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Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Growing up in Gainesville, Florida, my parents gave my sister and me a Kodak disposable camera, sometime in the 1960s. You remember those … 12 shots in a weird-looking yellow box. You’d turn the entire… Read more#208—“Timeless Treasures”
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Do you remember when you first joined the Navy (or military … it really doesn’t matter which branch)? Do you remember the recruiter who totally agreed that whatever job you selected was “The best job… Read more#196—Your Mission … Should You Decide to Accept it
Thanks to those who commented on my previous blog, #170—An Honor & a Privilege.” Several comments were spot on and reminded me of things I’d forgotten. Here’s a few more shared “memories:” June 1975 – Somewhere in the Middle of… Read more#171—My First… Overseas Liberty Call
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) This year marks the 80th Anniversary of D-Day. My father-in-law, Dr. Rufus K. Broadaway, dropped into Normandy with the 82nd Airborne Division. My father, A. Z. Adkins, Jr., landed on Utah Beach the first week… Read more#170—An Honor and a Privilege
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) According to Professor Google, the term, “Pucker Factor,” originated somewhere, sometime in the 60s. I never knew the term during my early elementary and junior high school years, though there were times when it would… Read more#161—The “Pucker Factor”
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Someone recently asked me what my favorite plane was when I was in the Navy. Not an unusual question for a Navy veteran, but it came from a young’un, probably not yet a teen. She… Read more#158—My Favorite Navy Jets (70s version)
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Who said, “It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.”? In what movie did we hear, “Normal is a setting on the dryer.”? In what song did we hear?The full moon… Read more#129—I May Have Left the Navy But…
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Who said, “The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.”? In what movie (and who said it) did we hear, “Unless we’re parked in San Diego Bay, you’re at… Read more#83—Flight Deck “Skittles”
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Who said, “Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward”? In what movie (and who said it) did we hear, “Unless we’re parked in San Diego… Read more#67—Flight Ops: A Day in the Life of Crash & Salvage
Trivia Questions (Answers @ end) Who said, “Look deep into nature, then you will understand everything better.”? Who said (and what movie) did we hear, “Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.”? Who sang (and what song)… Read more#64—“General Quarters, General Quarters…”