A sleek, black space shuttle orbiting Earth. The shuttle has a pointed nose and two large engines at the rear. One engine compartment is open, revealing a smaller spacecraft docked on top. Earth’s blue atmosphere and white clouds form the backdrop, with the sun casting a bright light from the upper left. The scene conveys advanced space technology and exploration, highlighting the shuttle’s futuristic design against the vastness of space and the curvature of the planet below.

Wisdom of the Aviator

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  • ‘Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing.’
  • ‘You’ve never been lost until you’ve been lost at Mach 3.’

    – Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)

  • ‘The only time you have too much fuel is when you’re on fire.’
  • ‘If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it’s probably a helicopter — and therefore, unsafe.’
  • ‘When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.’
A comic-style collage titled "Military Wisdom & Proverbs," featuring soldiers, a plane, parachutists, and hands handling a grenade pin. Text bubbles contain military advice and sayings, some with humorous misspellings or scrambled words. Examples include phrases about fuses, bombing zones, and readiness. One soldier aims a rifle saying, "If the enemy is in range, so are you," while a shouting officer commands, "You, you, and ... Panic." The background uses military colors with insignia and explosive sound effects like "BOOM."

Military Wisdom and Proverbs

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  • ‘If the enemy is in range, so are you….’

    – Infantry Journal

  • ‘It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.’

    – U.S. Air Force Manual

  • ‘Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.’

    – General MacArthur

  • ‘You, you, and you …. Panic. The rest of you, come with me.’

    – U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt.

Descendants of Jacob Helsley, Sr.

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Reposted from: 2010-03-26 08:21:07

This geneology was originally found at:
http://bgwilliams.tripod.com/heltsley.htm

I’ve made a few modifications and updates to it. Mostly changes that expand the branch of Jesse Albert Heltsley. More could be made, but I chose not to go to the 8th and 9th levels. Acctually there are probably as many as 10 and 11 levels now. If any information is inaccurate, or can be filled out with more detail, let me know so I can take care of it. Thanks to Linda Sue Clark-Brown who did all the hard work of putting all this together.

Note: names indicated with

Keith with short hair and a calm expression, wearing a dark shirt, posing next to a golden retriever. The dog is looking forward with its mouth open, tongue out, appearing happy or relaxed. The background is completely black, which highlights Keith and Mackey in the foreground. The composition suggests a warm, friendly relationship between the man and the dog. The lighting focuses on their faces, making them the central elements of the photo. Keith is the one on the left.

Adaptability for Disability

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If you’ve read my ‘About’ page, you would have noticed a small mention about my trouble with vision loss. At one time I used to have a more detailed description of what it is, and talk about a few common questions that people ask me about it. I don’t know why I took most of it out. If you know me, then you know that

A well-dressed man in a tuxedo and top hat standing in front of an ornate building labeled "THE OASIS - DRESS CODE ENFORCED." He holds up a hand to stop a disheveled, barefoot man wearing torn clothes who looks worried. A sign next to the doorman reads, "NO SHIRT, NO TIE, NO SERVICE." In the background, a desert scene shows a camouflaged stall named "DESERT TIES," with ties hanging and a seated vendor next to a camel amidst sand dunes.

The Desert Traveller

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A man on a camel rode through miles of the sun-drenched desert searching for some sign of life. His supplies were running low when his camel died. Now on foot, he desperately sought refuge from the heat, and, most importantly, a source for water. Suddenly, he came across a vendor in the middle of the desert.

“Thank God, I found you!” the man cried. “Please help me. I’m in dire need of some water.”

“Well,” said the vendor,