tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post6491333475372947067..comments2023-10-02T01:53:29.451-06:00Comments on Naval Air Cowman: Drive onPrairieAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-58349286928729066232020-12-13T17:37:54.573-07:002020-12-13T17:37:54.573-07:00I guess to suitcase crazy you have to define sane....I guess to suitcase crazy you have to define sane. If sane is what I was before I loved Allie, I've been crazy ever since. Feels to me like I was crazy before, or at least broken and incomplete, and that I'm sane now. So, batshit crazy? Compared to common experience across society, absolutely. And thank goodness!<br /><br />Shaun may sit in a chair against the wall stroking his long moustache. But this ain't a movie. With God's blessing and strength I will endeavor to do the best things for the best reasons to the best of my abilities.<br /><br />Thanks cT.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-51788314321517759392020-12-13T14:55:36.166-07:002020-12-13T14:55:36.166-07:00I *was* going to say stop using “bat shit crazy“ f...I *was* going to say stop using “bat shit crazy“ for describing yourself, but then I read the part about how you smash the steps at work on your break, and I suppose perhaps such terms may actually be appropriate after all? (For the record, I probably resemble such Nocturnal flying mammal emotional instabilites as well!). In other words, I would argue that your mind has opened to an awareness to which closed minds would describe with such endearing terms! In completely unrelated consideration, i HIGHLY suggest you google raconteur report and read the blog that Aesop posted on Friday (if you haven’t seen it already) i’m not entirely sure if direct linking would be allowed to work by TPTB?carolinaTURTLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17714794588355360469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-30927121308518299252020-12-10T21:37:11.779-07:002020-12-10T21:37:11.779-07:00Thanks Chris. Unpackin' and sortin' and li...Thanks Chris. Unpackin' and sortin' and livin'. Blessed beyond measure.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-18507998862583286682020-12-10T15:55:14.855-07:002020-12-10T15:55:14.855-07:00Yes they are. As are most things in fact.Yes they are. As are most things in fact.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-88787843590605307022020-12-10T15:36:58.060-07:002020-12-10T15:36:58.060-07:00finger tats are little things.finger tats are little things.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-56681988270596215592020-12-10T10:56:24.393-07:002020-12-10T10:56:24.393-07:00Wow...
A thought provoking post Shaun. Thanks.Wow...<br /><br />A thought provoking post Shaun. Thanks.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-89215247284942948682020-12-10T04:36:08.177-07:002020-12-10T04:36:08.177-07:00It was a grand moment, and my cup runneth over wit...It was a grand moment, and my cup runneth over with grand moments, minutes, hours, and so on.<br /><br />Good warning about the cookies. They just don't give me the same dopamine hit these days, so that helps.<br /><br />Never got a chance to fly in a -34, that would have been cool. I'd never voluntarily fly in a -53 that wasn't leaking hydraulic fluid. Just kidding but they leaked a lot and dry ones were said to be about to crash. In the one Sea King ditching I experienced I'd estimate the chances of a successful pax egress at zero. Crew briefings always included a ditching brief. When pax were on the manifest the ditching brief always included the phrase, "don't let 'em kill you." That said, off the top of my head I don't recall any H-3 ditchings with pax aboard. I'd imagine there were some, but I never heard of any during my time. I guess you have to weigh time and risk across other transfer platforms such as whale boat and breeches buoy.<br /><br />Thanks John.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-72062583653025994582020-12-09T23:33:23.288-07:002020-12-09T23:33:23.288-07:00Good and bad memories will follow us all.
That top...Good and bad memories will follow us all.<br />That top photo looks like a mighty good one to think of often.<br />Cookies look good, but better leave them for the kids and Santa, lest you need more time on widget breaks to work them off.<br /><br />That upsey downsey SH-3 photo makes me realize how naive I was when I was a frequent H-3 pax in the early 1970s. No training or egress or dunker briefs, just handed a Mae West, told the get in, sit down, shut up and don't touch anything. But, we felt a lot safer than in the H34s they replaced, or in the hydraulic rain forest H-53 we rode one time. Blackshoes belong on ships and ships belong at sea, and we should leave aviating to others who get the flight pay.<br />John BlackshoeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-90245957402138197262020-12-09T16:15:15.295-07:002020-12-09T16:15:15.295-07:00Hard is good, even when it sucks. I have a picture...Hard is good, even when it sucks. I have a picture somewhere -- actually a book, "Tim Paige's Vietnam," with an interesting image of a Marine's helmet art, a message inked onto the cammo cover of his tin pot. Now that I think of it, I may be and probably am recalling a passage from Michael Herr's "Dispatches." Anyway, the message was this -- "A sucking chest wound is God's way of letting you know you've been in a firefight." Life is supposed to be lived.<br /><br />As for major changes in times of stress, I'm still getting finger tattoos on Saturday! ;-)<br /><br />Thanks Skip.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-42800229403170624272020-12-09T16:07:08.841-07:002020-12-09T16:07:08.841-07:00Wilco Mark, and thanks.
You do the same. Have a g...Wilco Mark, and thanks.<br /><br />You do the same. Have a great Christmas with those grandkids!PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-51424896553992668892020-12-09T12:15:25.960-07:002020-12-09T12:15:25.960-07:00Yes, it is a continuation.
It's how we choose ...Yes, it is a continuation.<br />It's how we choose to continue that is important.<br />It is also important to not make any major changes in times of stress.<br />It ain't easy, but it's simple.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-771208131691936867.post-76263861125256745282020-12-09T11:50:02.065-07:002020-12-09T11:50:02.065-07:00Drive on. Live on. Keep on livin'. Have a wond...Drive on. Live on. Keep on livin'. Have a wonderful Christmas. It's not far down the road. We are looking forward to seeing our older set of grandkids right after Christmas after having seen the younger set at Thanksgiving. They really make the seasons for us.Marknoreply@blogger.com