It’s summer time, and coming up on the 4th… Fireworks and… For whatever reason (maybe it’s the damn near 100 degrees), I’ve been thinking about home-made, hand cranked ice cream… We used to do this at all the family reunions, … Continue reading
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Let’s play the if/then game… If… Then… … Continue reading
Interesting places, interesting faces… Some of the readers ‘may’ recognize this place… Davis AFB First time was 1974, in the middle of the winter… Gave a whole new meaning to COLD!!! In and out for years, strangest thing that happened … 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
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