Recent content by Silver Dollar

It's o.k. so long as they don't get rid of it or sell it to a collector so they can get something else.

I'm glad that Gen Schwartz relegated this discussion to the back burner. He was always a very practical kind of boss. The Air Force has a lot more on its plate to deal with than a goofy uniform. When McPeak changed the uniform, he told us that the choice was made because the majority of...

They actually went and did it. I didn't think they'd go for that design. Wow, was I wrong. As an aside, the general all the way to the right in the picture was my old wing commander when I was stationed at Hurlburt Field. He was a good boss.

Friday, I got myself a new toy, something unresistable that had to be bought without a doubt. The deal was just too good to turn down. It's a 1996 18" wide Gretsch Synchromatic 400/Eldorado that was ghost built by the Heritage Guitar Company when they were helping out Gretsch in the mid 90s...

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Interesting. I was told that the bigger bills were also called bedsheets by some folks. I can see why they called them horseblankets also. The art work on those old bills are great.

The oldest thing I have that is man made is a US penny dated 1798.

Let's not forget an organization that really needs the help. That one is the DAV or Disabled American Veterans of which I'm a life member. There are plenty of vets out there with other than physical disabilities that are in great need of support. We often talk about soldiers giving the...

I'd love to be able to fly vintage warbirds but they take way too much of a commitment and way too much money. Besides, lately they seem to be dropping out of the skies.

I'm good with that. It's right up my alley. I used to do aviation reenactments myself but not for the past 15 years. I'm also retired AF.

That's pretty much the problem I had. My sister in law lives in a small town in Illinois where the houses go from homes over a hundred years old to modern with everything in between. I would have loved to have bought one before the housing bubble popped because they were really cheap. The...

Correct you are. I don't know if eating the food will kill him but I'm sure he'll become familiar with the term "Montezuma's Revenge". I love that house. In fact, years ago, that's how I wanted to furnish my own house but never had the funds or was never in a place to be able to find that...

Thanks M. It's good to see I'm not out there alone.

Now that's the New York I knew. I was born in 1950 and those places were basically the same.

Beautiful. The tributes I've done over the years centered around the 8th AF as well.