tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post8452151799091382626..comments2023-11-02T11:59:12.553+01:00Comments on The Chronicles of Tewkesbury: Reason #367J.M. Tewkesburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13184459165382590897noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-68889467840438600702007-10-20T18:58:00.000+02:002007-10-20T18:58:00.000+02:00I like how you got up to write this post ~ the pos...I like how you got up to write this post ~ the posts that are inspired like this one are usually very good.Sister Mary Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642154849765529070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-78956985238116772822007-10-19T05:14:00.000+02:002007-10-19T05:14:00.000+02:00Jess: Welcome! How goes the wedding registry? I no...Jess: Welcome! How goes the wedding registry? I notice in your profile that one of your interests is San Francisco. Are you from there? I moved back to D.C. after seven years in the Bay Area. Anyway--glad you're happy here. I'd be grateful if you'd impart your secrets to those of us who struggle with life in this area.<BR/><BR/>Di: I hear you, friend. I hear you. It's stunning, isn't it? I caught my breath the other day as a plane banked over the Potomac. When it happens on days with strikingly clear, blue skies, it's especially poignant.<BR/><BR/>Cele: There's definitely something awesome about fighter jets. I've yet to go the air show at Andrews AFB, but I've wanted to since living here again. And I always intended to go to Fleet Week in the Bay Area when I lived there, but I always missed it for one stupid reason or another. That said, though, the flip side of the coin is, they scare crap out of me.J.M. Tewkesburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184459165382590897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-49760743914678317042007-10-19T00:48:00.000+02:002007-10-19T00:48:00.000+02:00The Oregon National Guard has long conducted manuv...The Oregon National Guard has long conducted manuveurs along the coastline. I remember once, decades ago, outrage at the destruction done by a fighter jet doing a slow cruise over Florence. For years there want not one test flight, manuevuer, nada over this section of the coast. <BR/><BR/>Suddenly they have returned. I think I must be a reincarnate of someone who survived long enough to see the liberation of Paris, because that slow rumble thrills me. You can feel the jets pulsing the air around you. Hear the rumble long before you can sight them off the coast a thousand feet off the ground. <BR/><BR/>But there are still no more slow cruises, I guess businesseshated having to replace their plate glass windows.<BR/><BR/>I do understand what you are feeling though. When I moved to Germany it was at the height of the Bader Mienkof reign of terror. As we approached Frankfurt you could see a glitter lining the runways. As we touched down you could see the glitter was the chrome of automatic machine guns in the hands of troops lining the runways. Freaked me out.Celehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471318342104018488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-19381048104159327172007-10-18T20:51:00.000+02:002007-10-18T20:51:00.000+02:00I still can't watch planes bank or come in for lan...I still can't watch planes bank or come in for landing anymore without having flashbacks - every time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-287043388945723817.post-51597080808088951502007-10-18T16:47:00.000+02:002007-10-18T16:47:00.000+02:00Oh, DC. You're right that if you think about it f...Oh, DC. You're right that if you think about it from that angle, it can be a strange decision to live here. But still, I'm pretty happy here.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942269316108576622noreply@blogger.com