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Salmonella in peanut butter....
- Thread starter BWest
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Since we're doing "seafood" ... a quick "sea"-food story ....
4 A-6's ... on a training hop
.... did some B-52 low levels into Grand Forks (service on the transient line by a very enthusiastic former VA-115 plane captain working for the Guard who thought he'd never see an A-6 again) and some ATC airways flying --- all from NUW to Brunswick ....
While we were there for the weekend --- we all managed to attend -- in chokers --- one of the B/N's wedding in Portland, Maine (just a coincidence that he was in the flight and getting married that very weekend in Portland
) and we managed to have delivered and packed into the blivets 350 of Maine's finest live lobsters for the entire squadron ....
On takeoff from Brunswick ... we all briefed and pulled the CB's for the blivet stations in case anyone lost an engine on takeoff .... we might pickle off the fueled drop tanks, but the lobsters were going with us .... no matter what .... for better or for worse.
The big lobster party @ NUW would have demanded no less a sacrifice from us ...
4 A-6's ... on a training hop
.... did some B-52 low levels into Grand Forks (service on the transient line by a very enthusiastic former VA-115 plane captain working for the Guard who thought he'd never see an A-6 again) and some ATC airways flying --- all from NUW to Brunswick .... While we were there for the weekend --- we all managed to attend -- in chokers --- one of the B/N's wedding in Portland, Maine (just a coincidence that he was in the flight and getting married that very weekend in Portland
) and we managed to have delivered and packed into the blivets 350 of Maine's finest live lobsters for the entire squadron .... On takeoff from Brunswick ... we all briefed and pulled the CB's for the blivet stations in case anyone lost an engine on takeoff .... we might pickle off the fueled drop tanks, but the lobsters were going with us .... no matter what .... for better or for worse.
The big lobster party @ NUW would have demanded no less a sacrifice from us ...
Where is that kid - on cruise? Mine was at Yamato's. I like the places that do sushi and teppanyaki - we have one in Whidbey. I've been to Dharma Blue as well at Hot Rock. Concur on Fish House, as earlier mentioned. I actually got to see Scarborough laying the blues on his guitar there a couple times - pretty good player for a white Republican.
Brett
Where is that kid - on cruise? Mine was at Yamato's. I like the places that do sushi and teppanyaki - we have one in Whidbey. I've been to Dharma Blue as well at Hot Rock. Concur on Fish House, as earlier mentioned. I actually got to see Scarborough laying the blues on his guitar there a couple times - pretty good player for a white Republican.
Brett
He torched his AW account for whatever reason, he's done.
Yamato's in Pcola was pretty decent. I lived pretty close to there during API. Hot Rock was superb, albeit very, very slow and expensive. I think their absolutely inexcusable speed of service is what put them out of business.
You don't? It's just a standard 400 Gal drop. Do you guys use something different?
Brett
I was gonna ask about that on a Mod Squad thread ... but then, I think I know the reason without asking ....
'Nuff said ....
We only carry the 480 gal drops and the ARS. Probably not cleared for a blivet. There is a lot we're not cleared for, being so new.
I've only used the blivot a handful of times. As A4s knows, we can store quite a bit in our "birdcage," which is a rather weird contraption that one can lower and get access to the empenage area of the jet to stow luggage.
On another seafood related note, when I first checked into my first fleet squadron, we went on a 3 week det to Elmendorf/Anchorage. Remains, to this day, one of my all time best dets. It was mid-June, fishing season was in full swing and daytime temps were in the low 80s. We had people fishing on the rivers and on charters and every imaginable method possible. Our CO was a resident of AK, and we ended up with over 1000 pounds of salmon and halibut. We ended up getting a USAF C-130 to take a whole pallet of iced fish down to NUW for us and we had the most amazing squadron party I've ever witnessed upon our return. This story belongs in the "Why it's good to be in Naval Aviation" thread.
Or cases of Coors ... yes, that was in the early days when Colorado Kool Aid was reserved for only a special few and we thought the trip "worthwhile" as all we could get was Olympia and Rainier and Pabst and Heidelberg. No MicroBrews existed .... hard times ..... much hand wringing.
BUT: We could get Coors in Fallon ... sooooooooo ....... many, many X-Country's were made down and back --- the return leg being somewhat "tail heavy" as a result of many cases of Coors stored in the "birdcage".
I thank the taxpayers for their faith and confidence to this day ... and I've "moved on" from Coors, in case you are worried ....
Or cases of Coors ... yes, that was in the early days when Colorado Kool Aid was reserved for only a special few and we thought the trip "worthwhile" as all we could get was Olympia and Rainier and Pabst and Heidelberg. No MicroBrews existed .... hard times ..... much hand wringing.
BUT: We could get Coors in Fallon ... sooooooooo ....... many, many X-Country's were made down and back --- the return leg being somewhat "tail heavy" as a result of many cases of Coors stored in the "birdcage".
I thank the taxpayers for their faith and confidence to this day ... and I've "moved on" from Coors, in case you are worried ....
It's difficult for me to conceive of a time when microbrews weren't the order of the day in my beloved NW. I always tell my relatively enlightened beer buddies here in SOCAL that I'll put the average grocery store beer aisle in the NW against the best gourmet food and beverage establishments in the world. Hell, I can't even brew the same quality beer here that I can in WA. Fortunately, time cures all wounds.
Brett
It blew my mind the first time I visited the Seattle area for the sim and walked into an average grocery store....aisles and aisles (and aisles) of awesome microbrews and imports. Suddenly, the NW moved up on my areas to retire to...It's difficult for me to conceive of a time when microbrews weren't the order of the day in my beloved NW. I always tell my relatively enlightened beer buddies here in SOCAL that I'll put the average grocery store beer aisle in the NW against the best gourmet food and beverage establishments in the world. Hell, I can't even brew the same quality beer here that I can in WA. Fortunately, time cures all wounds.
Brett
And Roys is awesome, (though if I remember the view wasn't the best, but great views are a dime a dozen in that state) and there is nothing more to add about the great sashimi/sushi that hasn't already been alluded to.
Disciple, out.
Best sushi EVER ... no exceptions ... Roy's .... Ko'Olina (or) Hawaii Kai.
If you go in there "not liking sushi" ... you will come out a believer. If you go in "liking" sushi ... you will come out a disciple. A Priest, if you will .... of sushi.
Roy's Restaurants
Roys does rule!