Author: Francis Meyrick
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 15A) “Beautiful American Film Star “
Carole Landis Note: Sometimes there is a conflict in a writer’s mind. He feels the need to honestly paint a TRUE scene with accurate, authentic brush strokes. At the same time, he doesn’t want to be seen to necessarily condone or approve of the behavior, ethics or values he describes. I mean no fundamental disrespect…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 14) “On Holding Hands, and Smoking Pot “
Your very own scribe, shooting hell out of…. milk cartons A Blip on the Radar Part 14: On holding hands, keeping your shorts on, rotor brakes, and smoking Pot I have worked, on and off, for different charities. That doesn’t make me a saint, or better than you. It just makes me a Seeker, a…
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I miss the Darkness of her Light
I miss my Dreaming
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 12) ‘No Man is an Island’
Photo by Francis Meyrick A Blip on the Radar Part 12: No Man is an Island I have read stories and biographies that, in the final thrust, left me unable to identify, to connect, with the protagonist. It was as if the make-up team had been in. The dreaded publicist. Massaging the true writer away.…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 13) “The Lady in Blue “
A Blip on the Radar Part 13: The Lady in Blue I try hard, not always successfully, to live by my own maxims. One of these goes like this: never mock what you don’t understand. It has to do with respect I guess. Other people’s religious and spiritual beliefs may seem strange, unreal, but if…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 11) “Plastic, War, and Manta Rays “
A Blip on the Radar Part 11) Plastic, War, and Manta Rays In my little life, I have frequently witnessed distressing events, man-made, that made absolutely zero sense to me. No rhyme, no logic, no sense. I’d be left thinking… why on earth… do people do and say-such incredibly silly things? Do you have to…
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Of Helicopters and Humans (2) “Nuthin’ like a Good Hammer “
Of Helicopters and Humans 2. There ain’t nuthin’ like a good hammer (On the problems of ‘Remote Authority’ and the back-and-forth tussle with Anti-Authoritarian ‘Type A’ tendencies amongst SOB pilots. Helicopter operations frequently allow our PIC’s to develop partial or total disrespect for Head Office. The Boss may be hours, days, and hundreds of miles…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 10) “Burning The Garbage; Moggy, Moggy, what you DO?? “
A Blip on the Radar Part 10: “Burning The Garbage; Moggy, Moggy, what you DO?? “ Looking back, I know I elevated naivety to an Art form, truly worthy of the Guinness Book of Records. But I plead innocence. After all, I mostly meant well. That is probably what I shall be telling Saint Peter…
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A Blip on the Radar (Part 9) “Deck Boss have Big Problem “
A Blip on the Radar We were all ship mates. In our own way, despite different nationalities, cultures and priorities, we often relied on each other. I was learning Chinese, and I often chatted for hours with the crew members about their lives, their homes, their goals in life. They showed me photos of their…
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Moggy’s Tunaboat Helicopter Manual Ch.3-H-1 “Drawings “
Here are two drawings that attempt to illustrate two different possible roll-over scenarios. They illustrate parts of the story described in “Blip on the Radar(8) ” “Eyes of Dead Man “. (note: for an interesting discussion on Dynamic Roll-over, see Vertical Reference.com Here is the link) You can imagine wobbling about, big rollers coming through,…