tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36801682382647277702024-03-14T02:44:30.647-07:00Old Retired Petty OfficerGlenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.comBlogger1947125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-7240147425424653252017-06-11T09:07:00.001-07:002017-06-11T09:08:12.436-07:0034Today is the 34th Wedding Anniversary of Missus ORPO and I.<br />
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<br />Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-26295551800436668432017-05-26T19:27:00.003-07:002017-05-26T19:27:55.270-07:00Beer Bloggin..... Karl Strauss version.I picked up a twelve pack of this today.<br />
Pretty Tasty I Might Add!!!!!<br />
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I recommend it highly!Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-53752958018733428772017-05-26T18:23:00.000-07:002017-05-26T18:28:37.914-07:00Tinnitus and Plane Pr0n<b>Tinnitus sucks........................</b><br />
<b>It robs me of sleep and no matter the environment, it's always there.....]</b><br />
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Made a soda pop and craft beer run to Stater Bros. in Mojave a while ago.<br />
Then I hit the Primo Burger for dinner for Missus ORPO and myself.<br />
I figured a shot of the usual goings on at MHV would be of interest.<br />
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EVA Air Cargo 747 and Martinair Cargo MD 11 on the engine removal line at Mojave(MHV)<br />
The 747 is a 400F and these are not exactly old but the new 777 and A330 twin engine wide body aircraft are more cost effective. Mojave and Southern California Logistics Airport(ex-George AFB) at Victorville are seeing more and more of the three and four engine legacy freighters these days.Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-64549282473722214572017-05-12T08:39:00.001-07:002017-05-12T08:39:18.337-07:00EMG <p dir="ltr">I got the nerve induction done yesterday. <br>
Sciatica. <br>
I guess that could account for the fun stuff in the toes.<br>
I might be able to get a TENS unit...<br>
The other news of note was the blood work done on my visit to the neurologist April 13.<br>
It seems that the 3 antibodies that could indicate the presence of cancer were almost negligible. </p>
Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-30942396116013531542017-05-10T05:11:00.000-07:002017-05-10T05:11:18.094-07:00CT Scan<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got the scan done yesterday. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The veins in the hand were not cooperative. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It goes like that sometimes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The radiology tech's name was Robyn........good looking!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The data was sent to the neurologist at the Sepulveda VA ACC in North Hills.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basically, the wait begins on step one in this little journey that I am on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll say it, OK?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cancer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That is what we are looking for.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes, I am scared shitless..................</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday, the 11th, I have my EMG at Sepulveda. The neuropathy thing is still an issue itself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shit is getting real or not. Who the hell knows at this point. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't even seen any lab results from about a month ago............That is beginning to piss me off a tad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anyway, it's a step by step process............</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yeah, I'm really looking forward to the electrical current going through me..............not.</span><br />
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I will get a call from the place where it will take place to let me know the day and time.<br />
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Other news:<br />
I had my CT Scan date changed to the 8th of this month under the Veteran's Choice Program. Beats the hell out of waiting until the 26th of June! I only have to go to Tehachapi Hospital Radiology. I am not looking forward to the contrast........................... But I guess it is on the order of a minor inconvenience considering what all this is for.<br />
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Doc Riggs called this evolution a tumor hunt......................Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-90687774077093045822017-05-01T09:08:00.001-07:002017-05-01T09:23:09.013-07:00Thoughts update <p dir="ltr">Seems the folks at the Veterans Choice Program are on the ball. I got a call from them and they are going to accelerate the process concerning the CT Scan. <br>
It will be at an outside facility within a 2 week period......<br>
It doesn't give much relief but it does feel good that something actually works. When I get this appointment I can cancel the one on the 26th of June. <br>
The mind is still going a million miles an hour.... <br></p>
Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-30315730473663249972017-04-25T05:15:00.002-07:002017-04-25T05:20:05.302-07:00Thoughts on the upcoming events.....................I have my "consult" for my scope this Friday the 28th in Tehachapi. I will be handed a prescription for a product called GoLytely..............................which is anything but that. I will say no as I have before. I prefer magnesium citrate............<br />
The actual scope will be scheduled then. I am so glad they now use general anesthesia...........<br />
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I got my CT Scan Appointment when they Sepulveda VA ACC called me yesterday afternoon waking me up.............22 June. The guy said that after I wait 7 days to call the Veteran's Choice Program and try to get something sooner. Works for me! I figure I should get that done ASAP.<br />
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My EMG(Nerve Conduction) is on the 11th of May still.<br />
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I did get the neurology folks at Sepulveda to agree to send me the lab results from the last two trips for the neuropathy that may end up ( I said <strong>May</strong>) at the oncology department. I hope that doesn't happen.................thoughts at a million miles an hour.....................<br />
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Am I scared? Quite frankly, yes........<br />
It's the not knowing...................<br />
Maddening at times you know.............<br />
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When the doc said that word....................cancer........................<br />
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<br />Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-28188233423694628772017-04-15T06:09:00.000-07:002017-04-15T06:09:55.118-07:00About Last Thursday.............On this past Thursday the 13th of April...................<br />
I had an appointment with the neurologist at the Sepulveda Veteran's Ambulatory Care Clinic in North Hills, California in the San Fernando Valley. It is such a fun drive in because of the 14, 5 and 405 Freeways. This is a regularly scheduled thing for yours truly as I have had peripheral neuropathy for almost 2 years now.<br />
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I showed up on time even with the traffic. The neurologist I see is a young guy and I like him. I hope the Department of Veteran's Affairs tries to keep him. We did the usual talk about how things have been with my feet and lower legs have been concerning the new medication. That is new since this past winter. I take pregabalin 25mg capsules at the rate of 6 each, twice a day. I told him that sometimes it seems to work and sometimes it doesn't.<br />
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We then got into the lab work from the last visit about three months before....................yeah...........<br />
A CT and EMG have been ordered. The CT is scheduled for 26 June...........I have a way to make that happen faster, I do believe. I am on the Veteran's Choice Program because I live over 40 miles away from the nearest VA facility. For me that was the Veteran's Community Based Outreach Clinic in Lancaster. The Choice Program lets us use the outside the same as the VA system. Perhaps I can get things sped up a bit..........................๐๐<br />
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It seems there were three antibodies in the blood work that are normally associated with...........cancer..............yeah...........three months? I think that I should have been notified just a bit sooner on this one, perhaps?<br />
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A CT Scan and an EMG(Nerve Conduction) were ordered by Doc and off to the lab I went.........8 vials of blood were drawn................yep.................shit like this is getting far too regular ya know......<br />
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Of course by this time, the mind is going about a million miles an hour just like it did on September 4, 2009 when I got the "good news, bad news" speech from my doctor in Wichita. That was when the left kidney went bye-bye 17 days later.<br />
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I now sit waiting.....<br />
When I got home, I tried to sleep as the graveyard shift awaited..............allegory there, I think? What say you <a href="http://oldafsarge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chris Goodrich</a>? Oh, where were we? Sleep...........yeah. I wound up being up for around 24 hours. I got home Friday morning and after what I hope was the last cigar, the lights went out. I did manage to catch my Beloved Montreal Canadiens win game two over the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.<br />
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Oh yeah, waiting.....................<br />
I called the records folks and did the dance and my records from the time I got in the Greater Los Angeles Veteran's Healthcare System. There is a mouthful!!!!!<br />
I also have to fill out the release to satisfy the legal stuff.<br />
I need the records for my regular Doc in Tehachapi in that he may have reservations about how things work at the Federal Government level.<br />
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Missus ORPO and her sister had a long phone conversation yesterday about me...........the Sis-in-Law thinks that I crashed so hard as a reaction to getting the "C" word news.............It can have an effect I suppose.<br />
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I guess I will be blogging more again as this will be the journal of that little trip.............<br />
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<br />Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-69221772146467878992017-04-09T09:33:00.001-07:002017-04-09T09:33:50.333-07:00Three years. Already?Father Time has been in Zone 5 Afterburner it seems.<br />
Three years ago today was that awesome day aboard USS Ronald Reagan with my friends <a href="http://oldafsarge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Chris Goodrich aka OldAFSarge</a> and The WSO, Erika Cho......<br />
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Yes, it was a most splendid day. It will remain special in my heart for the rest of my life.<br />
<br />Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-496629645747848442017-03-26T12:53:00.000-07:002017-03-26T12:53:13.802-07:00Sunday Funny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Slow week, what can I say............................Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-13577592175884837922017-03-19T00:18:00.000-07:002017-03-19T00:18:20.335-07:00China Lake Air ShowIt may have been small but it was good. There was a good crowd as well. I was lucky in that I have disabled person plates on the vehicles..............I was very close to the ADA/VIP entry control point.<br />
I spend more time wandering and looking at the static displays. I did have one disappointment as the RAF Eurofighter Typhoon was moved away from everything......................I really wanted to get a few shots of it but Her Majesty's MoD said no..........................<br />
I wound up using my phone to take pictures because I left the battery for my Nikon in the charger at the house.....Senior Moment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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<br />Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-54221650822997473442017-02-26T10:51:00.000-08:002017-02-26T10:51:56.886-08:00Sunday Plane Pr0n: Photos of F-18 Hornets Taking off Aircraft Carrier VFA-27 on theChive <img alt="This is the real thing. Meet VFA-27 a.k.a. the "Royal Maces"." height="267" src="https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/chivers-take-us-to-the-danger-zone-in-high-res-244.jpg?quality=85&strip=info&w=1431" width="400" /><br />
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Take up Tension!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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I remember when The Royal Maces were an A-7 outfit. I guess that makes me old, eh!<br />
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OK, I was trying to dig up something for a blog post.....this was at theChive. I had to, ya know!<br />
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There is a plethora of great shots at the link. Hit it and enjoy!<br />
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<a href="http://thechive.com/2017/01/17/chivers-take-us-to-the-danger-zone-in-high-res-60-hq-photos/">Photos of F-18 Hornets Taking off Aircraft Carrier VFA-27 on theChive : theCHIVE</a>Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-29338684665129454802017-02-16T14:58:00.001-08:002017-02-16T14:58:40.766-08:00Restless................Gordon Lightfoot.The lyrics only..............................<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There's a kind of a restless feeling and it pulls me from within<br />It sets my senses reeling and my wheels begin to spin<br />In the quietude of winter you can hear the wild geese cry<br />And I will always love that sound until the day I die<br />There's a plain and a simple answer to each and every quest<br />From every quiet dance who might be a special guest<br />In a movie made for TV or a late night interview<br />You might even find them on the Young and the Restless too</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Do ya get that restless feelin' when you hear a whistle blast<br />Like an echo from the past<br />Of an old engine flyin' down a road that's ironcast</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The lake is blue, the sky is gray, the leaves have turned to gold<br />The wild goose will be on her way, the weather's much too cold<br />When the muskie and the old trout too have all gone down to rest<br />We will be returning to the things that we love best</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Do ya get that restless yearning when you think about your dad<br />And the scrimshaw that he had<br />Of an old schooner rovin' 'neath a sky that's ironclad</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There's a kind of a restless feeling and it catches you off guard<br />As we gaze off at the distance through the trees in my back yard<br />I can feel that restless yearning of those geese as off they roam<br />Then trade that for a warm bed and a place I can call home</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Will ya get that restless yearning when you hear the wicked blast<br />Of a spectre from the past<br />Of a cold diesel rollin' down a road that's built to last</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Still I get that restless feelin' when I hear a whistle blast<br />See an image from the past<br />Of an old schooner flyin' down a sky that's overcast</span></div>
Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-27203352963686487052017-02-15T14:42:00.002-08:002017-02-15T14:42:20.759-08:00Obscure Stuff on the Net: Not Many People Realize This Incredible Palace is Hiding in GeorgiaA Facebook friend of mine had this up. I clicked the link and wow!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One of the most beautiful buildings in the entire state of Georgia is the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Atlanta.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">People travel from all over to marvel over each beautifully sculpted piece of the 36,000 limestone, Italian marble, and sandstone which make up this temple.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">There are more amazing pictures at the link. So hit it and enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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I stopped at my usual place at the Cal City Boulevard turn off from the 58.<br />
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All I did was aim and shoot!Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-55038507211744306022017-02-01T12:59:00.000-08:002017-02-01T12:59:10.311-08:00I have been thinking on this.............the career in Navy Air.I am also on Google Plus and got a comment on a post from a gentleman who thought I should start a chronicle of sorts about my Navy career and the places I have been and some of the things I have experienced.<br />
I aim to start this coming weekend with perhaps boot camp but more than likely my first sea tour on The Good Ship Independence with the first work up and deployment to the Mediterranean Sea.<br />
We will see how it goes.Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-19948684191453797562017-01-27T16:35:00.000-08:002017-01-27T16:35:05.480-08:00MiG-21 Fishbed In Stunning Pictures During the Tour-de-Sky 2016Say what you will but the old Mig 21 Fishbed still soldiers on in some Air Forces around the world.<br />
Following are a few pics from a small air show in Kuopio, Finland. All were taken by Fyodor Borisov/Transport-Photo Images.<br />
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Here is the link as for some reason Blogger gives me a fight trying to get it at the bottom!!!!!!!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">#8. And again โ interior of the cockpit is in both langauges, Russian and Finnish.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-small;">Romania Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"Despite the presence of many other remarkable aircraft, the MiG-21 was the main star of the air show at Kuopio. Without doubts, itโs a legendary aircraft, one of the most characteristic in the world of military aviation of the 20th century. Even today MiG-21 is still in service, though its glory passed a long time ago. And so their story goes on, in armies of several countries. A day before the airshow, MiG-21 celebrated its 60th anniversary. This article will be fully focusing on this amazing machine!"</span></span>Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-6953292174388827042017-01-22T15:54:00.000-08:002017-01-22T15:54:27.708-08:00SlippersI thought I had lost them..................or they were more than likely in a place I forgot about.<br />
It's nice to have them on, with it being one of those rainy and cold winter days in the Mojave Desert.<br />
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<br />Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-65908817881914363472017-01-16T14:02:00.000-08:002017-01-16T14:02:17.433-08:00Gene Cernan 1934-2017I has sad.<br />
I watched this as a 17 year old.<br />
Fair Winds and Following Seas...........................<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Gene Cernan: "There is too much purpose, too much logic, it was just too beautiful to happen by accident," Cernan said. "There has to be somebody bigger than you and bigger than me...And I mean this in a spiritual sense, not in a religious sense, there has to be a creator of the universe who stands above the religions that we ourselves create to govern our lives." -Commander of the last moon landing. We are saddened by the loss of retired NASA astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon.</span></div>
Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-89069092628761891692017-01-15T01:00:00.000-08:002017-01-15T01:00:18.491-08:00Broken - Seether ft. Amy Lee (acoustic cover)<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a-sZa0RpFNg" width="480"></iframe><br />
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I like this song regardless who does it.Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-13765424663935801832017-01-09T11:23:00.000-08:002017-01-09T11:23:05.824-08:00The First Constellation: This Day in Aviation - Important Dates in Aviation History<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #141412; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 24px;">
"9 January 1943: At the insistence of the Army Air Forces, Boeingโs Chief Test Pilot, Eddie Allen, made the first flight of the Lockheed L-049 Constellation prototype, NX25600, from Lockheed Air Terminal at Burbank, California, to Muroc Army Airfield (today known as Edwards Air Force Base). Lockheedโs Chief Test Pilot, Milo G. Burcham, was the co-pilot.</div>
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When the flight ended after 58 minutes, Allen said, โThis machine works so well that you donโt need me anymore!โ With that, Allen returned to Seattle."</div>
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There are more picture at the link below. Enjoy!<br />
<a href="https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/">This Day in Aviation - Important Dates in Aviation History</a>Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-11139632339240893912016-12-31T12:51:00.001-08:002016-12-31T12:51:23.532-08:00Just for laughsSeeing as Missus ORPO and I lived in Kansas for almost 12 years, I thought a post on the lighter side was in order.<br />
Have a good laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
Seeing that in States like Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and the rest of the Central Plains, mobile homes are referred to as "Tornado Magnets."<br />
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<br />Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-11279905143569818292016-12-24T22:00:00.000-08:002016-12-24T22:00:17.476-08:00The Maccabeats - Hasmonean - A Hamilton Hanukkah<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u3UubcYj49k" width="480"></iframe><br />
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Just tossing this one out for all to enjoy. I am really starting to enjoy these young men!Glenn Mark Casselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3680168238264727770.post-42183447955306917372016-12-24T19:35:00.000-08:002016-12-24T19:35:17.211-08:0024 December 1968 16:40:07 UTC, T plus 75:49:07This one was up on This Day in Aviation today.<br />
I remember it. I was 14 and we were living in Alberta, Canada at an almost remote school community on the Southern Prairies in a very cold winter. Perhaps the winter added to it.........................<br />
<a href="https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/24-december-1968-164007-utc-754907/" target="_blank">https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/24-december-1968-164007-utc-754907/</a><br />
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