Old Retired Petty Officer

I learned this as a kid, in two countries. The United States and Canada. Written by a Canadian Army Doctor in WW1. Still appropriate today ...

The left one is from my first cruise to the Med aboard USS Independence. Taken in about November of 1974. The one on the right is from Boot...

Gone. But not forgotten. For a 15-16 year old, this was the ultimate symbol of the age. Three movies, Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now and Hoosi...

Got this in the email from Mary. She is a friend of mine from up on the Hi Line. A short spelling lesson: The last four letters in ...

On Preston Platform, Do your soft shoe shuffle dance, Brush away the cigarette ash, That's falling down your pants, And you sadly wo...

One week after the radiator incident. They are healing, Really! As ugly as they look, the pain is down. Getting oil samples from a jet that...

My HABS were eliminated by the Broad Street Bullies tonight. The score was 4-2 and the series took five games. Congrats to all you Flyers fa...

OK. Stick the fork in 'em. The Flyers are running rampant over my boys from Montreal. But it was a good run. Being down three to one to ...

I figured that I would succumb to vanity and put up a shot of "My Jet" on the header. There she is, F-16C, 83-1120. I still have t...

On the way back from Los Angeles this afternoon........The dear old(2001) PT Cruiser had a temp issue. I finally got it over to the shoulder...