Friday… We are now set up in Mark’s side yard in Leesburg FL

  

Today’s picture: The Pen and Pencil problem.

 

NOTE: No, Jack Jr. nor Mark played the piano we bought. :-(

Now for today:

I am the world’s worst at pronouncing, well that is along with many of my southern brethren. When I got orders to Albany, Georgia, I pronounced it like Albany, NY..  Not so locally, locally it is pronounced ALL-benny, Georgia.

Once in the USAF I was sent to Biloxi, Mississippi. I pronounced the name Bi LOX’se  then learning it was

B LUX’ee

Well anyway, it is hard for me to write and place emphasis on syllables, I am just saying it is hard for me to say words correctly the first time.

When we started studying the Appalachian Trail I really messed up the name of the upper terminus in Maine, which is Katahdin, I had it as ‘CAT-a-den!’ It is really

Ka-tah’ dn. I was off by miles. LOL

 My life has been sorta twisted with so much time in the military. I spent 2 years as a Marine, 4 years and 100 days in the USAF.  The 100 days was JFK, USSR, & Fidel’s fault. Then President Kennedy extended all military personnel enlistments 100 days due to him calling the USSR’s bluff during that 'Cuban Missile Crisis.'

That was the period of time the RUSSIA was planning to establish missile sites in Cuba and JFK said, “NO YOU ARE NOT!”  Turn the ships around or we will sink them. Russia took their ships back home, and I took my discharge.

My final tour was 16 years in the USN.  All my various times in service counted toward my retirement, so I was able to retire with 20 years active duty.

About Albany, Georgia.  That is only about 20 miles south of Jimmy Carter's home, Plains, GA. Remember the president’s brother Billy Carter? He had a service station in Plains.  Even had a beer named after him, Billy Beer! I stopped by his station and went into the bathroom, while there I signed my name on the wall along with hundreds of other names.  Then leaving, my BIL Sonny and I both bought a 6 pack of Billy Beer. Over time, I drank mine, Sonny never did, his is still around somewhere, I guess. 

Thanks for stopping by,,,

Nite Shipslog

 PS: We are heading down into the 30 degrees and some high winds here in Sunny Florida.