Welcome to a special Sunday posting of classic Arlo & Janis, from 1994. You might notice something new on the page. I have added the ubiquitous Facebook paraphernalia. No, this isn’t the drastic remake of the Web site I’ve been promising. It’s just the result of fooling around on a Saturday afternoon. Those of you who are Facebook users can now “like” me with a minimum of effort—a distinct improvement my face-to-face friends assure me.
The Hole Story
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115 responses to “The Hole Story”
Man it is complicated. The on board barber just buzzed every one 40 years ago.
http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/ftrStory.asp?adbid=589280644505725&adbpl=fb&adbpr=126834980750296&cid=social_20141208_36920987&id=84782&issue=3
This is one of the main reasons I wore my hair short during my AF career. I had one supervisor who informed me that I could not get my hair cut during the duty day. (Unlike the guys who would nip out to the barber shop next door.) He nipped out one afternoon to get a haircut next door to find me in the barber shop sitting waiting my turn. BTW it was a better cut and cheaper than doing down the hill to the beauty parlor.
That was me. I’m not really anonymous.
I hope Jackie takes her computer and all the stuff she didn’t take on the last trip. All we Villagers are worried about the situation she and Mike and her mama are in. Most unfortunate that her daughter who has been so helpful is not available right now when she is badly needed.
John in Richmond Texas, wishing this didn’t happen. I’m sending good thoughts to you and your wife. Your employer is such a fine person, hope he is rewarded some day.
Jackie and Mike seem to have many friends all over the place; hundreds, even. Sure would be nice if one or more could help in this situation; but I suppose Jackie and Mike would never ask.
About Facebook: I like it a lot and spend much time every day reading messages from friends and relatives who are civil and interesting, and have real problems, very much like the Village at A&J. I’ve never asked for a FB account: sometimes they lose track of my “cookies” and I have to log in with name and password, but “Otto Correct” helps with that. Friends send lots of photos, some from years gone by, some from the same day and hour. Yesterday and today: one of my daughters is getting treatment for health problems, and to make things worse, their old dog is sick. She has been sent nearly thirty loving messages of concern and sympathy. A friend of my twin daughters who lives in Florida, and none of us has seen her in years, but we are in touch on FB — her beloved dog is sick and may need to euthanized; same number of messages of love and sincerely sorry words.
A friend in NH who’s been laid up, is now cured and can go back to work. A cousin has posted pix of long-ago great-grandparents as children. A friend of another daughter posts pix, in summer, of flowering trees and rare blossoms in her Massachusetts garden … and she is an excellent photographer.
John in Richmond Texas – You walk a tough road. Many thoughts to you and your wife.
And my offline days from here seem not as full. You all rock.
Debbe 😉 A Santa hat and a bikini works for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FWNcgcosMY
The right style short haircut can be very comely on female. I am not one of those men with a long-hair fetish.
Lady Mindy, I’m not sure exactly what the Navy would have done with you before, but I think you’d probably be OK with the new cut. 🙂
GR6, thanks for the tune. A Santa hat sans the bikini really says Merry Christmas. 😉
One thing I’ve learned about surveys and fashion—I rarely am attracted to the things most men are. I regard high-heeled shoes to be dangerous to the wearer and those in danger of being fallen on or stepped on. OTOH, my mother used her spikes to discipline a groper.
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=32665698&nid=1012&title=science-proves-high-heels-do-have-power-over-men&s_cid=queue-18
Yep, GR6, that would be a mighty nice present. Or ‘castler’s version would work.
Ghost – If I wasn’t tossed out for breaking formation because of a spider, my mouth getting me tossed in the brig (wait, is the correct term for this branch?), or just my general incompetence getting me in trouble, I would fine myself in the worst possible job, in the most miserable post. And you *do* realize my hair doesn’t follow orders either, right? Smooth and professional? Ha!
Would FIND!
Nodak Wayne et al.: I clicked on illustrations / permissible hair styles. They are all full frontal views, including two buns and a pony tail! Is there some regulation against profiles?
One of the black examples shown says ‘natural hair.’ But it has obviously been cut; human head hair grows continually. Some of the white styles are, I presume, equally natural, if no curlers and such have been used.
Not all men find high heels attractive, though one attractive non-medical administrator looks great in them. She looks better in flats, IMO. They did help me identify her once. I was hospitalized for observation [angina, which turned out to be entirely esophageal]. Many employees check the new patients roster when they come to work [volunteers are not supposed to]. I’m sitting up in bed, having already had breakfast and 2-3 such visitors, and then, click-click-click in the hall outside. It was her, bright as a penny. She’s exec. dir. of the hosp. fdn., and has the smarts, looks, and personality.
Trucker, my first thought – Why would a fish need to be disciplined? My second thought – Oh. Never mind.
However, mark me down in the “High Heels” column. (I know that greatly surprises everyone.)
sand, did you know the Army has been recruiting female soldiers for the first coed Ranger class? I foresee problems. For instance, I can see it how it would work for panties, but how the heck would one Ranger Roll a bra?
[The Devil made me say that]
GR6, candidates will be selected on cup size, want no unnatural movement in the bush. 😉
Ghost, short hair styles like this one?
http://thedinnerparty.tv//wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Bunny-of-Year-pic-cropped-scan0055.jpg
Backlit body fuzz is cute.
Here’s a different place to ride a motorcycle: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/virals/11279303/Julien-Dupont-just-found-a-way-to-make-rollercoasters-even-scarier.html
We are back for tonight and tomorrow, hopefully. Mike got hydration and blood work, his calcium levels have dropped (good) and his potassium levels dropped (bad). I have to take (if I do because I hate potassium) and I didn’t think he’d get the potassium horse pills down. He didn’t and nurse did Heimlich and got it up.
John, I am so sorry for you and your wife. So sorry. I was afraid of that having happened and missed you.
Yes, Mike and I do have a ton of friends but unfortunately because of fact they were acquired mainly through Mike’s hobby of building and sailing boats, the ones in Oklahoma are few and far between! And also unfortunately we live in a retirement area full of people who are even older than us. We were the “young’uns” when we moved here at 50 age.
It reminds me of one time in Houston when I chased down a sweet blue haired little lady in River Oaks to deliver a 50th wedding anniversary gift basket that weighed a ton and had two dozen roses and balloons attached. Looked like a mardi gras float. Found her in beauty shop after several efforts and asked if I could unload it there? Nope, go back to the house with it.
Asked if the chauffer, maid or yardman could help me unload it?
“Good heavens, no,” she replied, “They are even older than I am!”
Going to bed early, all my to do list moved to tomorrow, plus more!
Love, Jackie
Jackie, when you wake up again, check this site and see if there is anything that would help you. You and Mike have a quiet night!
http://www.ok.gov/unitedweride/MyRide:_Find_Rides_by_County_on_this_tab/
John in Richmond, I came back especially to write to you. If you can and want to do so, just stay at home and watch your wife. I know that is what I would like to do with Mike, just watch him as much as I can. You will not regret it, I don’t believe.
Read to her if you can or find something. Music, the birds, something good, a pet, a memory.
No one will blame you from work and if they do, so what? Don’t even think about that. Think about what you want to remember and share, then do it. I would go out and help Mike build boats if I could, which I can actually but not well as he.
An internet friend(s) did that with her husband as he died with cancer, built and finished his boat, then took it back to Washington state from their home, over the Rocky Mountains to help him sail it one time before he died. A real friend of mine who taught the class and helped him build the boat also taught the sailing school and helped him sail it one time. He died on the boat on his sail, as he wanted to do.
Sorry, I am crying and can’t type well. Do something for a memory that you will have to keep and add to the ones you hold.
Love, Jackie
Dear Jackie, I’m awfully glad you and Mike made the drive okay and are home! Good for you — you are a real trouper. I know what you mean about the potassium horse pills … Chris had to take them a few years ago. He got them down, with some difficulty, but they came out the other end unchanged! He was pretty sick at the time, but recovered.
Sending hugs and happy thoughts for better days ahead. I care a lot about you two.
Jackie, a wonderful letter you wrote to John in Richmond, and meaningful to anyone whose loved one is dying or has died. I’m crying a few tears too.
On a more cheerful topic, I have a question about the current retro-strip: was Janis lying when she was talking to Gene, or was the story she told Arlo a falsehood?