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Bees In the Hive – 3

Posted on 21/04/2013 by Bobo

This is the hive as of 10 April 2013: …and on 20April 2013: I find it amazing that they can work so well, and so efficiently without a skinny ‘community organizer’ in charge… Just amazing!  

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A ‘PS’ to Colonel Thompson…

Posted on 21/04/2013 by Bobo

This is a recent exchange I had with a guy who posted a comment on my post here, on Colonel Hadley Thompson (https://www.lonelypilotbob.com/?p=1448). “I would like to contact the gentleman who wrote this about Col. Had Thompson. If you would … Continue reading →

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The 40th Annual Freedom Flyers (POW) Dining In

Posted on 21/04/2013 by Bobo

On 11 April 2013 the 560th Flying Training Squadron hosted the 40th Annual Freedom Flyers (POW) Dining In.  This is a tradition, began in 1973, to honor our North Vietnam POWs.  I don’t get there every year these days; but … Continue reading →

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Honoring My “Dead” Wife…

Posted on 20/04/2013 by Bobo

I was working with Harry one February morning; he was showing me how to build a canoe.  Fascinating!  About an hour or so into the project, my “Life Support Device,” (my cell phone), rang.  I didn’t recognize the number, and … Continue reading →

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I Did, Have a Plan!

Posted on 14/04/2013 by Bobo

I did, have a plan – to quit drinking… When I was a kid, maybe in the late 50’s, early 60’s, I saw an old black-and-white movie where this guy goes to his family doctor for a physical.  When the … Continue reading →

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Sequestration

Posted on 12/04/2013 by Bobo

(Keep in mind, I am writing here for my Grand Kids…) “Sequestration was a program initiated by Dear Leader, President Obama, to force the Congress into passing a budget that largely would go his way.  It was designed to hurt … Continue reading →

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Bees in the Haus – 1

Posted on 09/04/2013 by Bobo

It is interesting to watch how these guys work.  (These ‘guys,’ the worker bees, are actually ‘gals.’)  And they began drawing comb right from the beginning. The first task they had was to free the queen from the queen cage.  … Continue reading →

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Bees in the Haus

Posted on 09/04/2013 by Bobo

I tried to raise bees in the house last year, in an observation hive, and it didn’t go well at all.  They all left.  I wondered all winter if it was something I said?  Then I discovered I did not … Continue reading →

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Meeting Henry

Posted on 09/04/2013 by Bobo

Dining Ins are very formal dinners for military folks, and they are held for various occasions.  The tradition can be traced back to the days of the Vikings and was made popular in ‘recent’ times by General H.H. (Hap) Arnold … Continue reading →

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Euphemism: ‘Depart the Fix…’

Posted on 08/04/2013 by Bobo

In flying we are occasionally assigned to ‘hold’ at designated ‘holding fixes’ along our route of flight.  And on Instrument Approaches there are often holding fixes depicted – not always used, but depicted just the same.  There are many reasons … Continue reading →

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