We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:05:00 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Be patient - it may take a minute. What's wrong with this picture?... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:59:42 -0600 Actually, I did get more than two hours of sleep one night. It was March 12, 1986--I think. Gratuitous disclaimer: Mister Chairman, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a somnambuli...zzzzzz. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11560 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11560 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:52:54 -0600 From that, Bill, I can only assume that condition is your state of nature. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11539 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11539 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:44:41 -0600 Negative imbibement--merely an example of some of the eight warning signs of fatigue and sleep deprivation, i.e., * erratic, impulsive or depressive behavior * preoccupation with trivia * diminished memory * carelessness or preoccupation * diminished memory * preoccupation with trivia * diminished memory and ummm--I forget... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11538 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11538 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:22:41 -0600 Awright, I may be a little slow, socially, but it did finally dawn on me; have some of y'all been drinking, too? hic http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11527 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11527 Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:13:19 -0600 May not be germane to the question of what's wrong with the picture, but why the Me-163 landing skid tucked up aft of the tow bar? Jim N - PPT came out great, but the phone connection from the sandbox sounded like gravel in a blender. "Catastrophic" is a mild adjective for satphones made "over there"... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11524 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11524 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:56:28 -0600 looks like a catastrophe to me... jim http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11522 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11522 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:23:49 -0600 Should also have mentioned I'm multitasking (Ooooh. Aaaah.). Working split-screen on a report and got a PPT--with sound--cooking on the laptop... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11517 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11517 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:47:33 -0600 me. I'm just hanging out waiting for one of my FOB Speicher buds to answer an RFI I launched this morning. Ain't easy trying to figger safety issues guy "A" tracked for a Panama deployment while guy "B" was on a Boz deployment when guy "A" is now in Iraq and guy "B" is now locked out of the secure site because our server ("Kursk") is being persnickety and guy "C" in Salinas is waiting for info on Panama safety issues that guy "A" was tracking ad infinitum, ad infinitum...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11515 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11515 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:35:08 -0600 Hmmm. *Someone* isn't very busy today! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11514 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11514 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:37:06 -0600 you wearing? Listen, Bill's currently won $5 and he's going for $10. The question is: 'Whose reply to the Swedish Air Force pic comes closest?' a. cw4billt b. BloodSpite c. JimA or d. Justthisguy And your answer is...?" Instapilot: "Actually, the answer is e.--John posted the wrong picture. It was supposed to show Gustavus Adolphus in the cockpit of a Nieuport 17." Gratuitous disclaimer: Mister Chairman, I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the Flygvapnet. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11513 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11513 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:33:04 -0600 Yeah, cw, that bothered me, too. What's up with folks who are afraid to put their own country's name on their *military* aircraft in their own fn language? My goodness, the Swedes used to be the terror of Europe, back in the day. Hey, please speak English on the radio, but have some honest self-esteem, guys! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11459 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11459 Mon, 10 Jan 2005 21:47:21 -0600 (grumble server burps...)What's up with "Swedish Air Force"--shouldn't it read something like "Svenske Viggenfluggenoopderfjord, uff-da you betcha"...? =P http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11440 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11440 Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:17:15 -0600 Didn't know they had an Airforce.....but I'd guess....the cats ass sticking out of the crew door? Wonder if it survived the flight... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11437 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11437 Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:09:53 -0600 Is that a xxxx xxxx xx xxx xxxx xxxxx xx xxx ? [Ssssssssh! No telling! Make 'em figure it out themselves! ed.] http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11429 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11429 Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:06:59 -0600 glaring error in the photo is that the -130's pitot cover has not been attached... =P ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11428 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/01/swedish_air_force_humor.html#comment-11428 Mon, 10 Jan 2005 10:35:18 -0600