HNT #44 - Son & me at The Armed Forces Military Museum, Memorial Day, 2009

The Armed Forces Military Museum, Largo, FL (near Clearwater & St Petersburg), 727-539-8371, Only Closed Mondays & a few holidays.


34th Way North,

In northmost cul-de-sac off Ulmerton Rd between Belcher and Starkey Rd (CR-1)

(Watch for small sign @ corner)

What a great museum! Best medium/large-sized museum I've ever seen of any kind, not just military ones! It DOES have displays and exhibits which include artifacts & commemorations of ALL the services, including a little lip service to the AF & USCG! Understandable that it features the GROUND troops (Army & Marines) and artifacts/souvenirs donated from extensive private collections of a few career Marine and Army officers after their retirement. Apparently developed and maintained largely by members of the local chapter of the Marine Corps League, this whole museum of history beams with attention to detail and classy presentation one would expect of an Elite Drill Team & Color Guard.

What's more, it has some classy, unique ways of presenting the war experiences of American troops -- notably, by putting the viewer in a WW1 trench with the war going on about 6 feet overhead! (Oh, I just realized that meant we were "6 feet Under" -- wonder how many of the doughboys in the trenches thought of that back then?)

WW1 "Doughboys" (US) on the left and the right. Member of Kaiser Wilhelm's Imperial German Army below. All artifacts & souvenirs are original and in mint condition from formerly private collections.

I have a lot of pics to post so I think I'll do that without much more verbage. When you see someone besides ME in a pic, it's my older son (visiting from Tallahassee, FL).

World War 2 pics hereabouts!

Oh yeah, some of the pics are blurrier than others & I think it's because the museum does NOT allow use of flashes on cameras! I'm sure it's to keep cloth materials from fading over time. But ANY little movement must have been amplified much more than normal resulting in blurry pics.

Now, Korea! You remember M*A*S*H?

Yeah, but do you know about the "Frozen Chosin" or "the Chosen Few?"
















And Rosie's Bar WAS a real place (not just a TV/movie fabrication)! You should click on the details in the blow-up of the sign! (Who says history isn't sexy?)
















Might as well end today's blog after a trip to Rosie's! Many more displays and artifacts that I have to leave out. From Rosie's, one can still view much more to see including tanks, artillery pieces and a fully-3D-articulated aircraft simulator which saves space instead of placing actual large aircraft there! I'll slip in a pic here of Saddam Hussein's actual Iraqi uniform captured way before Saddam was when it was being returned from the dry cleaners! It's in the same area at the end. And then, the museum store on the exit-hall sells great souvenirs of your visit.


Although I've thought better of it since, I advised my older son back in the day that he should probably not join the military until he had his college done at least. (Thanks to his mother's BS divorce, university took him 10 years & he had to pay for it all, himself! And turns out there are now GREAT tuition deals from military service!)

Yet, MY father's family spent more time in the military than most do! (My Dad served 23 years including WW2, the Berlin Airlift, Vietnam & Special Air Missions. One of his brothers fought in the Pacific (WW2) & had malaria bouts the rest of his life. The other fought in Korea. I spent 24 years in the AF; fought in Vietnam, Laos, Grenada & El Salvador & got things like bad teeth & diabetes from Vietnam. To say nothing of a Congresswoman who changed the law & especially hurt Vietnam Vets by giving away 1/2 their retired pay forever even in "no-fault" divorces -- & insured I could never finish my Ph.D. degree! If any of that had been done for fair or deserved reasons, I'd have described it differently.)

But, it would have been good for BOTH my sons to have spent one 4-year tour in the military -- where people learn early on to be more responsible, fair, self-disciplined, strong and confident. I'm finding that largely missing in this self-centered, hedonistic, civilian world the USA became while I was off in the AF. Further, GI's develop a strong sense of purpose (often lost upon retirement.) But I think that's often why Hedonistic Pleasure-Seeking seems to be the predominant "mission" among most young people I know in civilian life today. (Which causes as many life problems as it "solves!") Thankfully, some of my dearest young friends have "awakened" by age 25 and are getting their acts "together" much better now. But, I worry that my young friends seem oblivious to significant damage they may have already done to themselves. (Recent research findings suggest a 2 alcohol-drink daily limit to avoid increasing breast cancer risks. MY friends are ignoring this totally, and I worry for them!)

Happy Memorial Day Week to those of you who have lost buddies & friends to war! I think of the GOOD memories & happier times with mine before I get too sad. Enjoy all the memories you can, and go make a few more!

HNT #43 - At Wing House w/ my #1 Girl & Bartender

Happy Mid-May Memorial Day!

I'll write more later cuz I have to straighten house now for my older son who's planning on driving down Thurs from Tallahassee. At least this time, I got a week's notice & will be able to make it presentable for him. (Not good enough for my WH ladies yet, but it's a start!)

My former Marine neighbor just got some great news and discovered an insurance policy from his old US Marshal days which is worth a cash value of $33,000 today! A Godsend to him! Money he has sorely needed for YEARS! So HE's talking about moving out of this MH Park which has gone downhill due to a bad new owner who just wants to sell it for a profit when the economy takes an upswing over the next 2-3 years! We owners of doublewide mobile homes will only get $3000 for our $10-15,000 investment as the MH's are too old by law to move, and will have to be destroyed if the next owner wants to build condo's here as we all figure. (A singlewide owner gets $1800).

I dread moving again but I told my friend to let me know how the prices are in his preferred "target park" nearer his kids' home. It IS nearer to the Dunedin causeway and beaches and fun activities. My biggest problem will probably be having to store my motorcycle in a Public Storage unit as most MH Parks won't allow motorcycles belonging to park residents. An old rule on fixed-income MH owners that ought to change if gas prices stay high. But it probably won't as there are old prejudices and old stereotypes among the ancient majority of owners in these Parks.

I hope you noticed this pic above taken last week with my #1 Favorite Bartender and Goddess of the Female Gender! I am strictly adhering to personal standards of not publishing pics here of friends without their permission but..... Maybe if I print out today's blog for her, she'll see that nothing here would cause her difficulty. (I dunno how she perceives the extra Craig's List pics of girls I DON'T know & which I post to spice up my blog for ur reading. They ARE clearly marked as Craig's List Advertisers, aren't they? In spite of how little I left in this pic, you can tell my #1 is "a very sexy girl from her head down to her toenails!" (There is a very sexy pic of her toenails I dream of her letting me show you, but I doubt it'll ever happen.) ;-) But, maybe, SOMEDAY...

HNT #42 - Newly Nekkid Lips in the Sunshine State

There are shadows on my face cuz it's a damn bright day in sunny Tampa Bay! You can still make out my upper lip which no one has seen bare as a modern babe's hoo-haw in somewhere between 10 and 20 years! So if my WingHouse favorites are tuned in, I hope this will get me the Kiss On the Lips (KOL) I've been taunted about! If not, then WTF?!

Seriously--I'm from Mars, you quixotic Venusians! For ONCE, be direct and tell me what I have to do short of getting arrested! Probably what will work is when I get tired of being so damned frustrated, and just lose interest! Then, you'll be ready to play... HA! Be forewarned, I'm a bulldog and hold on much longer than I should for my own good. But once I quit, that's it! I fuckin' quit and you won't get another chance to misuse me. It's smarter to get sincere & honest with me sooner rather than later!

At least, I HAVE given my readers here a half-way "decent" bunch of skin to discuss this week - LOL! I do NOT smoke dope so if my nipples sit atop normal size male boobs, you'll forgive me? FYI, cannabis enlargens MALE boobs not female boobs -- Sorry, Ladies! Not to worry -- just show us ur boobs nekkid and we'll LOVE them, regardless! The Creator never made Boobie DNA that male DNA would kick outta bed if she were WITH him.... So just figure that way and show us ur tits! Or eMail ME pics and request a personalized, original mini-poem in their honor that I will compose for a trade. (Would u let me post them anonymously on this Blogsite too? Please verbalize a little permission slip to "come" with the pics, OK? U can share more than ur boobies if you like -- if you DON'T want to remain anonymous, be sure to specify the name or title you want me to credit as the donor of your beautiful parts-pics, please!

Maybe next week, I'll lose my tanning-booth virginity and give you the inside view of me as a G-string virgin, too, showing more than today's thong WOULD'VE shown you, LOL. BTW, if you have tats too, be sure to use SPF45+ directly on your tats before getting hit by the sun. There are some handy chapstick-style SPF applicators which allow you to apply only to the tatted lines. Black ink doesn't seem to be "burned out" as badly by the sun as colors do--but, still, a suntan reduces the contrast between lighter skin and the visibility of tattoo ink. No SPF means you'll have to have your colors re-inked before long if you become careless as a sun bunny. Hmmm, I hope they allow SPF lotions on the tanning beds.

HNT #41 - Take a Good Last Look @ my 'Stache

To start off with a Half-Nekkid pic, I started thinking about going completely Nekkid -- on my upper lip, anyway. (I won't admit to anything some of you may think I've posted on the OTHER HNT from time to time, LOL!)

So I took a survey via text-message by some of the young women I'd like to bed someday and SURVEY SAID..... "Shave that sucker!!" (In nicer words, of course. One special ladyfriend was sure I'd look younger -- that doesn't matter to ME except as it matters to HER! LOL.) I imagine you can guess what role will be consigned to my mustache & beard trimmer for the foreseeable future, eh? Of course, I'm willing to share it with any of my survey participants & even give THEM a good buzz as they might desire. I'm sure the suggester mentioned above would enjoy it -- I'll show you before closing the sexy souvenir she got for me in Cozumel 2 weeks ago. I think it's a means of communicating something to me indirectly (like women are wont to do on the planet Venus) that we'd both like to do with each other before it's all over! But I'll give you some time to wonder what it is.

I have a great need to put some time into getting my beautiful golden Harley w/ sidecar working again. I only got 3 short rides on it before the 4th ride went about 20 yards up the street and quit on me! I think the battery is dead, but this starts what I knew I'd eventually have to do -- learn how to fix my own damn bike! So far, I've found the speedometer doesn't work (hopefully, I'll get some free advice on connecting it), the front cylinder was backfiring (now, I push the choke off earlier), and I still haven't replaced the rubber peg on the left-foot gear shift (I've had the replacement piece for 2 weeks.) One of my very sexxy WingHouse girls asked me last night when she was going to get that ride in the sidecar she made me promise her -- Gulp! I damn sure better get it all fixed while we still have sunny days and no hurricane warnings, eh? (June 1 starts Hurricane Season in the Gulf of Mexico.)

Speaking of WingHouse, Cinco de Mayo (yesterday) WAS one of the 5 big "Dress-Up Days" @ WH held on holidays throughout the year. The bartenders and servers (all good-looking, young women) get to use some creativity, but also often buy expensive undergarments for outerwear in place of uniforms on those days. Tips can vary (their WH base pay is only $3.50/hour) & only 4 girls win money prizes during the 14-hour workday. A beautiful red corset cost one top bartender $70 and she only won $50 for 2nd place on her shift while 10 other bartenders & servers won nothing. Hopefully, the increased clientele left bigger tips for some but one server (who I'm sure tends to "poor-mouth" me on bad tip days) complained she had made only $50 on a 5-hour shift with 3 hours left and no new customers to wait on.

Silently I thought, that's STILL over $2 an hour more than my 25-year-old son made after 3 years as a midnight security guard with his H.S. diploma and a state license requiring training and weapons certification. THESE girls are primo lookers but they definitely have it easier than most others their age. When these girls turn 25 & start to lose their tip-worthy youthful looks, many seem to switch to something serious, careerwise, besides work in a bar&grill half their waking lives, and partying-hearty nightly in other bars & nightclubs when they are not working. The lack of academic concern here could be a sign that they come from "working class" families and/or have had difficulty in school themselves. But they're all very pretty and most have very nice personalities (to say nothing at all about being "sexy as hell")!

Speaking of which, it's time to reveal my mystery guest brought back from Cozumel by my "# 2" WH bartender on a cruise there with her bf. Actually, a PAIR of action figures... Go figure!

NOTE: There's no mustache on the little male fucker on this shooter!

What do you think this means for me? Really, tell me!