Antique marine engine show 8/19 & 20

[Bucky Goldstein]

The time is upon us so I'll mention it again. This weekend there will
be an antique marine engine show at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, CT.
Expected are a couple of hundred engines of all types. There will be an
antique boat parade (in fact I think there will be one on Saturday and
another Sunday -- not sure).

The show is hosted by George King III, a very cool and very
knowledgeable steam engineer. After a career in the Coast Guard, King
became chief engineer aboard Sabino, a large and beautiful steam vessel
at the Seaport. Man and boat are both worth meeting if you're into
steam.

Details at

http://www.mysticseaport.org/events/events.html

I haven't been to this show before, but a couple of people here have &
say good things about it.

--
Bucky Goldstein

I lost a button hole.

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[John Brock]

In the late 1970's I was in one of Chief King's Coast Guard Bands
in Alameda California. He was a fire plug then. We got along all right
but I took issue with him once over making boot camp recruits do
push-ups in the aisle of the Band bus while rolling down the Nimitz
freeway. At the time he was an E-8 and I was an E-3. I'm a lot older
now and a little wiser. George was a hellova drummer back then too.

John Brock

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[Bucky Goldstein]

"Fire plug" is as good a description as any for that guy. But a
drummer? Ha! That I didn't know (though I knew he was bandmaster for a
time). He's well suited to his gig at the Seaport: energetic,
talkative, very generous with his knowhow. Also with his tall tales,
which can make for a lively conversation.

[Robert Swinney]

Ah, Yes. To get a good guy out of the military, first you have to get him
out of the military!
Bob Swinney

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[Bucky Goldstein]

"Robert Swinney" <jud...@home.com> wrote:

> Ah, Yes. To get a good guy out of the
> military, first you have to get him
> out of the military!

Mmm. Sure that'll work? They say "there is no such thing as an
ex-Marine." (I wouldn't know, myself. Tried to get into the Army but
ended up on the Group W bench for litterin'.)

[Bucky Goldstein]

"John Brock" <j...@mcneel.com> wrote:

> In the late 1970's I was in one of Chief King's Coast Guard

> Bands....

<snip>

> I took issue with him once over making boot camp recruits do
> push-ups in the aisle of the Band bus while rolling down the Nimitz
> freeway.

So this afternoon, I sez to George, "I ran into some guy on Usenet who
used to be in one of your bands. Says he argued with you one time about
having recruits do push-ups on the bus."

He grins and sez, "Oh, yeah. Brock. John Brock. He lost."