Archive for April, 2004
Thursday, April 29th, 2004
Panama
Sometime before I retired, I was sent on temporary duty to Howard AFB, just outside Panama City, and flew all over Central America and parts of South America.
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Thursday, April 29th, 2004
One Of My Planes …
… still in use in Fallujah, though the latest update was the AC-130H model for me, and they are now flying the AC-130U.
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Wednesday, April 28th, 2004
Almost Too Cute
A 6-year-old was overheard reciting the Lord’s Prayer
at a church service: “And forgive us our trash
passes, as we forgive those who passed trash against
us.”
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2004
Tacky, But Funny
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Saturday, April 24th, 2004
Reno
Twice, Berta and I were stationed in Sacramento, just “down the hill” from Reno. Especially in our first tour, we would come here fairly often, just to get away, or see a show. Neither of us gamble, though I think we each spent about $10 on the slots. One time I won […]
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Saturday, April 24th, 2004
More Good For Them
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Saturday, April 24th, 2004
I Love These
Resembling a diamond-encrusted bracelet, a ring of brilliant blue star clusters wraps around the yellowish nucleus of what was once a normal spiral galaxy in this new image from NASA (news - web sites)’s Hubble Space Telescope (news - web sites) (HST) released Saturday April 24, 2004. This image is being released to commemorate the […]
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Saturday, April 24th, 2004
This Made Me Laugh …
… though it probably shouldn’t have:
Mother Superior calls all the nuns together and says to them,
“I must tell you something. We have a case of gonorrhea in
the convent.”
“Thank goodness,” says an elderly nun at the back. “I am so
tired of Chardonnay.”
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Saturday, April 24th, 2004
Good For Them
Friday, April 23, 2004
Bishops form coalition for a ‘just society’
By Jim Naughton
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[ENS] Episcopal bishops from 30 dioceses have formed a coalition to work on behalf of public policies that benefit the nation’s poor.
The new group, Bishops Working for a Just Society (BWJS), was created in late March at a meeting in Navasota, Texas, before […]