tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post6532435744429814174..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: The "Spirit of California"Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-51199992025152567592013-01-08T10:04:53.005-07:002013-01-08T10:04:53.005-07:00I've been to that Fourth o' July parade yo...I've been to that Fourth o' July parade you mention, Sarge. SN2 was at Department Head school in Newport a few (a bunch!) o' summers ago and TSMP and I went to visit over the Fourth. The parade was looong!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-52468612129335695002013-01-08T10:02:55.725-07:002013-01-08T10:02:55.725-07:00Thanks for that link, Anon. I knew about the fire...Thanks for that link, Anon. I knew about the fire, but, like others, I didn't know it was THAT bad.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-69118180181912420262013-01-07T23:32:41.552-07:002013-01-07T23:32:41.552-07:00FYI - Only 19 bombers remain. If the one that was ...FYI - Only 19 bombers remain. If the one that was half-destroyed in a fire at Guam gets rebuilt it will be back to 20. They spent million's getting it patched-up for a one-time flight to Palmdale.<br /><br />http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16718:wright-patterseon<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-45885023084300130102013-01-07T10:04:42.622-07:002013-01-07T10:04:42.622-07:00Ah, the B-2, an impressive beastie she is. In our ...Ah, the B-2, an impressive beastie she is. In our little Rhode Island town (home of the country's oldest Fourth of July parade) we had the B-2 fly down the parade route some years back. It was a most impressive sight to see that big, black jet motoring along straight and level. To see her actually banking in that video was awesome.<br /><br />Apropos of nothing: If our town's parade is the oldest in the country celebrating American Independence, would it not also be the oldest in the world? Not that many other nation's would care. But I do recall that the Danes actually have a Fourth of July celebration, for US independence no less. (Go figure, but the Danes ARE an awesome folk.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com