I grew up in Louisiana and southwest Arkansas during the 50s and 60s, a time when everyone treated each other like family. Our neighbors parents disciplined us like their own. We didn’t eat fast food….We drank Kool-aid or Tang, ate … Continue reading
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In lieu of a rant… Because it would devolve into four letter words… You get old school things… My uncle ran one of these for years, and was very successful because he had good people and a good mechanic! These … Continue reading
I wonder how many of today’s generation would have any clue to what some of these are… sigh My uncle had one of these in his store… This one is pretty easy… This one is pretty easy too… Not … Continue reading
Now we all know that PETA has forced Barnums’ Crackers to change their box to this… It represents their ‘utopia’ that doesn’t even come close to reality… Now ‘my’ proposal would be a little more realistic, and I’d credit it … Continue reading
Occasionally one gets to see ‘weird’ things from the old P-3… And you wanted to see THESE from a distance… Sadly, the ones we took were black and white, but a shipmate sent me this one from another event he … Continue reading
Most of those things ‘kids’ are doing today, and think ‘they’ invented it??? Not so much… Odds are, they’ve already been done before (at least a couple of times)! And a couple of memes… sigh… This one truly pisses me … Continue reading
Back in the day… If you ran this today, it would probably be illegal in more than one state… sigh… When boys could be boys, and girls could be girls, without worrying about what parents/others would think… And we were … Continue reading
Two different things today, one is an ‘old school’ airplane that showed up at a small field near Dallas yesterday… It’s got the correct paint scheme, and it’s a converted D-18. These were used extensively in SEA by Air America. … Continue reading
Back in the day… We had crew hats that were done in theater… Japan, 1976-77 But the real reason for this is a picture one of my shipmates sent me, asking, “Remember this?” The ubiquitous electric skillet… Every crew … Continue reading
Sigh, I like my shipmates… I really do… But some people… One of the guys in one of my squadrons took a pic of his fish tank… And posted it in one of the FB forums I’m on. And the … Continue reading