Forty Rod SASS 3935

I have two NEBO flashlights and couldn't ask for anything better. They have lots of different types. Check them all out.

Who would have thought that Slim Whitman would be the one to save the world?

I met her in 'Nam in 1968 or 1969. She has a "presence" about her that made her stand out in any crowd. She is missed.

I've been out of California for almost ten years now so I don't have a dog in this fight. I still have friends in California and they all understand that if they want see me again they have to come to Arizona, because if were to go there I'e a felon the second I crossed the border. I miss a few things there but none enough to ever go back.

The price has gone up..I think I paid about $10.00 for mine.

On pizza should be illegal...with a very stiff penalty.

Close, but I'm not quite that old....yet.

And ain't that the gospel truth?

Somebody is yanking your chain, old son. I smoked 2-3 packs a day for about forty years. I quit 24 years ago and the only problem I had (knock on wood) was a 30 pound weight gain....which I have now overcome. Smoking is the slowest way I know to commit suicide. BTW, I was hyper and stayed hyper until my body just told me I was too old to be a kid any more.

He called today and left a message. I called back and we had a pleasant 40 minute talk. Thanks. He had me worried (as some others of you do from time to time.) so I'm glad you stepped in to help

Useless as tits on a chicken. A grand example of "because I could' syndrome.

Well, I recognized a steering wheel and an exhaust pipe and some wheels and tires but the rest looks foreign (alien) to me. Might have been a seat in there but it wasn't a stamped steel one. I guess it's tractor of some kind out of a Buck Rogers movie.

and those who can't teach administer or run for seats on the school board.

We cross supported Aussie Canberras in 'Nam. They were stationed at Phan Rang...or Phan Thiet. I never did get them straight. Flight Captain Graham Campbell was our contact. Great guys, those Aussies.

If he has no power how will he be able to answer you?

I thought it was Guam that were were going to tip over. How do these idiots get elected in the first place? Sure are a lot of them.

I liked a hasty sling better. If you adjusted it right it wouldn't tie your arm up when you were ready to move. It just fell loose and became a carrying strap until you needed it again.

Wonderful coverage...all about the talking heads, almost nothing worthwhile about the fire. Just got home. Looks like another half year or more on traffic screwups cutting my little neighborhood off from almost anything. Lived here for almost ten years and have been detouring around all kinds of road work and other obstacles for almost three and a half years of that time. Not much smoke left anywhere near the site, but a couple of trucks still on site for "just in case" duty.

Ashes and debris all over the neighborhood. Two trucks still on site squiring little sparks and fires. Traffic bollixed up for blocks and likely will be for MORE days.

We don' need no steenkine tornado sirens. Our winds simply go in a straight lines and tear stuff apart that way, then the rains come and flush away the evidence.

A sling is a large triangular cloth bandana sort of thing that is used to keep a broken arm from flapping around. Also a fairly good place to carry a pistol at the same time.

Looks a lot like Dad. For that matter I look a lot like Dad, too. The drunk part doesn't fit either of us, though.

And when was that, Barry my old son? I was there from 1974 to 1978, supply chief for the Marine Barracks. Is it possible we crossed paths?

My first assignment after graduating for Officers' Training was with the 30 Artillery Brigade Missile Support Company at Machinato, Okinawa. Our facility was on the north eastern rim of what was known as Item Pocket. It was a crater-like hole straight down into the top of a cliff some 100 feet high and three hundred yards across, and the inner side of the crater was opened with hundreds of caves.....all interlocked and cross firing to the upper rim from every imaginable angle. A very hard won target. Lots of live ammo and other "souvenires" (sp?) that caused us a lot of concern and grief well into 1966 - 1968.

I think about you often and have prayed that you are doing well. I'd like to know what has been going on in your life but I will understand if you want to keep it private. Check in once in awhile, and God bless you in whatever you do. Tom