Reese Air Force BaseRSS feed for all messages....and-all-the-ships-at-sea...<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">My life is chaos, and yet I remain frighteningly calm. To the flood of inquiry, best summarized as "written lately, Shakespeare?", I say as humbly as age requires, yes, and thanks for the spitballs -- to wit:</p>
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<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"> ***<br />
Oh, beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife,<br />
who more than self their country loved, and mercy more than life!<br />
-- Katherine Lee Bates</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"> ***</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">My late friend Ned graduated high school on June 6, 1944. A few months later he was somewhere between Normandy and Berlin. He got by with a little help from his friends, and together they put down the devil's own, and changed this world forever.</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"> ***</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"> ...little note, nor long remember... -- A. Lincoln</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);"> ***</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">On the 50th anniversary, Ned recalled all that for a few of us "weren't there - didn't do that" baby boomers. Then he sadly wondered if the day would come when no one would remember what all that was all about.</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">Distressed, we insisted they would remember, and told him why, but to no effect. He shook his head and looked away.</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">With no way to change that mind, I changed tack, and got a compromise. </p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">"Well, Ned, you may be right. One day they will forget."</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">He slowly looked over, out of the corner of his eye - on which I locked and leaned forward.</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">"But not while we're alive, Ned, not while we're alive."</p>
<p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);">He allowed a small smile, then a sharp nod, and the deal was done.</p>
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2020-06-23T16:53:47-04:00...and-all-the-ships-at-sea...to-all-the-ships-at-sea....<p><br />
Monday, Monday<br />
Can't trust that day<br />
Monday, Monday<br />
Sometimes it just turns out that way<br />
Oh, Monday morning you gave me no warning<br />
Of what was to be<br />
Oh, Monday, Monday<br />
How could you leave and not take me<br />
***</p>
<p>oh, well, it's just a game...</p>
<p>no, I'm fine, really, thanks for asking...</p>
<p>quiet, on the widow ledge this morning...</p>
<p>wait till next year...</p>
<p>a bit more crowded than usual though...</p>
<p>oh, well...</p>
<p>at least the Yankees won the World Series...</p>
<p>good thing I live on the ground floor...</p>
<p>...did I ever tell you about the time I snap-shot a Dutch F-5 at 15,000 feet over Belgium?</p>
<p> ***<br />
Monday, Monday<br />
Can't trust that day<br />
Monday, Monday<br />
It just turns out that way<br />
Oh, Monday, Monday<br />
Won't go away<br />
Monday, Monday<br />
It's here to stay<br />
Oh, Monday, Monday</p>
<p>MONDAY, MONDAY<br />
The Mamas & The Papas - 1966<br />
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/m/mondaymonday.shtml </p>
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2015-02-02T14:17:35-04:00to-all-the-ships-at-sea....RE: Very funny, boys.<p>Rules? We don't need no stinkin rules.</p>
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2014-03-04T10:11:10-04:00Very funny, boys.Very funny, boys.<p><br />
***<br />
"Watson! The game's afoot!<br />
Quickly now. And bring your revolver!"<br />
- S. Holmes/1856<br />
***</p>
<p>Classmates:</p>
<p>This is a call for the suspension of rules, immediate investigation, a fair hearing, and swift punishment.</p>
<p>To Wit:</p>
<p>>>>>><br />
Subject: Michael Kennedy (Roache) has a big day soon plus others<br />
Sunday, March 2, 2014 7:03 AM<br />
From: "Reese Air Force Base Upt Class 70-02"</p>
<p>•2 birthdays<br />
•Kenneth Zaloudek Jr. has a birthday in 7 days on March 9<br />
•Michael Kennedy (Roache) has a birthday in 7 days on March 9<br />
<<<<<</p>
<p><br />
Very funny, boys.</p>
<p>Is this mere vexatious mischief ? Or worse ?</p>
<p>Perhaps... fever in the bunkhouse?</p>
<p>Yes, cabin fever, I'm afraid.</p>
<p><br />
***<br />
"You know you have cabin fever<br />
when your longing for a BMW<br />
no longer includes the W."<br />
- Harley Matters/1992<br />
***</p>
<p><br />
Enough gaiety.<br />
Two can play this game.<br />
(Or would I be the third ?)</p>
<p>If tinkering with official records is allowed to stand,<br />
I shall change my name to Good-Morning-Sir,<br />
and my birthday to the first of every month !</p>
<p>You have been warned. We await a prompt response from whatever authorities have responsibility for these matters.</p>
<p>Before you know it, the damn Russians will restart the Cold War.</p>
<p>Now I must to get back to the duties that the American people have retired me to do.</p>
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2014-03-04T05:31:42-04:00Very funny, boys.Any Changes/Additions Needed to Website?<p> Our website is currently in a useable but Beta state. The events page is still sketchy and awaiting final tour arrangements and costs. We can add up to four additional pages if they are needed. We can print out signup/paidup rosters and add a page with general interest videos and pictures. All feedback and comments are welcome!</p>
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2011-02-06T23:02:31-04:00Any Changes/Additions Needed to Website?