I don't know about any of you ... but having to suffer through a 6.5 earthquake, volcano erupting, and a category 5 cyclone .... all in the space of a couple of weeks ... would send me right over the edge. For those of you who don't know - that's just what the island nation of Vanuatu experienced last month. We haven't heard much about it. The "why" needs some pondering. It seems that...
Yup, I'm talking about the real thing - a genuine battleship gray "patrol torpedo" PT Boat from World War II ... specifically, PT-728. There are only 12 known PT boats remaining in the world. PT-728 is the only one in existence licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard for carrying passengers. Being a true "baby boomer", when I hear the phrase "PT Boat", four things instantly come to mind: 1) JFK and PT-109; 2) PT-73 and...