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Piano Again
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One thing I really don't like at all -- that is, even when it is prepared and served as it is meant to be -- is blue cheese.
 
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One thing I really don't like at all -- that is, even when it is prepared and served as it is meant to be -- is blue cheese.


All the more left over for me. I won't touch a salad without it (and some good croutons). Smiler
 
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wow. this is turning out to be really interesting!

lemon grass ice cream???


Four Jobs I've Held
1. maid
2. cowgirl
3. poster designer
4. journalism professor

Four places I have lived.
1. paonia, colorado
2. annapolis, md
3. ann arbor, mi
4. new york city

Four places I have been:
1. northern alberta
2. bombay, india
3. paris
4. manzanillo, mexico

Four of my favorite foods:
1. caprese salad
2. soft shelled clams
3. chocolate fig gelato
4. fresh corn on the cob

Four Places I'd rather be:
1. valley of the lakes, white goat wilderness
2. the big hole valley
3. assateague national seashore
4. baden baden
 
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I had no idea. I spent some time in Thessaloniki waayy back in the eighties.

How long were you there?


about 7 months, spanning 79 and 80.
 
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Four jobs I've held:

Rink guard at an ice arena
Riding instructor
Medical Illustrator
Veterinarian

Four placed I've lived:

Chandlers Ford, UK
Menlo Park, CA
Madison, WI
USAFA, Colorado Springs

Four places I have been:

Point Roberts, WA
Dundee, Scotland
Minocqua, Wisconsin
Nelson, BC

Four places I'd rather be:

I'm usually where I'd rather be.

Four foods I love:

Gyros from Zorba's
Pizza from Papa Del's
Benson's Cookies
blackened overcooked marinated chicken on the grill (the kind my dad makes when he's spending too much time chatting and not enough time paying attention to dinner Big Grin)

Four foods I hate:

Soft shell crabs, icky icky icky
under-ripe bananas
that's about it.

Smiler Jodi
 
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Jobs: Submarine Nuclear Machinist's Mate First Class, Lived: Vallejo, CA and Idaho Falls, ID


OK... I know WHY you were there (which prototype did you train at) but inquiring minds want to know when and which boat(s) were you on? Hi

Oh, forgot to mention, in my case, MM2(SS) Nuc, MINSY 71-1, S1W, USS John Adams (SSBN 620), early 1970's...


In the canoe club from 80-89, S5G, USS Guardfish, (SSN-612) - lingered there for 5-1/2 years - I extended my command rotation so I could dodge qualifying all over again, and came to understand why they had that 3-year rule: By the time I left das Boot, I *knew* I was smarter than anyone I worked for. I'll wager you can empathize....

The mere fact *two* ex-M-div'ers hang out here speaks volumes to the quality of the membership here, and I'll refrain from further comment.

Ah Bill, the stories we can tell!

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Of course I called it the "sunken canoe club"... fortunately we made an equal number of surfaces as dives... always a good thing for one's longevity.

We had a M-div officer by the name of "Lt. Wingnut" (not his given name, but one he was given... for obivious reasons.

I thought that USNPS MINSY was closed by the time you got there... I guess it must have shut down in the early to mid 80's (I remember being in the Bay Area around 1985 or so and finding out that it no longer there...

For the education of those of you who don't speak Navy jargon, here is an approximate translation... MINSY=Mare Island Naval Shipyard, located (until the early 90's) at Vallejo, California (spelled "Valley-Joe" but correctly pronounced va-YAY-ho) USNPS= U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School. S1W, S5G are designations for various nuclear power plants, S=Submarine, 1,5=model number, W=Westinghouse, G=General Electric (the contractor who built the reactor) zoomies=nuc talk for high energy ionizing particles/waves.

By the way, OT, I'm a (lower) tenor as well... must have been those zoomies!


We left MINSY in mid-'86. Thanks to the shipyard leaving one of our MSW end bell nuts lockwired less than finger-tight(and signed off as complete), we spent an extra six months in drydock being recertified SubSafe.

I think it's entirely possible we were the last sub overhauled at Mare Island.
 
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One thing I really don't like at all -- that is, even when it is prepared and served as it is meant to be -- is blue cheese.


Ooo ..Just had some tonight for dinner, crumbled on steamed green beans with toasted almonds and vinegrette. Yummy
 
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We left MINSY in mid-'86. Thanks to the shipyard leaving one of our MSW end bell nuts lockwired less than finger-tight(and signed off as complete), we spent an extra six months in drydock being recertified SubSafe.

I think it's entirely possible we were the last sub overhauled at Mare Island.


Entirely possible... while I was there (years before) the Guitaro was still in drydock, after being accidentally sunk at the pier by the sandcrabs (sailor talk for civilian shipyard workers) As I heard it, it was a toss up for the Navy to either completely rebuild her or scrap the hull and start all over again... the damage was THAT extensive. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Mare Island, I was young and single, no bills (until I bought a car...), 11-section duty and 30 miles from San Francisco. Those were the days...

Oh, yes, just thought I'd mention that Mare Island had a long and proud history as a submarine (and surface vessel) shipyard, including during World War II. It's a shame the Navy decided to pull out of San Francisco.
 
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We left MINSY in mid-'86. Thanks to the shipyard leaving one of our MSW end bell nuts lockwired less than finger-tight(and signed off as complete), we spent an extra six months in drydock being recertified SubSafe.

I think it's entirely possible we were the last sub overhauled at Mare Island.


Entirely possible... while I was there (years before) the Guitaro was still in drydock, after being accidentally sunk at the pier by the sandcrabs (sailor talk for civilian shipyard workers) As I heard it, it was a toss up for the Navy to either completely rebuild her or scrap the hull and start all over again... the damage was THAT extensive. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at Mare Island, I was young and single, no bills (until I bought a car...), 11-section duty and 30 miles from San Francisco. Those were the days...

Oh, yes, just thought I'd mention that Mare Island had a long and proud history as a submarine (and surface vessel) shipyard, including during World War II. It's a shame the Navy decided to pull out of San Francisco.


Cool photo

The joke that went around there in my time was MINSY had the most US Naval tonnage sunk of any US shipyard.
 
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How long were you there?

Then apple said:
about 7 months, spanning 79 and 80.


A friend in college was Costas Catacalos, who had family there. A group of us went in August, 1986?.. Yes, '86. We spent a week there.

We spent some time in Athens as well. This was the first time I saw textbook examples of "ugly American" tourists.

They made me excruciatingly embarrassed to be American. Mad
 
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Hey everybody, what's with celery? I've always thought of it as a rather innocuous vegetable, but apparently lots of people have strong feelings about it. Who knew?
It makes the roof of my mouth itch. And it's usually tough and stringy.
 
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Point Roberts, WA
That makes two people I know. The other one lives there. What a PITB.
 
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Doug, for all I know, we did stop by and say hi. Remember any brits driving a buick?

chocolate fig gelato? Hmmm, what kind of figs?
I stuff dried mission figs with darkdark chocolate. Its a nice snack.

Celery turns out to justify its existence when paired with buffalo wings and bluecheese dressing. Otherwise, I'm not sure why so much of it is sold.
 
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Remember the story of Jack Sprat? thefisdude orders wings at restaurants. He feels about blue cheese the way Piano Again does. He eats the wings. I eat the celery and blue cheese dressing.

Yummy
 
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Four more jobs I've held
1. Door-to-door seed salesman
2. Bookkeeper
3. Office assistant
4. Marketing manager

Four more places I have lived.
1. Brookfield, IL
2. Riverside, IL
3. Justice, IL
4. Willow Springs, IL

Four more places I have been:
1. Fonda, NY
2. Chattanooga, TN
3. Muscle Shoals, AL
4. Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua

Four more of my favorite foods:
1. Green olives
2. Rack of lamb
3. Dark chocolate
4. Homegrown peaches

Four more places I'd rather be:
1. Sleeping Bear Dunes, MI
2. Pine Mountain, KY
3. Flint Hills, KS
4. Laurentides Park, Québec
 
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