We all have those ‘generational’ memories… I found another pic from the 60s of some of the girls at the pool party… Yes, it’s black and white, and the suits are plain, but the girls are nice!!! And 20 years … Continue reading
Category Archives: TBT
Back in the day… Now, every thing on this page is in your phone, except the CD player… And these were your grandmothers, back in the 60s… The other thing to note is not a single tattoo to be seen, … Continue reading
Getting down low… It was part of our job, especially during rigging operations- That was getting the upright sequences of the ships, the names off them, and anything ‘strange’ that the crew might notice. This wasn’t us, he’s probably right … Continue reading
First guns… My first gun was a Stevens Crack Shot .22 (which I still have), the 94 was given to me in 1963 for my birthday, the 4 inch Python in 1966, and I bought the 6 inch Python in … Continue reading
Sigh… The things one ‘finds’ when you move… Anybody remember these? Aluminium travel cups that somehow migrated into the house and became the ‘kids’ cups… And how many of us old farts had one of these? It’s a Sony no … Continue reading
Anybody recognize these??? Back in the day before ‘breakers’ these were what you had in your house… They weren’t called FUSE boxes for nothing…LOL And an ’emergency’ fuse was a real copper penny! As a high school kid, I helped … Continue reading
Hard to believe this was 51 years ago… sigh… Digging WAY back in the vault… Of memories, and the few operating brain cells that remember… Setting the way back machine to 1974-5 thanks to a conversation last night with an … Continue reading
Yes, I’m old… sigh… And I really DO need to clean out some cabinets… You youngsters may not recognize this… That is a real floppy disk… And the up close version you can see it’s a start up disk for … Continue reading
42 years ago… We were deployed to Keflavik, IC and it was one of the worst winters on record. This was just another day for us to go flying. The ones that had it the worst were the maintainers that … Continue reading
Back in the day… And we bitched when the price went up… The day before beer had been .35 cents! They were in the process of ‘changing’ the machine… sigh Beer machines in the barracks… The ‘brand selection’ depended on … Continue reading