SHAME SHAME on this person for doing this!! ( & request for rumor control)

Don't Give Up the Ship said:
I believe a new BGO applicant question has been added by USNA Admissions: "Do you like Bacon?"
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About time.
(with a wink to any much-respected Admissions people who wander into SAF to read and wonder what the heck we are on about) Perhaps it will show up as a new candidate essay prompt: Describe how bacon has inspired your leadership style and helped you to solve a difficult leadership challenge.
 
Capt MJ said:
About time.
(with a wink to any much-respected Admissions people who wander into SAF to read and wonder what the heck we are on about) Perhaps it will show up as a new candidate essay prompt: Describe how bacon has inspired your leadership style and helped you to solve a difficult leadership challenge.
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Well, I can say that the perfectly crisp bacon at King Hall last week inspired me. And it made everyone happy, so there is that.

perfect crisp bacon
oh be still my beating heart
let there be peace now
 
Capt MJ said:
No secret code with food around here. We get going on a food topic, and down the rabbit hole we go. Regional variations are endlessly fascinating - bbq, bbq sauce, hoagie-sub-torpedo, pizza, etc.

Bacon always means bacon around here. 🥓 can and does get worked into all manner of threads and posts.
When things occasionally get a bit snarky or political, Off-Topic has many pleasant refuge threads.

Haiku is a relative newcomer in the last month, spreading like wild mint in a garden. Who knew we had so many people with poetry ready to pop out in all kinds of discussions.
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I'm a simple man lacking the brain capacity to put together a relevant Haiku so I'll spare everyone that. :D

That being said, I got to jump in… a good grilled Dietz & Watson dog with hot mustard on a Stroehmann bun with or with Kissling’s Sauerkraut always hits the spot. It may be a Philly Thing... 😋

If you are in SEPA, I stopped this semi famous place (http://www.jimmyjohns1940.com/ ) on the way back from the Yard and had a good dog and kraut back in May.
 
JudgeGuy said:
I'm a simple man lacking the brain capacity to put together a relevant Haiku so I'll spare everyone that. :D

That being said, I got to jump in… a good grilled Dietz & Watson dog with hot mustard on a Stroehmann bun with or with Kissling’s Sauerkraut always hits the spot. It may be a Philly Thing... 😋

If you are in SEPA, I stopped this semi famous place (http://www.jimmyjohns1940.com/ ) on the way back from the Yard and had a good dog and kraut back in May.
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So…Philly things, Herlocher’s Mustard and either a fresh hot soft pretzel or a hard pretzel dipping stick (fatter than regular sticks, more slender and shorter than rods).

And it has to be an Amoroso roll for the cheesesteak, though I think there are other threads littered with cheesesteak posts.
 
JudgeGuy said:
I'm a simple man lacking the brain capacity to put together a relevant Haiku so I'll spare everyone that. :D

That being said, I got to jump in… a good grilled Dietz & Watson dog with hot mustard on a Stroehmann bun with or with Kissling’s Sauerkraut always hits the spot. It may be a Philly Thing... 😋

If you are in SEPA, I stopped this semi famous place (http://www.jimmyjohns1940.com/ ) on the way back from the Yard and had a good dog and kraut back in May.
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I don’t care what anyone says about ketchup on hot dogs.

The best hot dogs I have ever had in my life was In Philadelphia Center City from carts. I used to eat at least two a day when I was a cab driver.
 
A1Janitor said:
I don’t care what anyone says about ketchup on hot dogs.

The best hot dogs I have ever had in my life was In Philadelphia Center City from carts. I used to eat at least two a day when I was a cab driver.
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Wait. I thought you were a janitor?
 
JudgeGuy said:
I'm a simple man lacking the brain capacity to put together a relevant Haiku so I'll spare everyone that. :D

That being said, I got to jump in… a good grilled Dietz & Watson dog with hot mustard on a Stroehmann bun with or with Kissling’s Sauerkraut always hits the spot. It may be a Philly Thing... 😋

If you are in SEPA, I stopped this semi famous place (http://www.jimmyjohns1940.com/ ) on the way back from the Yard and had a good dog and kraut back in May.
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Oh, man. I kind of do/don't want to go down this rabbit hole. My childhood was spent in Philly and Baltimore. I LOVE great dogs with kraut and mustard. I also love cheesesteaks and hoagies. I was horrified when we moved to Baltimore and learned they put mayo on Italian cold cuts. I still make trips up to Dalessandro's for a fix.
 
So since this thread is wildly off topic, instead of creating a new thread I’m posting my question here.

Friday, DS soloed completing powered flight. I got pictures of his civilian instructor cutting out the back of his shirt (stuff written on it, can’t see what it says) and also a video of her pouring a five gallon bucket of ice water on him. What is the meaning or background of these traditions?

Also, she was so sweet. She is originally from Jamaica and she took a video of her in a golf cart going to meet him after his final landing. She was singing “my first solo just passed, my first solo student just passed!” Her joy was infectious. She sent to DS who shared with us.

Now mom can breathe, and have a Nathan’s all beef dog with ketchup, mustard, dill relish and some potato chips. Oh, and a bottle of wine.
 
Heatherg21 said:
So since this thread is wildly off topic, instead of creating a new thread I’m posting my question here.

Friday, DS soloed completing powered flight. I got pictures of his civilian instructor cutting out the back of his shirt (stuff written on it, can’t see what it says) and also a video of her pouring a five gallon bucket of ice water on him. What is the meaning or background of these traditions?

Also, she was so sweet. She is originally from Jamaica and she took a video of her in a golf cart going to meet him after his final landing. She was singing “my first solo just passed, my first solo student just passed!” Her joy was infectious. She sent to DS who shared with us.

Now mom can breathe, and have a Nathan’s all beef dog with ketchup, mustard, dill relish and some potato chips. Oh, and a bottle of wine.
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It has been my experience that Jamaicans are the nicest people.
 
A1Janitor said:
It has been my experience that Jamaicans are the nicest people.
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Honestly the pictures of her greeting him and hugging him- and the video of her singing in the golf cart are priceless. I think it is cool that he was the first of her students to solo, and he did it successfully.
 
Heatherg21 said:
So since this thread is wildly off topic, instead of creating a new thread I’m posting my question here.

Friday, DS soloed completing powered flight. I got pictures of his civilian instructor cutting out the back of his shirt (stuff written on it, can’t see what it says) and also a video of her pouring a five gallon bucket of ice water on him. What is the meaning or background of these traditions?

Also, she was so sweet. She is originally from Jamaica and she took a video of her in a golf cart going to meet him after his final landing. She was singing “my first solo just passed, my first solo student just passed!” Her joy was infectious. She sent to DS who shared with us.

Now mom can breathe, and have a Nathan’s all beef dog with ketchup, mustard, dill relish and some potato chips. Oh, and a bottle of wine.
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Woo Hoo…Huge Congratulations to your DS! 🤩

🎉 🌭🍷
 
Heatherg21 said:
So since this thread is wildly off topic, instead of creating a new thread I’m posting my question here.

Friday, DS soloed completing powered flight. I got pictures of his civilian instructor cutting out the back of his shirt (stuff written on it, can’t see what it says) and also a video of her pouring a five gallon bucket of ice water on him. What is the meaning or background of these traditions?

Also, she was so sweet. She is originally from Jamaica and she took a video of her in a golf cart going to meet him after his final landing. She was singing “my first solo just passed, my first solo student just passed!” Her joy was infectious. She sent to DS who shared with us.

Now mom can breathe, and have a Nathan’s all beef dog with ketchup, mustard, dill relish and some potato chips. Oh, and a bottle of wine.
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Congrats to your son! As a mom, I understand how you feel. When my daughter called me to say she was doing her first solo, I wanted to tell her « No, way to soon », but instead said you are ready and will do great. Then waited anxiously to hear that she was so excited and did do great!
 
Heatherg21 said:
So since this thread is wildly off topic, instead of creating a new thread I’m posting my question here.

Friday, DS soloed completing powered flight. I got pictures of his civilian instructor cutting out the back of his shirt (stuff written on it, can’t see what it says) and also a video of her pouring a five gallon bucket of ice water on him. What is the meaning or background of these traditions?

Also, she was so sweet. She is originally from Jamaica and she took a video of her in a golf cart going to meet him after his final landing. She was singing “my first solo just passed, my first solo student just passed!” Her joy was infectious. She sent to DS who shared with us.

Now mom can breathe, and have a Nathan’s all beef dog with ketchup, mustard, dill relish and some potato chips. Oh, and a bottle of wine.
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Throwing thread further off topic:

After student naval aviators (SNAs) soloed at NAS Whiting Field, where Navy primary flight training is today, there was (still?) a tie cutting ceremony. The tie was cut somewhere below the knot. Back in the old days when aviators wore scarves, an instructor sitting behind the student could grab the scarf (or the back of your son’s shirt!) to get a trainee’s attention. Cutting the tie (scarf) and the back of your son’s shirt symbolized that the instructor no longer had control over the student. At the tie cutting ceremony the student presented the instructor a bottle of alcohol of their choice. My on-wing instructor was a Marine and asked for a bottle of Tanqueray (I didn’t know what it was). Happy to have soloed, I bought him a BIG bottle and still like G&T to this day. Did your son present his instructor a bottle?
 
Heatherg21 said:
So since this thread is wildly off topic, instead of creating a new thread I’m posting my question here.

Friday, DS soloed completing powered flight. I got pictures of his civilian instructor cutting out the back of his shirt (stuff written on it, can’t see what it says) and also a video of her pouring a five gallon bucket of ice water on him. What is the meaning or background of these traditions?

Also, she was so sweet. She is originally from Jamaica and she took a video of her in a golf cart going to meet him after his final landing. She was singing “my first solo just passed, my first solo student just passed!” Her joy was infectious. She sent to DS who shared with us.

Now mom can breathe, and have a Nathan’s all beef dog with ketchup, mustard, dill relish and some potato chips. Oh, and a bottle of wine.
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My DS is a SA C/O 2028 hopeful. He LOVES bacon and will tolerate hot dogs with ketchup only (same with hamburgers). He is finishing up his PPL and this is what we were shared when he soloed. His instructor framed the shirt back with their photo and a message with date, plane, airport, and an encouraging message.

"Most traditional training aircraft had tandem seating (one in front of the other, with the student in front), and before headset technology improved an instructor would commonly have to tug on the back of the student’s shirt to get their attention. Cutting your shirt tail off was a right of passage showing that there was no need for the instructor to tug on their shirt anymore, as the student now knows how to fly the airplane."

Congrats to your DS!
 
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