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2011-01-20 Home Front: Politix
In the Missile Silos, Death Wears a Snuggie
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Posted by tu3031 2011-01-20 10:19|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top

#1 The "Death wears bunny slippers" patch needs to be part of the Rantburg gallery.

Al
Posted by Frozen Al 2011-01-20 11:30||   2011-01-20 11:30|| Front Page Top

#2 
Posted by tu3031 2011-01-20 11:35||   2011-01-20 11:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah, takes me back to my days in the Titan missile patch around McConnell AFB. Good times.
Posted by Steve 2011-01-20 13:39||   2011-01-20 13:39|| Front Page Top

#4 For the flyboys:

http://www.strategic-air-command.com/wings/combat_wing_patches/0005bw-patch3.gif
Posted by mojo 2011-01-20 14:03||   2011-01-20 14:03|| Front Page Top

#5 LOL! The bunny slippered death is awesome!
Posted by DarthVader 2011-01-20 14:04||   2011-01-20 14:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Sent the link to my Dad, who spent part of the Cold War in the 68th Strategic Missile Squadron. He's got a few amusing stories about what goes on down in the launch centers. Like the PA gurgle test....
Posted by Silentbrick - Lost Drill Bit Division - Halliburton 2011-01-20 15:09||   2011-01-20 15:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Do share, Silentbrick!
Posted by gorb 2011-01-20 15:17||   2011-01-20 15:17|| Front Page Top

#8 According to my Dad, one of the senior Missile Launch Officers would call one of the newbies at the wee hours of the morning and inform them it was time for a PA gurgle test. This would be done in a deadpan serious tone, as if it's one of the normal routines. The fresh-faced officer would be directed to flush the toilet and count the number of gurgles it made during the flushing cycle and duly report this back to the S-MLO. My Dad they had one poor guy doing this for hours.

The only story he told about them trying something on him was where they'd unscrewed part of the alarm panel, hidden an old two bell alarm clock set for 3-4 am and put the panel back. He said he went over and listened a moment, then got a screwdriver and took it apart. This does fit his character, given he took apart his mother's washing machine to make a centrifuge that wound up being unbalanced and sent a flying two by four through the garage window. Lucky for the mice in the cage on the end, the acceleration of being spun around had already killed them. Needless to say, his idea of a science fair project involving mice living in high gravity had to be replaced.
Posted by Silentbrick - Lost Drill Bit Division - Halliburton 2011-01-20 16:01||   2011-01-20 16:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Silentbrick: Best Science-fare project ever.
Posted by Charles 2011-01-20 17:46||   2011-01-20 17:46|| Front Page Top

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