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A child calling Santa reached NORAD instead.
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| December 24th,2018
| Steve Hendrix
Posted on 12/24/2018 3:18:29 PM PST by LouieFisk
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Good story on the how NORAD's "Santa Tracker" got it's start.
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posted on
12/24/2018 3:18:29 PM PST
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LouieFisk
To: LouieFisk
At least it wasn’t the W.O.P.R. from War Games...Joshua? Joshua?
To: Ronniesque
“You’re not supposed to be running in here, someone could get hurt!”
:D
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posted on
12/24/2018 3:24:23 PM PST
by
LouieFisk
To: LouieFisk
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posted on
12/24/2018 3:24:26 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: LouieFisk
God speed, Santa Colonel!
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posted on
12/24/2018 3:24:36 PM PST
by
null and void
(The Deep State is why even though our economy is booming, the stock market is losing ground.)
To: LouieFisk
"That's Colonel Santa to you, maggot."
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posted on
12/24/2018 3:24:36 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Ronniesque
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posted on
12/24/2018 3:25:09 PM PST
by
ZOOKER
(Until further notice the /s is implied...)
To: ZOOKER
“Wouldn’t you prefer a good game of chess?”
“No! Global Thermonuclear War.”
“Fine.”
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posted on
12/24/2018 3:28:30 PM PST
by
elcid1970
(My gun safe is saying, "Room for one more, honey!")
To: null and void
“God speed, Santa Colonel!”
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Indeed. He was a good soul, serving above and beyond.
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posted on
12/24/2018 3:30:12 PM PST
by
LouieFisk
To: BenLurkin
Heh. Good thing the kid got through to this good man and his thoughtful spirit. If he had ended up getting a DI Emery-type on the line, the kid could have have ended up crying while eating a candy cane as his siblings did pushups!
To: null and void
Shoup went on to ever-higher ranks in the Air Force, retiring as a wing commander. When his kids were old enough, he told them why so many of his colleagues called him the Santa colonel, but it was a quiet kind of legacy until the 25th anniversary of Santa tracking and TV news crews sought him out.After that, he looked forward to getting the media calls each December, even carrying special business cards with the story typed on the back. He was buried at 91 in 2009 with a flyover of F-16 fighters, under a gravestone that notes his service in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. The last line reads: Santa Colonel.
I want his message to be Do the nice thing, said Van Keuren. A lot of people would have hung up on that kid.
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12/24/2018 3:42:10 PM PST
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texas booster
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To: null and void
B-47 (maybe B-58) cockpit.
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posted on
12/24/2018 3:43:07 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(The democrats' national goal: One world social-communism under one world religion: Atheistic Islam.)
To: markomalley; DYngbld; TADSLOS; xsrdx; big'ol_freeper; Mark17; mikefive; JDoutrider; ...
To: LouieFisk
Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, sir, I’ve come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks.
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12/24/2018 3:45:14 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: LouieFisk
But she (Mom) also had an explanation. The woman asked Shoup to look at that days local newspaper. Specifically, at a Sears ad emblazoned with a big picture of Santa that invited kids to Call me on my private phone, and I will talk to you personally any time day or night.The number provided, ME 2-6681, went right to one of the most secure phones in the country.
They were off by one digit, said Van Keuren. It was a typo.
When Shoup hung up, the phone rang again. He ordered his staff to answer each Santa call while he got on the (black) phone with AT&T to set up a new link to Washington. Let Sears have the old number, he told them.
I had always heard that this was a myth, but with the WaPo fact checkers on the job, I am (slightly) reassured.
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12/24/2018 3:46:56 PM PST
by
texas booster
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To: LouieFisk
Would you like to play a game?
To: texas booster
"He was buried at 91 in 2009 with a flyover of F-16 fighters..."
Jeez, they could have waited until he, you know, died fer cryin' out loud. Sad.
To: texas booster
Yeah, it sounds believable. I’ve received some really wrong numbers and dialed a few in my day, so I know sometimes you never know who will answer.
Caller ID ruined some of that, though, you can see who’s calling . Especially ruined making Bart Simpson-esque prank calls. Not that I ever did that back in the day, heheheheh....
To: Freedom4US
“Jeez, they could have waited until he, you know, died fer cryin’ out loud. Sad.”
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:D
-”We buried my cousin last week”
-”Oh, really?”
- “Had to - dead, y’know.”
To: Rastus
“Mr. McKittrick, after very careful consideration, sir, Ive come to the conclusion that your new defense system sucks.”
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A perfect role for the great Barry Corbin.
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