Don't You Just Love the Moon ?

[protectionist]

Over time, various things have been said about the moon. Some true. Some untrue. Some speculative.

The moon creates the tides. The moon gets full about once a month. The full moon is bright. The moon is often cited in music & art (ex.1 Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata......ex.2 Bert Emanuel's Tampa Bay - Moonlight.

Untrue - the cow jumped over the moon.

Speculative - the moon is associated with being crazy

But with all the ideas about the moon, I have to say that it is one of the really nice things in our world and lives. People may have differing ideas about the moon and they can post them if they like.

One thing I might note is that when I got into my early 60s, and not quite ready to retire, but too old to put up with a regular job full of complications of coworkers & bosses, I started working as a security guard at night. It was quiet & peaceful. No one there, except me and the building. But the moon was there. When I saw that big moon, I knew I was in the right place, at the right time of day/night (for me).

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[DukeU]

 

[Vrenn]

Here is a bit of history. I was with Specter in 1970 and our little brothers were the brand new F-4Es. On a moonless night, our gunships would operate with complete anonymity. And the F-4s would go up and just do top cap. But on a full moon night, we could be seen from the ground. Being seen on a full moon night meant we were going to take some really nasty hits from the 37mms and the 85mms anti aircraft guns. The F-4s would go down and try to draw them away from us. Getting a hit on a Gunship probably won't bring it down but it will end the evening for the damaged bird. A few times we did lose crews and AC. Usually, when a Specter went down, the whole 14 man crew was lost.

On any given night, in the NCO club, the two most requested songs were Ghost Riders in the Sky by the Gunship folks and the Bad Moon Arisen by the Tripple Nickel people.

 

[protectionist]

Here is a bit of history. I was with Specter in 1970 and our little brothers were the brand new F-4Es. On a moonless night, our gunships would operate with complete anonymity. And the F-4s would go up and just do top cap. But on a full moon night, we could be seen from the ground. Being seen on a full moon night meant we were going to take some really nasty hits from the 37mms and the 85mms anti aircraft guns. The F-4s would go down and try to draw them away from us. Getting a hit on a Gunship probably won't bring it down but it will end the evening for the damaged bird. A few times we did lose crews and AC. Usually, when a Specter went down, the whole 14 man crew was lost.

On any given night, in the NCO club, the two most requested songs were Ghost Riders in the Sky by the Gunship folks and the Bad Moon Arisen by the Tripple Nickel people.

Thank you for your service, My recollection of the Phantoms were in McGuire AFB, right across the street from my barracks, in Fort Dix, New Jersey. They used to take off (them and the F-111s) at 3:00 in the morning, and wake us up.

Only good thing for us was gettin a good look at that nice moon up there in the dark sky.

 

[sparky]

People may have differing ideas about the moon and they can post them if they like.

love some of the conspiracy theories.... ....~S~

 

[dblack]

Ahhh ... reminds me of one of my favorite songs, by the amazing Neko Case:

 

[Arlette]

I'm a big fan of Moon on TikTok. Some real funny shit.

 

[sparky]

~S~

 

[Innocynioc]

Without the moon human beings could not live on Earth. It does many things to regulate Earth.

 

[lg325]

Just in case on a full moon you run into a were wolf.

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[Cellblock2429]

Over time, various things have been said about the moon. Some true. Some untrue. Some speculative.

The moon creates the tides. The moon gets full about once a month. The full moon is bright. The moon is often cited in music & art (ex.1 Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata......ex.2 Bert Emanuel's Tampa Bay - Moonlight.

Untrue - the cow jumped over the moon.

Speculative - the moon is associated with being crazy

But with all the ideas about the moon, I have to say that it is one of the really nice things in our world and lives. People may have differing ideas about the moon and they can post them if they like.

One thing I might note is that when I got into my early 60s, and not quite ready to retire, but too old to put up with a regular job full of complications of coworkers & bosses, I started working as a security guard at night. It was quiet & peaceful. No one there, except me and the building. But the moon was there. When I saw that big moon, I knew I was in the right place, at the right time of day/night (for me).

/—-/ I was a college pub bartender in the 70s. On every full moon, the crazies came out of the wood wook.