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Ok, I have always wanted a few things of historical significance:
Sergeant York's model 1917 rifle,
Audie Murphy's Tommy gun,
and how about this- Neil Armstong's Corvette!
I was watching Apollo 13 movie, that mission launched 50 years ago today. Saw a red C3 in Jim Lovell's driveway, and Ken Mattingly pulls up in his C3(which has to be a '71 or '72-- war bonnet yellow?-- in April of 1970!!!)As a kid, I always wanted to be an astronaut and ride the Saturn V to the moon! It would be awesome to own an Astronaut's Corvette!
I saw that episode of Grand Tour and it was fantastic. Performing calculations with a slide rule, computing power that was minimalistic compared to today. The fact that we were able to send men to the moon and back is incredible.
There are now 2 people from the State of Maine in the space station.
James looks almost giddy. I sometimes think Neil Armstrong might not have wanted to be the 1st man on the moon. Or at least not the fame that came with it.
I had forgotten about this when I got the car after my dad passed. It was several months before I put the ash tray door down and rediscovered it. This is a STS-51C pin that is a replica of the mission patch that NASA had made for each mission.
I have attempted to track the ownership of this car, but keep being told that I need to have a lawyer or law enforcement officer request the records and it hasn’t gone any farther. My suspicion is that my car somehow has a connection to NASA, but I don’t know if it was owned by an astronaut. One of the crew members on that mission lives about 60 miles from me. Wouldn’t it be cool.....
I had forgotten about this when I got the car after my dad passed. It was several months before I put the ash tray door down and rediscovered it. This is a STS-51C pin that is a replica of the mission patch that NASA had made for each mission.
I have attempted to track the ownership of this car, but keep being told that I need to have a lawyer or law enforcement officer request the records and it hasn’t gone any farther. My suspicion is that my car somehow has a connection to NASA, but I don’t know if it was owned by an astronaut. One of the crew members on that mission lives about 60 miles from me. Wouldn’t it be cool.....
No braggadocio intended. I paid for the AC in blood, sweat and although no tears, lots of cussing. I didn’t throw any tools, but I was really tempted several times. Between washing my hands several dozen times a day, the old oil and God knows what other chemicals I encountered while I was redoing the AC, and trying to put my hands in places that a 9 year old’s hands wouldn’t fit into, my hands look like hamburger!
The jury is still out on the AC. Seems like any time I try a big project there’s always a gremlin that pops up at the last minute. I won’t consider that one a success until I’ve had the system evacuated, flushed and filled. When it’s blowing cold air, I’ll consider that one a success!
Things I NEED....
