Ron the Yarnspinner

              Thomas Midgley Jr. He Poisoned the Air and Scarred the Sky   Prologue: A Tale Rooted in Truth and Imagination What follows is a fictionalized biography: rooted in truth, shaped by imagination. Certain scenes, thoughts, and conversations have been re-created to bring its subject to life. It reflects—and at times gently parodies—Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus : the tale of a man who trespassed the boundaries of science and paid dearly for the crossing. The Genius on the Hill From atop a lonely hill in rural Ohio, far from the bustle of towns and streetlamps, Thomas Midgley Jr. toiled over his inventions. His house rose like a cathedral above the fields, its narrow windows staring blankly across the countryside. Turrets bristled with lightning rods—great copper porcupines aimed at the sky. During storms, the rods glowed with ghostly plasma, as if the heavens themselves were sounding a warning. ...

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  Sitting Ducks Ready, Aim, Abandon Ship   Ed had a choice, the Naval Armed Guard, or the Submarine Service. “Subs, Sir!” That is how my Uncle Ed became a submariner during WW II. “Those guys served on floating coffins. They were sitting ducks,” he told me. In the end, both branches of the Navy suffered heavy losses.. Assigned to protect merchant sailors, and ships, these members of the U.S. Naval Armed Guard were unsung heroes of World War II. Often mistaken for members of the Merchant Marine, the Armed Guard was a special branch of the U.S. Navy assigned to defend merchant ships and troop carriers against enemy attack. The men fought with little fanfare. They were the Navy’s stepchildren. The men in the Armed Guard knew the odds were against them, and many believed theirs was indeed a suicide mission. Representing this were two signs posted at a training center. The first declared, “Ready—Aim—Abandon ship!” The other, playing on the signal “Sub sighted, sank same,”...