Al Peffley

Please help stop the path to a physical WWIII conflict involving possible low-yield nuclear weapons.

No M1A1 Tanks and no F-16 fighters sent to the AZOV Nazis in Ukraine. They think we are stupid. Be vocal.

Tell your Representatives in Congress to stop this nonsense. Cut off the purse strings that fund this total insanity.

Gregg Wilson

It is becoming increasily apparent that many persons in the Federal Government and Congress want war. It enables them to escape the worsening ecomony and gives them more "emergency" power and spending power.  Our only positive is that we are old and won't live much longer. God help the younger generations.

A government in trouble always resorts to war.

Al Peffley

You are very correct, Gregg.

Bye, bye Miss American Pie...

 On a lighter note,

Bill Engelhardt

Number 27 is noteworthy

Al Peffley

OK Bill, I'll bite,

What is noteworthy about the Fabulous Wailers' song "Seattle". I can't remember the lyrics to the song, just that the single came out around 1963...  I remember "Tall Cool One". Isn't that song on the same album?

Looks like  KJR was promoting Andy Williams hard. Follow the money...

Al Peffley

INTERESTING WORLD NEWS INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO CARE TO READ  AND CONSIDER TOUGH TRUTHS ABOUT THE REAL WORLD WAR WE ARE INVOLVED IN TODAY:

https://www.monkeywerxus.com/blog/sitrep-support-12723

2023, "the year to be free". BELIEVE

Bill Engelhardt

OK. Not plowing new ground here, but 1964 just sorta grabs my attention ...

The Wailers in '64 were recording, doing concerts, dances, grand openings, working every Friday and Saturday night year-round, but hadn't "charted" a single since Tall Cool One in 1959, and Louie Louie in '61. Tall Cool One was back on the charts in '64 (re-promoted by the Golden Crest label). Seattle, a ventricle-vibrating instrumental in the classic Wailers style, debuting at #27 on the Jan. 1964 Fab 50, was notable.  

Bruce Trachte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBw1UGVXkGc

Al Peffley

Bruce, Buddy!

Glad to see you are still with us. I was thinking about you late last summer when Bon and I traveled over to northern Idaho through eastern Washington. I miss visiting with you at the Moses Lake boat races. No more boat racing for me.

No wonder I did not remember the Seattle record - it was just an instrumental with no singing...

Best Regards,

Al

Al Peffley

Rick's sitrep broadcast. This is a very interesting military intel information website:

https://rumble.com/v28k874-fried-bankman-brother-30-billion-biden-connection-obama-treason-23-million-.html

Al Peffley

BOOM!

Thank you Elon Musk.

TRUTH & JjUSTICE TIME IN CONGRESS? - Dark to llight time:

https://rumble.com/v28wris-2.9.23-twitter-trials-are-here-luna-mtg-jordan-higgins-unleashed-storm-brew.html

Gregg Wilson

A Branch Manager and an Assistant Branch Manager

Bill Engelhardt

Week of Feb. 10, 1964. Valentine's Day best wishes!

You could also pick up your Good Guy sweatshirt at Don's Men's Shop, 3rd & Union, where I worked in '64. 

Al Peffley

I miss owning a dog, but not the hastle of finding someone to watch it whenever we travel.

Good one, Gregg!

Bill Engelhardt

Al Peffley

Interesting article Bill. I vaguely remember the move. The land was a muddy mess during the wet months after the building was removed. we would run across the mud to see if we could make it across the dirt lot without getting mud inside our shoes. ;o)

Who originally owned the land -- was it Mr. Duffy?

Al Peffley

Gilbert (Gil) LeBaron Duffy

(AKA as 'Mr. Duffy" to us long time, native dwellers of Burien.) He seldom was seen around Burien without his favorite Dodge Powerwagon vehicle, working overalls, and logging boots with bright colored socks. I was invited by Joanne once down to the 1950's mansion-styled house in Seahurst to visit and see the famous family's 1933 Duesenberg J Model car which Gil sometimes drove in parades. Gil was a colorful and non-elite acting fellow, who was very involved with the growth of Burien and active in Seafair unlimited hydroplane racing during his lifetime. His 2009 obituary in the Seattle Times said much more than my attempt at words to describe him can say here. My memory of him was that he he was an intelligent patriot and a kind man with a community service personality and energetic participation that is not often seen today. RIP, Gil & Cookie...Burien is better because of you. Many will not know of you and your past acts of love and kindness for almost a century.

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/seattletimes/name/gilbert-duffy-obituary?id=28586139

Al Peffley

Smiles -

Bill Engelhardt

And three hours just a quarter! 

Bob Nicholson

... probably not a foreign car on the lot.

Gregg Wilson

My Dad, being a captain with Northwest Airlines, took me out to Sea-Tac airport on July 4, 1949, the opening day of the airport. We watched Navy planes from two aircraft carriers fly over the airport. Very impressive for a three year old.

Joe May

My dad also worked for NWA at Sea-Tac. He transfered from Great Falls in '51. There was a baseball diamond in front of the terminal and the airlines had softball teams that played there. I'd go with my dad to watch him play and after the game, ended up sitting in front of Tracey's Tavern on 99 for an hour while they celebrated or mourned. 

Ed Hesner

Interesting.  My dad was a mechanic for Northwest Airlines for 41 years before he retired. I can remember one time (when I was quite young) when he took me out to the airport and up into a B-377 Stratocruiser that was sitting there close to the hangar being worked on. Anyone remember how the passenger seats in the back end of the stratocruiser wrapped around in a semi-circle from one side to the other? My dad had me sit down there in the back and one of the other mechanics started up the engines to do an engine run, and it scared me to death. I worked for Northwest a couple of times myself after I got out of the Air Force. I loaded & unloaded a lot of baggage, frequently did cleanup inside the planes, worked a lot in the freight shack, and occasionally drove the fuel truck and put fuel on the planes. I've always been sorry that NWA disappeared. It was a good airline.

Bill Engelhardt

A thing of beauty, Ed.....

Marty Ellison

Joe & Ed's posts caused me to think back to when there were a huge number of airlines flying in and out of SeaTac.  My parents weren't airline employees, but several of our neighbors were.  Their stories were what launched me into that career myself.  I started with Western, then we merged into Delta.  I retired before the Northwest merger, but nearly all the domestic airlines that existed in 1964 have merged into one of the big three; American, Delta, and United.  Alaska is a remarkable story as it was mostly a freight operation that flew people as well.  It's one of the few airlines that grew substantially from within with a few  mergers/acquisitions with Jet America and Virgin America.