Pipeliners story in the Tom Burnett Roaring 20s anthology! Old gas stations… And some old brands that no longer exist… And some nice old vehicles too! … Continue reading
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
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