# My baby is flying away **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 29, 2000, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-flying-away/14214 "2000-02-29T22:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2000, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-flying-away/14214/1 "2000-02-29T22:05:00Z")
I don’t think I can match the beautiful send-off that GirlBySea gave to Chief Scott, but I would also like to publicly wish my wonderful husband (a doper lurker) Godspeed and tell him that I will miss him terribly as he goes off to spend 4 months in Saudi Arabia at the behest of the Air Force. Give 'em hell, baby, and I will be counting every day till you come home. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2000, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-flying-away/14214/2 "2000-02-29T22:22:00Z")
_waves to bluesman_ (I did get the name right, didn’t I?) Have a safe trip, sir. Hope you make it there and back all right. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-flying-away/14214/3 "2000-02-29T22:24:00Z")
Salute! Mine has been too far away since last July, but at least we have the telephone & email; sadly, I doubt you will even have that. Luckily I have found that absence does make the heart grow stronger. I hope you find the same to be true for the two of you. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2000, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-flying-away/14214/4 "2000-02-29T23:38:00Z")
Godspeed- I have tremendous respect for all people who serve in the military. Thank you, and be safe. Zette * * * “If I had to live your life, I’d be begging to have someone pop out both my eyes. Just in case I came across a mirror.” - android209 (in the Pit) [Zettecity](http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/zettecity/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-flying-away/14214/5 "2000-03-01T14:20:00Z")
Yes, you got the name right, Falcon. 🙂 Bluesman thanks all of you for your good wishes. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-flying-away/14214/6 "2000-03-01T14:38:00Z")
Good luck and be safe, flyboy! We’re thinking of you! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-flying-away/14214/7 "2000-03-01T15:34:00Z")
“Tench-HUT! PREEE-sent HARMS!” Good luck over there. BTW…one of the people I went through basic training with ended up stationed in Saudi Arabia. He said that he was told that he’d love it over there because there was a woman behind every tree. When he got there he looked around. No trees. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-flying-away/14214/8 "2000-03-01T15:37:00Z")
God Speed bluesman! ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-baby-is-flying-away/14214/9 "2000-03-02T04:02:00Z")
Just got back from dropping him at the airport. Off to my big, lonely, bed. Sigh.