The ORIGINAL Adventures of Capt. Eddie

Capt. Eddie predates the blogosphere. And he had LOTS of adventures in those early days. Here are recountings of some of them…

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The Lighter Side of Three Mile Island (aka The Fake News Follies)

- by The Captain

Well, it’s that time again — March 28th, the anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. The worst commercial nuclear accident in United States history. When it happened, it was the worst commercial nuclear accident in everyone’s history. The fact that it has since been surpassed in “worseness” — a couple of different times — should tell you something right there.

Normally when I post in this blog about Three Mile Island (like here…

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The ORIGINAL Adventures of Capt. Eddie

Captain Eddie Streaks His Way to Fame

- by The Captain

When I lived in Gandhi Hall at St. Joe’s in Philly in the early 1970s, there were no cell phones. Instead, we had a single pay phone on the wall in the hallway, shared among 20-some guys.

Let’s stop right here and explain to the youngsters: A “pay phone” was a large, bulky telephone with slots for coins so you could insert money to pay for your phone calls. A local call cost ten cents, …

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The ORIGINAL Adventures of Capt. Eddie

The Origins of Capt. Eddie

- by The Captain - 6 Comments.

Seeing as how this blog is titled “The Further Adventures of Capt. Eddie,” it sort of implies that Capt. Eddie had at least a few adventures before this blog was started. Well, that is indeed true. Capt. Eddie had lots of adventures before this blog was started. For that matter, Capt. Eddie had lots of adventures before blogs were ever invented at all.

Capt. Eddie’s original adventures took place during a time when phones were …

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