Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for April 24, 2012

Dirty art! I do see that little blue square with dirt in it! But do the Maraschino Men see it?

The caption is, as always, penetrating and to the point.

Is that Lance, Pierce, and Kabob?

The dirtier the better. (the dirty old man in me)

Animal shaped cleavers from Eastern Europe – what will they think of next? Actually, that’s some pretty creative craftsmanship.

The GoComics overlords are featuring yesterday’s Frog Applause on their FB feed today!. (Sorry – you need to be logged on to FB to see this.)What can this attention mean?

ATT Bill Thompson -RE: Space Chimps – I participated in the Mercury Flights and we (the U. S. Navy Operation Mercury Recovery) did pick up chimps that were alive … but long range? I don’t how long they survived. I was an air-crewman in the squadron VRC 40. Frankly I don’t remember the USS Donner being part of our group but then I’ve forgotten much of the details like name of ships, etc. Much of that time our squadron was operating off of the USS Roosevelt.-@BillThompsonThanks for the photo … That was my plane alright. VRC-40 (U S Navy designation … V = heavier than air, R = cargo, C = carrier) My old squadron is still designated VRC-40 … it is a fleet support squadron and when I served (1958 – 1962) we flew off and on all aircraft carriers operating on the east coast. We were in position ready to fly the chimps to grand turk island but as far as I can remember … while we did pick up Alan Shepard, we never did get the chance to ferry one of the chimps.-check this out … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRC-40 -@BillThompson … To answer your question about the aircraft we flew … it was a TF (U S Navy designation – T = Trader [or Transport? I’ve forgotten which], F = Grumman) … it was manufactured by Grumman … first as a sub chaser that was designated S2F and was full of radar and sonar gear for tracking subs. Then Grumman produced it as a cargo/passenger/transport aircraft designated TF.-Before I was assigned to VRC-40 I was in FASRON – 3 (Fleet Air Support Squadron 3) which also flew off and on aricraftcarriers on the east coast. FASRON – 3 was decommissioned in 1960 or early 1961 and I was then assigned to the newly commissioned VRC-40. (I only moved from one side of the hanger to the other and we basically did the very same thing we had been doing when we were still in FASRON-3.) I can’t remember which of the two squadrons I was in when we got the “How to Care for a Chimp” instructions … it could have been while I was still in FASRON-3. Sorry … wish my memory was better.

is that spearmen’ gum I smell?

Ah, the good feeling of a clean diaper.

ATT: Bill Thompson – -found this … www.history.navy.mil/sqdhist/vrc/vrc40.htm

click on Jul 1960-Sep 1966 to upload Adobe Acrobat file – the early years – 1960 through 1962 – give accounts of many missions in which I participated.

@ A Person of Interest. If you are ever in OK. stop by the Alan Shepard Space Museum in Weatherford. Allow several hours. Fascinating place.

I am intrigued by the dentiphone on the Blog. It’s made of vulcanite, a rare telluride copper mineral. Vulcanite was discovered in Colorado and is found in only a few places. Ten bucks would be a really cheap price today. I wonder if many modern researchers have experimented with bone conduction for the deaf?

I loved “Classics Illustrated” when I was a kid. I still have a collection, and “Food of the Gods” is among them.

Vulcanite is just another term for hard rubber.

crystals – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_aurathe blue one is called aqua aura, where gold is bonded on the crystaldark blue is called flame aura crystalyellowish maybe just regular quartz or poor grade “citrine” – not natural citrine, but heated treated amethystsame sort of treatment for the amethyst looking ones – they’ve been treated with something and it didn’t take very well on one of them at all

Body Farm Part 3 is on vimeo: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8kpfq_motherboard-goes-to-the-body-farm-p_tech