Ogden Johnson III wrote:

"Leanne" wrote:

"Ogden Johnson III" wrote in message

I was TAD to MCAS
Beaufort. *The* nicest place I've ever spent time in - and
that
includes 2 years as a military brat in Hawaii.

You would be welcome if you came back to Beaufort, but not the
sleepy little town you remember. We have become a retirement
community. MCAS is active with 6 Marine and 2 Navy F/A-18 when
they are all at home. We got the Navy when Cecil Field closed.

Not to denigrate Beaufort, which is/was nice enough to a fugitive from
beautiful downtown Havelock, but I was referring to Savannah in the
quoted comment.
--
OJ III
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Also without denigration of Beaufort, I appreciate your taste.

Perhaps you should visit again before this June. The G8 conference is
slated then for Sea Island, GA, and Savannah is the designated press
headquarters. There is much anticipation of possible rioting and damage
from the anti-everything crazies.

Fear levels are high enough that high school graduations have been moved
out of their customary downtown venue.

BTW, just like Beaufort, the "nice" parts of Savannah are a small portion
of the current city. Once you have driven 50 streets or so south from
City Hall ( we basically have no west, east or north sides ) you will be
in plain old corporate USA. Our Burger Kings, Wal-Marts and Home Depots
look just like anybody else's. Kind of depressing, actually.

Keeping on topic. we have often had Naval ships carrying Naval aircraft
tie up a stone's throw from said City Hall. ( Granted, if you can throw
a stone as far as a major league outfielder )

Bob McKellar, who couldn't throw a major league outfielder more than a
foot or so, even less if the outfielder resisted