In 1958, the Air Force had been an independent service for a decade, and during that time very much involved in Korea. The Military Pay Act of 1958 added two pay grades to the top of the enlisted force structure: E8 -Senor Master Sergeant, and E9 - Chief Master Sergeant.
Other than my AR-15’s, there are two rifles I’ve always wanted to own. Well, “always” may be stretching it a bit, but I’d settle for “a long time,” I suppose.
On my daily visit (sometimes more often), I saw that AD pointed to an article at Snooze Button Ronin entitled A Good Exchange. Hah!
Need a teaser? Try this:
“What’s wrong with ‘free-range chicken?’” the waiter asked.
So, you have smoke detectors in your home and you’re as safe as you can be, correct?
Of course if you have smoke detectors you also have fire extinguishers of the proper type and in the proper locations, and you actually know how to use them, correct?
I discovered a really neat idea last week, quite by accident. and for the handful of you who know of this blog, I offer it for your consideration.
With allowance for interpretations of verb tense, I think of the Chinese proverb “Give a man a fish and you have fed him for today. Teach him to fish and you have fed him for a lifetime.”
Now I have a “real” flag pole. The old one is no longer in place. It was a sectional pole bought for around $100 at Sam’s Club. Very lightweight, thin walled, it was good for the purpose intended if I wanted to be going out and taking the flag(s) down whenever a windy storm came by. In other locations that might have been realistic, but here in Central Florida that’s a daily occurrence in the rainy season, so the inevitable happened.
I don’t know if I’ll stick with it or how deeply I’ll be involved, but with my back getting increasingly worse and not wanting to go through a 5th spine surgery, I’m thinking it might be wise to enable enjoying pursuits that do not require very much physical activity. Between that and a bit of cash from an inheritance, a hell of a way to get money and I’d rather it not be so, I’ve decided to get back into ham radio.
Independence Day
Picnics
Parades
A few ceremonies
Politicians spouting
Little thought
Little real reflection
Most likely none at all
Just another holiday
Few consider
This year I can’t get a sound out of my head when I think about The Fourth. It is a distinctive sound, but one I haven’t heard in many many years.
Fort Hood Shooting Leads
To Tighter Gun RestrictionsSecretary Gates signs off on new policy regulating how privately owned guns can be carried on military bases
Stupid is as stupid does. Welcome to stupid, Mr. Secretary.
Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775
No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House.
Reportedly infected during a surgical procedure at a Naval hospital.
Karma. Pure karma.
What goes around,…
Poetic justice.
Whatever.
No tears here, for sure.
May he rest uneasily with Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamarra.
Not unusual, I awakened to a scorching pain in my back. One of those that makes you wonder if you yelled in your sleep just before waking up. It’s not really an unusual thing — part of what is not post-surgical lifestyle that is apparently going to last.
Well that was peachy. 2 hours of fitful “sleep” and I awake to find this.
One might remember that the VA’s primary mission is health care.
Or one might do better to forget.
Heck of an idea! Certainly would be hard for the recipients to claim harrassment.
Well, the bad news is that cardio doc said today I have to keep up that damned handful of pills I take every morning and evening. Been taking them for so long by the handful, if I didn’t have to refill every 90 days I wouldn’t know what they are. Only the Treo knows and the various docs are glad I carry it with me. I am, too.
I was born a few months before the end of World War II, so Rosie the Riveter wasn’t a part of my daily life. I was familiar with the general idea, how women had taken over many production jobs that had previously been held only by men so those men could “go off to war,” but the familiarity was in concept only.
Quote from a friend of mine, an Eastern European emigree, yesterday regarding the current health care reform:
I lived under Communism for almost forty years. This is the same thing to me.
Treasure Coast man blames cat for downloaded child pornography
MARTIN COUNTY - Martin County Sheriff’s detectives didn’t buy it when a 48-year-old Jensen Beach man claimed that his cat was downloading child pornography on his computer.
Just in case you didn’t get the form I filled out on your site, here’s what I sent you, along with my membership information:
You may save money by not sending me anything through the mail. NOTHING.
You no longer represent my interests. I’ve had that suspicion for some time now, but now I’m sure.
Florida Sen. Mel Martinez to Resign
Sen. Mel Martinez, who announced last year that he wouldn’t seek re-election in 2010, said Friday that will not return to the Senate after the August recess.
Florida Sen. Mel Martinez said Friday he is resigning to return to Florida and his family.
I call them ladybugs, but apparently the same insect is a ladybird in the UK. In any case, it looks like a real mess is on. See article here and be sure to enlarge/select the pic on the right.
My friend Jean sent me a link to a project I’d not heard of and for an issue I’d never even thought about. The brochure is here and the project’s home page is here.
I’ve been in that heat and sand and it is not pleasant most of the time. I can’t imagine being there with no eye protection, no shoes, and a coat of fur.
Had tree roots push down the irrigation PVC in the front yard and push down one sprinkler unit. The thing ended up 3 inches below ground, and that’s DIRT, level, farther than that below clear-the-grass-to-spray level.
Got out the SawsAll (great tool — my second one) and cut roots from above, around, and below the sprinkler. Had to replace the sprinkler unit though.
(Formerly titled “I don’t share those ethics”)
He incurs all the risks, liabilities, and expenses typical of a business owner. In short, he is heavily invested both up front and on a daily basis.
And don’t call me in the morning.
I don’t care what your MRI shows, take 2 aspirin and all will be well.
Your labs show things I’ve never seen before, but then I’m not a doctor. Take two aspirin and all will be well.
Up on a Sunday morning and back on a Monday evening, the evening being that of Memorial Day.
Times Online
May 9, 2009
By Sara Dixon
A SOLDIER who defied doctors to complete the London marathon crossed the finish line today, 13 days after he started the 26.2-mile course.
Major Phil Packer was told by medics that he would never walk again after being badly injured in a rocket attack in Basra last February.
I’ve (we’ve) often joked about the fact that many of the bases where we’ve been stationed have ended up in closure, at least to active duty, after our departure.
Now I read that today one of the elementary schools I attended is closing. That got me to thinking of just how the list turns out:
