Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
You did not say anything about the iPhone….
Made the offer on the Beech Belle standing in the ticket line at Reno, and there’s an outside chance we’ll sell it there too, if the Kiwi who’s interested shows up on these shores in time.
We’ll certain buy you a beer if we’re there.
If you haven’t been there before by all means spring for the extra access to the pits, and be sure to hang around the big iron just before a race.
Take an aviation band radio too, if you have one. Oh, and both a swimsuit and a down jacket. The weather can go from broiling to freezing over night.
Wish I could go-
going to have to join the association after
the convention so I can attend next year.
Dropped a few $ in the kitty for you to buy
yourself one-Thanks for the great website!
Sorry you can’t attend the Races-
hope you get the chance someday,
you won’t regret it.
Blue skies!
If you see Tailspin in Reno, beware. He’ll buy you watered-down beer and tell you it’s a rare vintage of yellow Champagne.
THAT is a truly scurrilous accusation if there ever was one
See you there!
-JC
Lex, have a good one. I envy you. Are you running the leg shaving concession this year? Boss
Dang, knew there was some difference between USAF and Navy. USAF guys never had our legs shaved at events.
Aerodynamics?
Rob, I was eating supper as I read that and nearly spit my food all over the computer. That was awesome!!
The USAF guys have to shave their legs to get in the door…who’d want to shave the legs of bus drivers?
Nope — Sweetwater hasn’t given him a franchise, as he is the original leg shaver.
Along with being the only OB/GYN flight surgeon, but that is another story — like Sweetwater doesn’t have 10K stories
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Ron,
You never had your legs shaved because you were too busy ironing your flight suit and folding your “ascot” (aka Scarf).
But you should try it. It feels really nice…
Lex, look for my boy JT out there. He is DCAG 1. Tell him you know me, then duck the punch. He’ll buy you a beer for me!
Behave…
“You never had your legs shaved because you were too busy ironing your flight suit and folding your “ascot” (aka Scarf).”
Oh man, shouldn’t have taken another bite of food after I read Ron and before I read you! LMAO!
Okay, I’ve recovered enough to notice your second sentence. How many razors did that take? *running like hell*
Nose, I bet it does feel good.
V/R
Lex:
Dang, run thru my ’09 allotment of kitchen passes. IOU one cold one in 2010.
VR,
Comjam
Lex, seeing your trip brings you half way to Minneapolis, stop by and I’ll buy you a cold one and give you a ride in our PAC 750. Ok, Reno’s only half way to half way, with a hard right and another 300 miles, but then you almost there…really, trust me, you will love it.
Scary:
KANE, KFCM or Fleming? Just up the road here at KDLH, may have to have a “We’re here and you’re not, Lex” meet up.
VR,
Comjam
No cameras in the ADMIN – Have fun Lex.
Don’t go!! You’ll ruin all future chances for flag promotion and the obligatory lobotomy, and you’ll have to retire and run a successful business and become a wildly popular author/blogger… Oh Dang, ten years too late.
Have fun, and no “there I was on fumes, I tell ya, fumes” stories.
And folks in the general population think us enlisted types are strange
And it’s a real bummer that you won’t make the National Air Races.