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

Friday, August 24, 2012

This Is The Face Of Salvation When You're Outgunned In The US Army

This was at the Business Insider. Found it on my stream at Google+.
This is the one Air Force jet that I do like.
A few of the shots for you, plus the link.
 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-a-10-thunderbolt-ii-is-the-toughest-most-ferocious-aircraft-in-the-skies-2012-8?op=1


The A-10 is more commonly known as the "Warthog" or "Hog"

It fires 30mm caliber rounds and can fire up to 3,500 rounds per minute

This is the GAU-8 Avenger Gatling gun, the cannon on the nose of the plane
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1 comment:

Bartender Cabbie said...

After my stint as a Coastie I lived in near Alexandria, La. not too far from the now defunct England AFB. It was a ground support base and trained with the grunts at nearby FT. Polk. I used to watch the A10 making runs on the Claiborne Range while I was fishing on the numerous lakes in the area.

The sound of that gun is awesome

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