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Cool! Stogie and single malt play time coming up. Now I have some material to sip to.

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Dec 7, 2023·edited Dec 7, 2023Liked by CDR Salamander

Thankyou CDR great start to the morning.

HA! just two months ago, after going 23 YEARS with no vehicle.....I bought a 1986 AMBULANCE! what a kick to hear you speak of people not driving such a vintage!

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We live in a semi-rural area. A neighbor up the road has a 1980's aerial fire truck sitting in his pasture. He's doing something with it because it isn't always parked in the same place.

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CDR, You are 100% correct - the future has caught up with us. Our enemies know this. Our decision-makers do not appear to care.

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Since it is Pearl Harbor Day, a nearly 20 year old reccolection of CWO4 Exum. https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2006/august/weve-got-take-whole-crew

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Thanks for sharing. I thought the best 90-minutes I could spend with my float-coat on was to be kayaking in some remote bayou off the Blackwater River. I was wrong. That podcast was a treat. Could only have been better with some ship's noise in the background. Was surprised to hear the CDR say that he is a Gen X-er, though I shouldn't have been. Boomers are dropping like flies. Our time has passed, but abler folks are now carrying the torch. Makes me happy.

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He’s an early X’er I believe. Like I am.

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B. 1948. Meh..."early Gen X-er"..."Gen X-er". That horrid One Drop Rule applies. Don't shoot the messenger.

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Twenty years on me! Dad.

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Funny we both were warrants and cut of the same cloth.

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Love the podcast. Still listening. Love the terminology: “accretion” regarding the breakdown of systems. Perfect description. Great shout out to the front porch as well. Wish I could have attended one if the meet and greats.

The orthotics: hahaha amen. I used Dr Scholls in my heels on my boots. Great descriptive of ship life.

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Ooh! Phib getting all spicy with Cold War terminology! “Udaloy” and “Soveremenny”! Love it. Great cogent comments Sal.

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Dec 7, 2023·edited Dec 7, 2023Liked by CDR Salamander

Front porch! Mandatory listen. Report when complete. Negatives required. NRR

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Sal did you ever do an OPNAV assignment (N3/N5, or N9?) Just curious.

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Laz ... you've been reading my stuff for at least a decade and a half - what pray tell could cause such a question?

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Because I did not remember if I had asked you in the past or not. No other motive. Interesting podcast; I had not heard this one in the past.

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