April  22, 2012

Hi Pete,
As you probably saw in the news, the space shuttle Discovery came to Dulles and flew around Washington on the back of a 747. It will be retired and displayed at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum at Dulles. Here are some pretty neat pictures that I took. I was able to get close to the Runway for the landing, and then we got to go out to the ramp for a close-up look. I could just about reach up and touch it. Really something to see it up close. Nice to be able to do before I retire.
Tom 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tom, Extremely cool!  I didn't take this picture below, but I remember when you and I went to Cape Canaveral in the 70's, after I had helped design the reinforcing steel floor for the Orbiter Processing Facility, which I see has still not cracked!

Where's that pre digital image of you and me and the rocket center?
 

Tom, I think I have seen you make stuff of this caliper:

Ten Best PGA Shots of 2011

 

 

 

 

very punny, very punny !!!
 
 

   
 
I changed my iPod's name to Titanic.    It's syncing now. 
When chemists die,  they barium.
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid.    He says he can stop any time.
How does Moses make his tea?    Hebrews it. 
I stayed up all night to see where the sun went.    Then it dawned on me.
This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never  met herbivore.
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity.    I just can't put it down.
I did a theatrical performance about puns.    It was a play on words.
They told me I had type-A blood, but it was a Type-O.
Why were the Indians here first?    They had reservations.
We’re going on a class trip to the Coca-Cola factory.     I hope there's no pop quiz.
I didn't like my beard at first.     Then it grew on me.
Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn't control her pupils?
Broken pencils are pointless.
I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.
What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?     A thesaurus.
England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.
I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.
I dropped out of communism class because of lousy Marx.
I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.
Haunted French pancakes give me the crępes.
Velcro — what a rip off!
A cartoonist was found dead in his home.     Details are sketchy.
Venison for dinner again?     Oh deer!
The earthquake in Washington obviously was the government's fault.
Be kind to your dentist. He has fillings, too.   



 

 

All,

We have a new addition (colt) at the horse farm I live on. Mom is a Doc Bar Quarter/Cutting Horse and Dad is a Tennessee Walker. The dad's name is Storm. My landlady let me name the colt Desert Storm. The colt has beautiful white socks.

 

 

Gerald

 

Pete

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