Wind??? What wind? Holy Crap, yesterday was a beautiful day and what do we have for today? Wind and more wind. If you're sailing across the oceans blue, there's just enough wind to get ya up to flank speed. In nautical terms...."thar she blows".
Did I ever tell ya bout the time.....we was steam'n somewheres in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Italy....if'n I'm not mistaken. The swells was big enough to suck up a aircraft carrier.....slap out of view. All hands were cautioned to "go below decks" and batton down the hatches. We was in a blow. And what does Billy Bob do? He grabs up a camera an' heads for the signal bridge....take me up some pictures, that what I gonna do. From the signal bridge I had a full view of the entire length of the ship from bow to stern. The bow was bust'n waves as we plowed into the storm. Water engulfing the entire forward decks. Anything not tied down went overboard. One life raft ripped from it's boat davits and tossed to the hungry sea. Billy Bob like this shit....yeee ha....you betcha. Clickity click take some pics. When it was all over, I found myself stand'n before the Executive Officer explain'n my presence on the signal bridge in a raging storm. I was a shipboard electrician, so I was a important piece of machinery. The US Navy has no sense of humor.
Problem with wind is that when it blows over 20 mile a hour, it kind of puts the brakes/binders on planned events. Little things small and round that roll....such as golf balls, little pieces of sand an' fly'n projectiles should be avoided. According to last nights TV weather forecasts, today is gonna be hell. Maybe not in Deming, but other parts of the state can expect winds up to 50 mile a hour, cold temps, and possible snow above 10,000 feet. "See, I tole you, it's winter already".
Todays plan was to go golf ball swak'n with the OFM Barney. You notice I said WAS. If the winds continue as they are now, we will probably postpone our outing. Downtown winds are right at 20 mile a hour and the trees are danc'n at Billy Bob's place.
If that wind will bring rain and cold,,BRING IT ON!!
ReplyDeleteI'm think'n by tomorrow morn'n you may get a taste.
DeleteYou oughtta write a book of your life's story, Billy Bob.
ReplyDeleteGypsy, I tried that. Never got past 6 or 7 years old. Funny how I could remember those times a few years ago, and now I sometimes have to go read my notebooks to remember. So many memories lost to time.
DeleteThank goodness for those spiral notebooks and that I had the foresight to write down so many things that would otherwise have been lost to time :(
DeleteSounds to me like a good day to cook up a big ol pot of beef stew, and bake one of them BB cakes.
ReplyDeleteHi River....good to see ya again. Beef stew soup sure do sound good don't it? I got some mak'ns....may take ya up on it. If'n ya want some BB cake, ya gotta go see Gypsy.
DeleteIf'n you still have those pictures, dig them out, scan them, and post them so we can see them. I have been caught out at sea in really bad storms. Not fun, but it sure is exciting. I loved it.
ReplyDeleteSure do wish I still had all my pics from "way back when", but they gone. Did I ever tell ya bout the time....during the Cuban Crisis I were tak'n pics of aircraft tak'n off and land'n on aircraft carriers. All those were confiscated an' I were threatened with many days in the brig for tak'n them.
DeleteI bet there were other times that you were threatened with days in the brig (grin).
DeleteSome good ol' homemade chili sounds good with weather like this!
ReplyDeleteGolfing doesn't sound productive at this time! Just my opinion, ya know?
Well Jim, I were think'n log them same lines bout a big pot of chili. But River done got me think'n bout beef stew soup.
ReplyDeleteUnlike most golf ball swak'n guys, I like to play in the wind. More challenge to an easy course.
Billy Bob you write that book and i will buy a copy, The cold weather i don't mind it's the white stuff that i don't like. im hope i never have shovel anymore snow.
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