tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post1841052185602609322..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: BridgesBuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-89249864247805894262012-12-10T19:10:41.350-07:002012-12-10T19:10:41.350-07:00I had an airfield on every horizontal flat surface...I had an airfield on every horizontal flat surface in my room, too. I was <i>obsessive!</i>Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-39944159881500129012012-12-10T19:09:46.910-07:002012-12-10T19:09:46.910-07:00Yup, and they even made MSgts into ossifers, too. ...Yup, and they even made MSgts into ossifers, too. <b>;-)</b><br /><br />(That was about my father, btw.)Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-5088515349278302382012-12-10T14:40:53.800-07:002012-12-10T14:40:53.800-07:00My models never hung from the ceiling (plaster). B...My models never hung from the ceiling (plaster). But they were ready for takeoff on the top of the chest of drawers and night stand. I never had a Panther model but liked (and drew) them a lot.Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-12060156530269419332012-12-10T13:08:15.310-07:002012-12-10T13:08:15.310-07:00PS: I mean, 26 yr-old Lt Cols were NOT uncommon in...PS: I mean, 26 yr-old Lt Cols were NOT uncommon in that war..virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-49190416379464351942012-12-10T13:05:49.149-07:002012-12-10T13:05:49.149-07:00IMHO We'll never see the the 32 yr-old O-6 thi...IMHO We'll never see the the 32 yr-old O-6 thing again unless we have--and survive--a WW III type engagement Buck--not high enough attrition rates, lol. (Of course it doesn't hurt to be a highly decorated Squadron CO Maj who shot down 4 Bf-109s in a single mission leading a P-47 squadron that did nothing but gnd attack, interdiction and CAS.)virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-53556769406905397602012-12-10T10:39:37.066-07:002012-12-10T10:39:37.066-07:00That phenomenon may come to pass among my descende...That phenomenon may come to pass among my descendents, as SN3 is 31 and 29 years younger than his older brothers. Cue up <a href="http://youtu.be/pbcvyxrbWjc" rel="nofollow">Elvis Costello</a>.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-30517332497970127752012-12-10T10:36:19.706-07:002012-12-10T10:36:19.706-07:00Heh. Your "brothers from a different mother&...Heh. Your "brothers from a different mother" thing comes to the fore yet again. I went to GREAT lengths to engineer dogfights between my models... which were hung from the ceiling with thread and scotch tape. The damned things kept falling down, though... due to the rather impermanent nature of scotch tape. My maintenance ossifer got a LOT o' work...<br /><br />As for your cousin... Just being a 32 year old O-6 is impressive enough, let alone the air racing heroics.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-71873228306030332762012-12-10T10:31:42.699-07:002012-12-10T10:31:42.699-07:00Interesting question... so I googled it. The mini...Interesting question... so I googled it. The minimum height requirement for consideration as a nasal radiator is 62 inches, but then you have meet other measurements as well. Rooney would have JUST made the cut.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-34261972930939163382012-12-10T07:08:08.175-07:002012-12-10T07:08:08.175-07:00Odd thought occurs: Would Rooney have qualified he...Odd thought occurs: Would Rooney have qualified height-wise? This question comes straight out of my rear, as I'm just assuming his short stature may have made him ineligible.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-37405185942715485792012-12-09T20:04:03.904-07:002012-12-09T20:04:03.904-07:00PS: The fact that my Mother was 20 years younger t...PS: The fact that my Mother was 20 years younger than the rest of her brothers & sisters explains how I had a 1st cousin my Mother's age, lol.virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-52002644325720809742012-12-09T20:00:46.522-07:002012-12-09T20:00:46.522-07:00Saw the movie as a kid when it first came out at t...Saw the movie as a kid when it first came out at the old 30's art-deco Will Rodgers theater just off our town square. I'm like the rest--what a helluva movie and still brings tears after all these years--and here I am a combat veteran myself..<br /><br />And I used to have a Revelle (or was it Monogram?) plastic model of the Panther as well...in fact I had over a squadron's worth of WWII and post-war jets--Dad strung two sets of parallel wires at a height just under the light fixture in a V-formation anchored on either side of the room and meeting overhead the head of my bed, upon which I laid the models cross-wise athwart the wires so they would all properly be heading in the same direction in formation as real aircraft would instead of chasing each others tails lying parallel between the wires. Plus I had several on my desk shelves and one F-100C painted like my cousins 1955 Bendix Air Race winner mounted on the wall over a picture of Maurice as a young 32 yr-old O-6 getting out of the cockpit of FW-777 (lucky fuselage numbers, eh? You can't make it up! :) ) after landing in Phila from the x-country race. I was a model-building fiend...OBVIOUSLY with a USAF HIGHLY decorated war hero (DSC and <i>everything</i> on down to incl Purple Heart) as a 1st cousin, there was NEVER <i>ANY</i> DOUBT about what I was going to do when I "grew up." LOL! virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-2234409497505494842012-12-09T19:24:48.707-07:002012-12-09T19:24:48.707-07:00I haven't seen "Bridges at Toko-ri" ...I haven't seen "Bridges at Toko-ri" in a long time, but was a great movie. Reminds me of my quest years ago to find a copy of the book. At every book store I would ask for the book. Finally a lady said, "Of course we have that book." Then she showed me books on how to win at bridge. Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-88543969703407699772012-12-09T15:37:38.535-07:002012-12-09T15:37:38.535-07:00You sound like my Ol' Man, Nuke. I'm grat...You sound like my Ol' Man, Nuke. I'm grateful neither of you were king. <b>;-)</b>Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-79557114685730777402012-12-09T14:47:45.490-07:002012-12-09T14:47:45.490-07:00I would have just nuked the bastards and their bri...I would have just nuked the bastards and their bridges...Nuke emnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-44599205826255234012012-12-09T14:01:46.634-07:002012-12-09T14:01:46.634-07:00Yeah the whole Coonts being retired thing irks me,...<i>Yeah the whole Coonts being retired thing irks me, he's been on a couple of times.</i><br /><br />It's not just Coonts, to continue with my rant. Most news organizations do this, too, and it irritates the HELL outta me. The general population seems to believe that anyone who ever served is "retired" once they get out. I take that shit personally... even though I prolly shouldn't.<br /><br />/rant<br /><br /><b>;-)</b>Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-32852391929025911512012-12-09T13:53:52.565-07:002012-12-09T13:53:52.565-07:00They do show some pretty good flicks. Lou Diamond ...They do show some pretty good flicks. Lou Diamond Phillips occasionally makes me wanna puke. I think I've seen one enlisted guy on "Officer and A Movie", it was when they showed "Hamburger Hill", guy had been a grunt in the 101. Yeah the whole Coonts being retired thing irks me, he's been on a couple of times. Coonts IS one of my favorite writers though.<br /><br />Concur with you on the Panther. One of my favorites too. We probably had the same airplane model collection too.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com