F-104 dual in Florida

[Squaretail]

last time I was fitted for a jacket it was 54?

Holy shit! Who are you, my distant cousin Lewis B Puller?!

I'm keenly aware that my form is not an ideal one for being in airplanes. I had to measure, since your reaction made me think my memory was mistaken, and the wife thinks I'm nuts for checking.

[Colonel]

No judgement. It must be convenient when you need to change a car tire,
you don't need to bother with a jack, you just lift up the end of the car.



I'm well over 6 feet and 200 lbs, and I only wear a 44 jacket.


Today's fun fact: Chesty Puller's full name was actually

Lewis Burwell Puller

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller

His family were quite proud of their descent from this guy:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Burwell-20

My great Nth grandfather, through the Robinsons in Toronto




More historical curiosities:

Puller was a distant cousin to U.S. Army General George S. Patton.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Patton-1782

Another very distant cousin. He was crazy as batshit and hated by the powers-that-be, so ...



I have a very large, eccentric family. You may or may not have heard of some of these guys.