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

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Steel Beach- When US Navy Ships Throw Giant Beach Picnic Parties

I have Fox Trot Alpha on my favourites listing.............Every now and then things are rather interesting. This is one of those things that is...................

Yours Truly, in his younger days when in The Sea Service of The United States of America, did participate in a few of these.

It usually coincided with Beer Day as well...............

We would have bands, basketball, RC cars racing, sunbathing, golf into the water, bbq burgers and dogs and boxing.

The Good Ship Ranger and The Good Ship Kitty Hawk somewhere in the Northern Arabian Sea/Indian Ocean at a place called Al Masirah. Al Masirah was the Fleet Anchorage off of the little island belonging to the Sultan of Oman where the Brits had built him a base was. It was a transfer point for people, parts and mail to and from Ships of The United States Seventh Fleet.

Good Lord....................I still miss it..................................

Steel Beach- When US Navy Ships Throw Giant Beach Picnic Parties



Steel Beach- When US Navy Ships Throw Giant Beach Picnic Parties
USS George Washington CVN73. I did the Shakedown Cruise of this ship.


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