It will be 58 yrs later this month scattered across 26 yrs in the Navy with 2 accompanied overseas tours, Japan and Spain and 2 unaccompanied tours on the boat. Some stormy seas along with much fair winds and following seas and time on a sunny beach. What would I change, NOT a thing..... USN RET

Thanks for the update, cheap is good, FREE is better..............

Keywest, I know this is an old post but, is there an update from your BIL on the Pentax camera??? Cliff long time Pentax user circa 1969.

After evaluating this post and considerable thought, I came to the conclusion that I resemble many of those meanderings. Thanks for sharing. Cliff

WOWZER!!!!! Can't say more. TFS Cliff

Double post. OOOPs

CWO4 Aviation Maintenance and a hobby machinist

PIFLABS, you may ask what is PIFLABS? Explained below...........
A Case Study: PILAFBS

Although I've become much more aware of it and careful about it, I've always seemed to have occasional bouts of the "Dropsies" which come on when I least expect it. You know what the Dropsies are, that irritating practice of dropping little parts (or big ones for that matter) while you are filing, or transferring them from the vise, or in some other way have the darn things suspended in the air within your fingertips. But the Dropsies problem is one that in the end I have control over and can take steps to improve or eliminate if I choose. The more universal problem I am referring to is one that is quite beyond our control and comes into play only after the precious part has left your fingertips and lept to freedom. I've named the problem, and the object of my inquiry, PILAFBS, or the "Post-Impact Lateral Acceleration of Falling Bits Syndrome".
For the non-scientific this curious phenomenon is defined as follows: "The tendency, when dropped, and upon impact with the workshop floor, for a very small but crutical part to: A) accelerate laterally with several times the energy that it could ever possibly have developed during its fall, and B) and at an angle that is completely random and bears no relationship whatsoever to either the dropped object, it's dropping point, the floor surface, the obstructions thereupon, or position of your feet". A perplexing subtlety of the problem, not evident from this definition, is that the more time invested on the part, the faster it accelerates. The PILAFBS problem continues to perplex scientists and model engineers the world over and at the moment no preventative or cure is known.
The second part of the inquiry was to develop an equation for determining MCT, or "Maximum Crawl Time". This would be the maximum amount of time one is justified in spending crawling around on hands and knees in the chips on the workshop floor looking for the lost bit, often with a flashlight and/or magnifying glass, before coming to one's senses, regaining ones dignity, and beginning work on a replacement. From my own experience, the more times you have been struck with PILAFBS, the less likely you are to expend valuable time on a search which you inevitably will come to realize is a fruitless waste of energy. The only consolation you will have is the certain knowledge that years from now, when your heirs clean out the shop, they will find a treasure trove of tiny, beautifully crafted, but inexplicable bits behind and under this bench or that machine.
In closing I have to say that you may be comforted to know that there is an exception to the PILAFBS phenomenon which is of course summed up in the "Chuck Corollary", which states simply that "When dropped, the free-fall of a chuck will invariably be interrupted by ones foot, where it will come to rest thus neutralizing the effect of PILAFBS. Of course for the purposes of this inquiry "rotary table" or "dividing head" can be substituted for "chuck" in the equation with no loss of effect. Further reports of my inquiry will be posted as work progresses.

H. Wade, Professor Emeritus (© Harry Wade 2001)
Dept. of Unexplained Workshop Phenomenon
Wotsamatta U.
That my friends, explains it all and now you know where and why all those bits and pieces disappeared in the shop.

UHHH, where are the photos???

Yep, when trying to play catch-up from the beginning on a long running thread, it takes a while 20 minutes at a time. Thanks for the reply. Happy watching Cliff

Have been following Leo from very near the beginning. He has had some very good mentors and he knows how to think a problem thru to a viable solution, and he also knows when he is in over his head and how and when to ask for help. He also has become a mentor to the folks who have been volunteers on the Talley Ho project. Those are the future of wooden boats from restorations, to maintaining and to new construction. I hope am around to see the splash. Cliff

Looking at the cat shot and the number on the bow, I would say CV 16 USS Lexington #2, not #1. And in download I was able to make out the squadron, VF 151 who later transitioned to F8-U Crusaders. Tis correct that there were many technological breakthroughs that carried over into the Crusader making it a topline fighter when introduced. Worked on F8's, VF124 & VFP63 from 62 - 69, oxygen systems, pressurization, canopy and ejection seats. Yes I received more than 1 bottle of spirits. Anyhow the bow/launch shot is great. AMEAN>AMCS>CWO4>retirement. What a ride!!!! Thanks for sharing... Cliff

And off the coast of Alaska, you have this, a ghost ship carrying 5000 Mazdas abandoned by crew and adrift.

See da link: https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a12109/ghost-ship-full-of-mazdas-floats-free-off-alaska/

Seems to be a bad time for sea transport of automobiles.

And , just who is the parent company of BING?? Microsoft!!! Bill Gates and the New World Order and you better get your Fauchi ouchy. Just saying........ CLiff

Red sky at night, a sailors delight, and a great photo to end the day!! TFS Cliff