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 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:10:05 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Ah, the mystique of the flight suit! When one of us steely-eyed, lantern-jawed stalwarts clad in a sage green one-piece (with 27-inch zipper) appears on-scene, male groundlings cringe in jealous awe, females of the feminine persuasion *swoon* from the onrush of multiple heady fantasies, children glow with instant hero-worship and junkyard dogs become fawning sycophants. Ummmmm, that's the way it's *supposed* to work, anyway. The reality is that the guys turn and start muttering imprecations about deity-condemned aviators into their beers, the gurlz walk up and ask if velcro holds up under repeated washings (nope), kids want you to give... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:44:18 -0600 Heh. Whenever AFSis channels WK, the echo kicks in. Wonder what Siggie Freud would have made of that -- *after* he put his stogie in the ashtray, of course... Geez, Boq, I've had a crush on Connie since the days when Will Elder was drawing her. He could have sketched Old Mother Hubbard and made her look morally irredeemable... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66362 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66362 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 21:58:35 -0600 I wonder what Connie Rodd would say 'bout all this. And BTW, SHE IS STILL WAITING..... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66359 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66359 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:25:10 -0600 Yes, but if you would have called it a 27" Green Sheepskin... you just neeeever know what kind of reply you would have received. As for the "Depends for Dining", I'd say that it depends on WHERE you're dining when you're trying to impress the females of a feminine persuasion. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66357 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66357 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:13:57 -0600 Yes, but if you would have called it a 27" Green Sheepskin... you just neeeever know what kind of reply you would have received. As for the "Depends for Dining", I'd say that it depends on WHERE you're dining when you're trying to impress the females of a feminine persuasion. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66355 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66355 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:12:18 -0600 How much attention would it have gotten if I'd called it a Green Goatskin? Nada. Zip. Nil. Rien. Naheen. Zee-row. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66345 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66345 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:19:27 -0600 That was a really good post. You actually made a Zoom Bag sound like something desirable! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66342 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66342 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:45:25 -0600 P.s. I can really get down on the the idea of a depression range-finder. And I have this terrible pain in all of the diodes al... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66338 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66338 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:44:47 -0600 That ain't the *REAL* Ft. Drum; that one's still rusting away, in Manila Bay. (I have a really severe Coast Artillery perseveration. Buffington-Crozier, Yay!) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66337 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66337 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:38:21 -0600 Quigley Down Under type. 'Cept without all that icky color in it...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66332 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66332 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:36:05 -0600 ...a chest full of fruit salad Not anymore -- these days, I wear a bib. Think of "Depends for Dining". *Nnnnnnnnot*...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66331 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66331 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:13:48 -0600 Moustache? Cheers]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66328 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66328 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:37:30 -0600 Trias... *SNORT* HAHAHAHHAHAh... nice. Bill- deep, sexy voice; 27" zipper on a flight suit; a chest full of fruit salad.... what else could a girl want? *swoon... THUD* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66327 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66327 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:05:36 -0600 Ah, Drum and Alaska are similar then. Fairbanks has 2 seasons - winter and construction. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66321 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66321 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 11:25:04 -0600 basso profundo to have a deeper voice than mine and I'll match my mustache against *anybody's*. HF6 -- Monsoon season at Dix is characterized by precipitation without electrical storms, as distinct from the merely rainy season, which has precipitation generated by electrical storms, and the drought season, which has electrical storms without precipitation. Jon is more familiar with Ft. Drum, which has only two seasons: winter and the Fourth of July. And I've seen it snow up there on the Fourth, but only for a couple of hours...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66307 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66307 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:32:02 -0600 HF6, I think that Bill is talking about the women that have bigger biceps than him, a deeper voice, and a handlebar mustache. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66306 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66306 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:53:36 -0600 I can assure you HF6 there are indeed other kinds. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66304 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66304 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:41:37 -0600 females of the feminine persuasion Are there other kinds of females??? And I didn't know they HAD monsoon season at Dix. Huh. Learn something new every day!]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66303 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/the_windup_aaaa.html#comment-66303 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:24:06 -0600