I will smoke a good cigar and send prayers up for you, your wife and your
soon-to-be dughter! Congratulations!

And the boy's don't really start to be a problem for another 10-12 years.

Happy Thought
 

I live in the United States of America
My wife
My rifle, a ton of ammo, a good cigar and alot of comp time at work to use..

So I'm upstairs giving the little girl (5) the business about sassing her mom and I hear the boy (7) downstairs telling his mom 'Dad's just like John Wayne, isn't he mom? He just knows how to get it done with us troops!' :)

Best commentary anyone has ever delivered on me EVER & it ain't even close!

Onward
 

Congratulations! My thoughts and prayers are with you, the little one and mom.

From this weekend.

Prayers out for mom and your baby girl!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I see quite a few sleepless nights in your future.:D

The smiles they bring are more than worth it though.
AM

Just now heard those unmistakable radial engines and ran outside to watch a B-24 which just took off and was flying over at around 500' AGL. One of the joys of living near an airport which has an aviation museum and is used as a staging field for the Commemorative Air Force so it must've been their "Ol' 927" bird from Midland/Odessa. :lifter :D

Richard

Crap, I just turned green…
 

Crap, I just turned green… This morning I had my cage rattled buy an F-22A taking off for ‘dawn patrol’ or whatever the pilots call it these days. A pair of old, leaky radials would be a nice change. All well.

Happy thought: jet noise, one of the many sounds of freedom.

While in Va Bch in late Sept, _every_ morning the jets would take off rattling the hotel windows. I loved that sound. Some apparently do not.. A local pawn shop has the perfect reply to those. Yes, it is the sound of freedom and of those who keep me free. I also had a ringside seat so to speak, to see the Blue Angels practicing for the airshow that was to take place the a few days after I left.

I will just have to wait for the Thunderbirds at MacDill next spring I guess. :D

I grew up in the flight path for B-52s/B-58s/KC-135s near Mather AFB. We, too, referred to it as the 'sound of freedom' for us all. I remember the Cuban Missle Crisis as nothing but the sound and smoke trails of B-52s and KC-135s in the air 24/7.

I used that anecdote later when dealing with Germans who purchased homes near our bases in Europe and then complained about the noise. ;)

Remembering all that just gave me my happy thought of the day. :D

Richard

For my brother more than me:
 

Today my brother's beloved branch of service, the USMC, has it's birthday. Tomorrow, his oldest has hers. God bless them both.

AMC is having a RAmbo one and two back to back. Just finished "first blood." Watching the 2nd movie now. Here I thought it was going to be a tv wasteland evening. :D:D

This is my oldest grand-daughter. Someday she might be responsible for that whoop-whoop-whoop sound we hold so dear, early in the morning . Her Daddy, Son Numba One, just pinned on his Major leaves! (No, but he is a damn fine MI guy!:D)

I am the first patron to check out a new book from the local public library.:cool: This means I won't turn a page to find that someone used a magical nose goblin as a bookmark.:eek::mad: