Does not follow...

[Netpackrat]

When I enlisted after that and hit the fleet I was consistently grossed out by the safety wire I'd see from airframers with pliers.

You know you did that backwards, right?

Nope. The guys would consistently go crazy with pliers and twist too tight, overshoot have to unwrap and thread through holes etc

What I meant is you are supposed to do the military first and come out with your A&P, and then use the GI Bill to pay for school afterward. Worked with a guy once who did it the same way as you... He happened to finish A&P school at the same time as the industry went into one of its periodic downturns, and was unable to find a job. So he joined the Air Force.

Although getting the right experience in the military to satisfy the requirements for an A&P license is kind of hit or miss.

[blackeagle603]

What I meant is you are supposed to do the military first and come out with your A&P, and then use the GI Bill to pay for school afterward.

oh yeah, heh. You're not wrong. I got right on the 2nd time around. It was the A&P course that got me interested in continuing on to get Avionics training.
No GI Bill was available in the in between after Viet Nam and before Gulf. 3 slops and a flop while getting paid to go to Navy (was still thought at the time) best electronics training available looked like a deal. And I wanted to serve even though it was definitely not a popular sentiment in the PNW Seattle/Portland corridor where I lived.

Burned the candle at both ends for the 20 some months of that program. Up at 5:30 in Federal Way. Clocked in at Clover Park 0700 and out at 1430 everyday for class then drove straight to 84th Street Exxon to work till closing at 10 or 11 depending on the season. To bed at Midnight, Back up at 5- 5:30. Sleep like a deadman on either Saturday or Sunday as day off. Good training for the Navy.

Best part of that was working the pumps directly under the turn to final for McChord. F-106s, T-33s, 130s, 141s, the occasional C-5, and transit F-4.
They'd be just straightening out to final and low enough to see the pilot and even helmet patterns in the fighters.
War.

[HTRN]

Interesting short on COVID 19 and death certificates:
https://youtube.com/shorts/cVWvEqIBvZU?feature=share

[Netpackrat]

Grave Robbers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjbwwrLUZ-o

[Jered]

Disney was probably very naughty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrIxQ-eQzO0

[HTRN]

Grave Robbers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjbwwrLUZ-o

I saw that on YouTube a few days ago. The various coastal patrols in the area should take a "shoot first, and ask questions never" policy.

[Netpackrat]

Grave Robbers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjbwwrLUZ-o

I saw that on YouTube a few days ago. The various coastal patrols in the area should take a "shoot first, and ask questions never" policy.

The next "salvage vessel" found loitering near any known WW2 wreck should be sent to join it on the bottom, in such a way that everybody knows what has happened.

[Netpackrat]

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/ ... rn-alaska/

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

[HTRN]

When Gordon Lightfoot, who wrote and performed the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald died May 1st, the 175 year old Mariners Church in Detroit rang their bells 30 times - 29 for the lost crew of the big Fitz, and one for Gordon. This is the same church mentioned in the song as ringing the bells 29 times.

https://youtube.com/shorts/dchcTrnJg_A?feature=share

https://youtu.be/PIq1ELxH2do

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainme ... 175392007/

[Captain Wheelgun]

When Gordon Lightfoot, who wrote and performed the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald died May 1st, the 175 year old Mariners Church in Detroit rang their bells 30 times - 29 for the lost crew of the big Fitz, and one for Gordon. This is the same church mentioned in the song as ringing the bells 29 times.

https://youtube.com/shorts/dchcTrnJg_A?feature=share

https://youtu.be/PIq1ELxH2do

https://www.freep.com/story/entertainme ... 175392007/

Thank you for posting this. Darned onion ninjas struck again…