tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post3525862027564397619..comments2023-10-20T02:52:21.390-07:00Comments on The Grey-Beard Loon: Good obitThe Loonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03275282264449143615noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-698128278338967982010-04-07T21:06:58.056-07:002010-04-07T21:06:58.056-07:00That was a great obit!
I remember Boots and Coots...That was a great obit!<br /><br />I remember Boots and Coots and Rd Adair. My dad owned an oil field company, so those were familiar names. I am pretty sure Red Adair came to Refugio to put out a well on the Victoria highway when I was a kid in the 60's. Was teensy compared to the other we heard about, but I remember we drove out there to look.<br /><br />But Boots and Coots--legendary!Edith Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06623443279337364086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3490660904698632519.post-3558570563565077772010-04-07T19:34:47.289-07:002010-04-07T19:34:47.289-07:00Read it last week, and couldn't agree more. Fi...Read it last week, and couldn't agree more. Fine piece of writing by a passionate friend, no doubt. We are lucky to be the last generation to know such people, and to have stories and accounts told to us by folks like this, and like my own Captain Boots. Generations who understand "elbow grease", flying by the seat of your pants, and having to gut it out and get the job done, are for the most part, gone when our ranks fade away. Henceforth, they'll have to Google it......Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139056766491113145noreply@blogger.com