Here's me and my Sailor hat. How do ya like that Sailor I am with??
Posted on 07/20/2005 9:37:05 PM PDT by SAMWolf
WOW. It's so good to see an old friend. Glad to hear things are going good. I'm frying donuts at 3 a.m. part-time before we open the store so I know what you mean about getting used to strange hours! What the heck, who needs sleep? ;-)
Mind you, I love my Tarawa ball cap my favorite sailors gave me however, a "dixie cup" sailor hat would be cool to have! No bell bottoms though. ;-)
Cutie pie!
Hi DD.
Troops are still in Korea. Good afternoon Iris7.
Hiya sweets.
Mike Wallace is scum, I wish the MSM would just go away.
It's the "shift work" that's hard to adjust to, after almost 10 years in the white collar world.
Know that feeling, talk about different worlds and attitudes. Good to hear things are going well.
You and Uncle Fran look awful cute!
The little boy peeking out is my youngest brother, he just had a stint put in yesterday. I talked to him a few moments ago, he is fine and at home.
Hyvää päivää, Johnny!!
Nice to see you.
What a wonderful world it would be . . .
Hi snippy! Just got back earlier today from Gulfport, MS. Boy was it humid! Reminded me of Guam but without the breeze from the trade winds!
I don't have any dixie cups anymore (Chiefs wear different headgear), but I can swing by the uniform shop and get one for ya!
Oh yeah... did you hear TARAWA left for another deployment the other day?
Canadian Railroad Triology by Gordon Lightfoot
There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
Long before the white man and long before the wheel
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
But time has no beginnings and hist’ry has no bounds
As to this verdant country they came from all around
They sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tall
And they built the mines the mills and the factories for the good of us all
And when the young man’s fancy was turnin’ to the spring
The railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring
Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day
And many a fortune lost and won and many a debt to pay
For they looked in the future and what did they see
They saw an iron road runnin’ from sea to the sea
Bringin’ the goods to a young growin’ land
All up through the seaports and into their hands
Look away said they across this mighty land
From the eastern shore to the western strand
Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
We gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails
Open ’er heart let the life blood flow
Gotta get on our way ’cause we’re movin’ too slow
Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
We’re gonna lay down the tracks and tear up the trails
Open ’er heart let the life blood flow
Gotta get on our way ’cause we’re movin’ too slow
Get on our way ’cause we’re movin’ too slow
Behind the blue rockies the sun is declinin’
The stars, they come stealin’ at the close of the day
Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping
Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away
We are the navvies who work upon the railway
Swingin’ our hammers in the bright blazin’ sun
Livin’ on stew and drinkin’ bad whiskey
Bendin’ our old backs ’til the long days are done
We are the navvies who work upon the railway
Swingin’ our hammers in the bright blazin’ sun
Layin’ down track and buildin’ the bridges
Bendin’ our old backs ’til the railroad is done
So over the mountains and over the plains
Into the muskeg and into the rain
Up the st. lawrence all the way to gaspe
Swingin’ our hammers and drawin’ our pay
Drivin’ ’em in and tyin’ ’em down
Away to the bunkhouse and into the town
A dollar a day and a place for my head
A drink to the livin’ and a toast to the dead
Oh the song of the future has been sung
All the battles have been won
O’er the mountain tops we stand
All the world at our command
We have opened up the soil
With our teardrops and our toil
For there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
Long before the white man and long before the wheel
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
And many are the dead men too silent to be real
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
YOWZERS
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
One more proof that there is a God...and he loves me.
SUPER FRIGATES - AMERICA'S HIGH TECH WEAPONS OF THE 1790's
by Steve McQuillan
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/5443/supfrig.htm
(snip)
The largest ships in the U.S. fleet in 1812 were the 44 gun frigates, the Constitution, United States and President. Launched between 1798 and 1800 these three ships were built principally to protect U.S. commerce from the Barbary pirates. Because of the threat presented by the Barbary states, the United States' Congress voted in 1794 to build four 44 gun and two 38 gun frigates. (That number was decided on the fact that the Portuguese had adequately blockaded the Barbary states with three ships of the line)
(snip)
That's easy on the eyes. :-)
Hi bkwells.
Thanks for the update on the TARAWA's status, I didn't hear she was be deployed again.
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