Rick Calkins

@samuraiplumber
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Military brat born in Bremerhaven, Germany in '55. Retired supervisor from Lee County DOT in Fort Myers, Fl. I've lived in Germany, Baltimore, Hawaii, Louisiana, Guam, California, and Italy. Graduated from V.A.H.S IN '73. Just after I retired I learned that now, I never get a day off. I'm a fan of Bernie Sanders so I might be a Democratic Socialist.
182nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Texas Air National Guard TF-102As at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, 1 May 1965. #usaacofficial #aviation

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Strandjunker/116563389937126407

I hope these words appear in every Democratic ad during the midterms.

"I will be a train driver!", soviet poster, 1948. #train #ussr #oldtimer
Aeroflot advertisement poster, 1967. #aviationhistory #aeroflot
RNZAF P-40Ns of No 18 Squadron in the Solomon Islands, 1944. #usaacofficial #aviation #newzealand
A Kombi Conga Line. #VW #type2 #bulli #weirdcarmastodon
Dave Brubecks tune 'Take Five' and Led Zeppelins 'Kashmir' are both done in 5/4 time. To music nerds, this is what May 4 is all about. #mayThe4th #music
An F6F in the flight deck gallery of USS Puget Sound (CVE-113) while operating near Hawaii, 1945. #usaacofficial #aviation
The Bobby Darin “Dream Car” is a one-of-a-kind custom car designed by Detroit clothing designer Andy Di Dia in 1953 and completed in 1960. Mr. Di Dia apparently did not care for the design of automobiles in the early 1950’s. The Di Dia 150 was hand-built by four workers in Detroit, Michigan between 1953 and 1960 at a cost of over $93,000 dollars. The original Cadillac V8 engine was replaced by a Ford 427/365 hp V8 engine. #weirdcarmastodon #cadillac #oldtimer #conceptcar