Comments on: We could have been at the beach. http://www.thehuckablog.com/2009/09/30/we-could-have-been-at-the-beach/ Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:29:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MMIL http://www.thehuckablog.com/2009/09/30/we-could-have-been-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-11369 MMIL Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:04:44 +0000 http://www.thehuckablog.com/?p=2443#comment-11369 Ah...I love being the mother of sons. Even when we spent 5 hours at the air craft carrier they used to have at Charleston (U.S.S. Yorktown? TheHusband??). Anyway, after 5 hours of climbing up and down little metal ladders, the 2 Sons and Dad couldn't understand why I bailed out after the first submarine and found a nice bench to wait them out. Can't even remember how many subs they had or what was on the carrier, but I BET you both Sons (One aka TheHusband) and Dad do! And yet, I wouldn't trade a second of all those military exhibits, gun shows and monster truck events for all the gold in the world. Ah…I love being the mother of sons. Even when we spent 5 hours at the air craft carrier they used to have at Charleston (U.S.S. Yorktown? TheHusband??).

Anyway, after 5 hours of climbing up and down little metal ladders, the 2 Sons and Dad couldn’t understand why I bailed out after the first submarine and found a nice bench to wait them out. Can’t even remember how many subs they had or what was on the carrier, but I BET you both Sons (One aka TheHusband) and Dad do!

And yet, I wouldn’t trade a second of all those military exhibits, gun shows and monster truck events for all the gold in the world.

]]> By: Heather @critterchronicles http://www.thehuckablog.com/2009/09/30/we-could-have-been-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-9718 Heather @critterchronicles Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:31:59 +0000 http://www.thehuckablog.com/?p=2443#comment-9718 Oh, I was going to swoop in and give you a (much watered-down) explanation of the Army-on-a-plane thing. Sorry - hazard of the lifestyle, I suppose. Plus a superiority complex over all things Air Force, despite the fact that I live on one of their bases. Also? You think visiting an AF museum got old after a few hours there? Try living parallel to a runway strip and hearing those VERY LOUD jets take off at all hours of the day, and still having your 2-year-old scream with enthusiasm: "Look, Mommy, pareplane!" Now <i>that</i> doesn't get old at all. ;-) Oh, I was going to swoop in and give you a (much watered-down) explanation of the Army-on-a-plane thing. Sorry – hazard of the lifestyle, I suppose. Plus a superiority complex over all things Air Force, despite the fact that I live on one of their bases.

Also? You think visiting an AF museum got old after a few hours there? Try living parallel to a runway strip and hearing those VERY LOUD jets take off at all hours of the day, and still having your 2-year-old scream with enthusiasm: “Look, Mommy, pareplane!” Now that doesn’t get old at all. ;-)

]]> By: TheHusband http://www.thehuckablog.com/2009/09/30/we-could-have-been-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-9686 TheHusband Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:16:10 +0000 http://www.thehuckablog.com/?p=2443#comment-9686 Ok, so here is an explanation of why things at the Air Force museum would have ARMY on them: Before 1947 the Air Force as we know it today was still part of the Army, for even more geekdom detail, see below: U.S. Army Air Service 24 May 1918–July 2, 1926 U.S. Army Air Corps 2 July 1926–June 20, 1941** U.S. Army Air Forces 20 June 1941–September 18, 1947** United States Air Force 18 September 1947–Present Oh, and the black jet above is an actual SR-71, not a Lockheed A-12 Oxcart which is what we saw at the USS Alabama exhibit. The Son absolutely LOVED the A-10 trainer cockpit....had to talk him into getting out of it so others could play. Ok, so here is an explanation of why things at the Air Force museum would have ARMY on them:

Before 1947 the Air Force as we know it today was still part of the Army, for even more geekdom detail, see below:
U.S. Army Air Service 24 May 1918–July 2, 1926
U.S. Army Air Corps 2 July 1926–June 20, 1941**
U.S. Army Air Forces 20 June 1941–September 18, 1947**
United States Air Force 18 September 1947–Present

Oh, and the black jet above is an actual SR-71, not a Lockheed A-12 Oxcart which is what we saw at the USS Alabama exhibit.

The Son absolutely LOVED the A-10 trainer cockpit….had to talk him into getting out of it so others could play.

]]> By: Ophelia Entries http://www.thehuckablog.com/2009/09/30/we-could-have-been-at-the-beach/comment-page-1/#comment-9677 Ophelia Entries Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:55:49 +0000 http://www.thehuckablog.com/?p=2443#comment-9677 Oh. My. God. I was dragged there by my Dad when I was younger and we would go to the beach every year. I feel your pain. Oh.
My.
God.

I was dragged there by my Dad when I was younger and we would go to the beach every year. I feel your pain.

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