Snaggle10 Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Hi! I recently got started ( about a month in) and am based out of Minot, North Dakota for the time being. I’m excited to join this forum to learn as much as I can, and hopefully at some point get to hang out with some folks who can teach me a thing or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 I always think of my friend when I hear Minot. He said they had a saying in the Air Force of Why not Minot? Welcome from the desert near Fabulous Las Vegas NV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle10 Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 That’s the saying! I was actually stationed in Vegas at Nellie for 5 years prior to coming here. It gets quite chilly here at times, I’m just relying on the forge to keep me warm this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 It was 102F here yesterday. What do you do in the Air Force? My Dad was in from 47 to 67 after 4 in the Army during WWII, and was a machinist/aircraft mechanic/whatever else he was asked to do.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle10 Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 I’m a plumber! And do whatever else they ask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 My Dad talked about when he was stationed at either Selfridge Maine or Eielson Alaska that all of the plumbing was run in gutters under the sidewalks. Work needs to be done? Drive a forklift out, hook onto the bars cast into the sidewalk pockets and lift the sidewalk up. Do the work, and replace the sidewalk. No cutting, no digging, just easy peasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle10 Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 Yeah I believe most of the system there is run in tunnels now. Makes it easier for access due to the cold. Minot hasn’t quite figured that one out yet, but it’s well maintained so we don’t have too many issues outside the freezes during the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 It was probably Selfridge since it was a SAC base. He said if the heat went out, they had 24 hours to get it back up, or the base would start evacuating. Looking back today I wonder how much different my life would have possibly been if I had gone further than just talking to the recruiters. My 20 would have been up in 2003/04. I love to travel, but rarely do so. My Dad saw all 50 states (HI and AK before statehood) and Europe during the Berlin Airlift. But today's military service is far different than what his was. He said he was in at a good time, and could get flights in various aircraft just by asking. TBF Avenger, P61 Black Widow, T6.... He said that guys today can wrench on a plane their whole career and never even get to go up in one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle10 Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 Yeah it was a heck of a lot different back then. I wish I would have been around to be in at that time, now it’s run like a corporate office and to be honest it’s not the greatest. We can still hop on some planes depending on where they’re going, but there are so many protocols in place for various things it’s never super fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJustice Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Selfridge ANGB is in Michigan, not Maine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Re: keeping warm from the forge: I had a lot of people assume that my coal forge would keep me warm in Ohio. I used to point out that my wedding tackle was 18 inches from the center of the forge when it was in the 90's without problems---why did they think that my feet 36" away from the center of the forge would be kept warm in the winter? Now the propane forge is a lot like a salamander heater and would keep the smithy nice in warm in the winter except for the fact that I keep the two 10'x10' doors open and have open gables in the smithy too. CO poisoning is NOT in my desiderata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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