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Not just another pretty turkey!
On Thursday, November 24, 2022, my wife and I celebrated our 49th wedding anniversary. And yes, we were married on Thanksgiving, which is why I’ve always said she had married a turkey! Luckily, and maybe because I’m such a handsome guy, Terrie stayed with me through over 40 years in the nuclear industry going from…
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Job Hunting?
If your kids or grandkids are looking for work today, I just thought I’d share this US Navy job offer –
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Need a good book, check BooksShelf or the Library
Hey friends, if you are looking for a good book to read or one to give as a Christmas present, there is a website I’d like to share with you. It’s called BooksShelf.com, and it highlights numerous styles of books for both adults and children, fiction and non-fiction, and has information about the authors as…
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Veterans (Armistice) Day remembrance of my Grandfathers
November 11, 1951, is my birthday which I consider just another day. I don’t like to get presents or have a party, probably because of one of my personality traits that was best described by a Myers-Briggs assessment I took which categorized me as a “flaming introvert” (according to Eckard College who conducted the test). …
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A 50 year old memory
November 2, 2022, would have been my mom’s birthday. Unfortunately for me she passed in 2012 at the age of 89. I think about her often. “What a beautiful day the Lord has made” she would always say. And today is a beautiful day, and the older I get the more I realize how right…
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USS Billfish tribute to Queen Elizabeth in 1977
It was one of the best memories from my time in the service when, as a crewmember of the submarine USS Billfish SSN-676, we represented the United States at the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in England. The United Kingdom was celebrating Elizabeth’s reign as the Queen for the previous 25 years. Little did we know at…
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A Memorial Day Message
During my research for The Real Night Order Book, I found that there was a crewmember that was actually killed during an engagement with the enemy. He served on the first Billfish and was only 24 years old when he died. His name was Robert V. Oliver. Robert was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, he was…
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Anniversary of the loss of America’s nuclear power promise
March 28, 2022, marked the 43rd anniversary of the worst commercial nuclear power plant accident in the history of the United States. Along with it went the dreams that many in the nuclear industry had for it. And eventually the great promise it held for our country diminished as the years passed. The accident, involving…