tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post960189072056222272..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Close Encounters of the Skunk KindOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63964044959241293802014-09-11T05:00:36.658-07:002014-09-11T05:00:36.658-07:00And now they're all gone. IOWA is in Philly (I...And now they're all gone. IOWA is in Philly (I think), FORRESTAL and SARATOGA are off to the scrap yard.<br /><br />It looks very empty down there.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56072259715137296282014-09-10T22:53:09.340-07:002014-09-10T22:53:09.340-07:00Drove by Melville housing a couple months ago on o...Drove by Melville housing a couple months ago on our way out of town. Didn't think to stop by the Destroyer piers and check out the carriers. There were none there when I was young.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23783502295685370832014-09-10T15:33:34.913-07:002014-09-10T15:33:34.913-07:00Me too. But as tomorrow is an anniversary, I had s...Me too. But as tomorrow is an anniversary, I had something planned for that already.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81871434750829536852014-09-10T12:30:10.638-07:002014-09-10T12:30:10.638-07:00I hate to say it, but I'm all out of Skunk Sto...I hate to say it, but I'm all out of Skunk Stories and it's only Wednesday. What ARE we going to do?juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31099509846169783052014-09-10T11:36:24.443-07:002014-09-10T11:36:24.443-07:00I swear I haven't used any of their material!
...I swear I haven't used any of their material!<br /><br />No, not yet. Maybe they're talking to my agent?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39513429718028851402014-09-10T11:15:59.150-07:002014-09-10T11:15:59.150-07:00Alright, maybe it is "Skunk Week" here ....<i>Alright, maybe it is "Skunk Week" here ...</i><br /><br />So... has The Discovery Channel called yet?Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78025804127907283712014-09-10T08:17:05.339-07:002014-09-10T08:17:05.339-07:00No, Sara was the last. On rare occasions there mig...No, Sara was the last. On rare occasions there might be a destroyer tied up at one of the piers. They used to come up nearly weekly from Norfolk to support officer training on the base (Surface Warfare Officer School and Department Head School). But I haven't seen one in a while. We used to get at least a frigate up every Fourth of July, sometimes a destroyer. But budget cuts curtailed these no doubt.<br /><br />Once upon a time I actually saw a cruiser tied up out there. But not in a long while.<br /><br />I don't get out that way much anymore since I quit smoking and SECNAV mandated that cigs on the base will cost the same as cigs off the base, I don't have a need(?) to go to the base for cheap cigarettes anymore.<br /><br />Long story short. Nothing in that area other than USCG buoy tenders.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6676047233547576352014-09-10T07:40:28.682-07:002014-09-10T07:40:28.682-07:00So far they have not, at least as far as I know. B...So far they have not, at least as far as I know. But I cannot imagine either of them just ignoring one, especially Murphy.<br /><br />And had I known about Sara leaving and been able to fly up, you'd have been invited along. Would have been cool. But alas, I only saw the news the next day.<br /><br />Anything else of note still tied up there?Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25032870896717969832014-09-10T06:50:56.544-07:002014-09-10T06:50:56.544-07:00Yeah, I had heard no word of Sara leaving otherwis...Yeah, I had heard no word of Sara leaving otherwise I would have driven down to the pier for one last look.<br /><br />Cool as to you joining in on the skunk motif. Have Murphy or Belle ever encountered one?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10058016221339967722014-09-10T06:38:12.187-07:002014-09-10T06:38:12.187-07:00Kind of ticked off about Saratoga going down befor...Kind of ticked off about Saratoga going down before I caught wind of it. I'd been planning a flight up for a photo op. Dammit.<br /><br />Joining you in the skunk motif though.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-381264010544195642014-09-10T06:08:11.190-07:002014-09-10T06:08:11.190-07:00I note from your blog (and the comments you leave ...I note from your blog (and the comments you leave here) that Mrs Cranky doesn't miss much.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86088952004483315692014-09-10T06:07:02.031-07:002014-09-10T06:07:02.031-07:00Sacré bleu, nom du chien! Ils ne passeront pas.
Y...<em>Sacré bleu, nom du chien! Ils ne passeront pas.</em><br /><br />You have excited my inner Frenchman.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-87849471838596985972014-09-10T05:49:25.778-07:002014-09-10T05:49:25.778-07:00My neighbors dog tangled with a skunk last year......My neighbors dog tangled with a skunk last year...he lost! I don't see them, but often get a whiff when the window is open at night so I know they are there. Sometimes I blame skunks when they are not around. Mrs. C doesn't buy it though.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61490865785698534812014-09-10T05:47:31.615-07:002014-09-10T05:47:31.615-07:00That picture belongs to me! You will soon be hear...That picture belongs to me! You will soon be hearing from my lawyer<br /><br />Monsieur Pepe LePew!joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.com