Here is that weatherman again from Loring 63-67.....Just for the fun of it I looked up the official highest and lowest temperatures and tons of other...
Don't care what the gov says. I SAW THE OFFICIAL WEGP THERMOMETER that night when it went to -58!!! I checked and double checked to make sure! I was on the air...
... I dunno about the 60's but when I was there I remember a night that was -85 with wind chill and you could not stand it at all no matter what you wore. The...
I was there in 1975........... Yar folks got stuck at the hospital too! I had a VW and I think I made it home because I was able to leave early. That storm...
Don A lot of thermometers are not always accurate. Plus only the national weather bureau temps are official. Embaress Minnesota has readings over -60 many...
I don't remember how cold the temp was but I worked on the 27th F-106 in the ready shelters that we could not close any of the doors. The wind tunnel was...
LOL southern maine huh? edbroughton <edbroughton@...> wrote: I don't remember how cold the temp was but I worked on the 27th F-106 in the ready shelters...
Just HOW cold did it get at Loring? You really can't fairly compare Caribou's low with the base's. Lived in Brownfield, Me (southwestern Me) and for a five...
... compare ... back in ... third ... we ... readings ... you ... it.......welcome ... things....Heh,Heh,Heh. Didn't need to worry about that as I was too ...
Hi Marty, Do you remember if that was on a weekend? I was working weekend standby in I think January 65 and on Sat. the high was 31 below. We had to climb up...
Funny thing about the nose hair, and it stirred another forgotten thing. we all tried to grow a mustache back in the 50's to look older and cooler, mine was...
Most folks here in South Carolina don't believe me when I tell them about the nose hair thing. It always seemed to me that it would seem to freeze at about 0...
... Thing I remember most was trying to work, ... hey Jon Kinda sounds like changing an R/T unit .. I'm sure I didn't change any more of those b####ds than...
... day, ... crop. ... in ... things, ... it ... too ... LOL! Lenny, you were too comfortable in that heated staff car, chauffeuring around foxy young female...
Hi Jim, I think it may have been that week. I can remember, the day it finally broke and the temp went all the way up to 10 above, riding to the pizza place...
... year ... Conway ... factors ... know ... we always questioned what our AFSC would be...."The Needs Of The Air Force Have Priority." Unfortunately the staff...
... 1963! That must have been the first year I tried to grow a mustache. It was so cold that the hairs snapped off as soon as they gained any length. The 1st...
... you guys... really bad. Yep! Really bad! :-) Now, that wasn't very nice. You didn't read about me, being a driver,telling the people working in the...
... I don't think they ever cared about the fuel. Those were better days. What I remember was the drivers of the Metros who took us out to the planes and sat...
Hey Lenny, do you remember a driver named Bob Burghauser? He used to play in a band out at the Outpost and I remember him from driving the standby vehicles. ...
... night ... to ... park ... the ... shift? ... Hey Lenny, just joshing with ya about that Lt., the only females I remember at Loring were all civies. You...
I'm glad you got out you deadbeat! ... I don't think they ever cared about the fuel. Those were better days. What I remember was the drivers of the Metros who...
I really dont remember...Weathermen worked 7 days a week..8 hr shifts..3 on 3 off and rotating. Everyone thought we had it made....but it never ended...What...
Larry, Your name sounds very familiar to me??? Don Grabski Happy Rails Don Grabski Please Visit my Web Site: http://www.daylightdon.com ... From: Larry Cox...
I remember working on the runway every day to keep the runway edge sheaves of the Barriers clear of ice and snow. Yes, minus 35 mean temps, but the wind...
Lenny, Didn't use av-gas in those buses, did ya? One of my first jobs in the vehicle maintenance shop was rebuilding (at least helping tear down) the engine...
Don, I was in the Airborne Navigation shop from aprx. Oct 61 to Nov 63. I worked part time at the service station on the highway outside the west gate. It was...
... Hey, I wasn't that bad, Roz. I had my hero days too. You should see the letters of commendation I have in my file cabinet. Above and beyond the call, in...
... to play ... standby ... Jan. '62 or he was a driver assigned to another squadron,,,,,CE, FMS, OMS, etc. Even though they had the same AFSC [603_0] as us...
