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  • Member since
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  • From: The Great State of Wyoming
Posted by wyoroy on Thursday, December 11, 2008 6:45 PM
Just a check, has everyone gotten their exchange gift?

Roy (Capt. Wyoroy FAAGB/USNFAWGB)

John 3:16

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    February 2007
  • From: Casa Grande, Az.
Posted by DesertRat on Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:57 PM

It's been an odd day for me today. For some reason, I went all day today absolutly positive it was wednesday!Dunce [D)]

I'm thrilled to know I was wrong, and am actually closer to payday and the weekend than I thought!Blush [:I]

Warmest regards,

Roger

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    February 2007
  • From: Casa Grande, Az.
Posted by DesertRat on Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:36 PM
 namrednef wrote:

 

I read the post questioning Roger's scale.........I went from 1/72 to 1/32 in two seconds gazing at the Swedish Bikini Team!Shock [:O]

.....(Sorry Katie, Dee and Charlene!)

Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

Warmest regards,

Roger

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Posted by namrednef on Thursday, December 11, 2008 4:20 PM

 

I read the post questioning Roger's scale.........I went from 1/72 to 1/32 in two seconds gazing at the Swedish Bikini Team!Shock [:O]

.....(Sorry Katie, Dee and Charlene!)

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  • From: League City, Texas
Posted by sfcmac on Thursday, December 11, 2008 3:13 PM

Yesterday Snow. Today High of 63 with a chance of Space shuttles

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  • From: Casa Grande, Az.
Posted by DesertRat on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:35 PM
 sfcmac wrote:

 Roger bet that white coating didn't smell near as bad..... Whistling [:-^]

Nope! It didn't. It also never came off the pan either tooBanged Head [banghead]

Warmest regards,

Roger

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  • From: League City, Texas
Posted by sfcmac on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:30 PM

 Roger bet that white coating didn't smell near as bad..... Whistling [:-^]

Billy Bondo.... it does sing! Tongue [:P]

I'm gonna post this pic here as well. Yesterday it was 82 and kids were mad at me cuz I wouldn't turn on the Airconditioner in Dec. Now tonight I just snapped this pic of them!.

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  • From: Casa Grande, Az.
Posted by DesertRat on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:29 PM

 Hey Swabbies! Happen to run across this surfing the web, and thought of you guys!Cool [8D]

 

38 Funny Ways to simulate being in the Navy when youre at home.

  • Lock all friends and family outside. Your only means of communication should be with letters that your neighbours have held for at least three weeks, discarding two of five.
  • Surround yourself with 200 people that you don't really know or like: people who smoke, snore like Mack trucks going uphill,and use foul language like a child uses sugar on cereal.
  • Unplug all radios and TVs to completely cut yourself off from the outside world. Have a neighbour bring you a Time, Newsweek, or Proceedings from five years ago to keep you abreast of current events.
  • Monitor all home appliances hourly, recording all vital information (ie: plugged in, lights come on when doors open, etc)
  • Do not flush the toilet for five days to simulate the smell of 40 people using the same commode.
  • Lock the bathroom twice a day for a four hour period.
  • Wear only military uniforms. Even though nobody cares, clean and press one dress uniform and wear it for 20 minutes.
  • Cut your hair weekly, making it shorter each time, until you look bald or look like you lost a fight with a demented sheep.
  • Work in 19-hour cycles, sleeping only four hours at a time, to ensure that your body does not know or even care if it is day or night.

  • Listen to your favourite CD 6 times a day for two weeks, then play music that causes acute nausea until you are glad to get back to your favourite CD.
  • Cut a twin mattress in half and enclose three sides of your bed. Add a roof that prevents you from sitting up (about 10 inches is a good distance) then place it on a platform that is four feet off the floor. Place a small dead animal under the bed to simulate the smell of your bunkmate's socks.
  • Set your alarm to go off at 10 minute intervals for the first hour of sleep to simulate the various times the watchstanders and nightcrew bump around and wake you up. Place your bed on a rocking table to ensure you are tossed around the remaining three hours. Make use of a custom clock that randomly simulates fire alarms, police sirens, helicopter crash alarms, and a new-wave rock band.
  • Have week old fruit and vegetables delivered to your garage and wait two weeks before eating them.
  • Prepare all meals blindfolded using all the spices you can grope for, or none at all. Remove the blindfold and eat everything in three minutes.
  • Periodically, shut off all power at the main circuit breaker and run around shouting "fire, fire, fire" and then restore power.
  • At least once a month, force the commode to overflow to simulate a ‘black water system' boo-boo.
  • Buy a gas mask and smear it with rancid animal fat. Scrub the faceshield with steel wool until you can no longer see out of it. Wear this for two hours every fifth day especially when you are in the bathroom.
  • Study the owner's manual for all household appliances. Routinely take an appliance apart and put it back together.
  • Remove all plants, pictures and decorations. Paint everything gray, white, or the shade of hospital smocks.
  • Buy 50 cases of toilet paper and lock up all but two rolls. Ensure one of these two rolls is wet all the time.
  • Smash your forehead or shins with a hammer every two days to simulate collision injuries sustained onboard Navy ships.
  • When making sandwiches, leave the bread out for six days, or until it is hard and stale.
  • Every 10 weeks, simulate a visit to another port. Go directly to the city slums wearing your best clothes. Find the worst looking place, and ask for the most expensive beer that they carry. Drink as many as you can in four hours. Take a cab home taking the longest possible route. Tip the cabby after he charges you double because you dress funny and don't speak right.
  • Use fresh milk for only two days after each port visit.
  • Keep the bedroom thermostat at 2 deg C and use only a thin blanket for warmth.
  • Ensure that the water heater is connected to a device that provides water at a flow rate that varies from a fast drip to a weak trickle, with the temperature alternating rapidly from -2 to 95 deg C.
  • Use only spoons which hold a minimum of 1/2 cup at a time.
  • Repaint the interior of your home every month, whether it needs it or not.
  • Remind yourself every day: ‘it's not just a job, _it's_an_adventure_!
  • Mix kerosene with your water supply to simulate the de-sal plant on the ship picking up jp5 in the intake - if a lit match thrown into your coffee pot doesn't ignite it, add more kerosene.
  • Stand outside at attention at dawn and have the poorest reader you know read the morning paper outloud. Be sure to have him skip over anything pertinent.
  • Every four hours, check the fluid level in your car's radiator. Check the tire pressure and replace air lost from excessive pressure checks. Be sure to place red tag on ignition stating "DANGER: DO NOT OPERATE" while you perform these checks. Inform your neighbor as to the results of these checks, have him tell you to repeat the checks because he did not see you perform them.
  • Paint your house grey (exterior) include windows except for rooms you do not frequent, paint your car grey, paint your driveway a different shade of grey.
  • Wait outside your dining area as a family member eats a meal, then have that person serve you a meal prepared several hours earlier.
  • Shut all blinds and doors at sunset.
  • Clean your house 'till there's absolutely not a speck of dust anywhere. Call on a stranger to come inspect your house. Ensure stranger sees dust that has collected in the time it took to find him. Stranger cannot leave until he finds irrational fault with your house/belongings.
  • Hang Christmas lights in June. When the neighbors ask, say, "deceptive lighting."
  • Hang white lights when relatives visit. When neighbors ask, say, "friendship lights."
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    The 10 most dangerous things on a submarine.

    10. An a-ganger that can actually read.
    9. A mechanic with anything electrical.
    8. The 3″ launcher and anything that goes in it.
    7. The cob (nuff said).
    6. Any time a lt says " i was just thinking..."
    5. An ensign who says " based on my experience..."
    4. Any of the unenlightened group known as nonquals.
    3. A sonar sup who says " trust me, it's biologics".
    2. A skinny ms.
    1. Anybody saying " hey watch this s***!"

    Warmest regards,

    Roger

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      March 2007
    • From: Carmel, CA
    Posted by bondoman on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:17 PM

    Thanks crew, I aim to please. I also need another subject. Choices in the stash- PBM Mariner, Marlin, or hmmm there's a couple of boxes under the tree. Can't see buying myself another model just now.

    Here's a picture of me, Billy Bondo (I like that I really do):

    Closest thing to a kilt I could find!

    Make a Toast [#toast]Captain [4:-)]Evil [}:)]

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      February 2007
    • From: Casa Grande, Az.
    Posted by DesertRat on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:16 PM

     sfcmac wrote:
    Speaking of Brilliant!,..... I just burned Matza Ball soup! How exactly does one burn water or broth in this case? Jeeze! Better stick to peanut butter and jelly. Dunce [D)]

    Ok, here's whatcha do...

    Take the burnt soup, and throw it out. Next, you open up the newspaper, and pull out the pizza coupons....Wink [;)]

    Actually not to revell in your pain, Aaron. But I'm a little relieved to hear that! I'm the only one I know of that has actually ever burned waterBlush [:I]

    I went to go boils some water, and got sidetracked. I remembered a couple of hours later and went back to the stove- only to find a white coating on the inside of the panBanged Head [banghead]

    Warmest regards,

    Roger

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      October 2004
    • From: League City, Texas
    Posted by sfcmac on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:57 PM
    Speaking of Brilliant!,..... I just burned Matza Ball soup! How exactly does one burn water or broth in this case? Jeeze! Better stick to peanut butter and jelly. Dunce [D)]
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      February 2007
    • From: Casa Grande, Az.
    Posted by DesertRat on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:20 PM
    Welcome aboard, Paul!Pirate [oX)]

    Warmest regards,

    Roger

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      October 2004
    • From: League City, Texas
    Posted by sfcmac on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:30 PM
     razordws wrote:
     sfcmac wrote:

     My compliments to the CAG, That is no easy task to go back thru 350 pages looking for pics.

     I noticed he called Bondo , "Brilliant" Hmmm Brilliant Bondo? Think I'll  just say BB! Hey BB! Maybe he could be Brilliant Bubba Bondo! BBB!

    Well, his name is Bill so I would think that "Brilliant Billy Bondo" would be more appropriate! Clown [:o)]

    Nice work Bill, The pics look great. Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

    Hmmmm I'm lost I guess. Nothing new there. I just think if you get him outta that suit jacket and into a sleeveless shirt and dungerees he would be a ringer for Larry the Cable Guy.

    I'd pick on Nam as well but he isn't here to defend himself. Grumpy [|(] It isn't quite the same,

     Think the weather is warmer up in Connecticut than here today. It dropped 40 degrees in the space of 12 hours. Went from 82 to 42. That was a big change! Think it bottomed out at 36 but is getting warm again they say. Some snow in Houston. None here. Think it is funny how some non sticking snow is the top news here. I guess I am thankful for that.

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      September 2004
    • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
    Posted by razordws on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:19 PM
     sfcmac wrote:

     My compliments to the CAG, That is no easy task to go back thru 350 pages looking for pics.

     I noticed he called Bondo , "Brilliant" Hmmm Brilliant Bondo? Think I'll  just say BB! Hey BB! Maybe he could be Brilliant Bubba Bondo! BBB!

    Well, his name is Bill so I would think that "Brilliant Billy Bondo" would be more appropriate! Clown [:o)]

    Nice work Bill, The pics look great. Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

    Dave

    • Member since
      October 2004
    • From: League City, Texas
    Posted by sfcmac on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 6:16 PM

     My compliments to the CAG, That is no easy task to go back thru 350 pages looking for pics.

     I noticed he called Bondo , "Brilliant" Hmmm Brilliant Bondo? Think I'll  just say BB! Hey BB! Maybe he could be Brilliant Bubba Bondo! BBB!

    • Member since
      August 2006
    • From: The Great State of Wyoming
    Posted by wyoroy on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:33 PM
    Bill, I just checked to front page, great work thereMake a Toast [#toast]

    Roy (Capt. Wyoroy FAAGB/USNFAWGB)

    John 3:16

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      August 2006
    • From: The Great State of Wyoming
    Posted by wyoroy on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:31 PM
    Very cool, do we get a four day pass?

    Roy (Capt. Wyoroy FAAGB/USNFAWGB)

    John 3:16

    • Member since
      December 2002
    • From: A secret workshop somewhere in England
    Posted by TANGO 1 on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:36 PM

    We've made 350 pages and we've had 121.545 hits!!

    FLY NAVY!

     

    Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB
    • Member since
      December 2002
    • From: A secret workshop somewhere in England
    Posted by TANGO 1 on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:33 PM
     btp2k2 wrote:

    I can't believe I haven't seen this GB before! All I build is USN/USMC aircraft.

    I would like to enter an Academy 1:32nd F/A-18C and a Tamiya 1:48th F4D-1

    WELCOME PAUL!Sign - Welcome [#welcome]Sign - Welcome [#welcome]Sign - Welcome [#welcome] I hope you read our rules and regs on Page 1!Big Smile [:D] 

    You are now a serving member of our crew! See you in the Officers Mess on Friday!Pirate [oX)]Make a Toast [#toast]

    Remember to show us lots of progress pics as you go along too-we want to see plastic!!Tongue [:P]

    Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB
    • Member since
      December 2002
    • From: A secret workshop somewhere in England
    Posted by TANGO 1 on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:26 PM

    Got your signal Bondoman, you are on the Roll.Captain [4:-)]

    Its a sweet build folks, well worth checking out on Page one. Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]

    Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB
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      March 2007
    • From: Carmel, CA
    Posted by bondoman on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 1:20 PM

    CAG Sir!

    Please see my PM about rollcall. Welcome, Paul you had a couple of beautiful Tomcats.

    Lt. Bondoman

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    • From: League City, Texas
    Posted by sfcmac on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:45 PM
    Welcome Paul! Glad to have YA! aboard! Just remember to believe everything I say and post.  I wouldn't steer ya wrong.......... Whistling [:-^] Looking forward to having you participate and seeing your work!Sign - Welcome [#welcome]
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    • From: The Great State of Wyoming
    Posted by wyoroy on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 7:36 AM
    Paul, I'd like to welcome you to our GB.  The CAG will be along and add you to the main page.  Welcome aboardMake a Toast [#toast] great to have you.

    Roy (Capt. Wyoroy FAAGB/USNFAWGB)

    John 3:16

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      October 2007
    • From: Bothell, WA
    Posted by btp2k2 on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 10:55 PM

    I can't believe I haven't seen this GB before! All I build is USN/USMC aircraft.

    I would like to enter an Academy 1:32nd F/A-18C and a Tamiya 1:48th F4D-1

    Paul I Like Tomcats!
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    • From: Casa Grande, Az.
    Posted by DesertRat on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 7:51 PM

    Yeppers! Now it seems like everyone is a possible spy from CAGs Secret Workshop, and I'm starting to feel a bit like James Bond now that everyone knows that there's a kit in there!Mischief [:-,]

     

    Or it could be that I'm just a little paranoid...Blush [:I]

    Warmest regards,

    Roger

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      March 2006
    Posted by simpilot34 on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 5:59 PM

    Rog glad to see it made it in one..... well the box in one piece!Big Smile [:D] Also great work on the bug!

    Herc, your seats look the part! When painted they will be GREAT!

    We have one of those fibre optic trees and it's great! No lights to mess with! Decorate and plug it in!

    Cheers, Lt. Cmdr. Richie "To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace."-George Washington
    • Member since
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    • From: Casa Grande, Az.
    Posted by DesertRat on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 5:51 PM

     sfcmac wrote:
     We still don't have our tree up either. It is kinda become a tradition in our family to wait to put it up right before Christmas and then try to get it put away again by the 4th of July. Sign - Dots [#dots]

    I've heard of lots of families that hold to that tradition as well, but never seen one! Growing up, I'm used to seeing trees in peoples windows just after Thanksgiving. Even in the last few years, I've been seeing them up earlier than that. I'm guessing more to do with fake trees being more common

    Warmest regards,

    Roger

    • Member since
      October 2004
    • From: League City, Texas
    Posted by sfcmac on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 2:01 PM
     Good for you John!  Ok I will be fair to the Dee miester! It is now up! Just not decorated. Confused [%-)]
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    • From: In a Model Box Fort in Texas
    Posted by DeeYankeeinTexas on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 11:28 AM

     

    Now that isnt true .. we had it up last yr around this time..  but its in Shanes closet and he says its buried. I am waiting til u wake up and help him find it.. its a pretty tree..

    seee...

    ~Dee~ :) Photobucket
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      November 2003
    • From: Naples, FL
    Posted by tempestjohnny on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 10:49 AM
     sfcmac wrote:
     We still don't have our tree up either. It is kinda become a tradition in our family to wait to put it up right before Christmas and then try to get it put away again by the 4th of July. Sign - Dots [#dots]
    My tree has been up since Thanksgiving weekend and will be down the weekend after New Years. A whole month of pretty lights

     

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