#semperparatus

Happy Birthday US Coast Guard!

I’ve driven my BMW 2002 🇩🇪 for 46 years. Last weekend there was a 2002 meetup near @AlkiSurfShop 🏖️. I arrived at the end, & about 10 cars were still there 🚘. CAR STORIES How did you learn to drive 🚙? I took driver’s education in high school. It was great because: • High school teachers 🧑‍🏫 picked up extra cash 💵 teaching kids to drive • Students had affordable access to learning 🎓 • It was “fun” to learn with classmates 👫 In 2002 Washington State stopped funding driver’s ed, but with crashes among teens rising 📈, funding may be returning 💰. I knew nothing about cars when I was 17 🧒. I remember being behind the wheel & seeing terrified male classmates in the rearview mirror 😲. My driving teacher kept his foot poised on the instructor’s safety brake pedal. At first, I was awful ❌. The good news is I became a good driver 👏. FULL OR EMPTY? Do you know the phrase “Semper Paratus?” It means “Always Ready.” I like this motto. It might explain why I usually have a full gas tank ⛽. I feel the same way about my phone battery 📲. During a family gathering at @horsemarkcards, my phone was at 60% & I wanted to charge it before heading back to Seattle 🧭. I wondered if I was a weirdo, so I took a poll. I found people fell into 2 camps: 🔼Those who keep their cars fueled & phones charged 🔽Those who drove until their vehicles were on empty & let their phones get to 2% Today I met @alanabramowitz 📷 & I asked where he is on the spectrum 🌈? We’re kindred spirits 🤗. He calls it OCD, but I call it being prepared 🦸! Is there a regular, in-between type? I’ve yet to find one. Maybe you’re the first 🤷? Are you always prepared, or do you live dangerously? And how did you learn to drive 🤔? . . PHOTOS: #BMW2002 #BMW2002faq #everydaydriver #bimmerlife #bimmerinsta #bimmerlove #Bimmer at Ballard Custom Audio. I missed many 2002s at the meetup, so I'm sharing a few #BMWs from my last visit to see Patrick, Jeff, Colin, Andre, Brandon & Shawn at @midnightmotorsport; #driversed #semperparatus #alwaysready #liveontheedge . BOOKNOTES: ((HUGS)) & thanks @pierluigi_61, Mike Olver, Steve & Priscilla Otsuki . . . (at Ballard, Seattle) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cog72YROSGe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sempé - Quelques romantiques

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Today is #CoastGuard Day. On August 4, 1790, Congress authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, to create the Revenue Marine Service. It later became the Revenue Cutter Service and, in 1915, was combined with the U.S. Lifesaving Service to become the Coast Guard. During World War II, Central of Georgia Railway employees in Savannah worked together with the U.S. Coast Guard to protect the city’s port. Railroad men and women joined the Volunteer Port Security Force. VPSF members guarded vessels, wharves, and piers against sabotage and fire during wartime. The women’s division was tasked with handling correspondence and archiving the group’s records. In 1945, the Commandant of the Coast Guard presented the Security Shield of Honor to the Central of Georgia—“operators of the largest waterfront facility in the Port of Savannah”—for its exemplary work ensuring the safety of the port and moving freight in wartime. Some of Central’s Volunteer Port Security Force members gathered along with Coast Guard officers for a photograph, taken at the railroad’s Savannah terminal. #SemperParatus #AlwaysReady (at Savannah, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0vjKM_np2V/?igshid=bucc99nocv32

Follow @johnnytama now! ・・・ Drill sessions at @northparkbjj // here I hit a DLR to sit-up guard with a special kimura style control to single leg finishing with a bate to folder pass to knee cut. // #semperparatus #egnd https://www.instagram.com/p/BsxuWU_nC1a/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wgtwoio79j9h

Happy 227th Birthday US Coast Guard! #SemperParatus #USCG #military #militarylife #birthday #cigarsandguns #puffpuffpewpew (at United States)