tbm3fan
Old Man with a Hat
I don't know what it is that people who visit museums or similar protected sights do not understand about don't touch. When in college, 1974, the environmental science class went down to a protected marine area off Scripps to practice laying out squares to count animal types and quantity. While there we see someone starts to walk off with a starfish and we ask what are you doing? I'm taking it home. No you are not and there is a whole class here watching.
In 1976 I am taking a guided tour of Versailles where an older American couple decides to walk under the ropes and off on their own. If you have ever seen the Place it is massive like Westminster if not bigger. They said they paid their money and would go where ever they wanted. Told the guide who later told me they were escorted off the grounds by security.
In 2018 went to Valley of Fire north of Las Vegas. There are monuments of sandstone which seemed incredibly balanced at times. Erode easily under wind and rain. So here we have people climbing all over them to take pictures of their kids. One man says there are no signs prohibiting. I say maybe you should read the handout where they spell out staying off you idiot. Apparently people can't read any longer.
So I heard one month ago that Pri-Fly aboard the Hornet was closed because an overhead glass panel was broken. It would now stay closed till further notice as glass was falling off the laminated panel little piece by little piece. Alan, a docent and former carrier Skyhawk pilot in the 60s and 70s wasn't happy. I said let's take it out ourselves and then I'll replace the glass. Little did I know which panel. Clearly hit by something. Got it out but next weekend Security stops me as I board and tell me there is another broken window. How, nobody can go in. It was the hatch window and being tempered it was hundreds a little cracks. However, four main cracks were visible and where they met that part was lower than the rest of the panel as though punched. So this makes me detour from what I am doing and work on this. Once up there I knew the whole area is going to need work whether broken glass or not so not a total loss in the end since no one else will go up/down there.
In 1976 I am taking a guided tour of Versailles where an older American couple decides to walk under the ropes and off on their own. If you have ever seen the Place it is massive like Westminster if not bigger. They said they paid their money and would go where ever they wanted. Told the guide who later told me they were escorted off the grounds by security.
In 2018 went to Valley of Fire north of Las Vegas. There are monuments of sandstone which seemed incredibly balanced at times. Erode easily under wind and rain. So here we have people climbing all over them to take pictures of their kids. One man says there are no signs prohibiting. I say maybe you should read the handout where they spell out staying off you idiot. Apparently people can't read any longer.
So I heard one month ago that Pri-Fly aboard the Hornet was closed because an overhead glass panel was broken. It would now stay closed till further notice as glass was falling off the laminated panel little piece by little piece. Alan, a docent and former carrier Skyhawk pilot in the 60s and 70s wasn't happy. I said let's take it out ourselves and then I'll replace the glass. Little did I know which panel. Clearly hit by something. Got it out but next weekend Security stops me as I board and tell me there is another broken window. How, nobody can go in. It was the hatch window and being tempered it was hundreds a little cracks. However, four main cracks were visible and where they met that part was lower than the rest of the panel as though punched. So this makes me detour from what I am doing and work on this. Once up there I knew the whole area is going to need work whether broken glass or not so not a total loss in the end since no one else will go up/down there.
