The Chicken Farm
Why would a thirteen year old city boy from the Big Apple spend several summer weeks at his Aunt and Uncles’ chicken farm 75 miles upstate ( in the country)? …
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February 5, 2024
Play Time in the Big Apple circa 1950
What did a young lad from 10 to 17 do for play time in New York City in the fifties? Come Saturday morning most young lads left their house at…
February 2, 2024
Sticking your head out the door at 2500ft
Vietnam 1969. I’m a newly assigned naviguesser on the EC-47 aircraft at Tan Son Nhut AB This is one of the oldest aircraft in USAF inventory - 1933 vintage. Also…
January 31, 2024
Dumb Ass Questions
As I reflect upon my life’s work, I often fall back on my 6-7 years as a navigator and the dialog that occurred on many airlift or recon missions. Of…
January 29, 2024
What’s Changed Since the 50’s?
What else has changed since the wonderful ‘50’s besides accessibility of baseball players. One of my good friend’s dad was a managing editor of the New York Daily Mirror,…
January 27, 2024
Yankees Game for $1.30
It’s 1952. I’m 13 years old. It’s New York City (not Manhattan but Flushing in the borough of Queens). We had trees and even woods. I was in 7th or…
January 23, 2024
Sitcom Episode 954: Wrong Finger
short one Went to radiology for CT scan on Left Index Finger. They called me in and said we’re scanning your Right Index Finger. I said “ Whoa. It’s my…
January 15, 2024
What did you do in the war, Granddaddy?
The targets of this epistle are my kids and grandkids, who may or may not be aware of my Air Force doings from 1963 to 1973 (51-61) years ago) Holy…
January 11, 2024
A little explosion to start your day
Here we are enjoying the grey clouds of Daytona Beach before going to breakfast across the street at the Cracked Egg Diner. I hear a loud bang from the fridge. …
January 10, 2024
The Naviguesser
Good early morning, friends and family.It’s about 3:30 am. I’m awake. So naturally it’s time for another tru(ish) Nam story from 55 years ago.First, a little background about age. I…
January 9, 2024