At 11:30 PM 4/5/02, Julia wrote: >Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > > > And after years of the above at home (after which the phone company redrew > > their districts and changed our number), I got my commission and became an > > engineer working on flight test in the Air Force. I had several phone > > lines that went through the secretary, and one which went directly to my > > desk: extension 3303. The appointment desk at the base hospital had > > extension 3033 . . . > >You win. :) > >Unless someone else wants to try to top that. I certainly can't.
First thing Monday morning and on Fridays were the worse. There were times I was tempted, after I answered the phone with something like "6514th Engineering, Lt. Blankenship" and the first thing they said was "I'd like to make an appointment," was "Certainly, sir. Be out on the flight line at 0300 tomorrow morning and we'll strap you to a pylon, take you up and drop you over the desert, then track your flight. By the way, do you have your own parachute, or will I need to get someone to attach one to your tail with explosive bolts?" I tried to be kind, though, realizing that people attempting to call for an appointment at the clinic might not be in the mood for my kind of humor . . . -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
