Today is the 12th of April - 150 years ago today South Carolina picked a fight with the wrong kid in the schoolyard. ;)

Richard :munchin

For a "happy thought of the day"...that's pretty harsh...I suspect the arrows to start getting launched any minute now. On the other hand, 8 years ago, she said, "I do."

CONGRATS 1stID! :cool: And on the family outing to the shuttle launch as well....should be a once in a lifetime experience....if it goes smoothly! :D

150 years ago South Carolina stood up to the bully in the school yard - not that it did any good in the long run. :munchin

I enlisted on January 28th, 1986. As soon as I finished my oath, we all gathered around the TV and watched the shuttle launch. Didn't go smoothly...but still provided a once in a lifetime experience. Makes remembering the date easy.

Moving to AZ
 

1stIND:

Congrats on your anniversery!:)

I also remember the shuttle launch that day, it is burned in to my memory like a banding iron burns flesh. It is funny the things we remember.......

Happy Thought today is that in one week, I will be the happiest new resident moving to Scottsdale, AZ. Getting there though, is going to be fun!!! 12 hours to Albuquerque, then 7 on in to AZ.

Ahhh, the open road of the United States of America, and all the fun a blonde gal can have along the way!:D hehehe

Am excited to start my new job though, and scared as hell at the same time...now that is a Happy Thought indeed!!!:o

Holly

I'm off to Chicago for a conference for a couple days, leaving in the morning. Then I come back to my son's team's first outdoor soccer game. :lifter

Just bought my wife a 3 year old registered Halflinger mare for her birthday. Things in the house are good. ;)

Free fuel!
They guys running the truck shop across from our UPS hub save some of the (clean) used hydraulic/transmission fluid from their changes.

Goes right in the tank of the '77 Mercedes.
Smokes a bit, but runs great.

Events have a way of doing that. I was Tower Branch Chief. It was a Tuesday and Charlie Company was in Tower Week. It was so windy (> 40mph) and cold (wind chill near zero) that we cancelled training after two hours and sent the troops back to the billets. It was the only day we cancelled training in Ground or Tower during my 3.5 years in the 507th. We were talking about how we were gonna finish the training week and watching the Challenger's launch in the instructor's lounge.

Tragedy and success remain a part of the human experience. Congrats on your enlistment and career.

Richard :munchin

I just went out to get the mail before leaing to go tutor a high schooler this afternoon, heard the sound of radial engines, and looked up to watch a silver B-17 fly by at around 800-1000' AGL. A true bennie of living near the Addison Airport and Cavanaugh Flight Museum.

When I drove by the museum the other day, there was an F-105, a Mig-17, a C-7A, a C-47 in D-Day markings, and a CH-34 Kingbee parked on the inner ramp.

Richard :munchin

SEVEN hours from Albuquerque to Snotsdale???? You're in the West now. Put the pedal to the metal. You can do it in 5 - 5 1/2 hours... easy! :D

Hehehehe...ZD!

Will be driving a Jeep Overland series, and am excited to put the pedal to the metal!:o

Ah the scenery.:o

Holly

On that day I happened to be a student at the TOW/Dragon gunner school at Bragg. I am not 100% sure, but the shuttle breakup happened either just before our lunch break or during it. I learned about it when I went back to the team room for something or other.

When I returned to the class I made a remark about having taken out the shuttle with an errant shot from one of the TOW tubes. The National Guard people attending the class took immediate offense to my remark, especially since most, if not all of the TOW rounds belonged to them. They must have momentarily believed that it was possible to do so. Those would have been some damned long wires.

Imagine that.:D
Good thing you're not on an Oki SCUBA team eh?:D