An interesting experience.

Some kid was in front of me on an electric bike and they were running about 20 mph which is my usual speed on the street.

I simply saw no need to pass the kid so I didn't. I followed the kid until they slowed up and pulled into their driveway.

It was interesting because they stopped at stop signs and obeyed all the rules. It was actually a pleasure following the kid.

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Off to buy beans, slaw and potato salad.

for tomorrow.

It is the pro forma Labor day feed.

1 burger. 1 hotdog, one each scoop of beans, potato salad and slaw.

It's the Official Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor day feed.

This is serious business and is not the place for chicken and steaks. Chicken and steaks are for impromptu times between the holidays.

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They are making progress in Tinian.

North field is being refurbished and they are making progress.

Nature is healing itself.

Soon the bombers will be returning to Tinian.

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I have a QSL card from Tinian.

Some Japanese ham got an American callsign and set up a portable rig next to the pit that loaded the bomb on Enola Gay and went on the air for a week or so. I got lucky and worked him.

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Bagged an ATNO (All Time New One) on 17 meters.

RI1FJL>1358Z>1SEP2026>17M>5x9>Franz Josef Land.

Rare DX. It's an archipelago in the Barents Sea above Russia (who owns it). It has no permanent residents and it's almost never on the air.

I put in over 20 hours chasing it and then it took me 2 hours to bust through the pileup.

42 minutes later I was preoccupied and thought I was on another frequency but hadn't changed it yet. I keyed the mic, threw out my call and got an answer. Call it an insurance call.   

Go figure.

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Time for my election time sign.

If you are shilling for a political candidate of either party you are trespassing.

The homeowner is a convicted felon and can't vote. He hacked up a politcal shill a few years back and is currently out on parole. 

He is also taking care of a Grizzley Bear for the zoo. The bear has hemorrhoids and a toothache and is currently resting quietly. You wake him up at your peril. 

I'd turn back if I were you.

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Well, well, well. On this day in 1939

Germany marched into Poland and started the European part of WW2.

Japan had already started it in Asia when they invaded Manchuria in 1937 but for Americans it started on December 7,1941.

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I gotta teach you guys everything.

I saw a pretty good video of some guy stealing shoes from Muslims when they were praying.

He did it all wrong. He stole pairs of shoes. Dumbass.

You're supposed to steal only one shoe out of each pair. You get double the aggravation because you can inconvenience twice as many people and it also makes them look ridiculous running around wearing one shoe.

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Summer has blown past me.

It's amazing how fast things go. It seems the older you get the faster time flies.

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I see where the acting SecNav

Is taking a stand against sailors that divorce their wives overseas and take advantage of foreign divorce laws that leave everything to the man and nothing to the woman and leave the wife and kids stranded in some overseas hellhole.

American divorce laws suck. I can see why some men do this but throwing one's kids to the wolves is patently wrong.

Kudos to the SecNav for trying to do what's right.

Too bad we can't fix American divorce laws to make things right.

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A couple of days ago I was out and about and instead of returning home for lunch

I decided to do some fine dining at a convenience store called Sheetz, a somewhat local institution around these parts.

While they were making my sandwich I overheard happy chatter from the  eat-in nook. A glance told me there were about a half dozen Down's kids and a guide sitting there having lunch.

Instead of eating on the fly I joined them and got to eat lunch listening to happy chatter for a change.

I needed that.

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Not much but someone made me laugh today

I overheard older guy someone say 'she looks like she was bobbing for apples in a deep fryer'.

I have no context of the conversation. That's all I heard but it painted a clear mental picture in my mind.

Ughhh.

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We better rethink this UCMJ business....

Said a few people that are upset because an Air Force officer has been charged with mouthing off about Trump.

Some have said that the UCMJ needs to be looked into.

It doesn't. 

Anyone that has served under it and has taken time to figure it out realizes that although there are strict rules under it there are protections afforded a serviceman that are not offered in civilian life.

An example of which is misappropriation of government property. In civilian life it's a felony as such. A civilian convicted is going to at the least face a felony conviction record.

On the other hand, for example, a GI that swipes a piece of equipment to replace one that is missing and gets caught can be punished under Article 15, get a limited punishment and no criminal record.

If the accused wants to he can refuse the Article 15 and demand a trial by courts-martial and risk a federal conviction.

The UCMJ has served the military well since it took effect in 1951. It relaced the Rules of War and articles for Governance of the Navy. Both of these were cans of worms that provided few rights for the serviceperson that served under them.

 

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