Thoughts on Growing Older- By folks with a way with words… “To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except exercise, get up early, or be respectable.” – Oscar Wilde “The older we get, the … Continue reading
Category Archives: TBT
Back in the day, the P-3s had a fairly wide range of operating locations… I had the ‘pleasure’ of visit all of these at one time or another over the years. Pleasure…yeah, right… And I got a question in an … Continue reading
Only the Navy… Can take a sophisticated game and turn it into a raucous rule bending game played all over the Navy… Welcome to Acey Ducey! This is a picture of an old WESTPAC board, probably from a Chief’s Mess … Continue reading
Back in the day, I was stationed at NAS Moffett Field in California. I went through training in VP-31, then headquartered in Hangar 1 there. Originally built to house the USS Macon, it is HUGE! 600 yards long, over 200 … Continue reading
You know you’re old if you recognize these… And half the time you just left the key in the ignition… You won’t ever see this product again, it’s been judged too dangerous! Ours was the green version of the table … Continue reading
Lots of folks talk about how a cell phone now has EVERY capability from the old Radio Shack ads, including a pretty decent camera. But the old school cameras did work pretty well for their technology and the time period. … Continue reading
Reaching WAY back this time… For you youngsters, the answers are below the fold. 🙂 … Continue reading
Those who complain about Legos have never stepped on these in the dark… And how many remember playing these as teenagers??? And did you use ‘body’ English??? 😉 And bonus points if you know what these are! … Continue reading
Shipmate of mine sent me this… It was definitely true when we were doing it… Hopefully it’s a bit better today… And I know some scientists that are STILL arguing about the figures from experiments lo these many years later… … Continue reading
We do a symposium every year for the MPRA community, one in Jacksonville, FL for the east coast, and the west coast version at Whidbey Island, WA. One of our WWII vets who attended told the story of having to … Continue reading