USS Midway, still going strong at 80!

September 3, 2025September 3, 2025Chris and Carol 3 Comments

Thirty-two years after this picture was taken, I reported to the USS Midway (CV-41) in Yokosuka, Japan. My first carrier and one of the most challenging and rewarding assignments of my then young Navy career. I’m amazed that we’re both still “afloat” after all these years! GO Navy, the Best always have!
She’s basically a battleship with a flight deck.

She’s one of the best US Navy museum ships around.

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Happy Birthday?

July 4, 2025Chris and Carol 4 Comments

I feel sad today. The country has lost its way. We used to care about the most vulnerable people in our society, and now we demonize them. We no longer think of those less fortunate than us as anything but numbers, numbers that should be cut from our bulging budget. We’ve become a cruel nation, just like the ones we used to fight against and criticize. I served my country for over twenty years in the United States Navy from 1975 to 1997. We defended this country from the “Evil Empire” during the Cold War. We would have given our lives to save our country; I swore an oath to defend the Constitution, and now, people ignore the Constitution as if it meant nothing. The Rule of Law has meaning just like the teachings of Christ. Christians who hate are not Christians. I despise what I see, and I am saddened by what this country is becoming. So, Happy Birthday, America. Happy 249 years! Let’s hope we still have the country we started with on our 250th birthday. Peace and compassion, Chris

Southeast Coast Snowfall from Space

January 25, 2025January 25, 2025Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Here is a recent visible satellite image (Saturday, 25 January) of the SE US. The whiteish areas along the coastal areas of Georgia and the Carolinas is snow still on the ground since the recent snowstorm.

If you look closely, the snow extends southwestward across south-central Georgia and into the Florida panhandle. The areas over the land are cloud-free, which provides a clear shot of the snow. The clouds over the Atlantic Ocean are mostly stratocumulus, which forms when super cold air flows over the warm ocean along and just east of the Gulf Stream (Sargasso Sea).

A closer view of the snow cover on the ground.

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Peace

January 20, 2025Chris and Carol Leave a comment

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Monday Madness

January 20, 2025January 20, 2025Chris and Carol Leave a comment

It’s like some sick trick has been played on the US and the World. Let’s collectively cross our fingers so we can get through these next four years and beyond in one piece. He’s back, and the irony of it all, on MLK’s birthday. Save us from the lunacy of his chaos.

Feeling sad and discouraged on this day.

Happy New Year!

January 1, 2025January 1, 2025Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Here’s hoping it’s a good one…

As a side note, I joined the U.S. Navy 50 years ago and went on active duty on the 5th of January 1975. Amazing!

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pics at a starbuck$

December 17, 2024December 17, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

Random pics at the local Starbuck$.

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I’m at my limit with my Premimum Plan

October 1, 2024October 1, 2024Chris and Carol 8 Comments

Should I upgrade to the Business Plan and get the 50 GB of media storage? I maxed out my 13 GB in just under 10 years. The upgrade costs $300 per year, and I just don’t know if I can justify the increase in cost. Is anyone else on the Business Plan now?

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I took another look at these images – I like them!

September 28, 2024Chris and Carol Leave a comment

More Found Fotos!

Mamiyaflex C2

September 26, 2022Chris and Carol 2 Comments

If you hadn’t given this wonderful camera a try then I highly recommend you give Peggy’s post a read. She found an awesome C2 and did a great job replacing the worn-out leatherette. – Chris

Camera Go Camera

Unfortunately the tank’s problems got worse and due to the cost of it I decided to return it to the seller. They were awesome and gave me a full refund, no questions asked. I bought the C33 at a camera fair and I originally picked up a scrappy looking C2. The dealer then showed me the tank and I fell for it….back in the shop there was the scrappy C2 again. So I took the refund money and bought it, it was kismet. It was also half the price of the C33, probably due to the state of the leather which fell off in tiny pieces at the slightest touch.

I played with it a little in the shop and everything seemed ok, but until I put a film in it I could not tell for sure. As I was in Ueno I walked straight to Yodobashi Camera and…

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