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Comment by Storymom on March 29, 2010 at 5:13pm

Love Molly the Owl!! Thanks for that!

Comment by T-Lynn on March 29, 2010 at 5:10pm

thank you I think that is the one my sailor has too. But I will make sure

Comment by T-Lynn on March 29, 2010 at 4:26pm

HI
I was checking out the barn owl - if you click on the site now - you can see Molly feeding 4 of the owlets!
www.sportsmansparadiseonline.com/Live_Owl_Nest_Box_Cam.html

Comment by T-Lynn on March 29, 2010 at 4:02pm

Will be emailing my son later and I will ask him what is the name of the Military Insurance he got. He still needed his car afer boot camp. His A School was in Texas, so he was able to drive there and back. Also, even though he no longer has the car - he was advised to keep the insurance ( at a very low 5 a month) - so if :
1. he wishes to rent a car in the country he is visiting or back in the USA - he can and is covered!
2. when he purchases a new car - his insurance is totally back.
I'll get the name of that insurance for you
Rightnow - I am just totally relaxing - so no brian power is in use :)
Talk later TLynnPS I'm with the others her - check out other friendly Military Insurance Companies.

Comment by Anti M on March 29, 2010 at 3:08pm

MAC is Military Airlift Command (I think without looking it up). This coordinates all the flights of all the branches of the military. Sometimes there are empty seats, getting one of these is called "Space Available". There's a list of who gets priority, we retirees are at the bottom. More like a crap shoot, and waiting for a seat can burn leave days fast. Free, yes, but that "Available" part can be a joke.

Comment by Anti M on March 29, 2010 at 3:05pm

When we came back from Japan, hubby hadn't been insured with a stateside company for a decade. (I don't drive). He went with Geico, which is used to dealing with the military and lapses in insurance. I'd ask another agent for a second opinion, sounds a bit "off" to me. Or give your sailor a choice and let them pay the difference, that paycheck might as well be put to work, yes?

In Japan, car insurance is tied to the VIN of the vehicle, not the driver. Very sensible. When you buy a used car there, you also buy however many months are left on the policy.

Comment by T-Lynn on March 29, 2010 at 1:33pm

I'm back !
Before I signed off - i had to check the site with the live feeds on the barn owl. Molly appears to be doing ok. So I checked out another site - the Bald Eagle. Those two eggs have hatched! And I was able to watch the female BE feed her two little balls of gray fluffs. Then she very carefull walkd around them and covered them gentle with her body. Hope you all take a peek.

Comment by T-Lynn on March 29, 2010 at 12:58pm

Good Morning :)
This site is awesome. I don't think there has ever been a time when an answer to a question could not be found.

So that is what a MAC flight is? Anti M - my sailor has mentioned too ( when he was in the states) that he received great treatment when wearing his uniform. It's nice to hear that .

KatK - a life guard is not an easy job. And being in Vietnam too - he had to be doing extra duty. Not just watching for someone in distress, but for any type of attack. Very brave friend you have - please tell him thank you for me.

Just read an email from my sailor !!! Have not heard from him in a long while. The ports the ship has been visiting have all been working ports. I can say the last one he was at - some place in India - and it was the first Warship to ever visit there. I never thought of his ship being a warship. But being MN - well - yes it would be.
( I know I must be lacking coffee)

He shared that he and another mate took the written part of the ESWE exam and passed it ! But that both of them had a hard time with the oral part. So again - next week he will try again. I have never heard such determination in him. It is like he can taste passing that oral exam. Please keep you fingers crossed for him :).

Then too - my hubby was surfing on the internet and found a picture of our son. He was coloring pictures with some little elementary children in India. He looked so different. SO TALL - so FILLED out ( ALL muscles) - so Good Looking - so Confident - what are they feeding our kids ? ANd to think he is still sngle !

It did my heart good to see him. Hope all of you havea great moment this day. I'm off to crank duty and now I'm not so cranky :) hugs TLynn

Comment by Anti M on March 29, 2010 at 10:03am

MAC flights... yes, you travel in uniform. She doesn't have to change into civvies for the civilian flights. I know they tell them to for security, but realistically, once you're in the US on a domestic flight, uniforms get you better service. Her choice. Switching to a civilian flight to complete the journey is not unusual at all.

Seats on MAC flights all depend on which type of aircraft you are on, there are many different kinds. Some are just like regular planes. Some are cargo planes with a section of seats put in. They're "backwards" to civilian seats, which is safer. A few do have the drop down cargo net seating on the side, but don't think for a minute they're comfy enough to lie down and sleep, not unless you're exhausted.. You usually have to wear ear protection on the cargo flights and they get COLD! The only time I rode a cargo plane with the net seating was back in the 70s from Teheran to Rammstein. I freaking FROZE.

Comment by KatK on March 29, 2010 at 1:59am

I think my friend was in the army in Vietnam but he didn't like to tell anyone because they asked where he was stationed and what he did. He was a lifeguard at China Beach!

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