tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post7538666753865095382..comments2024-03-29T04:38:28.940-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Small TownsOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28474319560770247652014-01-15T11:45:03.499-08:002014-01-15T11:45:03.499-08:00Or lack thereof!Or lack thereof!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55395654179318799792014-01-15T11:44:51.975-08:002014-01-15T11:44:51.975-08:00SAC HQ was never known for their sense of humor.SAC HQ was never known for their sense of humor.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51129176944014220252014-01-15T10:03:06.551-08:002014-01-15T10:03:06.551-08:00PS: I should add, given the mentality of SAC in th...PS: I should add, given the mentality of SAC in those days, he was lucky he wasn't given an Art 32 discharge for the poster alone, lol.virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29492974045919941022014-01-15T09:57:21.648-08:002014-01-15T09:57:21.648-08:00How does that old joke go? "The only thing go...How does that old joke go? "The only thing good about <i>Offut</i> is when ya get OFF-IT!" LOL.<br /><br />True story. A buddy of mine (from Spokane) from college who spoke fluent Japanese and, when he was drafted, was teaching Japanese history to Japanese College students at the Univ of Osaka, went to OCS, then Intel School at old Lowry in Denver. (Did I mention he wore coke-bottle glasses?) LOL. Did the AF, in it's infinite wisdom, make use of his language skilz in counter-intelligence or anything? No, they assigned him to SAC and made him a PI (Photo-interpreter) in the targeting section of the command bunker at Offut. So.......to get out of there he posted a big anti-war poster of a mushroom-cloud and the "peace symbol" over his desk, lol . His superiors finally took notice and transferred him out and he managed to finagle a re-assignment to Japan where he married a Japanese national. (He later ended up as the State Trade Representative to Japan for Washington State after he left the AF and then retired and set up his own import/export business in Seattle.)virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46059586056742924862014-01-13T16:27:40.410-08:002014-01-13T16:27:40.410-08:00While I wouldn't call myself a homesteader at ...While I wouldn't call myself a homesteader at certain bases, I got awfully close!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40271103902299962322014-01-13T16:26:48.406-08:002014-01-13T16:26:48.406-08:00Good folks up Nebraska way. Down to earth and nice...Good folks up Nebraska way. Down to earth and nice. Well, except when the 'Huskers are playing. Then everyone dresses in red and woe unto those who don't live and die for Nebraska football.<br /><br />I believe you have mentioned that TSMP teaches at my alma mater. And Buck, you're too damn pretty for prison!<br /><br />Thanks, once again you inspired my writing. So you can take some credit there. Or blame. Whichever works...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13276306652513020862014-01-13T16:23:52.583-08:002014-01-13T16:23:52.583-08:00Woodford? I've driven through there on my way ...Woodford? I've driven through there on my way to Bennington. Pretty country over there.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56647965415041031782014-01-13T16:02:11.427-08:002014-01-13T16:02:11.427-08:00Must be nice...LOL! I played ping-pong across the...Must be nice...LOL! I played ping-pong across the country on EVERY damn transfer...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-27817718783700598622014-01-13T15:34:59.314-08:002014-01-13T15:34:59.314-08:00Four years. I actually enjoyed Nebraska.
Funny yo...<i>Four years. I actually enjoyed Nebraska.</i><br /><br />Funny you should mention that. Both boys have "done time" in Omaha, SN1 in his undergrad days at UoN, Omaha and SN2 a three-year tour at STRATCOM. Both of the kids enjoyed their stays so much they're both talking about Omaha as a retirement destination. Go figure. I went up that way and visited but I fail to see the attraction. It might be sumthin' that grows on ya, like athlete's foot.<br /><br />Ah, Fort Collins. That's a very nice town, too. I considered living there... seein' as how TSMP lives there now... but decided not to do so, coz the temptation to kill someone who really needs killin' might be too strong to resist. I wouldn't do well in prison, bein' the smallish kinda guy I AM.<br /><br />Great post... ya done good.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38319861299346362222014-01-13T14:39:02.823-08:002014-01-13T14:39:02.823-08:00Thank you for the pictures; my dad's family wa...Thank you for the pictures; my dad's family was (say a hundred years ago or so) from Woodford, VT. I've never been, and don't know if any kin still live there. His pa and grandparents traveled to Missouri in a covered wagon in the 1880s (my Grandpa was born in 1876), and I don't think any of us who are descended from him ever went back.<br />It's nice to see pictures, though. Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.com