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The Gouge

By lex, on January 31st, 2009

How did I not know about this site?

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January 31st, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Flying, Navy

14 comments to The Gouge

  • claudio
    January 31, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    Outstanding find.

    I’d say much better than some of the “motivational” success posters.

    I kinda missed Approach too.

  • Grumpy
    January 31, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    Lex, I had the good fortune to have a friendship, over many years with two brothers. They both said they had “colorful history with this great Country.” The younger of the two came over to me and said something. He said, “Don’t make our mistakes, be creative, make your own.”

    There is a punch line to this statement, the younger of the two was over 100 years old. They even had desktop computers and were quite active at the end of their lives.

    Thanks, Grumpy

  • Ryan
    January 31, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    Good find, I’d been looking for another copy of this one: http://safetycenter.navy.mil/media/posters/posterimages/PartOfProb.jpg for awhile for use at work.

  • ELP
    January 31, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    Some time ago I did some research on Hornet and Super Hornet stuff. Learned a ton from these safety pubs. It is put together well too.

  • Rivetjoint
    January 31, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    Aw shucks, I was expecting some Grampaw Pettibone stories. I hope that photo of the P-3 with #’s 1 & 2 unfeathered was a photoshop effort – not sure they’d have enough rudder otherwise…

  • XBradTC
    January 31, 2009 at 11:08 pm

    Poke around in there some more. The call sign page is funneh.

    And the safety photo of the week is usually worth a chuckle as well.

  • SBW
    February 1, 2009 at 8:53 am

    Civilians can subscribe to Approach. I read it online for free, but a buddy prefers to fondle the glossy version.

    For online reading, click View->Page Display-> Two-up in Adobe Reader to see those panoramic photos in one piece.

  • Steve
    February 1, 2009 at 9:07 am

    Great find! Some real classics…

  • Justthisguy
    February 1, 2009 at 11:43 am

    Where can one find the Original Dilbert cartoons? I mean, I’ve seen a couple or three online; I wonder if they all are, somewhere.

  • Marianne Matthews
    February 1, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    Grumpy my friend … Those two “old brothers” of yours had the right idea. The best way to stave off the shuffling and drooling stage of life [you know, "senior citizenship"] is to stay as current with technology as you can. Three years ago, when my husband turned 80, he was getting depressed because he could no longer travel to the fun places, like Brazil, Azerbaijan, Wrangel Island, Russia, the Arctic Circle, things like that. I urged him to get rid of his very fancy film cameras and lenses and learn high quality digital photography from the ground up, since camera film was following buggy whips into lasting obscurity. He perked right up, bought a Nikon 300 with lenses and set about learning things from the ground up. He’s having a wonderful time and his nature photography is better than ever.

    Your two “elderly brothers” are right, I think. The best way to keep the mind alert is to keep learning. I just came off a month without my desktop computer because of a broken motherboard, and it was like being starved of stimulation, stuck in a dark room with no light. The sun came up again last Wednesday, when I got my new computer, and I’m giddy with it, connected to the world again. I pity the other old folks in our world who don’t know how to use computers. They’re marooned in a static past.

    Marianne

  • Rivetjoint
    February 1, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    Maryanne, you are one sharp cookie and you have touched on an excellent point. I visit upwards of ten assisted living facilities daily, most of them very upscale and populated with mostly very sharp, yet incredibly bored “seasoned citizens”, as Rush says. Their daily routine revolves around meals and their meds, and they hover around the elevators to see who might pop in. I can’t recall any computers around the places for use by anyone other than staff. You might be the perfect person to demonstrate to them how they can leave the constraints of wheelchairs and infirmities behind and explore the world outside again via that not-so-confusing tool called the computer. Best bet would be to look up the nearest “Sunrise” facility and go get’em. Just a thought. Best.

  • XBradTC
    February 1, 2009 at 10:43 pm

    I’m pleased to have as a co-congregant, and friend, a gentleman who is 94 years old. He is in a nice “home” but complains about all the old people there (people in their 70′s) who lunge for dinner at 4pm.

    Him? He’s still a practicing psychologist. Keeps him busy.

  • JR Peck
    February 2, 2009 at 10:13 am

    There was a while where they would ship prints to anyone who asked. Sadly that program ended. Fortunately I got a stack of them before it came to an end.

    I have yet to meet another programmer who has their cube decorated with these. My favorite is the “All in favor of flight deck safety raise your hand”. I’d link right to it – but for the life of me I can’t find it, even though there is an image of it right at the top of the posters page.

  • G-man
    February 2, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    Never having flown a fixed wing with an actual real life GUN, I didn’t realize this is what was referred to as “plowing some ground”. guess I didn’t miss nuttin’.
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