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(SJS: From the Able Dog website — the story may have taken place in 1950, but I have a sneaking suspiscion that there are more than one of us who can readily identify with some parts herein…oh, and the hearing test we all *so* love to do with each annual physical, especially in our, um,…
Why Serendipitous Searches on the ‘net
… can be hazardous to one’s financial health Found the following whilst running research for a future article: For Sale: $195,000 (museum quality restoration)
New Navy Ethos
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…or “Lex visits the Flight Doc for his Annual Physical“ (sorry – too hard to resist…) …and since we can take as well as we give here’s equal time for a rejoinder: … as the Scribe will get his “in the end”… as it were…