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Deplorable B Woodman
“Borschst”? Beet soup? Or am I missing something in the (mis)translation?
Sometimes I wonder if English is even my first language.
Delilah T.
Code names, Woodie, code names!
JTC
Just be glad you’re not having to bone up on your Arabic, BW.
Deplorable B Woodman
The women of DD get points for wearing pointy boots……..and little else.
And I know the female readers of DBD would say the same for the dudes.
Equal play.
Deplorable B Woodman
Chris, glad to see that either your computer is back from repair, and in good order (no files lost)…..OR…..you’ve got a work-around. Either way, thank you.
JSStryker
Seconded
Delilah T.
CM, if you use the nasty scary black plastic heat ray guns that a friend of mine is concocting stories around, please just make sure yours don’t work, ’cause they’re made in North Korea. 🙂 We can all share technology!
Norm
Hair dryer?
Fox2!
PP is back on the side bar, trying to save Roe. Tempted to click the link just to throw some free coin Chris’ way.
Chris Muir
Yeah, I got no control of ads.It’s typical that opposing views will advertise on their ‘enemies’ sites, though I am pro-choice in certain cases.
JTC
Pro-choice in all things. Another case of leftists twisting perfectly functional language to their own evil purposes.
When they say it, what they mean is pro-murder. Not the same thing.
Norm
I choose to own guns!
JTC
Norm, I was so dazzled by the air show I mentioned below that I forgot all about the big gun show at the convention center and the BBQ fest at the fairgrounds, all three within a few miles of each other today in Lakeland, FL under clear sapphire skies and mid-70’s temps…a red-state, red-neck, deplorable trifecta; it don’t get no better than that!
JSStryker
JTC, please don’t make me cry, I really have got to find a way to move back to Florida…
JTC
Points for boots, yes. Points ON boots, even better.
And maybe a Stetson. And a cowgirl holster.
And that’s about it.
Pamela
I can’t wear pointy toed cowgirl boots, they don’t fit. I do have a pair pf red and turqoise square toed mens cowboy boots in 9 1/2. I still need a thigh holster for my Beretta. Don’t need a Stetson, already have one.
JTC
Pic plz. 😉
KathyP
Square toe boots, I presume.
JTC
KP, see above. Pain is pleasure. Hurts so good. 😉
Pamela
*looks at JT over glasses*
You do know that costs extra 😉
JTC
Sitting in the parking lot of Target waiting for my girl, right across the road is the big Sun n Fun fly-in…Over the last hour and a half I’ve been treated to five-across sky writers, stunt planes and an assortment of WWII birds making their parade pass…but none of that, none of it, compares to the Blue Angels display directly over my head right now…those four planes appear to be inches apart as they do their ballet across the sky, then turn straight up almost out of sight, and directly into a nosedive, flying as one.
How the hell do they do that? Damn here they come again, nose to tail at rooftop level. Awesome!
TomZ
The way they do it, Thunderbirds as well, is the same way musicians get into Carnegie Hall – practice, practice, practice.
John D. Egbert
Also, two clicks of nose-down trim really smooths out the formation work. ‘Course, the right arm gets sore until the constant pull on the stick becomes natural. Oh, BTW, the Blues pride themselves on maintaining 36″ separation between wingtip and canopy when in the diamond and delta formations.
Their entire performance – from walk-down to shut-down — is choreographed to the split second and well worth a front row seat to watch.
Swansonic
JTC,
Reminds me of the 1st ever Gary, Indiana air show.
It wasn’t the biggest airshow but it took place over the south shore of Lake Michigan near the Indiana Dunes. The two really cool things about it for me were these:
They had a P-51 Mustang do some aerobatics followed by an F-15 Eagle. When the F-15 was finished the P-51 came back and they did a few formation passes. The P-51 looked so small compared to the F-15 – I really wish I had had a camera with me to get some pictures.
The show ended with a flyby of a B1 Lancer. Can you say Loud?
L O U D !
Car alarms for blocks went off as it flew out over the lake.
It turned over the lake and came back to shore under burner but not quite Mach.
Efffing LOUD!!!!!
As it left the area alarms of all sort were going off for miles.
Absolutely cool!
The sound of freedom….
JTC
Raptor and Lightning doing solo performances too. But this is reportedly the last performance of these amazing Hornets, and what a performance it is. Entertainment, awe-inspiring pride, and a glimpse of history, right here right now as the Angels play a game of head-on chicken right in front of me. Sigh.
Pamela
I wonder how you could race for “Pinks” on one of the planes?
Doc Epador
Blue Angels often touted as one of the USAFs greatest recruiting tools. I heard that one in the Thunderbird brief room at Nellis.
Pamela
My Brother-in Law (God Rest His Soul) was a Crew Chief for the Thunderbirds
cmblake6
Yeah, ranch life isn’t quite this much fun normally.
Mort
The three best things in life are:
A good landing,
A good orgasm, and
A good bowel movement.
The night aircraft carrier landing, is one of the few
opportunities in life where you get to experience
all three at the same time.
“Ready room sign, USS Enterprise 1969, ‘Gulf of Tonkin’ “
John D. Egbert
As my father, a WWII fighter pilot would say: “Those Navy flyboys are okay as pilots, but – Oh My God, can they land!”
John D. Egbert
Make that USAAF fighter pilot. Dratted fumble fingers . . .
John D. Egbert
Need an edit function . . .
Pamela
Mort
My Dad was Wars Ops Officer for the CTF 77 staff…
He got pulled out of the drink 3 times in one day and informed the Admiral that was enough of a swim for the week.
Mort
I saw a Navy flier on tv one time who said he
would try to explain what a night carrier landing
was like so maybe a civilian could understand:
” put a postage stamp in the middle of your
living room floor, turn off all the lights, put your
hands behind your back, and dive onto the stamp
and try to hit it with your tongue.”
I know, silly.
Swansonic
Sounds like bobbing for apples at the bottom of a bungee jump….