"IF A LIFETIME CAN BE LIKENED TO A DAY, THEN THIS IS HAPPY HOUR!"
BUCK PENNINGTON
Mother, Mother Ocean
Mother, Mother Ocean, I've heard you call Wanted to sail upon your waters since I was three feet tall You've seen it all, you've seen it all
Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam In your belly you hold the treasures, few have ever seen Most of 'em dream, most of 'em dream
Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred year's too late The cannons don't thunder, there's nothin' to plunder I'm an over-forty victim of fate Arriving too late, arriving too late
Yoda
"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." ―Yoda, to Luke Skywalker
Counted the Stars
Counted the stars on the 4th of July Wishing we were rockets bursting in the sky Talking about redemption and leaving things behind I have these pictures and I keep these photographs To remind me of a time These pictures and these photographs Let me know I'm doin' fine We used to be so happy once upon a time Once upon a time But the sun sank west of the Mendocino County Line And the sun sank west of the Mendocino County Line
""SOME SEE A GLASS AS HALF FULL, SOME SEE IT AS HALF EMPTY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHO’S DRINKING MY RUM."
Rumbear
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Down & Out: Abandoned Airfields, Airports & Airplanes
Found this one on FB this morning, while on hold with the Department of Veterans Affairs........
One is of a place that those of you of time in the Air Force may or not recognize. The First Missus ORPO had a cousin who did a tour on Johnston Island. http://weburbanist.com/2008/10/14/abandoned-airfields-airports-aircraft-airplanes/
Your link was most interesting and hit kinda close to home. Most of the radar sites at which I was stationed during my AF career have been abandoned or turned over to the FAA (in part, like ONE radar tower; the rest of the facilities having been left to rot). I've been back to a few of those sites since I retired and walking around the ruins is depressing.
I will not go down and tell my children I didn't have the courage, the conviction, the commitment or the character to fight for this country...Don't go home and let your children down~~ LTC Allen West
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.("Therefore, he who desires peace, let him prepare for war")" from "Epitoma Rei Militaris," by Vegetius (Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus)
3 comments:
Your link was most interesting and hit kinda close to home. Most of the radar sites at which I was stationed during my AF career have been abandoned or turned over to the FAA (in part, like ONE radar tower; the rest of the facilities having been left to rot). I've been back to a few of those sites since I retired and walking around the ruins is depressing.
Seeing the same with my career. Ships gone, Air Stations closed, Squadrons decommissioned and aircraft in the bone yard at DM.
Post a Comment