From: Robert Bowdidge Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [rec.models.railroad] Re: Do editors really care? / Stupid Human tricks Date: 17 Jul 1998 06:35:47 GMT Subject: Re: Do editors really care? / Stupid Human tricks From: John Sheridan Newsgroups: rec.models.railroad bChuck wrote: > Gee John, some times you scare me! :-) Sometimes I scare me too!!! . >From the True Story Dept: When I was stationed at Plattsburgh AFB in 1982, I was in the WSA (Weapons Storage Area) to photograph some damaged parts. It had already been a long day and I was quite tired from running around. So, while the Captain who was escorting me, went to find the person in charge, I figured I could rest a few minutes. So jumped up onto what I thought was a external fuel tank. The Captain returns with the person in charge and both of them stop dead in their tracks. The guy in charge looks at me at me and says: Guy in charge: "Airman, Do you know what you are sitting on ?" Me: "An Empty Fuel Tank ?" Guy in charge: "Uh..no. You are sitting on a Fully operational 150kt W82 Gravity Dropped Nuclear Weapon" Me: "Uh.......uh........uh......" (Slowly sliding off the weapon) Guy in charge: "The Air Force does like people sitting on their toys, understand ?" Me: "Uh.......uh.......uh......" (Slowly backing away from the bomb) Feeling really stupid, I went and took my photos of the damaged part. I returned to the photo shop and my boss and his boss are waiting for me at the door with big sh*t eating grins. MSgt Puckett: "So Airman Sheridan, have fun at the WSA" Sgt Monroe: "Do anything really dumb while you were there" ? MSgt Puckett: "Watch Dr. Stangelove recently" ? On and on......... For weeks, I never heard the end of it. Every time I went out on a shoot they would inform me not to sit down anywhere or on anything.