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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Feb 11, 2010 1:56:19 GMT 9
Tale #30 since I got some time left, and I already wrote this one...I'll submit it as one of the tall tales.
Steve ------------------------------------
sometimes during this time of yr...I start thinking of snow...ok..well..my wife does...which always amazes me how some people will freak out at the mention of snow...(Washatonians are notable for not being able to drive in the snow) when I hear this ..I always go back to my time stationed at Grand Forks AFB... now ...I guess I should mention here that I'm basically a Florida boy...grew up on the south eastern seaboard and gulf coast...so..barefoot and in cutoff's was the norm for me.... well...after my stay at Hamilton AFB ( the country club of the west coast)...I got orders for Da Nang...3 times...and since I am a sole surviving son...the AF at the time couldn't send me there...so..in thier brilliant minds, figured they couldn't shoot my butt...they might as well freeze it off!!!!...Da Nang was off the books for me(not that I'm disappointed but I did put in for worldwide).. well..Grand Forks wasn't the lush place I imagined....table top flat....trees along each side of the road....and about as boring as one could get... My indoctrination began with 2 weeks of Base intro and NBC training...WHAT??? ..Nuclear, Biological and Chemical training???......I'm an office puke..what the heck do I need to know about NBC??..well.....it turns out that as all of you know at the time GFAFB is a SAC base...bombers and missiles are the rule of the day here...everything else existed to support those assets... now...I'm something like 20 yrs old...hormones are screaming....women are around (even if some do resemble cows there) and canada is just oh what...50 mi. north where Winnipeg it seems has women that like American GI's....(by the way..I think the women there save it all up for breeding season in the spring and summer ) I spend my first winter there freeeeeeeezinng....I mean..I'd never seen so much snow fall in one month...I was stationed on base and my barracks (lived on the 3rd floor) had snow half way up the windows....we actually dug a tunnel from our barracks in the snow to the chow hall !!...I watched a snow blower (actually heard it and saw the plume of snow) chew up some poor guys car cuz he didn't get it parked far enough into the slot in the parking lot!!...and to plug your car into a wall outlet to keep the block warm???How Crazy is that??? now...after the 3rd month there...I'm thinking ..."Self???there ain't enough alchohol on the planet to live thru this place".... it was exciting at times....between stints of being sober enough and some of the awesome displays of airpower.....I got pulled as a JAFO (just another f#cking observer)or GIB (Guy in back) for one of the hueys we had for air support of a missile convoy...( I didn't know I could actually see my lung in the barf bag before!!! ..to this day I still can't stand the smell of 7up)...having a helo driver freshly transfered from Nam didn't help either....he was certifiably nuts....I didn't know a huey could do that kind of flying before!! one nite...myself and a young lady were out in a field...on a blanket...( it was warm that nite)...doing the horizontal mamba when I looked up to see the Northern Lights!!...now..picture a florida kid fresh out of NBC training seeing this giant lights in the sky!!...of course I about had heart failure ...which the girl thought I was in ecstasy from the passion....she didn't know until I jumped up that I thought it was a nuclear attack!!! after I'd served my penance in the frozen tundra...I was transfered to Travis AFB....at least there I didn't freeze to death or experience a nuclear attack gone badly....
thought you guys might like my story and yes...it's all true..
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Post by ma1marv on Feb 14, 2010 8:04:48 GMT 9
:patriotic-flagwaver :drunk OK!!!! For every one out there who has contributed to the "Tall Tales Contest" Please get the last of your entries on line. To date I have personally read 24 of them and have been completely entertained by all. I am amazed at the diversity of your entries and look forward the seeing the rest, Just as soon as Mr Jim gets them to me! Thus far I don't detect a whole lot of BS and my BS meter is set for "HIGH" So--- get them entries in and lets see who makes the final cut! MArv :green-beer :green-beer
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Feb 14, 2010 9:39:38 GMT 9
Tale #31 I didn't want to retype this in again so I went about searching the whole friggin web until I found it again.....by which time I coulda typed it all back in again?? ;D Hemmingways: I'd like to submit this one for my tall tales entry --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- not a brown short moment...but one of my funnier incidents 1975 I'm on dorm guard duty...somehow I got it twice in one year...anyway...it was saturday nite and the weather was warm at travis afb. The nite was clear and calm...really warm to say the least but that was Northern Calif in the summer time. Our barrack was along the North Gate fence I think. ..it's been a long time so I'm pretty sure that's the direction and as some might remember..Travis was leased to the AF from this Sheep Farmer for a 99yr lease...his family at the time still raised sheep and they would graze along the fence at times... Well..bout 2:30 or 3am I am making rounds and hear the sheep running from one end of the fence to the other...I had stepped out of the door to take in some air and heard the sheep running one way..and then the other...then I shined my flashlight onto the fence to see hanging up a set of AF greenie uniform...then I caught this flash go by of some nut in his combat boots running around drunk as a skunk...chasing the sheep...now...I'm from Fla and have never seen anything like this in my life...so...I called the base cops....they come out and tried calling to this idiot, that's as drunk as he was and able to climb a fence...stripped down...and was chasing sheep to shag... of course they couldn't go over the fence to get this nut..so....yep...you guessed it....they called the Solano county sherriff's office which sent a squad car out to get this nut.....by now he's tripped and fallen into the dirt.....breathing hard...sweaty as all get out..then... here comes the sherriff...bout now this idiot gets a second wind and starts running thru the field all the while BUCK NEKKED in his combat boots with the keystone sherriff in hot pursuit.....tripping over sheep...sheep Sh#t...dirt....and anything else that was in that field...when the sherriff finally got him after backup showed up....they weren't kind to this guy....they were mad as hell for messing up their nice crisp uniforms.... I don't remember what happened too him...but I have to think that the Sqdn commander was called up at 4am to go get this clown out of jail..... me and the cops were laughing so hard we could hardly stand up.... true story guys..... Steve
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Post by MOW on Feb 15, 2010 22:53:06 GMT 9
I've read through 29 submissions thus far and I am absolutely amazed over the great story lines, the personal experiences, the personal touches added and the "ah yes, I remember that" factor. This will be a touch pick, there are so many great stories Here in the Philippines (I'm at the house for a few days) it's Feb 15th and I was thinking 'damn last day', then I remembered it's still the 14th back there so we have 1 more day to hopefully get some more stories to read... I just don't want to to stop. Last call folks, get them posted before we lock the thread.
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Post by daoleguy A.J. Hoehn (deceased) on Feb 16, 2010 6:16:38 GMT 9
Best of luck to all. I am still reading them. AJ Edit: Wish I had the energy to get in the run. Them's some pretty clocks.
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Post by Jim on Feb 16, 2010 23:11:02 GMT 9
Well guys, it is over with and unless I mis counted, again, there were 31 entries................ Now I need MArv and Pat to give me their # 1 and 2 stories........... Have gone back and numbered each one... Will post the winner and will need mailing address of the winners............. The Old Sarge
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Post by MOW on Feb 17, 2010 0:58:37 GMT 9
Score card is in the mail to you Jim. This is tough
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Post by sixerviper on Feb 17, 2010 2:52:51 GMT 9
I'm still reading them too. Thought of telling a few tales on myself but they're mostly kind of lurid and I thought they're not fit for public consumption in a family forum like this one... Maybe I'll change my mind someday. Man, some of the tales I read are damned funny!!
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Post by Bullhunter on Feb 17, 2010 3:03:08 GMT 9
I'm not sure how many clock or clocks are going to be made for the top stories but after the clock/clocks are awarded I will throw in a copy of my book to the next best story :teacher :god_bless_usa .
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Feb 17, 2010 6:00:59 GMT 9
the suspense is killing me Steve
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Post by MOW on Feb 17, 2010 17:59:12 GMT 9
I'm not sure how many clock or clocks are going to be made for the top stories but after the clock/clocks are awarded I will throw in a copy of my book to the next best story . Well Ok then, that i a very nice offer. We will let you know who that will be.
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Post by Jim on Feb 22, 2010 11:00:32 GMT 9
Sorry about bthe delay with winners, but have a honey do remodel that had to finish. hope to have the winners figured out this week and will include a 3rd place for Bullhunters' book prize
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Feb 22, 2010 12:54:47 GMT 9
oh maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!! ;D hope you get yer honey do's done....... Steve
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Post by jeep3 on Feb 24, 2010 5:39:32 GMT 9
Jim, i left the 5th FIS just before Col. Fowler's death. The info i have is that he was killed during a joint SAC/ADC Bucksin Rider excercise. Do you remember a SSgt J??? Shellhorn on the flightline? 44 years seemed to have taken a tool on my memory bank & how do we put them little charactors in a message?
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Post by Jim on Feb 26, 2010 1:57:41 GMT 9
OKAY Here is the scoop on the Tall Tales Contest # 2 There were 31 tales suubmitted which MArv, The Geep and myself narrowed down to 10 tales.... Tales are numbered in this thread and the ten are, by tale number, not position: #1,2,5,6,7,8,9,12,14 and 19.......1st place winner is Tall Tale # 7 from Scanlon and his tale of the crashed helicopter, 2nd place Tall Tale # 6 from lugnuts and his tale of the drag chute safety pin and 3rd place Tall Tale # 8 from Steve and his secret submarine episode.......... Thanks to those of you that submitted tales, and for those of you that just sat on your thumbs, thanks also, it was hard enough picking out these 3........... For all of you guys, why not write out a reminisceing (?) of your time in the military so that your family (the ones that were kids at the time) might know more about you... Unless of course you have a story or 2 like in here that you might not want them to know about.............. Winners, please send me your mailing address @ irishafone@q.com and will see that you get what you have got coming to you....... Will ship by UPS/FEDX about 8-9 March.. Will email you the tracking #
Thanks again from Those 2 Irsihmen; MArv and McGee, and of course myself- The Old Sarge :drunk :salute :drunk
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Post by lindel on Feb 26, 2010 2:02:43 GMT 9
I just want to say thanks for all the tales! I enjoyed reading them all!
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Post by Bullhunter on Feb 26, 2010 3:06:33 GMT 9
Congradulations to the top 3 tall tale tellers. I've had a blast reading them and got some great laughs. Even though your tale was not in the top 3, we all are winners, as we have had some great times and seen some wonderful places while in the U.S. Air Force. I :salute you all, and every registerd member of this forum.
By the way,,, Steve, I need your Address to mail the CD.
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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Feb 26, 2010 3:10:29 GMT 9
sent you an email ...
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Post by Bullhunter on Feb 26, 2010 3:38:55 GMT 9
Special Thanks to "" JIM"" and some It takes work, time, and materials to produce these beautiful clocks. But most of all it takes the talent of a craftsman. Jim has constructed two clocks and I have made another CD Book with just the click of my computer mouse. Very easy and simple. So what I'd like to do is donate a 2nd CD Book as our "JIM" has spent much time making these clocks. I'll click my mouse again and make another CD Book in 15 seconds as prize #4. That will make 4 prizes out of what, 31 stories? Someone provide me the name and address of number 4 and I'll send out another book. It's the least I can do.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Feb 26, 2010 6:36:32 GMT 9
Wil, na, tis sprised I yam.
Go raibh míle maith agat; to our fine judges, for selecting my tale from 1953 to be the winner.
Thank you to all my fellow Patriots for taking the time to read my tale.
Tis proud I be to be part of sich a foine group of men and women.
Go mbeannaí Dia thú!
Yes, Seamus, I am writing my memoir for my family.
I'm having lots of fun writing and remembering back those 75 years and putting them on CDs and paper. Most of my postings on the Six Forum are included in the work.
I, too, would encourage each of you, no matter how young, to get started on your own life story. You just need to take the time to sit at your computer and get to typing. All of you have lots of stories to tell your children and grand-children.
So, what are you waiting for?
Jim Too
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