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Mark Schweickart

Sorry Mike, I am confused by your comment that our parents were the baby boomers. Did you say this because  they were the ones who boomed out the babies, and probably should be considered to be that generation, rather than the grandiose one they gave themselves, " The Greatest Generation"? Unfortunately,  it is we, who were born between 1946 and 1964, who wear the "Boomer" appellation. As for a tombstone inscription, if written by someone of the following Millennial  generation, it probably would be something like what you found, or perhaps less direct, but a little more snarky like,

"They Came, They Saw, They Took a Nap." 
 

Jim, I love that last gravity-defying photo! Wow! 

Michael McLeod

Damn. I'm the confused one not you.

I meant greatest generation but conflated.

thank goodness for editors.

Can't count all the ones that have saved me from embarrassment over the years.

I went back in and fixed it to make sense.

hey, hope you're doing well mark. let me know if you're ever down this direction

James Hamilton, M. D.

Mike,

And you think you are confused:

Jim

Joseph D. McCarthy

Jim this is the plant you should try and grow outdoors.  I received a snip off of a neighbors plant four years ago.  This is the second pot for my Jade Plant.

James Hamilton, M. D.

Joe,

I am not much on gardening but that is an interesting looking plant! It looks like a cluster of bivalve mollusks.

Do deer like to eat them? 🦌

Jim

Mark Schweickart

And now for something completey different, and rather exgtraordinary. Did you know there is a yearly fashion design contest called "Stuck at the Prom" sponsored by a duct tape comany (called Duck Tape Co.) for highschool students who can make a prom dress or tuxedo out of... you guessed it, duct tape?  Rolls and rolls of duct tape. What a weird idea, but what magnificent results these kids come up with. Here's a link to the last three years winners and runners-up. If you click on any picture, it brings up a statement by the student designer, and some additional pictures of their design. Amazing. I can't imagine trying to work with duct tape this way.

https://www.duckbrand.com/stuck-at-prom/winners

Here are few of my favorites:

David Mitchell

 Mark,

Was that last guy wearing the uniform for St. Charles? 

Or maybe Aquinas?

David Mitchell

Michael McLeod

Mark: You're too wild for me. I don't know why you can't post something soothing like pretty lakes and cute baby reindeer like Jim does. At least have that one guy wash his face before posing for a picture? Jim, can you please straighten him out?

James Hamilton, M. D.

Mark,

Definitely a unique use for something that most of us cannot live without: Duck Tape.

Mike,

​​​​​​I feel compelled to straighten you out: reindeer can be found living above the Arctic Circle, not in my backyard. 🦌

JIm​​

Michael McLeod

Thanks Jim.

I'll run a correction on page three.

That's what I had to do when I made a mistake in print.

Boy was that ever humiliating. One learns to double check after a time or two.

In other news:

I was happy to see mention in some tributes to tony bennett for his stand against racism. He marched with dr king and was enraged that black performers of his day were excluded from hotels where he was welcomed. He had made friends with blacks during his stint in the service during ww2, just as my father and perhaps some of your fathers did. 

I'm quite upset by the tinkering being done with public education here in florida to downplay public school history when it comes to the racism of the past. 

Joseph D. McCarthy

Speakig of racism.

Do any of you remember, or know about, how Jesse Owens had to use the rear entrance and a freight elevator  instead of the main entrance to the Neil House.  It was while attending the festivities for the naming of The OSU Homcoming Queen - His daughter.

And Mr. Dave, if you look closely the colors of the outfit are more North High street than Mt. Vernon Avenue.

Mary Margaret Clark (Schultheis)

Yes, Joe that is a sad moment in our history, but thanks to the Civil Rights leaders of the 60's (both black and white), we were able to move the nation forward toward rectifying those wrongs. And today, the black population has been able to achieve great success in nearly every facet of American society. 

https://www.prageru.com/video/what-i-can-teach-you-about-racism 

Michael McLeod

Yep, Jessie Owens is one of my favorite buckeyes in the history of the Buckeyes - and one who took the world stage by storm in the '36 olympics. 

James Hamilton, M. D.

That Ain't No Deer!

Checked my Critter Cam today and caught this adolescent walking through our yard early this morning. 

First one in the past couple of years.

Guess I'll leave the Cam out for a few more days. Bears are creatures of habit.

Jim

Michael McLeod

Looks like a pony to me, Jim.

David Mitchell

Speaking of Jesse Owens - you may recall I posted an article some time back that was this photo and article about Jesse being the one who crowned his daugter as the first Black homecoming queen at OSU (and I think, the entire Big 10). I was there in the stands with my dad, who was explaining the significance of that event. 

*** Also watch the Film "Race" about his story - not a great film, but a really good one.

Note: If you watch closely in some early scenes where Jesse is working out in the OSU stadium for his coach, (then) Larry Snyder (played by Jason Sudekis) who is clocking his sprint times, you may notice that the background is the old stadium - with the older concrete wall railings and seats, and the original track.

PLEASE explain to me how they filmed that movie scene in 2016, when in fact the stadium had been remodeled in 2000 to the extent that the field was lowered and the track was eliminated - gone!

Here is one of the articles - and by the way, his daughter was gorgeous! 

David Mitchell

I just mentioned the long time OSU track coach Larry Snyder played by Jason Sudeckis in the movie "Race". As I watched the film, it dawned on me who that Larry Snyder was.

In addition to football games, my dad's faculty tickets were good at any othher sport on the campus. And I often went to watch Track meets at the "French Field House" just across Lane Avenue, from the  football stadium. And somewhere in the movie, it dawned on me that this guy was the grey haired older track coach that I used to see on the OSU bench - many years later.

There was a particular reason I loved those track meets. There was a member of that team named Glenn Davis, from Barberton Ohio. He was the Gold medal winner in the 400 mm hurdles in the Olympics in Sydney, Australia in1956, and again in Rome in 1960. Plus (I think) a 1600 mm relay gold medal in Rome.

During those meets at OSU he would also enter - and usually win his regular events, plus the Broad Jump, the High Jump, the 100 meter dash, and both relays. And I believe I saw him win the Pole Vault more than once. 

I have an older cousin (Bob Cole) in Columbus who once was the leading rusher in Central Ohio football (at North High). The Dispatch nick-named him "Bullet Cole". Bob shared a funny story with me about his one encounter with Glenn Davis at the High School State Track and Field finals at OSU stadium. This must have been about 1955. 

Bob ran against Glenn Davis in the 400 meters. Bob clocked his best time ever and broke the state record by 2 or 3 seconds. But he lost to Davis, who had run about 12 seconds faster - a huge margin!  Bob was over on the infield grass vomitting with the dry heaves, when he looked up in the stands and saw Davis in about the second or third row of the stands, puffing on a cigarette! 

Glenn Davis played wide receiver for the Detroit Lions for about 2 years. He could outrun anybody, but he could not hold onto the football to save himself.

I think he died in 2009. Golly he was fun to watch!

https://youtu.be/ANyrA4iPGy0

Sorry - the video is a bit long.

Michael McLeod

the oppenheimer movie is just astonishing. but I was lost. I should have read up on the history and the science before going. just be prepared it you want to take it on. again, it's fabulous. one of the best movies i've ever seen. but both the science and the politics are byzantine. and it's three hours long. 

also the barbie movie is supposed ro bw quite clever. I know I know.How could a barbie movie be a grown up thing. but i'm just sayin.

and dave you didn't have to tell me that jesse owens video was long. I know how long it was. 400 meters.You think I'm stupid?

Mary Margaret Clark (Schultheis)

Mike, my 19 year old grandson saw the movie the other night and was sharing how much he like it despite its 3 hour length. And so last night as I was searching for something to watch, I came upon one of the documentaries on Oppenheimer which I would have passed up if I had not had the conversation with Luke. It was an interesting look at the man, the times and the journey to the discovery of the making of an atomic bomb.  My 24 year old granddaughter on the other hand, went to see the Barbie movie!    

Joseph D. McCarthy

Dave, after reading this mornings local newspaper, one aricle in the business section sttod out.  As a result I am suggesting that you should re-think your line of work.  The FAA, and other government agencies, have given the green light for Jobee and Archer aviation to provide Air Taxi services from airports.  Since most of these Air Taxis are mostly Electronic Helicopters, brush up on your flying skills or you maybe looking at a bleak job market within ten years.

Michael McLeod

the barbie movie is next on my list mm.

That's something I thought I'd never say: "Hey guys, I'm going to a barbie movie."

David Mitchell

Joe,

Thanks for the tip. Looking at the model JoBi is building is pretty cool. It appears that with Toyota as their partner their future is bright.  

Brighter than several of my platoon mates five decades ago. This was one of those days we used to call a "rough day at the office". As usual in my Troop (Company), the Pilot and Observer were both extracted safely. Our two sister Troops were not always so fortunate.

 (*** Disclaimer - this photo was not my ship. I only got knocked down once and I got it down upright - well, sorta. I hit kind of hard and spread the skids a bit. But what followed with our backup team coming out to cover my extraction was much more frantic - and funny - another story for another time.)

Not actually an unommon site on the airfield - after being slung back under a Huey cargo hook to be used for scavenging parts. This was a rather common site out in the flight line maintainence yard (see maintainence tents behind). With three Troops operating this low-level search mission full time, you would see one or two of these out there at any one time. A new one about once every week. I seem to recall my platoon of maybe 16 guys (a platoon of 8 at a time, but rotating over time for my 18 months) we had a Loach shot down about 24 times - (Yes - twenty four times  - one of us 5 times). Our two sister Troops had worse numbers than that - one Troop, a lot worse.

*** GET THIS - One of their "scout" (Loach) pilots was shot down three times in one day!  I still can't grasp the mindset that would cause you (or alllow you) to get back in another cockpit after the second one.

AND - - - - A guy named Hugh Mills (wrote "Low Level Hell") flew this mision for three years and was shot down - - wait or it - - - 

- - - 16 (sixteen) times! 

When somebody got hit at only 8 or 10 feet, it was hard not to bonk into the ground - too little altitude and immedaite loss of power - sometimes. Sometimes we could nurse it over the next rice paddy or tree line and set it down semi-soft - as in my case.

Fortunatley I was above some trees at the time I got knocked down, so I had about 30 feet of altitude and performed an "autorotation" (a weird form of rotary-wing gliding - practiced in flight school hundreds of times - and I screwed it up many dozens of times! 

But the one time I needed to get it right, I did. I was so proud of myself - HA!)

I reacted with a sudden loud grunt, and jerking on my "collective" (in utter panic reaction) which gave me more power and about 10 more feet of altitude for about one second, and gained us about 100 yards distance out into a rice paddy where my AMC (Air Mission Commnader - flying a Huey at 500 feet directing the mision) came down and picked us up (normal proceedure). With close cover from our two Cobra gunships dropping down low beside them.

Sometime I'll explain what followed with my "backup team" - both horrifying and funny.

Mark Schweickart

Dave-- I've said it before, and now will say at it again. You need to write a book. Or at the least, put down in writing (or maybe just record orally) individual stories that have a sense of beginning, middle, and end.  These adventures of yours need to be shared. 

David Fredericks

Hi Dave M...I enjoyed your piece on Larry Snyder and Glenn Davis. Larry Snyder and my Dad were fellow coaches. I have a letter Snyder sent my Dad from the Olympic Village in Melbourne. In the letter Snyder wrote "Glenn is stiff but otherwisw OK-I hope. I saw his last two workouts".The rest is history!