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
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Family things… My Uncle Riley drew these in 1989, based on his memories of growing up on the ‘home place’ in Louisiana… I remember the old home place, it was what was known as a ‘dog run’ house, with a … Continue reading
Since this is Memorial Day weekend… 58,000 plus of our brothers and sisters didn’t make it back. Nuff said… … Continue reading
Back in the day… Well, actually about 12,045 days ago… 🙂 The ‘military’ side of Keflavik, IC. The first hangar, center bottom, was the VP hangar. Needless to say, this is a ‘summer’ shot! Aeroflot used to try to ‘taxi’ … Continue reading
Some people have commented about the family resemblance between myself and Jace… So here ya go… Me at age 3 (mumble years ago) with my grandfather and grandmother on my mother’s side. And Jace at 2 1/2 last month… You … Continue reading
8 years… Somewhere around 3000 hours… I started in P-3s sittin on the ‘rail’ as it was known… Started in the left station as a SS (Sensor Station)2 operator, then qualified as a SS1, the second seat from the left. … Continue reading
Sooo… I’m in Jacksonville for the MPA Symposium, and the speakers yesterday morning after VADM Shoemaker were two veterans of VP-21 and VP-44, from WWII. AMMF1C (That stands for Aviation Machinist Mate Flight Engineer 1st Class) Clarence ‘Bud’ Lane enlisted … 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
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 of the night… Dets tended, over the … Continue reading
Another set of pictures from my grandfather’s days as an investigator for the railroad… The sign appears to say Elmore, but I can’t come up with any details as to ‘which’ Elmore… Looking at the vehicles, I think this was … Continue reading