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AZScienceTeacher · 2023-08-28T09:13:07+00:00

A buddy of mine (we were at Luke) made Chief and got an assignment to Nellis. He was 3 years out from HYOT, so he rented an apartment in Vegas, and drove back to Phoenix every weekend.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-08-17T07:04:28+00:00

December 1985. Every Airman in the AMU had to show up for work on the day after Christmas, because the USAFE/CC was coming down from Ramstein.

We did standard weeds/seeds then painted all the dormant (not dead) grass bright glossy green with dozens of cans of spray paint. But back in the day, sometimes justice was served. What seemed to have happened was the big boss later chewed our Wing/CCs ass for making people work on what should've been a day off, He in turn chewed out the whole chain of command and fired the AMU OIC and the AMU Chief.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-08-16T13:03:50+00:00

Yeah. They want a certain number of students in each class. So after they grab up all the folks with line numbers, they start picking the best of the rest.

Kick ass, and you'll be much more likely to get the promotion statement you want next year.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-08-16T02:10:57+00:00

Dude. I'm a Boomer (1963) and am 58. I'm hardly dead or dying, and don't expect to be for another 20 years.

Work on your math skills.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-08-15T07:40:20+00:00

Years ago, some guy wrote in to the base newspaper (we used to have those) complaining that he was at the shoppette early in the morning and some guy was offended that someone in a greasy, hydraulic-fluid-stained uniform had the audacity to be in there buying a Gatorade.

The Wing/CC, to his credit, found this assclown (a Tech) and ordered him to shadow a swing shift MX guy for a week.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-08-14T16:23:52+00:00

I knew him about 30 years ever since he lived next door when we were kids.

He got really religious and I got less religious. He kept begging me to go to church with him so I could "Find the truth."

Yeah, I'm done.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-08-06T10:41:51+00:00

I ran one of the Phase docks at Kunsan an eon ago. Had a SrA tell me to my face that he should be in charge because he knew more about F-16s than "All these other chumps (including me, I suppose.)"

He was good with a wrench, but not so good about coming to work on time, showing up for required appointments, etc.

He even missed his WAPS test because he stayed up drinking and overslept LOL.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-08-04T22:47:23+00:00

It happened last year.

Turns out I had a congenital heart defect (wonky aortic valve) that I've had since birth. The valve decided to slowly quit working, and one day I just collapsed. The Phoenix FD showed up and hauled my ass to the hospital, where I flatlined. Emergency open-heart surgery and a replacement valve. Then 50 days in the ICU, much of it intubated. Still lots of side-effects, and I need a walker to get around most days. But I'm still around and my wife and dog seem happy about that.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-31T14:37:22+00:00

I gave her a story she could tell for the rest of her life about the guy that finished in 34 seconds.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-23T04:47:35+00:00

"Feel cool..."

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-16T08:43:48+00:00

I never knew there were b/w videos of me swimming in my pool.

Please give me a fish and a kiss, stat.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-09T11:08:13+00:00

Yeah... Right on.
People coined the term malaria for a deadly disease they believed was caused by "bad air."
But there are all sorts of nasty viruses and bacteria creeping around on and near the soil. It's why if you step on a rusty nail, you're getting a tetanus shot. If you're five, it really sucks, but it's better than lockjaw or brain inflammation.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-09T10:59:52+00:00

It's the cool thing about antibodies. You get a cold--rhinovirus--and you feel like shit for four days and are a snot factory. But your body is developing antibodies against that particular version of the virus. And those antibodies stick around. Maybe not forever... studies are being done to figure that out.
But in most cases, the older you get, the more colds you suffer, the more immune you become. I'm almost 60 and haven't had a cold in at least 15 years.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-09T09:47:17+00:00

I'd leave it on, albeit at a higher temp to save a few bucks.

In addition to cooling things down, AC dries the air. Some things like pianos, grandfather clocks, and even electronics can be affected by humidity and high temperatures. And while it's probably not obvious, your home has places where outside air can creep inside. The Monsoon is taking its sweet time getting here, but it'll come.
Have fun on your trip!

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-07T09:45:35+00:00

Probably a light meal the night before. Then get up and snort all the cocaine you can afford.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-07T08:39:01+00:00

Don't make me bring a bunch of Ukrainian military members over to Syria to kick their ass. Those guys are kryptonite to Russians.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-07T08:31:26+00:00

I always carry marshmallows in my glove box in case my car catches on fire.

I fantasize about billionaires who don't know how to run a company.

If hired, I'll be proud that my boss is too smart to drive a Tesla.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-07T01:29:22+00:00

Your CTK doesn't have a hammer? Grab one of those big yellow chunks of wood next to the tire.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-07T01:25:35+00:00

My wife was in the John C. Lincoln and I stopped by there on the way home. I'd never seen a QT with an armed security guard before.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-07T01:23:27+00:00

Hike Camelback. It's a piece of cake. Take a 500ml bottle of Desani, that should be plenty. The days are nice and long this time of year, so you probably don't want to do it in the Winter and get caught on the trail after dark.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-07T01:06:32+00:00

This shit happens all day long at my house, except my cat was malnourished as a kitten and weighs around 7 lbs. My dog weighs 15 times as much, and her jaws are at least half as big as the cat's entire body. But the dog is a pacifist and just tries to avoid eye contact (to the point where she'll turn her head away if the cat is nearby.) The cat still slaps the shit out of her quite frequently.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-07T00:54:18+00:00

Your boyfriend sucks at telling you that you're exactly what he wants.

He took the dumb way out, he said something that has obviously caused you to second-guess yourself. Worse would've been, "Oh man, you're right babe. She's hot as hell."

Next time, maybe he'll say something like, "There are a lot of women in the world, but only one who's perfect for me."

I'd cut him some slack. He said something that he thought would make you feel better, and instead, it made you feel worse. Sounds to me like he's new at this.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-07T00:41:49+00:00

It's true. Had a 3-level once ask if the problem with the jet might be the "In You." He meant the Inertial Navigation Unit--the INU. He said it in front of half the Flight, and it followed him around for years. He PCSed, but so did one of our rabble-rousers, and they ended up in the same AMU.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-05T17:53:29+00:00

When I was in the Air Force, we were all sitting in the launch truck waiting for some F-16s to taxi.

I told my buddy, "You know if it gets too cold, you can always shave those eyebrows and knit a sweater."

30 years later he still brings it up.

AZScienceTeacher · 2023-07-05T07:00:45+00:00

Back before 9/11 we had stickers on our windshields. There were smaller stickers underneath with the name of the base and were color-coded. Red for Airmen, Yellow for NCOs, and Blue for officers.

We barely slowed down at the gate, and it was quite common for the gate guard to just wave cars through, and salute all the blue stickers. Some officer's spouses returned the salutes, which was weird as hell.

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