Comments on: Dealing with adversity http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:28:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: StrayDog http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/comment-page-1/#comment-52704 StrayDog Sat, 03 Mar 2007 01:51:37 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/#comment-52704 AW1 Tim, Never hurts to slip a baby bottle of drinking water in the ol' flight suit somewhere! Reguards AW1 Tim,

Never hurts to slip a baby bottle of drinking water in the ol’ flight suit somewhere!

Reguards

]]> By: badbob http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/comment-page-1/#comment-52536 badbob Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:06:51 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/#comment-52536 Mark, Early in flight training they used to show a film called "The Man From LOX" or something like that. It was nasty, brutish and short, worse then those old VD prevention movies! They also discussed using chapstick and being on 100% O2. Suffice it to say, because of that movie, I never used any and when I first turned the O2 on after manning up, I always turned it away from my face before donning the mask and never spent much time in the land of oozing green apples abeam the island... b2 Mark,

Early in flight training they used to show a film called “The Man From LOX” or something like that. It was nasty, brutish and short, worse then those old VD prevention movies!

They also discussed using chapstick and being on 100% O2. Suffice it to say, because of that movie, I never used any and when I first turned the O2 on after manning up, I always turned it away from my face before donning the mask and never spent much time in the land of oozing green apples abeam the island…

b2

]]> By: Mark http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/comment-page-1/#comment-52409 Mark Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:09:55 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/#comment-52409 Doh! Sign, not sigh.......sigh. Doh! Sign, not sigh…….sigh.

]]> By: Mark http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/comment-page-1/#comment-52408 Mark Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:06:33 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/#comment-52408 B2, is it true LOX & petrolium base chap stick don't get along either? I wonder if our fearless Aviator got a new call sigh hung on him?! B2, is it true LOX & petrolium base chap stick don’t get along either?

I wonder if our fearless Aviator got a new call sigh hung on him?!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/comment-page-1/#comment-52389 Michelle Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:11:59 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/#comment-52389 Oh, never fear, I get it. Between Rhythms, Lex's other sea stories and now Steel Thunder, I get the picture. It was a <em> cultural</em> thing.... and a youth thing....and a fighter pilot thing, which kind of says it all righ there :) But a lot of that was a long time ago. So I was just curious about Lex. For some reason, have no idea why, I couldn't picture him as a smoker. Even back then. BTW I am really enjoying Steel Thunder (more so now, near the end) in a few different ways. I find the whole parellel btn the Vietnam War (ahem, excuse me, "military action" perhaps?) and today rather fascinating. Must confess I knew (and really still know) very little about Vietnam. I would have been (gulp, dare I admit it?) maybe a few years old when it ended. But, for some reason, even reading Lex's "A Great Point" post up above drew parallels in my warped little mind between then and now. Anyway, that's enough for now. Oh, never fear, I get it. Between Rhythms, Lex’s other sea stories and now Steel Thunder, I get the picture. It was a cultural thing…. and a youth thing….and a fighter pilot thing, which kind of says it all righ there :)
But a lot of that was a long time ago. So I was just curious about Lex. For some reason, have no idea why, I couldn’t picture him as a smoker. Even back then.
BTW I am really enjoying Steel Thunder (more so now, near the end) in a few different ways. I find the whole parellel btn the Vietnam War (ahem, excuse me, “military action” perhaps?) and today rather fascinating. Must confess I knew (and really still know) very little about Vietnam. I would have been (gulp, dare I admit it?) maybe a few years old when it ended. But, for some reason, even reading Lex’s “A Great Point” post up above drew parallels in my warped little mind between then and now. Anyway, that’s enough for now.

]]> By: badbob http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/comment-page-1/#comment-52371 badbob Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:46:29 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/02/28/dealing-with-adversity/#comment-52371 There was another Marine A-4 group going east (TRANSLANT) in the early 70's or late 60's with their own C-130 Tanker(s). I can't remember all the juicy details but the whole thing crumbled in or near the Azores or the Canary Island chains (can't remember-old age). Various runways were visited and over run, etc.. Some ejected and one made it to another island nearby. That noboby was killed is all I remember beyond the vision of A-4s going down!. Where is Sid, Sid? Bottom line- a Scooter in the 60's wasn't much better equiped than a Scooter in the 80's when things go to shoot over blue water! Michelle, In the olded dino days we had ashtrays on our ready room chairs (thrones really..) where we could smoke all them 25 cent a pack butts. Wardroom too. No smoking in the rack though. Some of the real old dudes smoked inflight (i've heard) but I always remebered that story aboyt Gus Grissom and the o2 fire. LOX and sparks don't go together. Put it in perspective. In the big scheme of things when you're 25, have ice water in your veins and you're about to go man up for a night launch (and-shudder-eventual night trap-hopefully)a marlboro is a little thing.... I.E.- Bullet-proof. Snake, what's your take- o'land spirit-warrior? b2 There was another Marine A-4 group going east (TRANSLANT) in the early 70’s or late 60’s with their own C-130 Tanker(s). I can’t remember all the juicy details but the whole thing crumbled in or near the Azores or the Canary Island chains (can’t remember-old age). Various runways were visited and over run, etc.. Some ejected and one made it to another island nearby. That noboby was killed is all I remember beyond the vision of A-4s going down!. Where is Sid, Sid?

Bottom line- a Scooter in the 60’s wasn’t much better equiped than a Scooter in the 80’s when things go to shoot over blue water!

Michelle,

In the olded dino days we had ashtrays on our ready room chairs (thrones really..) where we could smoke all them 25 cent a pack butts. Wardroom too. No smoking in the rack though. Some of the real old dudes smoked inflight (i’ve heard) but I always remebered that story aboyt Gus Grissom and the o2 fire. LOX and sparks don’t go together.

Put it in perspective. In the big scheme of things when you’re 25, have ice water in your veins and you’re about to go man up for a night launch (and-shudder-eventual night trap-hopefully)a marlboro is a little thing….

I.E.- Bullet-proof. Snake, what’s your take- o’land spirit-warrior?

b2

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