tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post8092960433934613293..comments2024-03-29T04:38:28.940-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Chant du Départ Official StuffOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20075577241364202292013-03-19T16:58:37.870-07:002013-03-19T16:58:37.870-07:00Awesome. Thanks for introducing more humor into my...Awesome. Thanks for introducing more humor into my life. Can never have enough of THAT!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51259527420239070562013-03-19T16:14:25.330-07:002013-03-19T16:14:25.330-07:00Absolutely not!....I have posted a few of these on...Absolutely not!....I have posted a few of these on a fridge in back of our shop...most of the kids that work here read the comic, chuckle politely, look at me sorrowfully and walk off muttering. I think they are just so overwhelmed with the humor...one of my favorites involves the Rat waiting impatiently in a line at a burger joint located on top floor of a building. He finally reaches the cashier -almost-when the guy in front of him starts hemming and hawing, Rat's doing a slow burn until cashier asks the guy 'would he like it here or to go'?. At that point Rat grabs the slowpoke, tosses him off the roof and tells the cashier 'Make his to go!'.....probably no hope for me at my age.Greg Peaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983526350040615801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1817558780303895472013-03-19T15:41:47.000-07:002013-03-19T15:41:47.000-07:00See the update to this post.
(D'ya think mayb...See the update to this post.<br /><br />(D'ya think maybe I made too big a deal about this?)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-83914876977610951972013-03-19T15:33:55.937-07:002013-03-19T15:33:55.937-07:00You actually get a real-live, printed on paper, ac...You actually get a real-live, printed on paper, actual newspaper. Somehow that is cool. So very, I don't know, retro.<br /><br />As to "Pearls Before Swine", if you check the sidebar (that thingee ALL the way to the right) you'll see that the cartoonist's blog is now listed (that would be Stephan Pastis).<br /><br />Also there's a link to a site which carries the comic. By the way, I spent 15 minutes reading back to the beginning of March. I would've gone further, then I realized that I WAS in the middle of answering your comment.<br /><br />So yes, CdD now has an Official Comic Strip. Well played Greg, well played.<br /><br />Oh, did you know "I can't believe it. This article says that eleven percent of Americans believe Elvis is still alive."OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20808842600836855762013-03-19T14:11:36.156-07:002013-03-19T14:11:36.156-07:00Official CdD Funny Paper Comic? (For those like me...Official CdD Funny Paper Comic? (For those like me who still read the newspaper)... I would nominate "Pearls Before Swine', the Rat does and says things to rude inconsiderate people that I wish I could do ...sometimes...as well as Guard Duck & his Gopher Grenade BrigadeGreg Peaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00983526350040615801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84397000234994902952013-03-19T09:58:42.318-07:002013-03-19T09:58:42.318-07:00Come to think of it, that would be a great place t...Come to think of it, that would be a great place to sit. The General WAS larger than life.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31638976190278501532013-03-19T09:58:02.344-07:002013-03-19T09:58:02.344-07:00Heh.
Now I'm going to have to re-read that. I...Heh.<br /><br />Now I'm going to have to re-read that. It's been a LONG time.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34888492411076441722013-03-19T09:57:32.097-07:002013-03-19T09:57:32.097-07:00IIRC that's a late war cammo scheme. And you&#...IIRC that's a late war cammo scheme. And you're right about the Germans' in this regard. Though it is not mentioned in "polite company" the modern Bundeswehr cammo is based on WWII Waffen SS cammo, which was highly effective.<br /><br />I say "modern", I should specify that it's what the Germans were wearing when I was stationed in Germany, literally at the end of the 20th Century. I checked Google, apparently they're still wearing it. They call it "Flecktarn". (German noun for camouflage is Tarnung.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51883459282673580092013-03-19T09:49:35.531-07:002013-03-19T09:49:35.531-07:00It gets me going every time I see pictures of this...It gets me going every time I see pictures of this particular Phantom. I worked on this aircraft on Okinawa, when it belonged to the 18th TFW at Kadena and then again when I was stationed at Kunsan when 7463 had returned "home" to the 8th TFW, the Wolf Pack. The jet is shown above in the colors of the Triple Nickel TFS in Thailand, back in the day. But I'll bet you knew that already.<br /><br />Currently 7463 is on static display at the Academy. There are worse fates for an old war horse than static displays, so this isn't too bad.<br /><br />(I'll bet YOU could still AVIATE, VX. But your G-tolerance is prolly not what it used to be.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59226033071823278762013-03-19T07:53:55.270-07:002013-03-19T07:53:55.270-07:00PPPS: Re; the movie Patton FWIW/FYI I attended the...PPPS: Re; the movie <i>Patton</i> FWIW/FYI I attended the London premiere of the movie, but arriving late, the only seats left were the VERY FRONT ROW CENTER, Normally I like mid-way back, but for the opening scene, sitting at the very feet of Patton (as it were) starring upwards at the towering figure presented to my vantage point front-row center was the <i>perfect</i> place to be to receive the full effect of the speech--simply an overpowering experience that would have not been so effective if I had been seated further back looking straight on as from a distance rather than craning my neck looking up like one of the troops. Of ALL the opening scenes in the history of film, what a lucky happenstance that I ended up on the front row to get the full effect of the <i>Patton</i> speech! virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-71703748988050926602013-03-19T07:38:22.217-07:002013-03-19T07:38:22.217-07:00PPS: Every time I see the word Stoat--let alone se...PPS: Every time I see the word <i>Stoat</i>--let alone see a pic--I can't help but think of <i>The Wind in the Willows</i> and Toad of Toad Hall and that epic battle he had to forcibly evict (with the aid of Badger, et al )the stoats and the ferrets when they occupied Toad Hall by force, lolvirgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61135840060368052722013-03-19T07:31:35.769-07:002013-03-19T07:31:35.769-07:00PS: Noticed the great cammo job on the Panther--th...PS: Noticed the great cammo job on the Panther--the Germans' were/are ALWAYS better at it than we are--mainly because we've never fought a war w.o. air superiority, so don't pay that much attention to it as we have never thought it that truly vital..virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-71411677059419365932013-03-19T07:26:13.960-07:002013-03-19T07:26:13.960-07:00MAN 'O MAN does that F-4 pic get this old F-4 ...MAN 'O MAN does that F-4 pic get this old F-4 driver's juices flowing! This 68-yr-old fossil is <i>almost</i> dumb enough to think that, like riding a bicycle, I could slip right back into the cockpit, throw the switches, and AVIATE once more as in days of yore!! LOL.virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31850363868612810042013-03-19T05:21:56.775-07:002013-03-19T05:21:56.775-07:00That was an excellent post (in the link, naturelle...That was an excellent post (in the link, naturellement). "Ride of the Valkyries", excellent theme music, your's wasn't bad either!<br /><br />It was a bit like work putting this together. But I'm thinking of a recurring thing here, when I see stuff I really like, I'll make it the "Official CdD blah-blah-blah". I may get some mileage out of this. Or not. Time will tell.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85797651958732883392013-03-19T05:17:50.903-07:002013-03-19T05:17:50.903-07:00Hhhmm, I hadn't noticed that he didn't hav...Hhhmm, I hadn't noticed that he didn't have a comment form. The man is smart, isn't he?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55744802119716140732013-03-18T20:39:35.997-07:002013-03-18T20:39:35.997-07:00I REALLY like your theme music. That reminded me ...I REALLY like your theme music. That reminded me o' <a href="http://exileinportales.blogspot.com/2011/01/apropos-o-nuthin-ix.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> from a couple o' years back. The comments to that post are interesting.<br /><br />I also like the whole ideer of this post, in general. I might do sumthin' like this. Or I might not, coz it really looks like <i>work</i> Sorta. Kinda.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44458380188579118842013-03-18T20:10:24.821-07:002013-03-18T20:10:24.821-07:00I've been reading Kevin Underhill almost from ...I've been reading Kevin Underhill almost from the time I started blogging.<br />He seldom disappoints.<br />Sometime I find myself wanting to comment over there.<br />He proved just how smart he is by not having a comment form.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.com