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And Now For Something A Bit Different: How About Some Uplifting Stories?
Short or shorter...and extra credit for something that seems quintessentially American.
A long time ago I and a friend went cycling in NH and VT with an organized group (American Youth Hostels). One very rainy day in the White Mountains we slogged and slipped and slid to the base of what looked like a very tall mountain, at the top of which was the hostel we were to stay in that evening. And at the base was an old pick-up truck with the hostel owner inside. He had driven down the mountain and sat waiting for us, because it was one of those cold and miserable August days in the mountains, and he knew we would be soaked and tired. So he tossed some bikes in the back and a couple of teenagers in the cab, and off he went on a 30 minute drive up to the top where the hostel (his house!) was. And back down. And back up, until all dozen of us were safe and sound and drying out in front of the fire. We live in a great country, and today we honor those who fought and died for it. But let us not forget how wonderful it really is!Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: zombie at May 25, 2020 06:27 PM (N9G0H)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at May 25, 2020 06:28 PM (/UQ/R)
I think that every day, Ace or another Cob should post a #winning story.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:28 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 06:28 PM (NWiLs)
We owe them so much.
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at May 25, 2020 06:29 PM (0OmEj)
How about that time I hitchhiked over the Bay Bridge when I was 8 years old -- and the weirdo who picked me and gave me a ride DIDN'T rape me! That's class, right there.
Posted by: zombie at May 25, 2020 06:29 PM (N9G0H)
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 25, 2020 06:29 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: AZ deplorably isolated at May 25, 2020 06:29 PM (kp35W)
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 25, 2020 06:29 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Average Guy at May 25, 2020 06:29 PM (BaHwF)
In 1889, Herminie Cadolle invented the modern brazier.
Posted by: Average Guy at May 25, 2020 06:29 PM (BaHwF)
Which allowed Dairy Queen to distinguish itself by the manner in which it cooked its burgers.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 06:31 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Ladyl at May 25, 2020 06:31 PM (TdMsT)
You have been doing yeoman service today.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 06:31 PM (u82oZ)
In 1889, Herminie Cadolle invented the modern brazier.
Posted by: Average Guy
You mean, like for burning coals?
Or are you referring to the brassiere?
Posted by: zombie at May 25, 2020 06:31 PM (N9G0H)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at May 25, 2020 06:31 PM (/UQ/R)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at May 25, 2020 06:31 PM (0OmEj)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 06:28 PM (NWiLs)
You asked for it.....
https://youtu.be/E929gqIcwwI
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 25, 2020 06:32 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 06:32 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: t-bird at May 25, 2020 06:32 PM (ZS2+d)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 06:32 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 06:28 PM (NWiLs)
You asked for it.....
https://youtu.be/E929gqIcwwI
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 25, 2020 06:32 PM (Zz0t1)
Don't even need to look. Pantera!
\m/ \m/
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 06:32 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 25, 2020 06:32 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2020 06:33 PM (aKsyK)
Or Pickets charge at Gettysburg.....
Posted by: Colin at May 25, 2020 06:33 PM (iTUCF)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 06:33 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: zombie at May 25, 2020 06:31 PM (N9G0H)
Yeah, that one. I knew I should have hired an editor.
Posted by: Average Guy at May 25, 2020 06:33 PM (BaHwF)
Posted by: ibguy at May 25, 2020 06:34 PM (EHVbt)
Don't even need to look. Pantera!
\m/ \m/
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 06:32 PM (NWiLs)
Boom.
None other.
One of my favorite songs, actually.
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 25, 2020 06:34 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
They pass de dutchie on de left hand side and den burn you wit it
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:34 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 06:34 PM (u82oZ)
The world continually forgets that our volunteers crossed a frozen river in the middle of the night on Christmas Day during a smallpox epidemic to kill or enemies in their sleep...
That blood, however diluted, still runs in our veins.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 06:35 PM (d6DSt)
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 25, 2020 06:35 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 06:36 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 06:36 PM (d6DSt)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable.
I appreciate what my husband always told his subordinates: if you make a mistake, fix it and move on. If you feel like you didn't do your best one [this] assignment, then do better on the next thing with which I task you. If you need help, ask. I can't read minds, but I can always work out a problem with you before it gets too big for both of us.
It's a rather good way to go through life. And you still have an opportunity to do good for someone else. Doesn't matter how small. They will appreciate it.
Posted by: Moki at May 25, 2020 06:36 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at May 25, 2020 06:37 PM (/UQ/R)
while I was with a friend, and my car broke down on a lonely road. There was only one house around. We knocked on someone's door and it was an old guy in an old farmhouse who let us in to use the phone to call someone. I doubt that would happen today as people would be too nervous and everyone would have cell phone anyway..
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2020 06:37 PM (+eVzC)
I never understood how the British and Americans got men to fight in the trenches of WW1. Going across no mans land and loosing thousands.
Or Pickets charge at Gettysburg.....
Posted by: Colin
Selective Service
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2020 06:37 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 06:37 PM (ZCEU2)
*hugs*
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 06:37 PM (NWiLs)
A trail in Eaton Canyon had to be closed again, it was so packed. I read that Morongo Casino in Cabazon was so packed on its first reopening day Friday, by 3pm they had to limit entry. And, beaches were packed yesterday in Seal Beach and elsewhere.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:37 PM (L2ZTs)
That number is attenuated.
However, all it would take is 100 in a local area. All the Soy Warriors will be playing video games in the basement.
And police want to go home.
We need secure coms.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 06:38 PM (u82oZ)
https://www.usrepresented.com/2018/06/14/guam/
Posted by: Traveling Man Who's Stuck At Home&&&& at May 25, 2020 06:38 PM (/VzmO)
That just made me smile.
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 25, 2020 06:38 PM (2DOZq)
His plan worked out pretty well as regards to the promotions (was a high0level Sergeant by the end of the war), but not about good assignments -- spent the whole war on the front in multiple theaters, getting shot at and bombed.
Somehow, he survived, and is still alive today! Almost 100.
Posted by: zombie at May 25, 2020 06:38 PM (N9G0H)
Posted by: dartist at May 25, 2020 06:38 PM (K22Va)
We need to remember that our population is not all Karens, and this is a good day to remember that and take it to heart!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 06:38 PM (6wiwL)
Posted by: Bert G at May 25, 2020 06:38 PM (OMsf+)
https://youtu.be/hqJIdEJL7kY
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 06:38 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: kallisto at May 25, 2020 06:39 PM (OxYQ1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 06:39 PM (u82oZ)
I miss everything and can't even find them.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:40 PM (L2ZTs)
Okay.
I walked into the grocery store here and a Navy veteran was there talking with another man.
I checked out his ball cap. USS Hoel.
Battle of Samar survivor. I shook his hand, thanking him would've been embarassing. He asked if I'd served and I was forced to admit that in the Vietnam era my eye sight was so bad that the draft board suggested I volunteer for the VC. I think, they were kidding.
We had a good laugh and I wished him well.
Posted by: Winston, dreg of society at May 25, 2020 06:40 PM (d9Irc)
Posted by: zombie at May 25, 2020 06:41 PM (N9G0H)
Posted by: Colin at May 25, 2020 06:41 PM (iTUCF)
Posted by: Max Power at May 25, 2020 06:41 PM (QCc6B)
Posted by: Winston, dreg of society at May 25, 2020 06:40 PM (d9Irc)
Wow. One of very few.
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 06:42 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:42 PM (L2ZTs)
People doing beach stuff, with their little fiefdoms set up, towels down - all ignoring the sandwich sign warning against doing anything but walking.
Public health authorities nation-wide have generally disgraced themselves and worse in all this. Excess precaution early on was a normal mistake. But obvious idiocy like these beach restrictions only invite even the less thoughtful to wonder "WTFF?". Here's to hoping many are.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2020 06:43 PM (El6T/)
'Lunch is over. Get your rifles and follow me.'
Charles Bronson addressing the cooks, clerks, and typists in the movie Battle of the Bulge.
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 06:43 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 06:43 PM (d6DSt)
take them on a nature trail, they can see every creature nearby.
Squirrels, rabbits, even snakes.
I miss everything and can't even find them.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:40 PM
I've noticed that as I get older, the harder it seems to be able to detect them. The link at 48 is to a discussion of "Trail Magic" as provided by "Trail Angels", who provide rides, food, and supplies for those making through-hikes on the major trails just because they can.
Posted by: Bert G at May 25, 2020 06:44 PM (OMsf+)
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 06:44 PM (ZCEU2)
I was in Israel, with a youth group. One day they took us out to some caves where fighters hid, and ultimately died, during one of the rebellions against Rome.
Being a youth group, we naturally hiked there. Across a mile or so of rocky desert. Then hiked down a hill trail that would violate every safety regulation in modern times, especially for teens. Then after story time in the caves, hiked down another half mile of rocky desert to the waiting bus. Everyone's canteen was dry, and everyone was gasping for water and slick with sweat.
The driver had a cooler full of ice water waiting for us.
He then drove us to the restaurant where the youth group had made reservations for us to eat. Because of all the hiking and American city slicker or Long Island teens, we were ridiculously late, and the restaurant refused to serve us.
The driver spoke to the manager and made it clear that he either fed us or it was the last time his company would bring a tour group to the restaurant.
This was all the driver's actions. The tour leaders were completely at a loss over planning the time for the hike, making sure we had water, or what to do about food with the restaurant telling us we were too late.
Posted by: Sam at May 25, 2020 06:44 PM (ohyxL)
Posted by: Max Power at May 25, 2020 06:44 PM (QCc6B)
Could a nice Cob work on resurrecting this classic Ace piece?
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 06:44 PM (VNfwt)
I mentioned my mentor earlier as he was a Viet Nam vet who's no longer with us. How I met him was crazy, to be honest.
I had a roommate I met while attending the various colleges I attended over the years. He was a hockey fan from Ohio, so we had the hockey part in common. He served in the Air Force and graduated from the language institute, so he spoke fluent Spanish, which was fun at times because he didn't look like he should be able to.
Anyway, he made good money as a post office union guy, so we had season tickets to the Dallas Stars when they first moved to Texas. We sat down low, near the glass. I was working doing board level electronic troubleshooting of computer monitors, but was looking to start my IT career. The seats behind us were owned by a consulting firm, IT oriented.
He was a Wings fan, so we always bet drinks in the club afterwards. I usually had good times and had gotten to know all the bartenders in the club, so by the end of the games, I was feeling no pain.
The roommate, being a vet, felt he could make noise during the National Anthem because he served his country and had the right to do whatever. I occasionally followed his lead, but wasn't obnoxious about it.
Darrell was at a game with the VP of the consulting company in different seats and saw this and said he wasn't interested in me because of that. Eventually, the VP changed his mind by telling him he wouldn't regret it.
I got hired, did everything I could for that man, learned a ton and we were good friends till the day he passed on.
Today has taken on new meaning since he left us. I've always said I owe largely everything I am and have today to him.
I still find it crazy that I got my career started drunk at hockey games.
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 25, 2020 06:44 PM (Zz0t1)
I thought that island tipped over from all the Marines?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 06:44 PM (6wiwL)
You have plenty of stores about your extended family. Can you write a Roman à clef novel in a Cthulhu universe?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 06:45 PM (u82oZ)
I never saw him lose his temper. Not once. He was career Army. He fought in the Pacific and Korea, so I assume he must have lost his temper sometime, but I never saw it. And he NEVER talked about WWII or Korea.
I asked Mom once if she ever saw him lose his tempter. She thought for a moment and said twice, that she could recall- both when she was much younger.
1) She asked him what Armistice Day was for (she was 8.)
2) Grandma answered the door once and there were Jehovah's Witnesses. She kindly informed them that they were Catholic, so no thank you (knowing Grandma, she probably threw in some sarcasm.) As they were walking away, one of them yelled that she was going to Hell. And my kind, sweet, placid grandfather was out of his chair like a shot yelling at them that if they did not get off his property right the fuck now, they would not be leaving alive.
I wish I was more like him. Kind, calm and gentle. I am more like Grandma. Which is not a bad thing, but he was special.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 06:45 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 25, 2020 06:45 PM (dUJdY)
When Neck Tat found out that he was getting unemployment and Lump wasn't he gave all his shifts to lump.
Also the hot bartendress hugged me. This is America.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 25, 2020 06:45 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 06:45 PM (KZzsI)
My first thought was "Everything, and everyone, is so big."
And hence the multi-decade love affair.
Posted by: Patrick C Carroll at May 25, 2020 06:45 PM (2D4Ga)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 25, 2020 06:46 PM (kVr0X)
Was that close to the Presidential range? I went up Mount Washington last September and I'll never think of Eastern mountains the same way after that.
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 25, 2020 06:46 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 06:36 PM (NWiLs)
This......
I damn sure hope I can make the TxMoMe for this reason.....
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 25, 2020 06:46 PM (Zz0t1)
And Winston, wow - yeah, USS Hoel survivor. That's something.
I've ID'd many of my WWII vet "victims" (for just chatting, or in a few cases doing a Library of Congress interview) by their ballcaps. Best "find" was probably the old guy with the USS West Virginia cap - not only was he on the ship during the (southern portion of) the Battle of Leyte Gulf - he was the junior radar man, and was woken up to head to the radar shack just in time to be knocked down by the first salvo of that action, outbound from his own ship.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2020 06:47 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 06:47 PM (A5zUN)
Show your work.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 25, 2020 06:46 PM (kVr0X)
If it looks like a bucket with a grill on top, it's a brazier. That's my rule. It may not be much, but it's got me this far.
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 06:48 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 25, 2020 06:49 PM (2DOZq)
It holds up really well. Not only are there all those beautiful cars, but the writing is clever, and the acting is solid. I never realized what a dork Starsky was. He's a very good detective and really smart, but a spaz.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 06:49 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at May 25, 2020 06:49 PM (p0Y1J)
Posted by: navybrat, larger than life at May 25, 2020 06:49 PM (w7KSn)
Was he trying this (it failed miserably) to : A) Get more boots in country, B) get rid of civilian undesirable, or C) Both?
They called them McNamara's Morons. Well, I never...
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 06:49 PM (VNfwt)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 06:49 PM (d6DSt)
Your husband is a good man and a good officer. But you know that better than we ever will.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Thank you so much. I feel damn lucky he wanted me. A big part was how he dealt with his team. Too bad that is unusual and not the norm. My superiors were never like that.
Posted by: Moki at May 25, 2020 06:50 PM (mFoNl)
Q: What's the Clint Eastwood connection?
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 25, 2020 06:50 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 25, 2020 06:50 PM (VDbGO)
Just ask St Lawrence.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 06:51 PM (A5zUN)
Show your work.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 25, 2020 06:46 PM (kVr0X)
A brazier cooks things other than food. See Kung Fu when he got the marks of the Shaolin Monk.
A grill is for food only, no chinese monks involved.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 25, 2020 06:51 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 25, 2020 06:51 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at May 25, 2020 06:52 PM (0OmEj)
Well, you were State Department. It's almost not part of an American Executive Branch.
** runs away, serpentine.**
PS. Bluebell praises you both very highly, so you got that. She has high standard when she is not shiving the stupid.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 06:52 PM (u82oZ)
Another show I believe holds up well is Barney Miller.
Bander, I'm not a bar guy at all, but I have fond memories of a dive bar right nearby my first serious full-time job, a place in Santa Fe Springs called Bruce's. Was nice in the 1970s and by 1998 it was kind of run down, but still had tons of disco-era ambiance. Place is still there, I believe. They also had their own bottle shop.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:52 PM (L2ZTs)
Driving to work today saw a reasonable attractive lady loading two rifle cases into the back of her jeep.
America!
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 06:52 PM (d6DSt)
Mount Washington last September and I'll never think of Eastern
mountains the same way after that.
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 25, 2020 06:46 PM (y7DUB)
Yes. I think it was near Waterville Valley, and the hostel was just somebody's ski lodge they opened during the summer for extra money. They lived there, so it wasn't some vanity project.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2020 06:52 PM (dLLD6)
The car Starsky must have mortaged his mom's house to afford. That glorious shiny red and white Gran Torino with the custom paint job.
Trivia: it was originally supposed to be a Camaro, but late in production, Chevy declined and Ford took over....
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 06:53 PM (KZzsI)
A start but still far short. My church holds and fills maybe 1000 so it's still far short of serving most of the congegration.
But at least we have that... Camel's nose in the tent I suppose.
Posted by: StuckInCalifornia at May 25, 2020 06:53 PM (a74KK)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (gd9RK)
Amen to that Insomniac. Many a day this group has lifted me up.
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (dUJdY)
That America is gone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (kVr0X)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (L2ZTs)
We owe them so much.
Posted by: USNtakim profoundly deplorable. at May 25, 2020 06:29 PM (0OmEj)
I think one of the ways we can honor their sacrifice is to not let fascists take the freedoms they fought for from us.
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (nAiE/)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (FuC0Y)
We were there. On watch. We gave it our best at the time.
In my own mind I could go back, except for the physical conditioning I've lost. I dreamed about that last night.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 06:55 PM (u82oZ)
Was he trying this (it failed miserably) to : A) Get more boots in country, B) get rid of civilian undesirable, or C) Both?
They called them McNamara's Morons. Well, I never...
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 06:49 PM (VNfwt)
McNamara thought that he could educate low IQ people and bring them up to speed by showing them videos.
Makes you wonder how bright McNamara, doesn't it?
Here's a Youtube clip on a firsthand account of dealing with McNamara's Morons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2VwFDV4-g
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 25, 2020 06:55 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Bandersnatch
I've been watching an old series called The Invaders on MeTV. It's like a snapshot of history captured in amber.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 06:55 PM (VNfwt)
That America is gone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (kVr0X)
Sea monkeys, hovercraft and x-ray spectacles.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 06:55 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at May 25, 2020 06:55 PM (Vf4Y7)
They're gonna help prove the gubmint here is just being way too cautious.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:55 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 06:53 PM (KZzsI)
Because of course they did.
It's one of a long line of stupid shit General Motors has done over the years.
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 25, 2020 06:56 PM (Zz0t1)
stories. But this one you know - an online community of people I've
mostly never met in person gave me support and care in some of my
darkest hours. I think that's a good story.
Amen to that Insomniac. Many a day this group has lifted me up.
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (dUJdY)
I will say amen too. You guys rock and are Morons in the best possible way.
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at May 25, 2020 06:56 PM (nAiE/)
I did see a few of those and I remember them being good. I wonder how well they hold up now? Great theme song.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 06:56 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 06:49 PM (KZzsI)
Wasn't Hutch a real health nut? I remember he was always eating healthy food on the show and busting Starsky's nuts about it.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 25, 2020 06:56 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Cosda at May 25, 2020 06:56 PM (1f9qh)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (L2ZTs)
Filmed before the shit filled the streets.
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 25, 2020 06:57 PM (Zz0t1)
Trivia: it was originally supposed to be a Camaro, but late in production, Chevy declined and Ford took over....
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 06:53 PM (KZzsI)
------
After the show was over, someone on the production staff must have bought it, because you could see it around the streets of Burbank from time to time.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 1st Murder Hornet Squadron at May 25, 2020 06:57 PM (4o2K3)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 06:57 PM (d6DSt)
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 06:49 PM (VNfwt)
BUT, he was "credentialed" so...
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 06:57 PM (6wiwL)
Jim's Firebird probably sold helped sell a lot of those cars.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:57 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 06:57 PM (Dc2NZ)
Kung Fu was an awesome show.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (gd9RK)
The CW is going to do a remake with a woman in the role. Shocking, I know
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 25, 2020 06:58 PM (q6D+1)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:58 PM (L2ZTs)
Even when he was USAAC, McNamara was an analysis guy, not a leader of men or a war-fighter.
He was with the bombing effort on Japan with LeMay. But not very influential.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 06:58 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Max Power at May 25, 2020 06:44 PM (QCc6B)
Thanks. It's been a long and difficult journey for certain, but my outlook has greatly improved. Still have a long ways to go, and the work is not done by any means.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 06:58 PM (NWiLs)
That hasn't show up yet, but he has been critical of Starsky's abominable diet. He seems to survive on junk food and candy bars. One episode Starsky orderd a hot dog. Relish, onions, mustard, sourkraut, chili. Hutch dumped it in the trash.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 06:58 PM (KZzsI)
Makes you wonder how bright McNamara, doesn't it?
Here's a Youtube clip on a firsthand account of dealing with McNamara's Morons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2VwFDV4-g
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 25, 2020 06:55 PM (YqDXo)
I am not sure about intelligence, but the Roman Military usually looked at most virtues as something that could be taught, for example courage. Now their methods were usually brutal by our standards (see Decimation for Cowardice) but by the same token, they did not do bad militarily. Until they didn't.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 06:58 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 25, 2020 06:56 PM (Z+IKu
David Soul had a top 10 hit on the pop billboard chart.
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 25, 2020 06:58 PM (2DOZq)
Within a block I realized I had left it and drove back. It was gone. I felt pretty sick, thinking i'd have to cancel my credit cards, replace the license and other cards, not to mention the lost cash. When I got home my landline phone was ringing, and it was a police officer telling me that a young couple had found it and turned it in. When I picked it up I got the name and address for the couple and mailed them a thank you with a reward, suggesting they go out to dinner on me.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2020 06:58 PM (+lVUW)
Nimitz threw a party for all Texans in 1943. Similar reputation.
Your grandmother sounds like a pip.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 06:59 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 06:57 PM (Dc2NZ)
1. You found an old Navy training vid on landing ships (dock)?
2. You found an old Navy training vid about LSD?
3. You found an old Navy training vid and you're, incidentally, tripping balls?
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 06:59 PM (t+qrx)
Yeah, you can count on that. Like how the trans am got a huge boost in sales from Smokey and the Bandit. TV shows can really push car sales.
I'm not a huge Torino fan but the lines on that car are really nice.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 06:59 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 25, 2020 07:00 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 25, 2020 06:58 PM (q6D+1)
Didn't they already remake the damn thing in the '90s?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:00 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:00 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 06:57 PM (L2ZTs
Trans Am / Firebird
220 /221
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 25, 2020 07:00 PM (2DOZq)
That America is gone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (kVr0X)
Hell, time was Jim Jones, yes the Reverend Jim Jones, sold monkeys door to door.
Poor monkeys.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 25, 2020 07:00 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (dUJdY)
The Horde is the best bunch of people on the Internetz. Except maybe that guy over there...
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 07:00 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
Mother Blutarski's maiden name is Westmoreland. Turns out I'm distantly related to Gen Westmoreland. Oh, good.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:00 PM (VNfwt)
Including some very unlikely ones.
Captain Kangaroo
Lee Marvin
Mr. Rogers
Rod Serling
And then, a lot of tough guy actors, no service record.
Interesting.
Posted by: navybrat, larger than life at May 25, 2020 07:01 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: TheQuietMan
Is she gonna have cowgirl hotties put her in a bit and harness, and riding crop her bootie while choking her out, like Qui Chang Cain?
Posted by: Ped Xing at May 25, 2020 07:01 PM (d6DSt)
It blew up in his face pretty spectacularly, thank God.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:01 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2020 07:01 PM (FuC0Y)
Insom is right, this place is one of the best uplifting stories around. Prayer, laughter, wisdom, profanity...we got it all.
Posted by: Moki at May 25, 2020 07:01 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 06:52 PM (u82oZ)
As you well know, Never argue with bluebell, even when she does not have a shiv visible!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 07:01 PM (6wiwL)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 07:01 PM (XhWtx)
young man could purchase a live South American monkey from an ad in the
back of a magazine.
That America is gone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (kVr0X)
Sea monkeys, hovercraft and x-ray spectacles.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 06:55 PM (A5zUN)
And real live working nuclear submarines! made out of cardboard that would get water logged and sink if your mom actually let you try and launch it in water.
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at May 25, 2020 07:01 PM (nAiE/)
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 25, 2020 07:01 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:02 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Insomniac
Hey, I'm right here...
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 07:02 PM (d6DSt)
There are still honest people thankfully.
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 07:02 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Sam at May 25, 2020 06:44 PM (ohyxL)
As some one says in an ad, it wasn't his first rodeo. Yours was probably not the first group whose butts, if not lives, he had saved.
Posted by: Fox2! at May 25, 2020 07:02 PM (qyH+l)
The Horde is the best bunch of people on the Internetz. Except maybe that guy over there...
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 07:00 PM (NWiLs)
You don't have to point....
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 25, 2020 07:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Anyway he told a great story about a priest who he knew when he was dating his wife who was RC. The priest was Irish but had become an American citizen. He was about 89 and this was in the 1980's. My friend and his wife became very fond of him-he was doing Pre-Cana (marriage preparation with them and they both just loved him.
When he went to the old priest's funeral he decided to throw his clergy collar in the casket as a token of respect, but he went up to the coffin it was filled with hundreds of clergy collars. That's how many priests loved and respected him and felt a calling to the priesthood based on knowing him. That was a great story about a wonderful immigrant
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 25, 2020 07:03 PM (+eVzC)
Interesting.
Posted by: navybrat, larger than life
Lee Marvin was awesome.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:03 PM (VNfwt)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:02 PM (KZzsI)
The Master!
Tales from the Gold Monkey!
Bring 'Em Back Alive!
Hardcastle and McCormick!
Manimal!
Mantis? (am I misremembering?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:03 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2020 07:03 PM (FuC0Y)
Someone at another site once was asking, did people *really* take the movie Grease seriously as a "teenager movie" when it came out in 1978? I had to explain, the whole thing was built from the ground up as camp, and was majorly influenced by other then-recent hit flicks such as Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:03 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: jmel at May 25, 2020 07:04 PM (OeWgo)
Posted by: Insomniac
*flies the one finger salute*
Fuck you too, Buddy!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:04 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Eromero
Sorry, man. They were victims. I'm not ripping them.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:04 PM (VNfwt)
It blew up in his face pretty spectacularly, thank God.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:01 PM (L2ZTs)
Based on often faulty memory, nobody seemed to like him except Saint JFK.
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 25, 2020 07:04 PM (y7DUB)
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 07:05 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 06:57 PM (Dc2NZ)
Or did you mean
I was "on LSD" looking for instruction videos on YT and somehow landed on an old Navy training vid.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 07:05 PM (6wiwL)
That America is gone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 25, 2020 06:54 PM (kVr0X)
Circa 1978? Local recycler newspaper still took private party firearm ads, remember " boyes anti tank gun, case of ammo, $800 or trade for small car. " (sigh)
Posted by: banned nfa at May 25, 2020 07:05 PM (2CVSd)
Have they done a remake of Rocky Horror Picture Show yet? If they haven't, you know it's coming.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:05 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Ped Xing at May 25, 2020 07:01 PM (d6DSt)
My brain kept trying to insert 'boobs' into that sentence.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:06 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: redbanzai the Southerner at May 25, 2020 06:56 PM (nAiE/)
Aw shucks...
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 07:06 PM (NWiLs)
It was his idea. Hollywood didn't think we could handle an Asian so they got a white guy to squint a lot.
The actual martial arts scenes are horrible. I thought they were cool when I was a kid but now I have some training and the DVDs. Ugh.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 25, 2020 07:06 PM (gd9RK)
I recently read an article about Johnson's SecDef McNamara and his Project 100000. He wanted to draft and utilize as soldiers people who were clearly not up to Army standards. Like low IQ's and no education.
Was he trying this (it failed miserably) to : A) Get more boots in country, B) get rid of civilian undesirable, or C) Both?
They called them McNamara's Morons. Well, I never...
Posted by: Blutarski
They were in the Navy, too. I served with a couple. They had special two year active enlistments when the rest of us had to do four.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2020 07:06 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 07:07 PM (d6DSt)
AoSHQ, ace, the Cobs, and the wonderful commenters saved my sanity from 2007 on, when I knew we were heading for a third-world crash. This is my favorite spot on the Internet. And the MoMes are fantastic.
My predictions have been good, but the resistance of Americans has limited a lot of the possible damage.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 07:07 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 25, 2020 07:07 PM (H22GW)
It was pretty dusty in here today, and my allergies really kicked my ass for most of the afternoon!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 07:07 PM (6wiwL)
2. You found an old Navy training vid about LSD?
3. You found an old Navy training vid and you're, incidentally, tripping balls?
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 06:59 PM (t+qrx)
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I don't know, man! I don't know!!!
*Takes flying leap off landing ship disguised as a bed*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 07:07 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2020 07:07 PM (FuC0Y)
I was visiting relatives and noticed that my car's temperature gauge was planted firmly in the super-hot area. Drove to the house and saw that the radiator was bone dry.
I knew there was a Valvoline a couple of miles away that would have radiator fluid. So I read in the manual that it was okay to use water in an emergency, drove to the shop and waited.
The manager came over and said there was a problem. There's an octopus-like thing on top of the engine that routes the coolant everywhere. They turned on the engine and it just started spouting fluid everywhere.
The manager called the local Ford dealer, determined that they had the part, filled the radiator for the short trip, and would not take a single dime for the work they had done.
So, not much, but you can bet they bought some brand loyalty right there.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 25, 2020 07:07 PM (l9m7l)
The lady of the house was cautious. But she let me call AAA for a tow truck. And then she offered me some apples (They grew apples.) and a large print Reader's Digest to read while I waited by my car for the truck to arrive.
That's America!
Posted by: Nom de Blog at May 25, 2020 07:08 PM (hYUjK)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2020 07:07 PM (FuC0Y)
Go on...
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 07:08 PM (NWiLs)
But I give them points for being creative and trying something new and unusual. I'm sure a lot of cocaine was involved in the decisionmaking of shows like The Powers of Matthew Star and Black's Magic (with Hal Linden!)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:08 PM (KZzsI)
Hot Chinese pony-girl kung-fu action
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2020 07:07 PM (FuC0Y)
I am assuming there is an anime for that?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:08 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:08 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: banned nfa at May 25, 2020 07:05 PM (2CVSd)
Man, I wouldn't trade a small car for an antitank rifle. If I had an antitank rifle and a case of ammo, the first thing I'd want is a small car.
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 07:09 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2020 07:09 PM (FuC0Y)
Charles Durning. Silver Star, Bronze Star, 3 Purple Hearts.
And I always thought he was only the fat bastard cop in The Sting.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 25, 2020 07:10 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:08 PM (KZzsI)
NorthStar was a pilot I remember that was never picked up. It was like about an astronaut who gets zapped in space by something. He comes back to Eath and he has superpowers (stronger, faster.) However, the pilot gave him a weakness in that as he used his powers more, his internal temperature rose. So he could only use them some and then had to stop or he would cook himself.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:11 PM (A5zUN)
A lot of Hollywood types were WWII vets.
Lee Marvin fought in the battle of Saipan as did my uncle. He was gone before I could ask but I always thought it would be cool to think they got drunk together.
Posted by: dartist at May 25, 2020 07:11 PM (K22Va)
the couple and mailed them a thank you with a reward, suggesting they go
out to dinner on me.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 25, 2020 06:58 PM (+lVUW)
Huzzah!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2020 07:11 PM (dLLD6)
And I always thought he was only the fat bastard cop in The Sting.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy
I think I read he was also at the Battle of the Bulge German massacre of prisoners. Malmo? something like that? He survived, obviously.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:11 PM (VNfwt)
The lady of the house was cautious. But she let me call AAA for a tow truck. And then she offered me some apples (They grew apples.) and a large print Reader's Digest to read while I waited by my car for the truck to arrive.
That's America!
Posted by: Nom de Blog at May 25, 2020 07:08 PM (hYUjK
You're lucky it wasn't a hate has no home here house.
Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at May 25, 2020 07:12 PM (8Fdcq)
And I always thought he was only the fat bastard cop in The Sting.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at May 25, 2020 07:10 PM (Z+IKu)
He obviously was not just collecting bottle caps.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:12 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: navybrat, larger than life at May 25, 2020 07:12 PM (w7KSn)
The weird thing is, sometimes it worked. You got Alf out of one of those concepts.
-Let's do a new sitcom, but we need something that makes it fresh! Something with pep, something with moxie!! Caruthers, what do you have!
-Uh, an alien?
-Like Mork and Mindy? Too derivative
-A chick with big tits?
-What are you, new? Of course we have that
-Um what if the alien was a muppet? Muppets are hot now
-Say... I think you're on to something there
-And he likes to eat cats!
-...cut back on Caruther's intake, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:12 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2020 07:12 PM (FuC0Y)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:08 PM (L2ZTs)
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Maybe those writers from My Mother The Car weren't ready for retirement yet.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 25, 2020 07:12 PM (kVr0X)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:08 PM (L2ZTs)
I don't think a car made of cocaine would be very durable.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 07:13 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:13 PM (VNfwt)
Your old man thinks good. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Nobody at May 25, 2020 07:13 PM (8zK8n)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:13 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Lirio100 at May 25, 2020 07:14 PM (JK7Jw)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at May 25, 2020 07:14 PM (T9Hmo)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2020 07:14 PM (FuC0Y)
Battle of the Bulge.
It really should be remade.
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 07:15 PM (ZCEU2)
"yeah man but you can make one out of weed!"
--Cheech Marin
Didn't hurt that it had a "real* filmmaker, Michael Mann, running everything.
Who wrote one of the episodes of Starsky & Hutch that I watched, interestingly enough.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:15 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Lirio100 at May 25, 2020 07:14 PM (JK7Jw)
That's him?! It was one of the best NCIS episodes. I have thought of getting the season, just for that episode.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:15 PM (A5zUN)
Tales from the Gold Monkey!
The Master, you can get on RiffTrax.
I liked Tales of the Golden Money, which was a knockoff of Indiana Jones.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 25, 2020 07:15 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Lirio100
He was awesome in Dog Day Afternoon. I think it was the first time I'd ever seen him.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:15 PM (VNfwt)
DeLorians were built on cocaine and they can time travel.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 25, 2020 07:15 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:08 PM (KZzsI)
and shows that a few people liked, that most everyone thought were unbelievably awful, like "Small Wonder".
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2020 07:15 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 25, 2020 07:16 PM (FuC0Y)
Thank You to all the women that support me.....
Posted by: Franklin Stein at May 25, 2020 07:16 PM (qM84C)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:13 PM (L2ZTs)
Loved Miami Vice. I got the full collection downloaded and started watching it.
They had 28 shows a season. They would've been better suited having 15 or so episodes a season. Would've had MUCH more staying power.
The early episodes were epic, but they started getting weird and trying to do too much comedy as the seasons drug on.
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 25, 2020 07:16 PM (Zz0t1)
Battle of the Bulge.
It really should be remade.
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 07:15 PM (ZCEU2)
It would be far worse now.
'We have to have a strong female character!'
'Um, Sir?'
'And we need a furry deerkin!'
'Ok, sir...'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:17 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:13 PM (L2ZTs)
Well produced show incorporating contemporary music and popular personalities into the plot lines.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 25, 2020 07:17 PM (mWu8/)
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 25, 2020 07:15 PM (dKiJG)
Jack(?) the one eye'd dog.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:17 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 25, 2020 07:18 PM (AsDff)
The first few seasons of that were gold. Then it went downhill steadily and then suddenly off a cliff :/
The early episodes were epic, but they started getting weird and trying to do too much comedy as the seasons drug on.
It got really dark in places though. I stopped watching before the "Sonny gets anmesia" season but watching it later... it actually was pretty good despite a stupid premise. He made a chilling bad guy. But there was just no way out of that hole they dug. Its not like the next season they could go "remember when Sonny was a drug dealer? ha ha ha! OK next case...
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:18 PM (KZzsI)
And let's not forget a distaff example, slightly different category: Julia Child, with the OSS.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2020 07:19 PM (El6T/)
Thank You to all the women that support me.....
Posted by: Franklin Stein at
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I'm a black lesbian in transition.
Posted by: Terry Gilliam at May 25, 2020 07:19 PM (/90cp)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 07:20 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: dartist at May 25, 2020 07:20 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: James "Buster" Hymannd at May 25, 2020 07:20 PM (qM84C)
And let's not forget a distaff example, slightly different category: Julia Child, with the OSS.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2020 07:19 PM (El6T/)
Don't forget Christopher Lee.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:20 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Eromero
I didn't think you were but I sympathize with your experience.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:20 PM (VNfwt)
Shot on film. In stereo, the second or third season, although almost nobody had a stereo TV at the time.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:21 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2020 07:19 PM (El6T/)
Said she went there because that's where the smart guys were.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 25, 2020 07:21 PM (mWu8/)
And of course the Battle off Samar has screamed "make a movie about me!" for decades.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2020 07:21 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 25, 2020 07:21 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: James "Buster" Hymannd at May 25, 2020 07:21 PM (qM84C)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2020 07:19 PM (El6T/)
Said she went there because that's where the smart guys were.
Posted by: Braenyard at May 25, 2020 07:21 PM (mWu8/)
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It was said she could kill a man with just a spatula.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 25, 2020 07:22 PM (kVr0X)
Posted by: Braenyard at May 25, 2020 07:22 PM (mWu8/)
Posted by: Patrick
Whatever became of Ken Wahl? He should have had a better career.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:22 PM (VNfwt)
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 25, 2020 07:22 PM (2DOZq)
We didn't have a jack that could handle that much weight so we started dialing local auto mechanics to see if one of them could deal with it. Finally called a heavy equipment repair facility and he told us to come on over and "We'll get you fixed up.". I always remember that cause he sounded so sincere.
So we limped the few miles to the shop and sure enough, he got us fixed up. Unhooked the trailer and he came out with the biggest front end loader I've ever seen and picked up the trailer with the boat on it. Then his team of 3 guys attacked the tire like a pit crew at Indy and got the new tire mounted in a blur.
The whole time he and his crew were chatting us up, asking us where we were from, where we were headed and his office manager asked if she could come along with us. Tempting.
Charged us some pittance like $40 and they all came out to wave as we left. It was like we landed in Mayberry, some of the nicest people I've ever met.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 25, 2020 07:23 PM (ZLI7S)
Posted by: Jewells45 at May 25, 2020 07:23 PM (dUJdY)
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 07:23 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: James "Buster" Hymannd at May 25, 2020 07:21 PM (qM84C)
It means you are from the Greek island of Lesbos.
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 25, 2020 07:23 PM (xPl2J)
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here
It was on TCM a few days ago. It is good and I always like the lead actor. Gruff old bastard.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:24 PM (VNfwt)
Posted by: dartist at May 25, 2020 07:24 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 07:07
Having met you IRL, why does that not surprise me?
Posted by: Farmer at May 25, 2020 07:25 PM (nM8bJ)
Posted by: ruralbob at May 25, 2020 07:25 PM (JmrPi)
I wanted to replace the flags-on-a-stick that I use for decorating the flowerpots and porch for July. My main concerns were American-made, the right size, and a decent price.
I never checked the quantity.
Forty-eight flags are arriving next week.
I may just mow my lawn, stick them all over it, and hope that I still have some when I come back from M&D's.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 25, 2020 07:25 PM (/+bwe)
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 07:26 PM (gLRfa)
Well, the Guest Speaker was a man named Bernie Fisher, who, when he found out that Cadet McGyver was gonna wait for a Dog to get home, offered him a ride back to Boise in his VW Bug.
It's not often a boy gets to meet and be in the presence of his hero. Col Fisher dropped Cadet McGyver off in his parents driveway and drove off to his farm in Kuna https://tinyurl.com/BernieFisher
McGyver, out
Posted by: McGyver at May 25, 2020 07:27 PM (MZqRK)
Grandpa also joined up before the war, in '37/9. He wanted to be in the
Cavalry. He kept his cavalry boots all his life. He switched (or was
switched) to artillery when the war broke out. Deaf as a post, but
cheerful about it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 06:47 PM (A5zUN)
My Dad rode in the 2nd Cav, on horseback, traded his horse in for an M-3 in the 7th Cav and went to war in the 13th Armored Cav. He was a tough guy who grew up on the streets of Kansas City, rode the rails in the depression, joined the CCC at 16 and the Army at 18. He had to lie about his height, 6"3, by slumping, to get in the Army as he was too slim. He served 30 years, enlisted. He was also the kindest most understanding person I have ever known. He came home in 1944 from the battlefield in Italy in 1944. I wish I had asked him how.
Posted by: Javems at May 25, 2020 07:27 PM (ofIwF)
Posted by: Ronster at May 25, 2020 07:27 PM (Nu8UW)
And let's not forget a distaff example, slightly different category: Julia Child, with the OSS.
Posted by: rhomboid
Don't forget Christopher Lee.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
They both knew which knife to use.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2020 07:28 PM (aKsyK)
Almost all we memorialize died subsequent to an OPORD. Ponder WHY the OPORD was issued.
Posted by: Old Disposable Deplorable at May 25, 2020 07:28 PM (JjwF2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:20 PM (A5zUN)
Didn't it come out that he puffed up what he did in the War, he wasn't apart of Secret Service
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 25, 2020 07:28 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Javems at May 25, 2020 07:27 PM (ofIwF)
Some of them just did not want to talk about it. Now that I am older, I can understand.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:28 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Javems at May 25, 2020 07:29 PM (ofIwF)
Battle of the Bulge.
It really should be remade.
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 07:15 PM (ZCEU2)
It would be very "diverse". At least on the American side. The Germans would be all white and wearing MAGA hats
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 25, 2020 07:29 PM (wf/AT)
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 25, 2020 07:28 PM (dKiJG)
I never heard that. By the same token, he is dead now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:29 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 07:29 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 25, 2020 07:29 PM (2DOZq)
With PDT comb overs.
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 07:30 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: Zombie Julia Child at May 25, 2020 07:31 PM (EgshT)
Posted by: Nom de Blog at May 25, 2020 07:08
Same thing happened to us on the way back to college in the 70's. The farm wife let us call for a tow, we sat w/ her and her granddaughter and watched Archie Bunker while we waited.
Unfortunately it was the episode about Edith's cousin coming out a a lesbian. It was a very long wait and very quiet!
Posted by: Farmer at May 25, 2020 07:31 PM (nM8bJ)
Posted by: jsg at May 25, 2020 07:32 PM (KtbSq)
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 07:29 PM
Only ONE flag?
Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 25, 2020 07:32 PM (/+bwe)
With a little more wine, the liver will be safe!
Posted by: Zombie Julia Child at May 25, 2020 07:31 PM (EgshT)
Not what my GP said.
Posted by: Javems at May 25, 2020 07:32 PM (ofIwF)
Posted by: Mark1971 at May 25, 2020 07:23 PM (xPl2J)
Little pom-poms on the shoes?
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 07:33 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:22 PM (VNfwt)
He got hurt messed his back up really good, I think it was an accident that did him in.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at May 25, 2020 07:34 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:29 PM (A5zUN)
He played Dracula so many times he might pop up again
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 25, 2020 07:35 PM (wf/AT)
Really wish asked my FiL questions, he was a D-Day veteran.
Oh well, might not have gotten much if I did.
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 07:35 PM (ZCEU2)
And that's about it.
Posted by: jsg at May 25, 2020 07:32 PM (KtbSq)''
That sounds like the opening to one of those "it happened to me" letters in a pron mag. LOL
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 07:35 PM (gLRfa)
Average wife & daughter are in Oceanside & went to check out the beach yesterday... Apparently where they went there was no beach due to high tide, but there were surfers out, and people walking the paths near the beach, most sans masks...
Posted by: Average Guy at May 25, 2020 07:35 PM (BaHwF)
Posted by: pookysgirl, listening to Chopsticks at May 25, 2020 07:36 PM (XKZwp)
We iced his leg, gave him water and dumped him about 15 miles down the road at a small USFS outpost.
Posted by: 13times at May 25, 2020 07:36 PM (K3B2k)
There are good people out there.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 07:36 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 07:37 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: PaleRider is simply irredeemable at May 25, 2020 07:14
How nice. There are still folks around like that as exemplified above by the beach bag story.
However today he'd be vilified by many on Twatter as a vile sexist. How far America has fallen.
Posted by: Farmer at May 25, 2020 07:37 PM (nM8bJ)
He was great, I thought he was going to be a huge star, then he just disappeared.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:37 PM (KZzsI)
Uncle enlisted in the Marines in 1940. Stationed in Hawaii in the Mounted or horse Marines just before Pearl Harbor. Hawaii had to be a paradise before all the hotels and tourist crap went up. Talk about bad luck. Saipan after that.
Posted by: dartist at May 25, 2020 07:38 PM (K22Va)
Posted by: vivi at May 25, 2020 07:38 PM (11H2y)
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:38 PM (VNfwt)
Posted by: boomers remember stuff at May 25, 2020 07:39 PM (+U5Yr)
Really wish asked my FiL questions, he was a D-Day veteran.
Oh well, might not have gotten much if I did.
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 07:35 PM
My dad lost two of his good friends this past year, one of whom was a Korean War vet. Dad made sure we kids never asked him about it.
My dad's gregarious older cousin seldom talked about his WW2 experiences, come to think of it. We lost him about ten years ago.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 25, 2020 07:39 PM (/+bwe)
You're kidding?! Luckily small carts still available at my Kroger's.
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 07:40 PM (gLRfa)
He was great, I thought he was going to be a huge star, then he just disappeared.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:37 PM (KZzsI)
Didn't he marry a centerfold?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:40 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:22 PM
Conservative, which explains what happened to his career.
https://twitter.com/KenWahl1
Posted by: Bert G at May 25, 2020 07:40 PM (OMsf+)
I have never wanted to move more than I do now.
Posted by: thathalfrican - Clark Kent with the glasses off at May 25, 2020 07:41 PM (cigUc)
Agreed. Had the charisma
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 07:41 PM (gLRfa)
About a week later the brothers were sitting on their porch when Billy Bob turned to his brother and said ' Elmer you care if the city lady gets pregnant?'
Elmer replied ' No I guess not'
Billy Bob said ' Good let's take these things off ! '
Posted by: Kilroy wasn't here at May 25, 2020 07:41 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:43 PM (VNfwt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 06:47 PM (A5zUN)
One of my mom's earliest memories is being taken out at dawn to see the Cavalry ride through their small town for the last time.
Posted by: Sal at May 25, 2020 07:44 PM (bo8pf)
Posted by: runner at May 25, 2020 07:45 PM (zr5Kq)
Posted by: Sal at May 25, 2020 07:44 PM (bo8pf)
Grandpa evidently told people it was because he wanted to meet girls.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:45 PM (A5zUN)
https://tinyurl.com/ydhhzf5b
Posted by: NaughtyPine at May 25, 2020 07:45 PM (/+bwe)
Posted by: runner at May 25, 2020 07:45 PM (zr5Kq)
https://tinyurl.com/ydy7w49u
IMDB is useful.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 25, 2020 07:45 PM (/90cp)
Posted by: GuyFromNH at May 25, 2020 07:45 PM (Gs5TH)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 07:45 PM (XhWtx)
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Pro or con?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 25, 2020 07:48 PM (+y/Ru)
I can remember four breaks in my life
I grew up on east TX farm
God, made me a good looking big kid people didn't fuck with
my grandmother , who left me 30K in 1969
An old guy in England who believed in me in 1970 and helped me become a real antique dealer at 19. He was the head of Locksons.
other than that , nothing
I wish I had great stories of goodness but no
see ya in Hell
Posted by: REDACTED at May 25, 2020 07:48 PM (UUUON)
The show could also point out how amazingly racist China can be, but I am pretty sure that only the US will be racist in the remake.
Posted by: suburbanbanshee at May 25, 2020 07:49 PM (sF8WE)
Another grandchild on the way!
My silver lining from the virus crap!
Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2020 07:49 PM (PisyI)
My silver lining from the virus crap!
Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2020 07:49 PM (PisyI)
Congratulations!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:50 PM (A5zUN)
Thanks. Regular guy sounds like who really didn't enjoy the spotlight and knew when to quit.
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 07:50 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 25, 2020 07:51 PM (+y/Ru)
Posted by: Blutarski at May 25, 2020 07:51 PM (VNfwt)
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 07:51 PM (gLRfa)
My father signed up for Naval Aviation in 1942 at the absolute minimum age, 17. His parents signed the paperwork, no problem. After preliminary training, he went to Pensacola for advanced training. He was fairly close to matriculating to the Pacific when a mechanical fault resulted in engine failure and a crash landing in an inviting level green field that, on closer examination, when past the point of no return gliding in, turned out to be full of tree stumps. He later surmised that his head had hit the machine gun sight due to not remembering to cinch down the canvas webbing that secures the pilot tight in the seat.
He jumped out, bleeding, and flagged down a passing pickup truck and demanded to be taken to the hospital. The driver refused, my father pulled a knife out of his kit, the driver laughed and said OK, I'll take you. He was in a head cast for three months.
A number of new pilots died before ever reaching combat. They would disappear into the rural jungle around Pensacola and teams would go out looking for the wrecks.
I recall some Army Air Force guys managed to fly a B-25 into the Empire State Building, and some other guy in s P-51 tried to buzz his parents' house and flew into it.
There was a certain military death rate before ever leaving the continental US.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 25, 2020 07:51 PM (t5m5e)
About 20 miles from the base the car blew up, smoke billowing throughout the vehicle. They were in the middle of nowhere, but they managed to hobble off the highway and the car came to a dead stop outside a trailer park.
They knocked on the door of the first trailer and told the elderly woman who answered their predicament. They were still about 100 miles from the airport and all three had flights to catch in just a couple of hours. They were willing to pay whatever price for a taxi or car service to get them to DFW. The only car service in the area was not answering. She asked the boys to wait outside for a minute and told them she would be right back.
She came back outside with a younger woman and introduced them to her daughter, who said she would be happy to drive them to the airport. She had a tiny car, but they all managed to fit, with one duffel in the trunk and the other two bags stuffed in the back seat with them. She drove them all the way to the airport and had them pray with her the entire way--there were no complaints!
When they got to the airport, she refused to take their money. But they threw it in the trunk anyway when she wasn't looking ($175.00 total.) All three boys made their flights home thanks to that angel.
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 07:52 PM (sGotD)
I liked him in "Wiseguy".
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 07:37 PM (gLRfa)
That whole story arc with Tim Curry and Debbie Harry was fun.
Posted by: browndog at May 25, 2020 07:52 PM (gD6Ka)
Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2020 07:52 PM (PisyI)
Its important to remember that the culture and all the rules around flying planes, the science in how they work and why etc, that was all still being worked out even by WW2. They learned a LOT in that time, but still it was learning. So yeah, some crazy stuff happened. And let's be honest, anyone who is a pilot is kinda nuts to begin with and has nads bigger than most.
That will get you in trouble sometimes. And unlike a video game, you don't just start over with a new plane.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:54 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 25, 2020 07:51 PM (+y/Ru)
I get no respect!
-Rodney Dangerfield
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 07:54 PM (A5zUN)
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Pro or con?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at May 25, 2020 07:48 PM (+y/Ru)
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Con! You will have deformed progeny! It can kill elephants!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 07:55 PM (Dc2NZ)
20 minutes later, figured it out, ran down to rental car desk.
Obvious younger Somali desk rep with heavy accent at desk. I told him what happened, and he took off in a sprint. Gone for 15 minutes, I figured my phone was gone.
He then sprinted back into view with my phone and gave it back to me.
He would not accept the $100 I tried to give him, and sent me on my way.
Stuck with me.
Posted by: Andrew at May 25, 2020 07:57 PM (0li+z)
I had a learner's permit, and had never driven a stick in my life. The permit was from Oregon. And expired. I knew how to drive, basically, but not any sort of expert. We drove there in 36 hours, averaging like 90 miles an hour down nearly-deserted roads. I stayed awake by listening to music and imagining the band playing on the hood.
Honestly I'm amazed we survived. I think we ate two meals on the way, from fast food joints at truck stops. Crazy college kids.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:58 PM (KZzsI)
On Wiseguy, I could be wrong, but I believe Glenn Frey played a mafia boss on that show.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:58 PM (L2ZTs)
We live in the most exceptional country on the planet, populated by an extraordinary people.
We reached this lofty plane by virtue of being GOVERNED, not ruled by a political system unique in history.
Throughout our continuing saga, we've met with and prevailed over issues that have sunk lesser nations--assassinations, depressions, a civil war, to mention some.
And because we seem to have a knack for having the right person in the right place in a given situation.
So here we are living in one more chapter of the saga that will be counted as one more victory.
You may take that to the bank, we're Americans--because of that act we are denied the option of failure.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 25, 2020 07:58 PM (KATBx)
Posted by: grammie winger at May 25, 2020 07:59 PM (lwiT4)
I spent the better part of Sat. Night watching videos of low level training flights in Death Valley and the Mach Loop in Wales. Wow.
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 07:59 PM (gLRfa)
Maybe? he was a drug dealer on Miami Vice, pretty good episode. I think G Gordon Liddy was on that one, too, as a mercenary commander.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 08:00 PM (KZzsI)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:00 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Diogenes at May 25, 2020 08:00 PM (axyOa)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 08:01 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 25, 2020 08:01 PM (a4EWo)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 07:55 PM (Dc2NZ)
Take LSD -> have deformed progeny that can kill elephants?
*reaches for tab*
*hesistates*
Like... how many elephants at once, we talkin?
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 08:01 PM (t+qrx)
Maybe? he was a drug dealer on Miami Vice, pretty good episode. I think G Gordon Liddy was on that one, too, as a mercenary commander.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Glenn Frye played a drug smuggler (Smuggler's Blues), not a dealer. G Gordon Liddy was in another episode.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 25, 2020 08:02 PM (/90cp)
It was one of those "don't miss'' shows.
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 08:02 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:02 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 25, 2020 08:02 PM (/90cp)
Posted by: qdpsteve
Ya, he played the serial killer eyeball cannibal with the heart of gold that sold his victims organs to private rich guys in order to fund the no-kill animal shelter. Dusty episode.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 08:03 PM (d6DSt)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 08:03 PM (XhWtx)
Seems like they were proof of the "twin opposites" theory. Both hyper-macho, both notorious, both very smart, both very partisan.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 08:03 PM (L2ZTs)
But he should be ok.
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 08:04 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 08:04 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 25, 2020 08:05 PM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 06:37 PM (ZCEU2)
also the BEST Battle of the Bulge movie yet made. It shows how there are two different ways to depict great battles on film; a director can try to give the story of the entire Battle, with Generals and Units and Tactics (Tora, Tora, Tora, for example) OR he can just focus on the intensely personal view of a small group of soldiers as they go through the battle; in this case, a platoon of the 101 Airborne during the Seige of Bastogne. In the case of Battleground, you don't get told all the big strategic moves that are being made, but you're given a VERY good view of what it felt and looked like to the men who were stuck there in the snow, fighting.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2020 08:06 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 25, 2020 08:06 PM (a4EWo)
Frey seemed very prematurely aged. He came off like a guy in his 60s or 70s, rather than in his 40s.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 08:06 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 08:04 PM (ZCEU2)
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That's good to hear.
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 08:06 PM (sGotD)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:02 PM (G3ow5)
I was on time, now getting ready to take the flag down in ages more minutes!
What a meditative day here!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 08:07 PM (6wiwL)
The weather is as much a character as the soldiers. You can almost feel the cold when you watch it.
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 08:08 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:08 PM (G3ow5)
This country is THE BEST for so many reasons than all the others combined.
Sure there may be a few spots here and there that are surpassingly wonderful or exceptionally beautiful but overall in every way you will find that we here in the USA have the very best on offer when compared to any others. More than any other country can even hope to become. Or strive to be.
Posted by: jakee308 at May 25, 2020 08:08 PM (wd9fW)
Frey seemed very prematurely aged. He came off like a guy in his 60s or 70s, rather than in his 40s.
Posted by: qdpsteve
He had pretty serious health issues. Plus, the Rock N Roll lifestyle catches up with you. Watched a documentary about The Eagles. It was a bit after Frey died. I knew Henley was an asshole. I was surprised the Frey was worse.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 25, 2020 08:08 PM (/90cp)
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 08:09 PM (sGotD)
How about that time I hitchhiked over the Bay Bridge when I was 8
years old -- and the weirdo who picked me and gave me a ride DIDN'T rape
me! That's class, right there.
Posted by: zombie at May 25, 2020 06:29 PM (N9G0H)
That reminds me of a story from my family. I'm 3rd generation American, but some of the more distant family members came here in the early 1960s. One of my father's cousins was around 5 or 6 when he came here from italy, and hated it. Didn't like the food, didn't like the fact that in this country he couldn't have wine at his age, didn't know much english, etc. He decides all on his own he's going back to italy, so he packs a bag and starts bumming rides. He was telling people he had to go to the statch (broken english for statue, as in statue of liberty/ellis island), and manages to get himself from the east orange area of jersey all the way to one of the tunnels of NY before a cop managed to catch him. 6 years old and decides he's going back to italy. lol. That story is legend in the family. Of course after growing up here he wouldn't go back if you paid him.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 25, 2020 08:09 PM (9Om/r)
313 Everybody, yup re Miami Vice. What a show!
On Wiseguy, I could be wrong, but I believe Glenn Frey played a mafia boss on that show.
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 07:58 PM (L2ZTs)
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The celebrity cameos on Miami Vice were part of the attraction. Frank Zappa as a drug lord, G. Gordon Liddy as "Captain Real Estate" and so on.
I also recall Glen Frey as a record industry guy in an arc on Wise Guy about the same time, also featuring Debbie Harry, Paul Winfield, and an extremely unsympathetic character obviously meant to be Phil Spector.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 25, 2020 08:09 PM (t5m5e)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 08:09 PM (6wiwL)
He had some serious health issues didn't he?
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 08:09 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: jakee308 at May 25, 2020 08:08 PM (wd9fW)
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Yep. Like they say, we hit the lottery just by being born here.
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 08:10 PM (sGotD)
Heavy snow, I-80 was open but definitely chains and slow going.
Just cresting the pass, past Royal Gorge area, level road - and beautiful, quiet, big snow berms either side - and ... a "pop" like sound, and suddenly "I can fly/slide!!" - a slow graceful clock-wise 360 spin commenced.
Luckily, only got around about 160 degrees, and the car goes back first into the left-side snow berm - "poof" - quietly, clearly a fresh dry berm. Car's a**-backwards into the berm up to just about the driver's door. I got out and admired the scene, and wondered "huh?" - I was going about 25MPH, straight and steady.
Anyway, within 45 seconds headlights approaching turn out to be a pick-up. He stops, takes out his towing rope, and just making a few friendly comments about how this happens all the time, slides under the front and attaches it to the chasis hook. Gets out, backs up/pulls car out. And on his way.
And the next 45 minutes - which are mostly down-hill, on steep narrow 2-lane interstate often just hugging the mountainside .... there was a certain degree of concern in my styel.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2020 08:11 PM (El6T/)
Battleground is in my top 10 war movies
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 06:37 PM (ZCEU2)
That is one of the best war movies ever.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 25, 2020 08:11 PM (wf/AT)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:11 PM (G3ow5)
I think he was the reason Randy Meisner left the group.
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 08:11 PM (gLRfa)
2000 miles one way- common language, common currency, common culture. Worth having and fighting for. I'm a Southern boy through and through, but the statue to the Civil War veterans in Bridgeton, ME summed it up: One Flag, One Country, One Destiny.
Remember the real heroes, those who never came home.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at May 25, 2020 08:12 PM (fmmLZ)
I have to add "They Were Expendable" as my favorite. So many things to love about that film.
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 08:13 PM (gLRfa)
Posted by: grammie winger at May 25, 2020 07:59 PM (lwiT4)
Grammie
Stop giving me hope!
/s
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 08:13 PM (6wiwL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2020 08:13 PM (EZebt)
I spent the better part of Sat. Night watching videos of low level training flights in Death Valley and the Mach Loop in Wales. Wow.
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 07:59 PM (gLRfa)
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But were they/you on acid?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 08:14 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:15 PM (w8TqK)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:16 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at May 25, 2020 08:09 PM (9Om/r)
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He's a lot smarter than one of my brothers who used to run away about once a week. He'd only go as far as the candy store on the corner and sit in the phone booth.
When he was closing the shop Mr. Blackman would phone us and say, "Can you send someone for Patrick; he's run away again."
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 08:16 PM (sGotD)
Literally, and no exaggeration, before my buddy and I had even chatted a bit and decided what to try, a car pulls up behind us, French-speaking guy get out, and is attaching a rope, and getting back in his SUV to pull us out.
Whole thing took 2 minutes.
So, Canada also a great country for stuff like that.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2020 08:16 PM (El6T/)
Very quiet day here at Schloss Hadrian. Her Majesty and I basically goofed off all day, reading, relaxing and napping.
The Official AoSHQ Classical Music Playlist of White Supremacy and Selfish Masklessness (TM) hit 2800 tracks, totalling 604 hours of music by 924 different compared. A pointless OCD activity, but intellectually uplifting all the same.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2020 08:16 PM (mht8P)
I met GGL at a lecture once. Shook his hand and asked if he knew what he was going to go through, would he do the whole dirty tricks op over again.
"Absolutely."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 25, 2020 08:18 PM (2JVJo)
We think so. I think so. But emigrants make very cold decisions. I'd meet people who immigrated to Germany and ask them why and they'd say we considered Canada, we considered the US, but we thought we had the best prospects here.
It's a market. We're not the only supplier.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at May 25, 2020 08:18 PM (gd9RK)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 08:19 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:16 PM (G3ow5)
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Of course! Thought about you while I was on the tractor mowing the road.
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:20 PM (w8TqK)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:11 PM (G3ow5)
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Yep! I remember them describing it as "dark." LOL We all know what to look for now, so this should be fun.
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 08:20 PM (sGotD)
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:21 PM (w8TqK)
Posted by: mercenary13 at May 25, 2020 08:21 PM (pjQjB)
Project 100000. He wanted to draft and utilize as soldiers people who
were clearly not up to Army standards. Like low IQ's and no education.
Once you realize that McNamara was a psychopath who wanted to see how many people he could kill, and get away with it, all of the insane decisions of the Vietnam war suddenly snap into focus and make sense.
Posted by: An Observation at May 25, 2020 08:21 PM (n7Z3n)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 08:22 PM (L2ZTs)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 08:22 PM (d6DSt)
One of my father's friends, who I got to know also, joined the Army Air Force early in 1942. He said in those early days, the US was desperate for new pilots, and they taking anyone who was fit and bold enough to sign up. He also aid training was pretty minimal - about 20 hours of instruction, a couple flights with an instructor, and then you got stuck into a plane by yourself and you either figured it out or you didn't Now I think he may have exaggerated a little bit, but he claimed they lost about half of their recruits in their first few weeks. But he said those that made it through 40 hours of flying solo ended up being pretty good pilots, and were sent on to active units.
he also said that when new model of plane came out, an upgrade, a couple would be flown out to the frontline units and the hotshots would jump in one and take it up with the attitude "Well lets see if I can figure this one out."
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2020 08:23 PM (V2Yro)
Lots of winches to tear down on those landing ship docks
Posted by: Jean at May 25, 2020 08:23 PM (UAUsU)
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 08:23 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Grannymimi at May 25, 2020 08:24 PM (u5LFV)
'Murica!
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 25, 2020 08:25 PM (/90cp)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 07:55 PM
So, hung like an elephant?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 25, 2020 08:25 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:25 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 07:59 PM (gLRfa)
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But were they/you on acid?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 08:14 PM (Dc2NZ)''
They were interesting because there seems to be one spot at each site where all the photographers and video people stand to watch the flights. I guess the training days are announced in advance and they just all show up cameras in hand. Those jets and planes get pretty close to their perches too.
Posted by: Tuna at May 25, 2020 08:26 PM (gLRfa)
Sweet dreams everyone.
Posted by: Skip at May 25, 2020 08:27 PM (ZCEU2)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Ya, but all their car trunks were full of bodies. Was yours? No? That's why ya got stuck, no traction.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 08:27 PM (d6DSt)
Posted by: Puddleglum
Ya, but all their car trunks were full of bodies. Was yours? No? That's why ya got stuck, no traction.
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer
Hmm, hadn't thought of that. They did have the "last name ends in a vowel" look about them.
Posted by: Puddleglum at May 25, 2020 08:28 PM (/90cp)
Posted by: irright at May 25, 2020 08:29 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:29 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 08:29 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:29 PM (G3ow5)
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Good! We're "pre-approved" now by the rescue and just need to pick out a pup.
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:31 PM (w8TqK)
Posted by: bill in arkansas at May 25, 2020 08:31 PM (C1Lsn)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:32 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Ronster at May 25, 2020 08:33 PM (Nu8UW)
Good! We're "pre-approved" now by the rescue and just need to pick out a pup.
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:31 PM (w8TqK)
So is this WeaselDog the Second? The Lesser? WeaselDog Minor?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2020 08:33 PM (mht8P)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 25, 2020 08:34 PM (WyVLE)
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:31 PM (w8TqK)
What kind of pup?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 25, 2020 08:34 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2020 08:34 PM (V2Yro)
Salud! To the fallen and those who gave the last full measure.
Posted by: Winston, dreg of society at May 25, 2020 08:35 PM (d9Irc)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:35 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:32 PM
No need to fight each other over who get's the Ham & MFers. I'll gladly trade you mine in the interests of comity.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 25, 2020 08:36 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: irright at May 25, 2020 08:29 PM (RVcmP)
I don't like the idea of a hostel or a bed-and-breakfast or anything like that simply because I don't like other people. I'd rather travel alone.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 25, 2020 08:37 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:37 PM (w8TqK)
BrotherH and I are both Viet Nam Era vets, never figured out how, or why, the fates decided that for us, but we both remain in awe of the many that were there and served with honor!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 08:37 PM (6wiwL)
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*waves hand*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 08:37 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:39 PM (w8TqK)
or it was the last time his company would bring a tour group to the
restaurant.
This was all the driver's actions. The tour leaders were completely
at a loss over planning the time for the hike, making sure we had water,
or what to do about food with the restaurant telling us we were too
late.
One of the secrets of making the world sort of work is that SOMEONE has to be the person that breaks the logjam and makes things work. The guy who digs in his pocket for $35 bucks for the unplanned fee, the lady who goes and talks to the manager, the person who steps up and says, "howabout we go out the side door and look at this smoke from outside", they guy who says, "you and you, get the ends of this table and put it over there"
Someone makes the difference. As a group we all mill around and wait for a leader. Individuals are leaders.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 25, 2020 08:39 PM (WyVLE)
Posted by: bill in arkansas at May 25, 2020 08:39 PM (C1Lsn)
This is YOUR country
January20, 2017 will be remembered as the day the people got their country back.
The forgotten will be forgotten no more
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 08:39 PM (sGotD)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 08:27 PM (d6DSt)
If you're putting bodies in the trunk, rear wheel drive is the only way to go.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 25, 2020 08:40 PM (kVr0X)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 25, 2020 08:40 PM (DMUuz)
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*waves hand*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 08:37 PM (Dc2NZ)
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So you're nice with kitties?
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:40 PM (w8TqK)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:41 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 08:41 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2020 08:34 PM (V2Yr)
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That's been my experience. I stayed in one in Amsterdam and got eaten alive by bed bugs.
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 08:42 PM (sGotD)
Posted by: Tom Servo a
I stayed at a convent that was partially converted to a hostel when I was a student in France. It was lovely. Excellent food, quiet, no sex or murder to be found. The nuns were funny and happy to help us practice French, too.
Posted by: Moki at May 25, 2020 08:42 PM (mFoNl)
You do have a backhoe, yes?
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 08:42 PM (6wiwL)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:42 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: bill in arkansas at May 25, 2020 08:39 PM (C1Lsn)
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WD is a little nut. She's not big on strangers, but once she knows you she's your best friend.
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:42 PM (w8TqK)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 08:41 PM (XhWtx)
Whatever you're drinking, send it this way.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 25, 2020 08:43 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 08:43 PM (sGotD)
Posted by: irright at May 25, 2020 08:44 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: klaftern at May 25, 2020 08:44 PM (RuIsu)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:44 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:42 PM (G3ow5)
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My tractor is your tractor.
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:45 PM (w8TqK)
Whatever you're drinking, send it this way.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 25, 2020 08:43 PM (2JVJo)
We should be looking into this Kraken libation!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 08:45 PM (6wiwL)
Posted by: bill in arkansas at May 25, 2020 08:45 PM (C1Lsn)
Or Pickets charge at Gettysburg.....
Posted by: Colin
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“A large Japanese fleet has been contacted. They are fifteen miles away and headed in our direction. They are believed to have four battleships, eight cruisers, and a number of destroyers. “This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.” - Lt. Cmdr. Robert Copeland, the captain of the Samuel B. Roberts
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2020 08:46 PM (hnA3K)
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*waves hand*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 08:37 PM (Dc2NZ)
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So you're nice with kitties?
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:40 PM (w8TqK)
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They love me!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 08:46 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 08:47 PM (XhWtx)
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Well then you're adopted!
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:47 PM (w8TqK)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 08:48 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 25, 2020 08:49 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:42 PM (G3ow5)
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My tractor is your tractor.
Posted by: Weasel
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*reflects*
I have a history, for better or worse. While operating a Cat D-7, drinking beer, and shooting at the empties with an AR.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2020 08:49 PM (hnA3K)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 08:49 PM (6wiwL)
Most interesting was at the Excelsior Hotel in Jefferson, Texas (built 1851) We got the entire old wing to ourselves, magnificent 19th century furnishings, and when the clerk left for the night she locked all the doors to both floors. We were a bit surprised when we heard someone in heavy boots walking down the 2nd story hallway at about 3 am, stopping at each door. Came to our door, then turned around and headed back til the sound faded away.
Asked the clerk if she'd come back to check things that late, she said "nobody went there, I got the only keys." I told what we heard, and she just looked at us kind of funny and said "well you're not the first."
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 25, 2020 08:49 PM (V2Yro)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 08:48 PM (Dc2NZ)
Talk about your low-hanging fruit. . .
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 25, 2020 08:49 PM (2JVJo)
Eromero, in retrospect, 8k is near enough to Vietnam, trust me.
Sucks for a vacay spot, food shits the bed, and room service doesn't get it.
Posted by: irongrampa at May 25, 2020 08:50 PM (KATBx)
I have a history, for better or worse. While operating a Cat D-7, drinking beer, and shooting at the empties with an AR.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2020 08:49 PM (hnA3K)
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Nice!
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:50 PM (w8TqK)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 25, 2020 08:50 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 08:51 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:51 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2020 08:49 PM (hnA3K)
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Nice!
Posted by: Weasel
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It don't get no better, as such experiences go.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2020 08:51 PM (cGzEU)
I'm really just in it for the Bushmaster rides.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 08:48 PM (Dc2NZ)
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I'm sure we could figure something out!
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:53 PM (w8TqK)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:53 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Eromero
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Much better, a friend with a Cat D7.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2020 08:54 PM (cGzEU)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr_zfpzGxQQ
Well, he'll have a better vantage point now.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2020 08:55 PM (Dc2NZ)
Posted by: My Pimp Shot My Dealer at May 25, 2020 08:56 PM (d6DSt)
Posted by: zombie at May 25, 2020 06:29 PM (N9G0H)
Not Emmet Sullivan's son, then.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2020 08:56 PM (bboUZ)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 25, 2020 08:56 PM (a4EWo)
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 08:56 PM (w8TqK)
Big city hostels were horrible. London, Naples, Köln, Amsterdam. Ones in the Scottish, German, and Italian countrysides were amazing. I don't really want to try them again, but you can save a lot of money.
Posted by: t-bird at May 25, 2020 08:57 PM (XHrkn)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 08:58 PM (XhWtx)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycf5tt7v
It is the nicest thing I have ever seen on Twitter.
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 08:58 PM (sGotD)
Posted by: Weasel
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As I mentioned yesterday, I've acquired a desire for an M2 carbine. Picky, picky, picky.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2020 08:58 PM (830x5)
Posted by: Ronster at May 25, 2020 08:58 PM (Nu8UW)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 08:42 PM
You know he only allows 2 mph or less, correct?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 25, 2020 08:58 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 08:59 PM (6wiwL)
Tom Servo, our family farm was in Granbury and while we were building a house, we stayed a few nights there. Lovely hotel. The bakery on the corner of town square had the best tea cakes and buttermilk pie I have ever eaten.
Thanks for reminding me of some happy memories!
Posted by: Moki at May 25, 2020 08:59 PM (mFoNl)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 25, 2020 08:56 PM (a4EWo)
An icy Veuve Cliqout, a dish of Beluga caviar and a lovely woman I can do my John Wilkes act with, and all is heaven.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 25, 2020 09:01 PM (2JVJo)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycf5tt7v
It is the nicest thing I have ever seen on Twitter.
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 08:58 PM (sGotD)
Perfect for an uplifting thread!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 09:01 PM (6wiwL)
As I mentioned yesterday, I've acquired a desire for an M2 carbine. Picky, picky, picky.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2020 08:58 PM (830x5)
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That would be a lot of fun! They're great little rifles.
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 09:02 PM (w8TqK)
https://tinyurl.com/yc724bcg
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2020 09:03 PM (bk3Sg)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 09:04 PM (A5zUN)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ycf5tt7v
It is the nicest thing I have ever seen on Twitter.
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 08:58 PM (sGotD)
Thanks for posting that.
Does anyone know what the story behind this one might be? I don't recognize the symbol.
https://tinyurl.com/y6wlrcux
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 09:05 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 09:05 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 09:05 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 25, 2020 09:05 PM (a4EWo)
My neighbor is friends with a construction mogul here in the Bluegrass. I had my gravel driveway re-graveled a couple years ago.
Cat D7 parked in the driveway. Awesome. Took all of 4 hours to re-do the one fifth mile... all the way down to the sub-strata and fresh blue chip laid down. About $800.
Posted by: Martini Farmer - Not Masked and Hearding Cats at May 25, 2020 09:06 PM (3H9h1)
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 08:58 PM (sGotD)
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Speaking of kind acts, .....wow.
What a beautiful thing to do today.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at May 25, 2020 09:06 PM (M/9m0)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 09:05 PM (XhWtx)
Wilkes, as you know, was not only a Brit MP, he was also famously ugly and his friends wondered how such a man was able to bed so many beautiful women.
His answer was, "I can talk past my face in half an hour."
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 25, 2020 09:07 PM (2JVJo)
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That's pretty cool! My GoPro will run at 240 frames per second and I've been trying to figure out what to do in slo-motion.
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 09:08 PM (w8TqK)
Posted by: mercenary13 at May 25, 2020 09:09 PM (pjQjB)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 06:28 PM (NWiLs)
You asked for it.....
https://youtu.be/E929gqIcwwI
First thing in my mind was Pantera... But you have to say it Pantuuuura
Posted by: KarlHungus at May 25, 2020 09:09 PM (OpkeL)
Posted by: Weasel at May 25, 2020 09:10 PM (w8TqK)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 09:10 PM (XhWtx)
I think I am going to sleep, too; I want to be up early to write.
Hope you all have a lovely night.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 25, 2020 09:11 PM (2JVJo)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 25, 2020 09:05 PM (a4EWo)
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It really was a wonderful thing to do, wasn't it? I believe she is Ben Domenech's sister, but her Twitter bio doesn't really explain why she had access.
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 09:12 PM (sGotD)
Posted by: Eromero
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Weld a bayonet lug to the blade, and you're in business.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2020 09:12 PM (WD9ZA)
Don't get caught doing it though.
Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at May 25, 2020 09:13 PM (3DZIZ)
Posted by: westminsterdogshow at May 25, 2020 09:14 PM (/UQ/R)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 09:14 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 25, 2020 09:16 PM (El6T/)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, 1st Murder Hornet Squadron at May 25, 2020 06:57 PM (4o2K3)
Gran Torino, Monte Carlo, Cordoba. All 3's dressed up as 9's. The survival rate on that class of car is very low. They were destined for beater-hood the day they rolled off the line.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2020 09:17 PM (D9taZ)
https://tinyurl.com/y6wlrcux
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 09:05 PM (t+qrx)
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I'm not sure what you're looking for; the link just goes to the top if her Twitter thread.
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 09:17 PM (sGotD)
Posted by: Weasel
Before or after you got there?
Posted by: Miklos, intrigued at May 25, 2020 09:18 PM (QzkSJ)
Posted by: jasonj at May 25, 2020 09:19 PM (qSQLQ)
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 09:17 PM (sGotD)
Linking to any one of her sub-replies shows the original at the top; the first one below it is the one I mean. It's a single large stone with seven names.
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 09:22 PM (t+qrx)
well you'll have your Main Weaseldog and your emergency or 'backup' Weaseldog
Posted by: Rudy Polanski at May 25, 2020 09:24 PM (iTXRQ)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 09:27 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 25, 2020 09:28 PM (A5zUN)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 09:28 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Name Withheld at May 25, 2020 09:30 PM (AHq56)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y73aclhq
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 09:31 PM (sGotD)
Posted by: Ronster at May 25, 2020 09:31 PM (Nu8UW)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 09:32 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Ronster at May 25, 2020 09:31 PM (Nu8UW)
Choot em and leave em. Wildlife will feast and remove the carcasses.
Posted by: Sponge - China is asshoe! at May 25, 2020 09:32 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 09:33 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at May 25, 2020 09:36 PM (9dzlp)
And let us not dishonor those of ours who have stood the last post. Let us educate and indoctrinate our fellow Americans on what it TRULY means to be an American. What it means to be a voter. What it requires, and what it means TO BE FREE.
Do NOT give up. Do NOT despair.
DO spread a proper understanding of what FREEDOM means and what it requires. Educate, indoctrinate, demonstrate.
Fight the good fight here at home, in the hearts and minds of your fellow Americans. Fight and WIN.
Posted by: GWB at May 25, 2020 09:36 PM (d6gL5)
Posted by: Ronster at May 25, 2020 09:38 PM (Nu8UW)
Boy howdy, I wish you had chosen a different nic!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 09:39 PM (6wiwL)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 09:40 PM (NWiLs)
Posted by: clutch at May 25, 2020 09:41 PM (9UmRs)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 09:41 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 09:41 PM (G3ow5)
Now those are words nobody ever expected to see in print!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 09:42 PM (NWiLs)
https://tinyurl.com/y6wlrcux
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 09:05 PM
The mark above the name of Isaac B. Jackson is the "cross, crown, and orb" logo of the United Church of Christ...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at May 25, 2020 09:43 PM (7WaWV)
Posted by: hogmartin
The second symbol on the headstone? "United Church of Christ". #31 on the VA's list.
https://www.cem.va.gov/hmm/emblems.asp
Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2020 09:43 PM (P1f+c)
That's some serious air pollution in the filler shot.
Posted by: Sal at May 25, 2020 09:43 PM (bo8pf)
Posted by: Flyover at May 25, 2020 09:43 PM (Rbu5d)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 09:44 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 09:42 PM (NWiLs)
I would never have put Insom and sunshine together in the same sentence, let alone the same paragraph, but when Ben Had does it, it all makes sense!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 09:44 PM (6wiwL)
My father's best friend in HS was a pilot in the Army Air Corps. He had finished pilot training, and was supposed to be commissioned as an officer. He flew his plane (A P-39 Aircobra) under a bridge, and was going to be courtmartialed for insubordination. Instead, they just never commissioned him, and he flew close air support in the war in his P-39, and later P-63.
My Dad met up with him after the war (in Japan) and he at one time had a picture of him sitting in the cockpit of his P-63. Must be around here somewhere.
They were best- man at each others wedding.
When my Dad was dying of cancer in 1977, his friend rode over every few days on his Harley (about 3 hours each way), just to look in on him. He'd drop by the house to see my Mom too.
A really great guy, who would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it. Really opinionated on everything (a real right wing nut....like many of us), but the friendliest man you would ever want to meet.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at May 25, 2020 09:44 PM (ZCiJZ)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 09:45 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 09:45 PM (6wiwL)
https://tinyurl.com/y6wlrcux
Posted by: hogmartin
The funny symbol looks like it's for United Church of Christ (USVA emblem 31). All seven were KIA on the same day. Looks like there are two others like that back and to the left.
Posted by: t-bird at May 25, 2020 09:45 PM (n/x6m)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 09:44 PM (G3ow5)
Yes, we do need to discuss that.
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 09:47 PM (NWiLs)
I've always blamed perpetual copyright on Walt Disney. I didn't realize it went all the way back to Mohammed.
Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2020 09:47 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 25, 2020 08:37 PM (2JVJo)
So, it's tents and ditches for you?
Posted by: GWB at May 25, 2020 09:48 PM (d6gL5)
Today we honor all of the brave men and women who selflessly served our country, for without them there would be no freedom or democracy.
Johnny (Joey) Jones
Hey bud, I appreciate the nod but I ain't dead yet and when I do die it won't be on the battlefield. Get it right, the men and women who've fallen in service get their own day and we think they deserve it.
************
Conor Lamb boys & Girls
Posted by: Ghost of Qassem Soleimani at May 25, 2020 09:48 PM (H22GW)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2020 09:48 PM (dLLD6)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 09:39 PM (6wiwL)
Gripe at my parents. It's their fault. (And my paternal grandpa.)
Posted by: GWB at May 25, 2020 09:49 PM (d6gL5)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 09:50 PM (XhWtx)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 09:39 PM (6wiwL)
Gripe at my parents. It's their fault. (And my paternal grandpa.)
Posted by: GWB at May 25, 2020 09:49 PM (d6gL5)
Geoffrey Willingham Bradford? Is that really you?!
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 09:50 PM (NWiLs)
https://www.cem.va.gov/hmm/emblems.asp
Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2020 09:43 PM (P1f+c)
The funny symbol looks like it's for United Church of Christ (USVA emblem 31). All seven were KIA on the same day. Looks like there are two others like that back and to the left.
Posted by: t-bird at May 25, 2020 09:45 PM (n/x6m)
Thank you, that's it.
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 09:50 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: GWB at May 25, 2020 09:49 PM (d6gL5)
Ah, 'tis a family name, say no more, we're more than good now!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 09:50 PM (6wiwL)
Posted by: davidt at May 25, 2020 09:51 PM (l3+k2)
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 09:51 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Insomniac - Ex Cineribus Resurgo at May 25, 2020 09:50 PM (NWiLs)
If only! I'd have gotten beaten up more in school, but I'd have fewer names like mine in the global address list.
Posted by: GWB at May 25, 2020 09:52 PM (d6gL5)
Any hope he can lose to Parnell? That I would love to see!
Posted by: HostageBlackOrchid at May 25, 2020 09:52 PM (j9HX3)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 09:45 PM (XhWtx)
We built an addition a long time ago. The basement was supposed to be dug in a day or two, but the guy hit rock...and more rock...and even more rock. So he said, "Hey, I don't have the equipment, but I know a guy." So I wrote a big check and this old dude shows up with one of these:
https://tinyurl.com/ybh9p98h
and a rock hammer about the size of my car, and proceeds to perform ballet with the damned thing. He finished in about six hours, and it was amazing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2020 09:54 PM (dLLD6)
Posted by: hogmartin at May 25, 2020 09:51 PM
I do love a good puzzler! I spent 10 -- 15 minutes searching for the answer, and mikeski almost beat me...
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at May 25, 2020 09:54 PM (7WaWV)
Just ask St Lawrence.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
"I'm done on this side, you can turn me over."
Oh, St Lawrence, pray to God for us.
Posted by: Flyover at May 25, 2020 09:54 PM (Rbu5d)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/ybxshp96
Posted by: IrishEi at May 25, 2020 09:55 PM (sGotD)
Posted by: hogmartin
I didn't know the symbol off the top of my head.
I did know there was a list of approved religious symbols for gov't headstones, and that it had to be online somehwere.
I'm retroactively naming this the "Boaty McBoatFace rule".
Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2020 09:55 PM (P1f+c)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 09:57 PM (G3ow5)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 09:57 PM (XhWtx)
Fortunately I was 'only' about 4.5 miles due west along the avenue that goes by home and had about 2 hours of daylight to work with, so I started walking east figuring I could walk home, come back with my pickup & haul the bike home before dark.
Somewhere between West Fargo's Sheyenne Street & Veterans Boulevard, a fellow driving a minivan took pity on me and gave me a ride the rest of the way, saving me about 2/3rds of the walk and easily an hour.
Posted by: ptschett at May 25, 2020 09:58 PM (zB+vL)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 09:59 PM (G3ow5)
I used to work at a lab that was run by one of my professors after finished college.
In the same building was a retired Air Force General, Glen McClernan.
He had flown P-38's in WWII, and told us the story of when they were ferrying P-38's from England down to North Africa (after the start of Operation Torch). They had all the excess equipment taken out out their P-38's so they could make the trip. Navigation, radios, everything to lighten the plane.
They were flying in formation on a B-17, that would be their lead/navigator on the trip. So they flew south of England, across the Bay of Biscay, then through the Straits of Gibraltar (not over Spain), and across North Africa.
They had been in the planes for hours, and were flying over North Africa, when either the Vichy French or Germans started shooting at them from the ground. They all scattered and got lost.
McClernan was flying alone and lost, in a rainstorm, and was almost out of gas. He saw a field and landed. He was so exhausted, he just climbed out on the wing and lay on it in the rain. He wasn't sure if he had landed on an Axis or Allied air field (it was an Allied field, after all).
The General was telling us this story, and it was kind of hilarious as he was telling how goofy the whole episode was, and how exhausted he was after being in the P-38 for 12-13 hours.
Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at May 25, 2020 09:59 PM (ZCiJZ)
Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Asetto at May 25, 2020 09:59 PM (7WaWV)
Heh. With all the pig testes extract I shot him up with, neither was he!
Posted by: smelly dr morel at May 25, 2020 10:00 PM (hEbQg)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 25, 2020 09:59 PM (G3ow5)
Actually, I could have put one in, but I don't have that much wine!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2020 10:01 PM (dLLD6)
Then I looked at my car and the keys were hanging off the door handle, left there by some gentleman or gentlelady.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 10:02 PM (6wiwL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 10:03 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 10:05 PM (u82oZ)
keep it to 35 characters or less and it should be fine.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2020 10:06 PM (dLLD6)
Your charm works even when you are not there. Impressive.
Oh, you are outside occupied territory in VA. With the good people.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 10:06 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 10:07 PM (u82oZ)
1984 R100RS ratbike blew a valve thru piston outside small colorado town leaving steamboat springs vintage races thru town circa 1994. Local with trailer pulled up and took me n bike into town. Good peoples.
Posted by: banned used to ride at May 25, 2020 10:07 PM (hEbQg)
Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2020 10:09 PM (XhWtx)
I was walking back from the lab one icy weekend evening. Old snow was on the ground, and frozen melt water.
I heard faint calls for help. I went around a corner and a quite elderly woman was clutching a street sign to keep from falling. She was stuck. She had been calling for quite a while.
I helped her to her door. So even I can be of assistance, that one time.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 10:12 PM (u82oZ)
-Say... I think you're on to something there
-And he likes to eat cats!
-...cut back on Caruther's intake, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 25, 2020 07:12 PM (KZzsI)
one of the writers, Jerry Stahl (who also wrote Zoolander), was a long time heroin user, and his autobiography talks about using while writing dialog for a puppet and how odd that was.
*Truth is odder than sarcasm!*
Posted by: Kindltot at May 25, 2020 10:12 PM (WyVLE)
Posted by: navybrat, larger than life at May 25, 2020 10:14 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 25, 2020 10:12 PM (u82oZ)
I have the feeling this was not a one off!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 25, 2020 10:15 PM (6wiwL)
Posted by: navybrat, larger than life at May 25, 2020 10:17 PM (w7KSn)
Posted by: qdpsteve at May 25, 2020 11:02 PM (L2ZTs)
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