Some Stories I was asked to write down, from my (humorous) past activities.

^{This is me (with the mustache) and a group of friends in my dorm room}
I joined the US Air Force in Oct 1975, went through 7 months tech school
Then got to my duty station in Tucson Arizona (aka TooStoned AZ)
I had a piano in my room, and also a couple of guitars. I would
Help my friends learn to play guitar.

^{"My last Roommate"}
We also PARTIED A LOT.
So imagine, a group of guys generally in their early 20's, sitting
Around stoned on Marijuana, listening to (for instance)
"Stairway To Heaven" by Led Zepplin. We'd all be off in dreamland,
And when whatever we were listening to ended, we'd all look around
at each other and say:
"Man! I'm fried!!" (as in fried to a crackly crunch) and we'd crack
Up laughing.
One day, I said that, and for some reason, it came out as if I were not
Saying it as a "State of Being" (high) it was as if it were my name.
Out of the blue, I said "Man, I'm Fried, JT Fried" and of course every
One laughed hysterically.
The name stuck, and my nickname with all my friends from then on
Was "JTFried"! My roommate even made a stencil of it and
Spray painted it on all my guitar cases.

^{"That's me in the black shorts"}
We were a crazy bunch (I was caught in the act of pouring some
Beer on my friend Weejums back, then running like hell) big celebration
At a public park in Tucson.

^{Notice my red High Top Converse sneakers?}
We also loved to hike and camp on Mt Lemmon, in the Catalina Mts
North of Tucson (you could snow ski in the winter, come back down
To the city and lay by the pool if you so desired on some days)

^{"The same day, the same sneakers"}

I did some very foolish things back then

I am NOT holding on to that tree, I am JUMPING across a 40 ft deep
Channel just below the falls, where my roommate was standing
Taking the photos
(this is actually the second jump, he missed the first one)

I hurt my foot a bit on that second landing.

Much earlier around 1976, down in the desert at the base of Mt Lemmon
Well kiddies, that's enough for today
Here you go @papilloncharity

Air Force Adventures

^by
Jerry E Smith
©1/25/2020
All images are original, or taken OF me by friends.
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All the mountain photos were up there
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All the photos from the dorms were about here

^{These .gifs were created for me by @coquiunlimited; many thanks}