Comments on: Expensive, but Still Very Cool http://parrotheadjeff.com/blog/archives/7964/expensive-but-still-very-cool/ Come on in and hang out a while Wed, 23 May 2012 03:50:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) USN Retired http://parrotheadjeff.com/blog/archives/7964/expensive-but-still-very-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-21934 Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) USN Retired Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:49:43 +0000 http://parrotheadjeff.com/blog/?p=7964#comment-21934 About 32 years ago or so, I saw the first moon rocks in a sealed container at Brook AFB's Museum. On my daily commute now is the B-52 that was the launch plane for the X-15. I see this every morning and afternoon. As I have said, when things settle down, pictures will be posted. When I was in grade 5, I saw Gordo Cooper's Mercury Spacecraft at the Montana National Gaurd Gym in Helena as a child. I saw it. I didn't even touch it. But I stood next to it. And that was around 44 years ago. Remember the perspective post on my blog? Insert here. BTW, my paternal grandfather, Wesley Walter Cassel was born on December 17, 1903. Jeff knows and a few others know what that day is in aviation history. For Kath, I will state it now. That is the day that the Wright Brothers flew the Flyer at Kitty Hawk, NC. On the occasion of the 40th wedding anniversary to Edith Wambeke, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. And on 26 June 1876, a shirt-tail relative on my mother's side was killed by either a Sioux or Cheyenne with a Henry or Spencer while dug into shallow rifle pits with Reno and Benteen at the Greasy Grass, otherwise known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. I went too deep again. About 32 years ago or so, I saw the first moon rocks in a sealed container at Brook AFB’s Museum. On my daily commute now is the B-52 that was the launch plane for the X-15. I see this every morning and afternoon. As I have said, when things settle down, pictures will be posted. When I was in grade 5, I saw Gordo Cooper’s Mercury Spacecraft at the Montana National Gaurd Gym in Helena as a child. I saw it. I didn’t even touch it. But I stood next to it. And that was around 44 years ago. Remember the perspective post on my blog? Insert here.
BTW, my paternal grandfather, Wesley Walter Cassel was born on December 17, 1903. Jeff knows and a few others know what that day is in aviation history. For Kath, I will state it now. That is the day that the Wright Brothers flew the Flyer at Kitty Hawk, NC. On the occasion of the 40th wedding anniversary to Edith Wambeke, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
And on 26 June 1876, a shirt-tail relative on my mother’s side was killed by either a Sioux or Cheyenne with a Henry or Spencer while dug into shallow rifle pits with Reno and Benteen at the Greasy Grass, otherwise known as the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
I went too deep again.

]]> By: Parrothead Jeff http://parrotheadjeff.com/blog/archives/7964/expensive-but-still-very-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-21911 Parrothead Jeff Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:02:23 +0000 http://parrotheadjeff.com/blog/?p=7964#comment-21911 Kath, I don't expect everyone to understand this one :wink: What I see are pieces of the first ever airplane and the spacecraft from the first manned mission to leave Earth, travel to another celestial body, and return. Really, it's not that bad compared to some other things I've seen in this price range :) Kath,

I don’t expect everyone to understand this one :wink: What I see are pieces of the first ever airplane and the spacecraft from the first manned mission to leave Earth, travel to another celestial body, and return.

Really, it’s not that bad compared to some other things I’ve seen in this price range :)

]]> By: Kath http://parrotheadjeff.com/blog/archives/7964/expensive-but-still-very-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-21909 Kath Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:03:09 +0000 http://parrotheadjeff.com/blog/?p=7964#comment-21909 Uhhh -- well, uh -- are you insane? A thousand bucks for that???? No, wait. They're insane saying it IS that price. That's definitely one of those -- "hey, it's your money." That is just crazy. :) Uhhh — well, uh — are you insane? A thousand bucks for that???? No, wait. They’re insane saying it IS that price.

That’s definitely one of those — “hey, it’s your money.” That is just crazy. :)

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