Two good pieces of news this week!

Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:
My 77 or so year old uncle, Silver Dick Mursch, retired Lt. Col. USAF,


Not, the result of a war wound Ihope.

;-)


Second piece of good news: I got accepted to the graduate program that I
applied to. It's gonna be a long 3 1/2 to 4 years of night and day classes,
but it oughta be a good learnin' experience.

Torturous experience with a surprising number of opportunites that
arise for
quiet, less likely to meet another angler, mid-week forays.


Op --MPA to be, I hope!--

Good on you, Op.


Steve

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Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:
My 77 or so year old uncle, Silver Dick Mursch, retired Lt. Col. USAF,


Not, the result of a war wound Ihope.

;-)

Nah, nothin' like Tim Strawn (Kid Shelleen's silver-nosed brother in Cat
Ballou). A Light Colonel's insigia are Silver Wings. Thus the nickname.

Second piece of good news: I got accepted to the graduate program that I
applied to. It's gonna be a long 3 1/2 to 4 years of night and day
classes,
but it oughta be a good learnin' experience.

Torturous experience with a surprising number of opportunites that
arise for
quiet, less likely to meet another angler, mid-week forays.

Well, we'll jsut see about that! No amount of semi-advanced learnin' is
gonna come between me and my trout streams!

Op --MPA to be, I hope!--

Good on you, Op.

Thank you sir.

Op

Steve

Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:
A Light Colonel's insigia are Silver Wings. Thus the nickname.

A light Colonel's insignia are silver leaves. A full Colonel's
insignia are silver wings. He might not be happy that you've demoted
him if he is a full colonel.

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Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:
A Light Colonel's insigia are Silver Wings. Thus the nickname.

A light Colonel's insignia are silver leaves. A full Colonel's
insignia are silver wings. He might not be happy that you've demoted
him if he is a full colonel.


Yes sir, I stand corrected! Though my uncle Dick did retire as a Lt. Col.,
the Silver Wings are for his and my aunts flight training. He flew fighters
in southeast Asia, and she was a flight nurse.

Thanks for settin' me straight, potles!

Op --The Airmen of today will be the Master Sergeants of tomorrow, smoke
pot, drop acid. (Read in the bathroom stall, Langley Field F-15 Intermediate
Maintenance hanger, 1976)--

Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:
A Light Colonel's insigia are Silver Wings. Thus the nickname.

A light Colonel's insignia are silver leaves. A full Colonel's
insignia are silver wings. He might not be happy that you've demoted
him if he is a full colonel.

We used to call them "phone Colonels" as it is proper to address them
as either Lieutenant Colonel or Colonel. On the phone, they would just
answer Colonel XXXXX


Op --The Airmen of today will be the Master Sergeants of tomorrow, smoke
pot, drop acid. (Read in the bathroom stall, Langley Field F-15 Intermediate
Maintenance hanger, 1976)--

Glad I didn't join till 77. Well, did join in '76, but got kicked out
and came back in '77.
Frank Reid

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
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Mr. Opus McDopus wrote:
A Light Colonel's insigia are Silver Wings. Thus the nickname.

A light Colonel's insignia are silver leaves. A full Colonel's
insignia are silver wings. He might not be happy that you've demoted
him if he is a full colonel.

We used to call them "phone Colonels" as it is proper to address them
as either Lieutenant Colonel or Colonel. On the phone, they would just
answer Colonel XXXXX


Op --The Airmen of today will be the Master Sergeants of tomorrow, smoke
pot, drop acid. (Read in the bathroom stall, Langley Field F-15
Intermediate
Maintenance hanger, 1976)--

Glad I didn't join till 77. Well, did join in '76, but got kicked out
and came back in '77.
Frank Reid

If I recall correctly, they didn't start Golden Flow Testing until '78, and
I know there was a lot of the aforementioned going on in '77. Perhaps you
just weren't a part of the in crowd :~^ )

Op