About "Navy Memories"

As I prepare what will probably be the final installment of my "Navy Memories" series, I want to open the floor for input from you, Gentle Reader.

In all the posts, have I introduced a topic about which you'd like more information or background? Any questions about anything I've mentioned?
Any topics you'd like me to discuss?

Winter Warmup & A Question For You

The slow-but-tiny warmup continues as it's 8° above, this morning. At least it is, here on the hillside. Down below, it's 4°, but even that's warmer than before.

I have a question for you, friends: have any of you found that, as you move into middle age (for those of you who are, or who have) that your interests have changed? Hobbies that once occupied me constantly no longer seem important. I find that I don't want to write much. I haven't played my guitar - a hobby begun in 1969, and later a vocation - in months. All I want to do is sit and read, lately.

Maybe it's just a phase. :)

Still, I'd like to hear from others who are roughly my age about whether they've experienced anything similar. And if so, whether it was a permanent change, or just a passing thing.

Police Blotter & a Personal Note

First, the note. This blog has finally crossed the one-million hit mark; I still find it remarkable that anybody reads this drivel at all. Thank you.

 


And here's the Blotter:

Suspicious Person/Activity
Caller reported that the driver of a black pickup, parked near the South Channel Bridge, was attempting to push a female passenger out of the vehicle. An officer located a vehicle similar to that described, but found only a driver and no passenger. The driver denied that there had been anyone else in the vehicle.

Sounds like the plot of many a murder mystery...

Environmental
Caller reported strong winds had left a barrel rolling, rolling, rolling, on East Broadway. An officer secured it off the roadway.

Thank you, Frankie Laine!

Criminal Mischief
Apartment-dweller discovered that someone had super-glued the valve caps on his vehicle tires, so that any attempt to remove the cap ripped the stem from the valve and caused the tire to deflate. One possible suspect was identified.

Welfare Check
Caller reported a quite inebriated man who had been staggering along the roadway had just fallen into a ditch. An officer responded to the area but determined that the red-sweatered inebriate had apparently already crawled out of the ditch to safety.

What drinking problem? He drinks ... he falls down ... no problem!
 

Assault
Three adults engaged in a swearing and shoving match after one man, who had put $30 in the jukebox, got mad at another man for increasing the volume of a televised NASCAR event.

But it's NASCAR, man!

Assistance Rendered
Caller reported a possibly suicidal crew member on his vessel. Officers responded and found a man who had been unable to sleep, had had a headache for days and was generally unable to reconcile himself to the Aleutians' famed gloomy skies and dark oceans. There was no indication the man was suicidal but medical care was requested for his other issues.

Traffic/Roads
Caller reported a vehicle crawling up a hill and impeding traffic. An officer found the vehicle, now out of gas and stopped, and helped move the vehicle off the roadway.

... which is what the caller should have done. 

A Word About My Book

I've revised the sidebar link to The Outside Job. The page to which it takes you provides links to each individual chapter. You won't have to scroll down to search for the latest chapter, so I hope it's more convenient for you.

Thanks for reading. I really do appreciate it.

Gratitude

I received some very nice gifts in the mail today, from a reader and fellow blogger. He went out of his way to create something unique for me, and it touched me deeply. There were some other nice things there, too, about his home state.

I'm so grateful for both the gifts and kind thoughts, and for the opportunity to put these fumbling words "out there" in this little corner of teh Intertube webz.


















WP, I thank you so very much - it means more to me than I can adequately express.