Mt.crewchief

Casey,

Damn, I just turned on the computer for the first time today and am already late for your birthday.!!

I hope you had a good day and will have many more!!

The way I see it, the more years you have birthdays, the more years I will be able to hang out here.

Ken

When I got up this morning I knew there was something special going on today!!

It's Tom's (EClark)'s birthday...!!!

Have a good one,

Ken

Remember awhile back I said something about Montana being one of the fastest states to complete VA claims? Well, today I got notice that I will start receiving a 10% disability payment for Tinnitus!! That's good, but I also filed for a documented hearing loss at Naha. They said although the Tinnitus was obviously the result of noise exposure while in the military, the hearing loss isn't bad enough to qualify for any disabilities . So, I am not disappointed, but it seems like a claim filed last December, could have been cleared up earlier! Of course I seem to forget how long some of you guys waited to get your claims settled. I guess the VA furnished hearing aids & batteries for life are my hearing loss award.

Ken

Just an update--a couple days after receiving my disability notice, I received a check for retroactive pay from the date I filed!!

Have the crew chief dump the honey pot

From my experiences, we had to clean a few honey buckets, but we crew chiefs were NEVER the ones who used it!!

Sparks, you're right though about checking the honey bucket for a potential bad smell!! :D

I have a copy of that book also, and it is full of information about the ABCCC birds and operations etc.

I am enjoying reading it, but it is going to take awhile to finish it---like APG85 said, it is more of a reference type book.

After flying 40 Blind Bat missions, I am now seeing what was going on with the "talkie birds" up above!

I heard the cowboy was from Montana!!!

Could have been!!! I was going to substitute the place to Columbus Montana but didn't know how!!

Sonny, another good one!!!

Remember awhile back I said something about Montana being one of the fastest states to complete VA claims? Well, today I got notice that I will start receiving a 10% disability payment for Tinnitus!! That's good, but I also filed for a documented hearing loss at Naha. They said although the Tinnitus was obviously the result of noise exposure while in the military, the hearing loss isn't bad enough to qualify for any disabilities . So, I am not disappointed, but it seems like a claim filed last December, could have been cleared up earlier! Of course I seem to forget how long some of you guys waited to get your claims settled. I guess the VA furnished hearing aids & batteries for life are my hearing loss award.

Ken

Send her up, maybe we can get a fat farm goin'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, you two guys may be looking for real trouble!!!!!!

Cowboys and Chili

A cowboy walks into a seedy cafe in Medicine Bow, Wyoming ... He sits at the counter and notices an old cowboy with his arms folded staring blankly at a full bowl of chili. After fifteen minutes of just sitting there staring at it, the young Cowboy bravely asks the old cowpoke, "If you ain't gonna eat that, mind if I do?"

The older cowboy slowly turns his head toward the young wrangler and in his best cowboy manner says, "Nah, you go ahead."

Eagerly, the young cowboy reaches over and slides the bowl over to his place and starts spooning it in with delight. He gets nearly down to the bottom and notices a dead mouse in the chili. The sight was very shocking and he immediately barfs up the chili back into the bowl.

The Old cowboy quietly says, "Yep, that's as far as I got, too."

My problem is that everyone my age has sure aged a lot but for some reason...to me, I look like I did 40 years ago. Could be just me...anyone else like that? ha ha Bill

Bill, I know what you mean! Actually that picture Chris said was me, is just one he took of an old guy at the Upper Falls in Yellowstone! I still look just like I did in my avatar and I know you are the same as the guy sitting on the ramp of a Herk!!!

Ken

Chris, I was one of those guys that requested one or more of your DVDs several years ago! I got them and during our back and forth's on the internet we became friends!

How about that!!! I received a DVD and a buddy!! Doesn't get any better than that!!

Ken

Hey Giz, it looks like we made the news!!!

Ken (Mt.crewchief)

#1 ..

SARAH PALIN: The chicken crossed the road because, gosh-darn it, he's a maverick!

#2 ...

BARACK OBAMA: Let me be clear, the chicken crossed the road because it was time for change! The chicken wanted change! Real change! Change he could believe in!

#3 ...

JOHN McCAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

#4 ...

HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure, right from Day One, that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.

#5 ...

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either with us or against us. There is no middle ground here.

#6 ...

DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?

#7 ...

COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

#8 ...

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken.

#9 ...

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

#10 ...

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

#11 ...

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.

#12 ...

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.

#13 ...

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

#14 ...

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN : We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

#15 ...

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

#16 ...

PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

#17 ...

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

#18 ...

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

#19 ...

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.

#20 ...

JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, That chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the Liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side.' That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as simple as that.

#21 ...

GRANDPA : In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

#22 ...

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish it's lifelong dream of crossing the road.

#23 ...

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

#24 ...

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

#25 ...

BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2013, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2013. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.

#26 ...

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

#27 ...

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

Happy Birthday Bob

I hope your birthday is a good one! Also, thanks for being such an important part of this forum.

Just my take on this subject! When it came time for my re-enlistment in 71, as a crew chief, I really wanted to stay in and go to Europe & the rest of the world. With Viet Nam still going strong, I knew there was no chance of going to anywhere else and they so much as told me that!! Also, if they would have offered me a shot at going to Europe, I wouldn't have believed them!!!

I think , like all of the rest of the guys, think your choice would be to see the world first and then if you decide to stay in, go for what you want! Every time I talk to young guys around home I try to get them interested in going for the C-130 field just for what you have had happen to you Take the guys on the forum's advise seriously, they know what they are talking about.

Just a note, most of these guys are "old farts" and they still remember the good times they had in Germany and the rest of Europe! They probably forgot about their "good" times in the States!!

Good luck with your tour in Germany!

Ken

Just one more----must have too much time on my hands!!

I have no title for this!!!

Bill,

Thanks for all of the good pics and updates on The Ghost Rider.

That's really cool that you guys that live in C-130 country are able to see these old birds and take part in keeping them in the public eye!!

Thanks Bill,

Ken

From a teacher -- short and to the point

In the world of hi-tech gadgetry, I've noticed that more and more

people who send text messages and emails have long forgotten the art

of capital letters.

For those of you who fall into this category, please take note of

the following statement:

"Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack

off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse." They also don't take off all the names of the people who forwarded the email.

Is everybody clear on that?

Morris Schwartz is dying and is on his deathbed. He is with his nurse, his wife, his daughter and 2 sons, and knows the end is near. So he says to them:

"Bernie, I want you to take the Beverly Hills houses."

"Sybil, take the apartments over in Los Angeles Plaza ."

"Hymie, I want you to take the offices over in City Center ."

"Sarah, my dear wife, please take all the residential buildings downtown"

The nurse is just blown away by all this, and as Morris slips away, she says to the wife, "Mrs. Schwartz, your husband must have been such a hard working man to have accumulated so much property."

Sarah replies, "Property shmoperty...the schmuck had a newspaper route."

Yeah, but that's a J...doesn't count!

I knew somebody would say that!!!!!! Good one! AMP

When the old C-130 Hercules Headquarters forum closed where I had made contact with my two best buddies from CCK , I thought there went my chance to get in touch with other guys I might have known. It seemed like the next day this great forum started and the rest is history!! I have not only gotten to meet guys from this forum in person but I feel like I have known a lot of you other guys for the last six years. This forum has become a part of my life and hardly a day goes by that I don't log in. I read every post even if I don't know what you are talking about and I am very impressed by what you "old " guys remember!

I could go on forever about what this forum means to me but Casey, I just want you to know what a good job you are doing and I hope that in six more years this forum is still going strong!

Congratulations on a job well done,

Ken

A friend gave me a book to read the other day thinking I might be interested in it! I was, to say the least!! This is a true WWII story that took place in New Guinea!

It is another one of those "I never knew anything like that ever happened" books! In other words a true story!!

I won't go into any other details but I am sure you would all enjoy it!

If you want any other details, let me know. I'll bet some of you guys have already read it, but for those that haven't I think you will like it!!

Ken

Leland, That is neat, it seems that these people must have attached some importance to keeping their arrow preserved!! Maybe I should take a drive to Wyoming just to see if I can fine one of them closest to me! I forgot, and am too lazy to look it up, but how far apart are they?

Ken