04-30-2019, 15:35
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Grand Daughter will be 6 tomorrow. Light of our lives..  |
Nothing in the world like grandkids. I have my very first one who will be six months old in a few days. Bundles of love....
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05-04-2019, 21:53
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Actually a faux pas of the day!
Today was our 34th wedding anniversary. We got married in the wedding chapel on the Queen Mary in Long Beach with all of our family and friends attending and and excellent dinner on board after (which we recreated tonight). I told her that my biggest regret was that we didn't have our picture taken that night in front of the Titanic.  (There's no "wife spewing wine" emoji available.)
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05-04-2019, 23:28
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Riding my new bike in the mountains today.
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05-05-2019, 00:16
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Originally Posted by PSM
Actually a faux pas of the day!
I told her that my biggest regret was that we didn't have our picture taken that night in front of the Titanic. (There's no "wife spewing wine" emoji available.) |
LOL! I hope you make it to your 35th Wedding Anniversary.
S.
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05-06-2019, 00:01
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Riding my new bike in the mountains today.
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We could use some pix to back up this claim, B. 
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LOL! I hope you make it to your 35th Wedding Anniversary.
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Oh, I'm not worried.
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"The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -- Dennis Prager
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05-17-2019, 09:05
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My good friend’s son passed Centrifuge-based Flight Environment Training on 1st go yesterday !
Awesome job - everyone proud of him !
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05-17-2019, 10:05
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My good friend’s son passed Centrifuge-based Flight Environment Training on 1st go yesterday !
Awesome job - everyone proud of him !
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Congratulations to him.
I was in the Centrifuge 3 times and never liked it.
As an aside when the USAF adopted the F-16 they had to rebuild the centrifuges. The centrifuges up to that time would reach the 9Gs which the F-16 is limited to (because of the pilot not the airframe). However, the F-16 when clean will pull 3g/sec. In other words you can go from 1G to 9Gs in 3 seconds.
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05-17-2019, 10:42
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Congratulations to him.
I was in the Centrifuge 3 times and never liked it.
As an aside when the USAF adopted the F-16 they had to rebuild the centrifuges. The centrifuges up to that time would reach the 9Gs which the F-16 is limited to (because of the pilot not the airframe). However, the F-16 when clean will pull 3g/sec. In other words you can go from 1G to 9Gs in 3 seconds.
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He didn’t enjoy it either - very happy to get that evolution behind him.
Damn...”1G to 9Gs in 3 seconds !”
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05-17-2019, 15:37
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He didn’t enjoy it either - very happy to get that evolution behind him.
Damn...”1G to 9Gs in 3 seconds !”
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No kidding, whew!
BTW, pass along my congrats!
("Huh? What d'ya mean my eyes are bloodshot?")
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05-20-2019, 21:50
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Our 31 year-old son FINALLY graduated Engineering School at CSU, Ft. Collins, Friday. The 5 year course took him almost 10. Two Winter NG ATs, 3 semesters lost due to a deployment, and another lost to WOCS. The school and the professors were great and, with all the catch-up time, guided him to a second Major. So his effort (and the NG and Army's money ) netted him a BS in both Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science. Now he's off to Ft. Sill for nine months for 131A AIT.
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05-20-2019, 21:57
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Originally Posted by PSM
Our 31 year-old son FINALLY graduated Engineering School at CSU, Ft. Collins, Friday. The 5 year course took him almost 10. Two Winter NG ATs, 3 semesters lost due to a deployment, and another lost to WOCS. The school and the professors were great and, with all the catch-up time, guided him to a second Major. So his effort (and the NG and Army's money ) netted him a BS in both Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science. Now he's off to Ft. Sill for 131A AIT. |
Fantastic! Congratulations!
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05-21-2019, 04:37
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Wow, that is amazing Pat. Congratulations to him and proud Papa both!
Salud!
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05-21-2019, 09:33
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Congratulations to your son Pat, when you want something bad enough you can attain it. Good luck to him!
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05-21-2019, 18:58
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Fantastic! Congratulations! |
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Wow, that is amazing Pat. Congratulations to him and proud Papa both!
Salud!
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Congratulations to your son Pat, when you want something bad enough you can attain it. Good luck to him!
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Thanks, guys. The kid did a lot of jumping through hoops to pull it all together, but it was fun to watch. Wait, I mean, "I really felt sorry for him" or something like that.
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"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." -- Frederick Douglass
"The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -- Dennis Prager
"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it." --H.L. Mencken
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05-21-2019, 20:17
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PSM
Our 31 year-old son FINALLY graduated Engineering School at CSU, Ft. Collins, Friday. The 5 year course took him almost 10. Two Winter NG ATs, 3 semesters lost due to a deployment, and another lost to WOCS. The school and the professors were great and, with all the catch-up time, guided him to a second Major. So his effort (and the NG and Army's money ) netted him a BS in both Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science. Now he's off to Ft. Sill for 131A AIT. |
Congratulations to Him and you both.
It was 10 years from when I left High School until I graduated undergraduate (with 6 years AD).
The USA needs more engineers and people like him!!!
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