tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post1953076293055373207..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: Why Not Minot?Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-76263927703585091922013-01-30T11:52:42.178-07:002013-01-30T11:52:42.178-07:00Your friend wasn't a true degenerate, then. I...Your friend wasn't a true degenerate, then. I think I might have stayed.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-37579234221623207912013-01-30T11:52:07.615-07:002013-01-30T11:52:07.615-07:00@Anon: Heh. That's pretty good.@Anon: Heh. That's pretty good.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-62986614648871688432013-01-30T11:51:44.643-07:002013-01-30T11:51:44.643-07:00@Virgil: I think EVERYONE who was ever in the AF ...@Virgil: I think EVERYONE who was ever in the AF has a Minot story!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-17228052270447942922013-01-30T11:49:58.816-07:002013-01-30T11:49:58.816-07:00@Anon: Life sure was hard back then and your fami...@Anon: Life sure was hard back then and your family died young... waaay too young.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-39714062959044502172013-01-30T11:48:39.916-07:002013-01-30T11:48:39.916-07:00@Virgil: My father and yours were prolly contempo...@Virgil: My father and yours were prolly contemporaries in age but my Ol' Man didn't go into the CCC or any other Roosevelt alphabet org. He didn't talk much about the Depression, other than to say life was a bitch. I do know he did a lot of different things before he went into the Army in 1940.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-22021733743840186162013-01-30T07:48:48.229-07:002013-01-30T07:48:48.229-07:00LOL! Depending on the quality of the women, maybe ...LOL! Depending on the quality of the women, maybe the short-straw winner...OR maybe it's one of the fems--you just never know these days. ..I had a friend who went home once with a gal from the bar to her place and when they were in bed just getting down to serious business the gal whistled and this giant German Shepard came bounding into the room, leaped into bed, muscled my guy aside and started having at it! ROTFLMAO! He fled the scene pronto. : "You can't imagine what it was like running down the stairs and trying to put on my pants and shoes at the same time" he said. ROTFLMAOPIMP!!! Said to me; "And if you ever tell anybody about this I'll kill you." :)virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-21630763366796512132013-01-30T05:06:16.299-07:002013-01-30T05:06:16.299-07:00I flew over Jan Mayan island (way up north of Icel...I flew over Jan Mayan island (way up north of Iceland) and we called the weather guys stationed there on the radio. They said they were three men, two women, and a dog.<br /><br />So the next question was "who gets the dog!"<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-53899121173741924102013-01-30T05:01:16.230-07:002013-01-30T05:01:16.230-07:00Grandpa died in 1938. I think he was in his early ...Grandpa died in 1938. I think he was in his early 50's. Grandma gave the farm to my uncle and moved to Minot and a house with the life insurance. My uncle died in 1946 of a heart attack at age 30. They finally sold the farm after that. My three aunts died of childhood diseases. One was born in December 1922 and died in January. They didn't have country doctors back then, so they just built a coffin and kept the frozen body in the barn until the ground thawed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-27497815206341045532013-01-29T14:26:39.243-07:002013-01-29T14:26:39.243-07:00I think I might of mentioned this once over at Lex...I think I might of mentioned this once over at Lex's place, Buck, but a class-mate of mine in UPT (an NCState grad used to Carolina wx) got assigned to B-52s pipeline out of tng to Minot.It was during the winter and they had to helicopter him in from somewhere where he had to store his car as they couldn't make it because of the drifts. He was there all of two mos before he said "I can't take it anymore" and called up his girl-friiend back in N.Carolina and proposed marriage, lol. <br /><br />Another story involves a guy in my squadron in the UK who had the misfortune to lose his F-4 assignment out of Woorbridge because of a pissed-off Wing Co and was shunted into T-39 s@ Wright-Pat as the personal pilot for the 4-star head of AFLC (Air Force Logistics Command.) One winter Sunday he was taking the Head guy into Minot for an Inspection and on a long, boring straight-in approach chatted with the enlisted type in the tower. "Viking country, eh? When does all the Rapin' Plunderin' and Pilliging start?" he joked. Came the reply: "I don't know about the plunderin' and pilliging part, but I'm sure as hell ready for the rapin' to start." LOL!! THEN, once on the ground, the base had to send a snow-cat to come pick them up because they hadn't plowed the taxi-ways yet. On the way to the VOQ as they were passing the control tower they noticed two red foxes f******g in the snow by the tower. The enlisted driver of the Snow-Cat looked out and casually commented: "That's the most sex I've seen here since I've been here." LOL!! My guy said to him "Are you <i>sure</i> you're not the same guy I was talking to in the control-tower?" lol, lol, lol.virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11491836830352263438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-59772034497751952002013-01-29T14:09:32.399-07:002013-01-29T14:09:32.399-07:00My Dad was in the CCC, Buck, right out of college ...My Dad was in the CCC, Buck, right out of college in '36 before he landed a job teaching HS, then got sucked up in the Oct, 1940 "OHIO" draft in '40 (was a<i>supposedly</i> one-year deal, hence the name "Over-the-Hill in October" lol) He helped build Lake Decatur in Decatur, Ill. He was real proud of that--the drive from our town to Decatur took us right by the shore-line--he always commented about it..virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11491836830352263438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-10331843942298817602013-01-29T12:28:06.361-07:002013-01-29T12:28:06.361-07:00You DEFINITELY made the right choice, Dan, especia...You DEFINITELY made the right choice, Dan, especially where Williston is concerned. Back in 1975 Williston didn't have a McDonalds; I shudder to think what the place was like in the '60s.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-65818950300338206892013-01-29T11:43:31.344-07:002013-01-29T11:43:31.344-07:00That place is just about as far North as you can b...That place is just about as far North as you can be in the US. It's right up there where the oil patch boom is going on. I just read where Walmart workers there started at $17 an hour. <br /><br />On that note about wages, back in January of 1963 when I was first looking for a college teaching job, I found an opening at either Williston State or Minot State, I forget which. But the thing was, the annual salary they were offering was almost like double what was being offered elsewhere. There was no oil boom then, but I think I know the reason the salaries were so high. I admit the money was tempting, and even though I was still green enough to take such a step, Joyce pointed out that we'd be freezing our butts off 24/7. We chose lower paying but sultry Hammond, Louisiana, instead. <br />Dapper Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01230099347154360809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-59241973707986514502013-01-29T10:37:09.869-07:002013-01-29T10:37:09.869-07:00We have rain today.We have rain today.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-14223008176409969562013-01-29T09:22:29.798-07:002013-01-29T09:22:29.798-07:00We had the same weather here. But it's cold t...We had the same weather here. But it's cold today!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-49734424368985239862013-01-29T09:21:43.639-07:002013-01-29T09:21:43.639-07:00Hmmm. We went to Minot... you and I... for pretty...Hmmm. We went to Minot... you and I... for pretty much the same reasons. I have no need to go back, either.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-1099514477739643892013-01-29T09:20:52.332-07:002013-01-29T09:20:52.332-07:00Minot in June can be dicey. But, just out of coin...Minot in June can be dicey. But, just out of coincidence, I reported into Fortuna in June. TSMP said "this ain't so bad... what were you on about?" and then went back to school in Indiana in September. She found out how bad it was when she came to visit over New years.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-29240503294822954112013-01-29T09:18:41.647-07:002013-01-29T09:18:41.647-07:00I think the CCC was a good thing, others disagree ...I think the CCC was a good thing, others disagree (sometimes vehemently). I find it amazing how much infrastructure is still left from those years... you still see a lot of "CCC" cast into concrete bridge abutments.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-49754706316043356962013-01-29T06:01:34.801-07:002013-01-29T06:01:34.801-07:00Yesterday we had an unusually warm day here in OK....Yesterday we had an unusually warm day here in OK. Looking outside, it was overcast and looked to be cold. But when you stepped outside, it was in the 60's. And it was very humid! I'll take that over a day in ND. Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-5350142075949790412013-01-29T03:56:17.335-07:002013-01-29T03:56:17.335-07:00Yes, paternal. I tried doing some genealogy on him...Yes, paternal. I tried doing some genealogy on him, but got no further than 1905 when he showed-up in the North Dakota census. I think the previous 3 US census were all lost in a fire. My dad escaped from there in 1933 when he joined the CCC to drive huge bulldozers in Arkansas. He said they built the road to Devils Den. Then went to Oregon to build a road in the Columbia Gorge. Finally got drafted into the big party they were having in Germany. Interesting to me, the bulldozers were so big, they had to be assembled on site, and broken-up for trucking to the next location. He said they didn't have many fights in his outfit, because they were too tired...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-84089510229179080262013-01-28T23:10:30.735-07:002013-01-28T23:10:30.735-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-90827744990539964472013-01-28T19:09:57.082-07:002013-01-28T19:09:57.082-07:00At about the time you worked there Buck, I lived ...At about the time you worked there Buck, I lived in Regina and we used to go south to Minot, ND, some weekends to warm up and see how much we could drink.. This was prior to me being married and finding out just how cold a witch's tit could be. <br /><br />I don't need to go there anymore, I know exactly how cold it is, and my memories of the town are all good. marc in calgaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07082622315282914024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-6597822573921481222013-01-28T16:31:09.573-07:002013-01-28T16:31:09.573-07:00Spent 3 days at Minot. In June. 'Twas enough f...Spent 3 days at Minot. In June. 'Twas enough for me.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-49840662520060219742013-01-28T16:18:34.506-07:002013-01-28T16:18:34.506-07:00I'd guess not that many stayed in Minot but I ...I'd guess not that many stayed in Minot but I COULD be wrong (it's happened before, surprisingly enough, albeit not THAT often).Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-85188829937463343402013-01-28T16:16:13.071-07:002013-01-28T16:16:13.071-07:00I take it your paternal grandfather was the NoDaki...I take it your paternal grandfather was the NoDakian?Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-13435052926016496352013-01-28T16:11:29.477-07:002013-01-28T16:11:29.477-07:00Just as an aside...and, I have NO data to back thi...Just as an aside...and, I have NO data to back this up...I think BAFB must the the "longest term AFB in the mix." Hell, I know guys that were here 12, 16, even 20 years. I guess it has to do with the B-52 deal, being so localized to a couple of spots.<br /><br />But, I'd be interested to know how many Zoomies stayed "forever" in Minot.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.com