Geezer Alert!
Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Breathe the Air Again.
First off: This should be posted as a Weekend Silly, but I hurt myself laughing and wanted to share the pain. Secondly: This comes from a satire site. Still it even stirred memories in this geezer so I expect you lot will be coming up with a few new names yourselves. Axe Body Spray To […]
Just Gotta Share This…
A pal of ours offers this story via FB. Needs little amplification me thinks. Made me smile and tear up at the same time. http://www.people.com/article/boy-tumor-tanks-fort-benning
For All Our “Old Fart” Army Readers
Remember Chickenman? Ever wished you could hear a few of those old episodes again? Well, if so . . . you might want to check out this link. (Another archive that has a few other Chickenman odds and ends – promos, opening, closings, etc . . . – can be found here.) No, he’s not […]
Just A Sea Story – From 50 Years Ago
About this time in 1965 I was on my way to the Gulf of Tonkin aboard the USS England DLG-22. I was an 18 year old E-4 “seeing the world” curtesy of Uncle Sam. The England was a “Double-ended” missle ship with missle launchers (Terrier anti-aircraft) fore and aft, and the only guns we had […]
PARIS!
In the terrible and very real horror of events in Paris we have gained what might be Our “Call to Arms”. Mind you there will be those using “Paris” in confusing, silly, and troubling ways. It was still them horrible gun things that killed folks even if explosives were used here and there. Curious fact […]
A Sunday Silly – Okay A Day Late, BUT… This Just Can’t Wait!
Preface: I’ve been accused of being paranoid, even by shrinks, but that’s for another time. Also I’ve always wanted to be thought of as eccentric, but I am NOT a millionaire so just NUTS is what I get called. – I think I’ve found my Presidential candidate folks. He has it all! “The ‘doomsday’ weapon […]
Stealing A Notion From Hondo
Short preface: I’ve been solo in SW Florida for a bit over a month, I’ve been exploring the SnowBird approach. All that changes tomorrow with the arrival of my better half, but music has sustained me as much as METV. Just yesterday a neighbor was playing a CD that dropped this song by Johnny Wright […]
The Army And The Pillow Fight Tradition
Since nobody else has mentioned it I gotta wonder if there is a level of embarrassment involved? West Point Pillow fight turns nasty. WEST POINT, N.Y. — An annual freshman pillow fight at the U.S. Military Academy turned bloody this year when cadets swung pillowcases packed with hard objects, injuring 30 cadets, according to a […]
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