Back in the day you could actually identify cars at a distance, either by looks or sound… The late 60s parking lots looked much the same, but with more Chevys and less Dodges… LOL But there were still a fair … Continue reading
Category Archives: TBT
Except this took place Monday… LawDog and I headed out for breakfast before getting some stuff done. Went to a restaurant that has been in Itchy Paw for 75 years in the same location (not a chain restaurant, obviously). And … Continue reading
The things people throw away are sometimes… Interesting… Based on the translation by a Japanese lady, this is an original WWII Kamikaze pledge flag, signed by over 100 Kamikaze pilots late in the war. The money at the bottom … Continue reading
Two days late, but I would challenge anybody to come up with as good a quality set of releases today, much less the quality of the bands… And this one is just plain funny… And the early days of the … Continue reading
Almost 30 years ago I was doing some work off Diablo Canyon NPS with the Navy. There were blue whales transiting through the area. We were standing on the lower stern deck, maybe 6 feet off the water when a … Continue reading
Sometimes chains are a ‘good’ thing… This plane captain is waiting for his bird to be spotted on the flight deck so he can chain it down. The ONLY times a bird isn’t chained down on the deck or in … Continue reading
Sorry about that- Scheduler didn’t schedule… sigh Abbott and Costello are famous for ‘Who’s on First’, and some wag ‘updated’ it for explaining unemployment numbers… Understanding Democrat’s Economics by Abbott and Costello (Who’s on First fame)… COSTELLO : I want … Continue reading
Today’s throwback is from the early 60s, although it wasn’t admitted to until years later… Yes, Britain DID nuke the US not once, but twice… Simulated of course… But that had to be embarrassing as hell for the brass… Especially … Continue reading
Back in the day, we had to maintain qualifications to not only fly as crew on the P-3s, but the entire crew wanted to be ‘Alpha’ status crew… This was my crew hat from 1976-77 deployment to Misawa, JA. You … Continue reading
Soooo, PP and family are going camping, and I ran across these… Family campers 1910 version… 1918 version… 1924 version… Probably the first ‘motorhome’… Today??? YMMV, and everybody makes their ‘own’ choices… 🙂 … Continue reading