Some old Photos for your enjoyment

Missionary

Missionary

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If you are west of the "impact area" should be OK.... East, well a quick fry would beat long, painful, lingering awfulness.
 
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BudHyett

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Living twenty miles from the Boeing Plant in Everett and 50 miles North of Seattle, I think I'm in a target rich area. If the ball drops and we are attacked, the true worry is the aftermath. With the Sun blocked by clouds of dust in the air and remaining so for years, only the most primitive forms of life will survive.
 
Matt_G

Matt_G

Curmudgeon in training
My Dad's farm was 15 miles due south of Whiteman AFB in Missouri.
If the feces had ever hit the air oscillating device, he would have been able to see several Minuteman's going up on their way to where ever.
One silo was only 4 miles south of him and another was about 5 miles due East.
He told me once if he ever saw those missile's going up, he was going to drive like hell towards Whiteman and try to catch one of the incoming ICBM's in his catcher's mitt.
No aftermath for him...
 
Missionary

Missionary

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1974 Nice warm sunny morning at Baumholder Tank Ranges, W. Germany. I was sitting close to a perimeter fence facing a deep draw looking at a clear cut hillside about 1/4 mile away. I was there reading the Bible and thinking on what I reading.
When from the hill emitted a very loud "Whoop, Whoop, Whoop..... for about 15 seconds. Then 1/2 of the hillside quickly slide. rotated to the side and out rolled a missle on a tracked carraige. Quickly it stood erect, rotated 180 degrees to face east. Remained in that position for a minute or so then slower returned to rest position on the carraige, retired into the hollow hilltop. Slowly the massive fake hillside returned to position.
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I saw about 2 minutes of an interview with her back in her prime. I don't know what drugs she was on, but it was powerful stuff I'd say.
 
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richhodg66

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Bret4207 said:
I saw about 2 minutes of an interview with her back in her prime. I don't know what drugs she was on, but it was powerful stuff I'd say.
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She's an extremely talented performer. Like many others, if all you hear from them is the stuff that got air play on the radio to appeal to the masses, you're missing out. Pretty fun actress in some roles too.
 
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richhodg66

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She was an interesting lady. I had seen where in her later years, they brought her around to entertain and inspire marksmanship among the troops about to deploy to France. She was all about empowering women through gun training as well, it seems.
 
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richhodg66

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Not a bad song and definitely a commercial success, but she can really sing when given a good song to work with. Their best album was Parallel Lines in my opinion. I've always liked musicians who color outside the lines a bit, and she never really got cornered into any particular genre or type set.
 
Bret4207

Bret4207

At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
richhodg66 said:
richhodg66 said:
She's an extremely talented performer. Like many others, if all you hear from them is the stuff that got air play on the radio to appeal to the masses, you're missing out. Pretty fun actress in some roles too.
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All I ever heard was "Heart of Glass", "I'm not the kind of girl" (whatever it was called), and "Rapture". HATE "Rapture". I was in my early 20s when she came out, I know I had her album, but she wasn't a fav.
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462

California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Add this to the goodly number of recent posts about stupid people doing stupid things?
 
oscarflytyer

oscarflytyer

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Bret4207 said:
I took an EMT class in the late 70's with a guy who was over 40 when he was drafted for WW2. I think he was 41 or 2 at the time. He was in great shape when I knew him and he laid it all on having served at such a relatively advanced age. I think genes had a lot more to do with it but for a guy in his late 70's he was in outstanding condition. There were guys in their 20's there that I'm certain he would have put on the floor if he'd wanted to. Awful nice gent. Hadn't thought of him in years. And taking an EMT class at that age too!!! Most folks give that stuff up when they get a couple kids and a house.
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1986. ABN School as a new LT. Two guys in our ABN class stood out. An AF LTC - weather officer. Had to go ABN to get the slot. Was (iirc) a slot in location he wanted to retire in. So he had to be ~38-40. Other guy was a USMC Gunner (Warrant Officer) Recon Marine, so needed ABN. He was 52-53-55. Unfortunately, Gunner broke his collar bone in ground week. I hated it for him.
 
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