And another one out of the past… Your mothers probably used these if you wore a certain type of clothing… … Continue reading
Category Archives: TBT
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
An ‘interesting’ document if you want to get a feel for how the USSR planned to kill the US, Brit and French carriers… Suffice to say Kamikaze plans were alive and well… Document link is HERE. As one of the … Continue reading
Yeesh… I know I’m old, but dammit… Airplanes I flew on are now in museums… The old favorite, the T-39 Saberliner… I was a crewman on these in the early 70s at NAS GLYNCO, GA and then as a plankowner … Continue reading
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 old shipmate, he sent me a picture of the … Continue reading
This one comes with a few memories… Cafe Acores, George the Crook, Fast Eddies, Matteus Rose, goat cheese and fresh bread, beautiful filigree silver and gold jewelry… Oh yeah, and winds that would blow your ass sideways… There was a … Continue reading
Yeesh… 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 DOS ver 3.30 … Continue reading
Back in the day… And we bitched when the price went up… The day before beer had been .35 cents! Beer machines in the barracks… The ‘brand selection’ depended on which base… On Midway Is. beer was .25 and cokes … Continue reading