Author Archives: Bobo

Common Core Education…

Posted on 26/08/2013 by Bobo

It just keeps getting stupid!  I saw this last week.  It’s an explanation for why 3 x 4 = 11. YGBSM! Let me put this in a “real life” example for you.  In the T-38, we fly our final turn … Continue reading →

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No Haba Hamburger, Only Haba Cheesburger…

Posted on 26/08/2013 by Bobo

I came off a 9 -10 hour mission one evening at Korat RTAFB, Thailand in 1974.  I was tired, grimy and hungry.  All I wanted was a lousy hamburger, some fries and a beer – then to go to bed. … Continue reading →

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Kicking the Dog…

Posted on 26/08/2013 by Bobo

I think bombing Syria now is like kicking the dog every time Gramma farts at the dinner table… I don’t know today (26 August 2013) if we are going to hammer Syria or not.  It really is way beyond the … Continue reading →

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High School

Posted on 26/08/2013 by Bobo

Have been asked a couple of times here of late, “What was it like for you in high school?”  To put it all in perspective, I attended 4 different high schools in my 4 years of high school.  Two in … Continue reading →

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An Old Goat, or A Nazi?

Posted on 25/08/2013 by Bobo

We lived in Chicopee Falls, MA from 1960 to Oct. 1962.  The house was the first house my folks owned.  My bedroom was in the basement, and that was okay with me – it gave me a bit of an … Continue reading →

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And You Wonder Why I Call Them Shoeclerks?

Posted on 25/08/2013 by Bobo

When Duke approached me last Spring with the idea of creating a ‘challenge coin’ for the children of Vietnam Veterans for the Toledo Vietnam Veteran Appreciation Event, I liked it right away.  He suggested using the Vietnam Memorial on the … Continue reading →

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Dreams, Deeds, and Dreams…

Posted on 23/08/2013 by Bobo

“Dreams are not so different from deeds as some may think. All the deeds of men are only dreams at first. And in the end, their deeds dissolve into dreams…” Theodor Herzl, ‘Old New Land,’ 1902

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Sometimes You Can’t Find Things by ‘Going Back’

Posted on 23/08/2013 by Bobo

“We leave something of ourselves behind when we leave a place. We stay there even though we go away.  And there are things in us that we can find again only by going back there. We travel to ourselves when … Continue reading →

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“Nah, You’re Doing Fine…”

Posted on 22/08/2013 by Bobo

I was sitting “Alert” at Korat RTAFB, Thailand on 11 Apr 1974 when we were “scrambled.”  As it turned out, we had to take an airman with acute appendicitis from Korat to UTapao RTAFB.  It just happened that my copilot … Continue reading →

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Goodbye General Gould – I Salute You in any Event…

Posted on 19/08/2013 by Bobo

Just returned from Colorado… Went out to the Air Force Academy last week to attend the Change of Command and Retirement of a friend of mine; or more accurately I suppose, a former friend of mine… I received an invitation … Continue reading →

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