Happy Hour

"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 30, 2015

Rule Five. Just Because.

Come on and do the humpty hump: The Chive.
There are a total of fifty at the link..................................
The Chive: Come on and do the Humpty Hump
Have a nice day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This is close to perfection.


Saturday, June 27, 2015

Something Indiana Jones And Darth Vader Have Kept Secret This Whole Time. This Is Amazing.

For a Saturday evening in the Desert and the A/C blower in the attic sounds like it is shitting a bearing.........................2035 hours and it is 82 in the house.

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The rest of this hilarity is at the link below...........................................Funny Stuff!!!!!!!!!

http://www.tickld.com/x/something-indiana-jones-and-darth-vader-have-kept-secret-this-whole-time

Mojave 6-27-15

I had to make a run to the Mojave-Rosamond Landfill today to get rid of the treadmill that took a powder and some fans that also bit the dust.

It was a mostly overcast day for a while. I should have hauled my camera...................These were taken with my Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

UPRR looking NNW to Mojave

UPRR looking SSE to Rosamond





Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Elaborate, $2.6 million model aircraft carrier donated to Naval Academy

Donated Model Aircraft Carrier

Some of The Lexicans had this linked all over Facebook Monday and Tuesday. It is now the wee hours of my Regular Day Off and I am enjoying Red Eye and Firestone Walker 805...............It seemed like a good idea for a post....................

"The 84-year-old craftsman, who made his first model from cardboard in the late 1930s, has donated to the Naval Academy his magnum opus: a 12-foot, 3,600-pound, brass model of the USS Forrestal."

This is one really bitchin machine! The Stuff Works on it!
Having served on two Forrestal Class Ships, this one is kinda special.

Perhaps OldAFSarge, Christopher Goodrich will get some pictures should he venture down the Atlantic Seaboard to The Trade School on The Severn.............................
More outstanding pictures and the full story at the link below.
Elaborate, $2.6 million model aircraft carrier donated to Naval Academy

Saturday, June 20, 2015

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106 degrees here in the Southeast Kern County Desert and it ain't officially Summer, yet.......................argh



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Something I have not done in a while

This was a so regular occurrence before this past December..............................most know
Buck and I would trade beer and see gar posts............................
Yeah, I miss the hell out of my buddy.....................................
0300 on the 20th of June, got home from work at about 0205 and took care of the usual stuff and decided it was time again to make an appearance from The Verandah at Casa de Glenn y Sharon.......
I obtained the see gar at the Base Exchange at Eddie's Airplane Patch as well as the Red Hook ESB from the Exchange Gas Station/Shoppette.........................
Red Hook ESB and a Cuesta Rey Captiva

Glad to be back on the Verandah at Casa de Glenn y Sharon

Friday, June 19, 2015

The Front Yard

The landlord of Casa de Sharon y Glenn decided to go drought compatible.
This is the result. He also owns the house next door.
I had to pull out my flower boxes, though.

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson set to launch his own airline

Wow!

I admit that I do listen to Iron Maiden from time to time and was aware that Bruce Dickinson was a commercial pilot.

I wish his new venture all the best!

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, 56, is taking on pilots and crew after purchasing a Boeing 737



Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson set to launch his own airline

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Desert Afternoon and Evening

After my doctor's appointment and doing some stuff at the house, I headed for Eddie's Airplane Patch and the Commissary.
The sky had some great cloud formations..........................








The Desert
It is photogenic at times..............................

Monday, June 08, 2015

11 vials

They took 11 vials of blood from me today.
I had an appointment with a neurologist today at the VA Hospital in Los Angeles for my carpal tunnel................
He took an interest in my neuropathy as well.
Prediabetic is the term being used.............................
I know my A1C is good as of January when I had my annual physical.
I am probably going to go through a bunch of nerve conduction tests and some other stuff that aI can't pronounce, much less spell.

Sunday, June 07, 2015

Beer Blogging on a Sunday Evening

It has been one of those days................................not very exciting.
So I had a See Gar and some Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.....................
Then I took a shot of my Craft Brewery Growler Collection.
Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The Quints!


Saturday, June 06, 2015

Rare Airplane at California City Municipal Airport.

Missus ORPO and I went to dinner at Foxy's Restaurant at the airport this evening. Lo and behold, amongst the four Fouga Magisters that call L71 home was this rare and unique airplane.......

Max Holste MH.1521-S/N 143 Broussard Close Up of the empennage

Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard-S/N 143
I have only seen pictures of these before today. I had to do a search of the type to get the basic info after getting a look at the right vertical stab and rudder.
Max Holste MH. 1521 Broussard
BTW, the all you can eat Baby Back Ribs were awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

Mandolin Slicer 1-Glenn's Thumb 0

I was slicing the cucumbers for dinner tonight.....................
Lack of attention for a moment........................
Piece of thumb accounted for...........................

Arrogant Bastard in an Arrogant Bastard Glass

I managed to get to the FasTrip Convenience Store after work at about 0145................
Missus ORPO needed smokes and lo and behold, they had Stone Arrogant Bastard in the 22 ounce bottles.
Needless to say, I did procure a couple of them...................
The Glass was obtained at the Cost Plus World Market in Beautiful Northwest Bakersfield........
It also demanded the enjoyment of a decent See Gar....................
On the right table in my "office."
BTW, Wednesday is my Regular Day Off.
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)