Thursday, January 21, 2010

Something silly my Dad sent me

My Dad sent these to me this morning. I know I have not blogged in a while, due to illness. Hope these silly little words are enough to make you smile today.

Jan - who feels good, but not great.


"If the enemy is in range, so are you."
- Infantry Journal
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"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never
encountered automatic weapons."
- General MacArthur
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"You, you, and you. Panic. The rest of you, come with me."
- U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt.
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"Tracers work both ways."
- U.S. Army Ordnance
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"Five second fuses only last three seconds."
- Infantry Journal
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"Any ship can be a minesweeper. ...Once."
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"Never ever tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do."
- Unknown Marine Recruit
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Clean it, if it's Dirty.
Oil it, if it Squeaks.
But: Don't Mess with it, if it Works!
- USAF Electronic Technician
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"If you see a bomb technician running, keep up with him."
- USAF Ammo Troop
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"Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil.
....for I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing."
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"I found it generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you
just bombed."
- John McCain, Pilot & U.S. Senator (R)
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"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3."
- Paul F. Crickmore ( SR-71 test pilot and author)
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A Navigator's Definition of Latitude & Longitude:
Latitude is where we are lost, and Longitude is how long we've
been lost there!
- USAF Navi-guesser
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"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."
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"If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably
a helicopter. However, it's probably unsafe in any case."
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"When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always
have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash."
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"What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
If a pilot fouls up, the pilot dies. If ATC fouls up, the pilot dies."
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"Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two out of three are needed to
successfully complete the flight."
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"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation. We never left one up
there!"
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"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to
a person on the ground who is incapable of understanding or doing
anything about it."
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"The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just
barely kill you."
- Attributed to Max Stanley ( Northrop test pilot)
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"There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime."
- Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB , AZ, 1970
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"If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to."
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"You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes
FULL power to taxi to the terminal."
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As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having
torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck
arrives; the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks, "What
happened?" The pilot's reply: "I don't know, I just got here myself!"
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