Stormy

NO, my uncle was on that ship at one point. the ones I was on were much larger. I've posted some specs below for comparison. Also I have the dates wrong, I was going by what someone else told me, that picture was after 1955, that's when the angled flight deck was added, sorry.

Just hope it ain't this one:

What do you mean "were" I still am.

LOL

LOL In the 70s, I mostly wore a pair of boots like these for casual dress http://tinyurl.com/ltwsjyt

LOL

ROFL Good ones Old Man.

Yep, 4 and a half hours of shock and awe.

Thanks for suggesting that this could be almost considered as a sequel to "The Black Wave" I went back and reread that story and I completely agree, almost like "Black Wave: Redux"

Beautiful pup. I love boxers

ROFL sad but true, nonetheless.

Sorry to hear about Uncle Bill, but what an honor to have his ashes spread that way. That link, BTW, is quite informative, though it could do with a bit of judicious proofreading.

One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he asked about his bill, and the barber replied: 'I cannot accept money from you; I'm doing community service this week.' The florist was pleased and left the shop. When the barber went to open his shop the next morning, there was a 'thank you' card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door. Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill, the barber again replied: 'I cannot accept money from you; I'm doing community service this week.' The cop was happy and left the shop. The next morning when the barber went to open up, there was a 'thank you ' card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door. Then a Congressman came in for a haircut, and when he went to pay his bill, the barber again replied: 'I cannot accept money from you. I'm doing community service this week.' The Congressman was very happy and left the shop. The next morning, when the barber went to open up, there were a dozen Congressmen lined up waiting for a free haircut. And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the citizens of our country and the politicians who run it. BOTH POLITICIANS AND DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON!

Good to have you joining us RAiN, I'm hoping to see much more of you in the future. Welcome to our world

Thanks Steve, I'm sorry I didn't tell you before.

Leave no bird behind!!

"She's a light at the nightsky now watching over u" That's good, thank you, Casa, very much how I envision her.

Thanks Nan, and you're right on all counts.

Thank you Leslie, Thank you Odd, thank you Branson, thank you Smiley and thank you Dawn and thank you Koach. She was a lot of fun, I remember when she used to host those ASCII art shows in #KoachsArtShop on MSN, those were a lot of fun and brought us a lot of chatters. LOL about the wedding Koach, we had four or five people from the chatroom that actually traveled to Texas for the wedding and we still have that ASCII wedding album that Luv and Crysta made for us. No problem Dawn, it will be some time before I'm ready to talk about it, I'm still trying to get my head around the fact that she's no longer sitting at the desk next to mine telling me what I need to do.

I'm not sure where to start here, maybe just jump right in. To make a long story short, I awoke Tuesday evening, got dressed, made us both a cup of coffee and went to wake Blondie up. She didn't respond, and never will, she had passed away in her sleep. I'm not looking for sympathy, just passing on news to those who knew her best. I'm still not sure this happened, I'll know why when the autopsy is finished and the cause is given to me. All I know at this point is she looked more peaceful and relaxed than she has in quite some time, she had many health issues that she didn't want everyone to know, she was uncomfortable with attention like that, but Congestive heart disease, a Cerebral Aneurism, Restless Leg Syndrome, Fibromyalgia and hypertension as well as some others and pretty much refused to follow any suggestions that curtailed her ability to "live as she chose". I allowed her to do this and I had a lot of guilt right now for not being more stringent in trying to get her to do as she was told. But after thinking about it, that's how she wanted it and who knows, maybe she was right. That's pretty much all I want to say at this time, other than thank you all for being her friend and mine for all these years, it means a lot to me. So Thank you. I also am uncomfortable with a lot of attention, so if you feel you need to say something to me or about her, please do it here, not on the server and in the rooms, it will be much easier for me to thank the ones that do. Again, thank you all. So, if you don't see me around much in the next week or so, it's nothing personal towards anyone, I just need some time to get my head right (As we used to say).

Thank you Dawn, that's a huge help. I'm accustomed to being the one with all the answers and have not quite assimilated the idea that I'm no longer capable of the energy and time required to learn everything on my own. I love the program and now have it so screwed up I might have to delete and begin over LOL. I looked at it about 9 last night and it showed night was over Europe and it sure looked dark outside here to me.

I'm just awestruck, I have it but haven't figured out how to set the flags yet, I've been rather busy lately.