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  1. 2 hours ago, watab kid said:

    paper shot shells - you had to expand the attached quoted post to see them tho 

    Found 'em.  Look good for paper shells.

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  2. There were still tons of unexploded and abandoned ammo all over Okinawa when I was there.....22 to 25 years after the war ended.

     

    TV and radio announcements were broadcast several time a week warning folks in several languages about the dangers and EOD never took a break the whole time. 

     

    They were carefully gathered and taken off shore to an unoccupied island (or so I was told) where they were destroyed by explosives.

  3. 5 minutes ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said:

    I thought this was the design inspiration. :P

     

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    I like the dumpster better.  At least it looks like It had a purpose in mind in its design.  I was next to a Tesla for six or seven miles in traffic the other day.

     

    The damn thing is a traffic hazard.  You can'r see around it nor through it and it appears to have more blind spots than a Sherman tank, even more so than my Impala sedan..

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  4. 15 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
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    With the end of the war in Europe just days away, one of the strangest episodes of the entire conflict unfolded along the German-Czechoslovakian border. More than 350 American soldiers had just fought their way through enemy lines to reach the town of Hostau. The settlement, which was still in the hands of a detachment of Wehrmacht soldiers, was home to a treasure trove of considerable value: several hundred prized Lipizzan horses. The famous and extremely rare animals had been seized by the Third Reich as part of a bizarre wartime cattle breeding program. Fearing for the horses' lives, the German officer in charge of the breeding sent word to the Americans that he and his men would surrender en masse if the U.S. Army promised to rescue the beasts. A cavalry unit from Patton's Third Army jumped at the chance to save the legendary Lipizzans. The mission, which has been dubbed Operation Cowboy, would have seen U.S. troops, along with a motley collection of liberated Allied prisoners of war, a bona fide Cossack aristocrat, and a platoon of turncoat German soldiers race against time to shepherd a herd of priceless horses to safety, all the while fending off attacks from a legion of Waffen-SS stormtroopers bent on their destruction. This incredible true story was the inspiration for Ghost Riders, a new nonfiction book by author and historian Mark Felton

    Wouldn't it be wonderful to watch this with the music, but WITHOUT THE HUMAN NARRATIVE.

  5. 51 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:


    WELLLLL! I DO  have lots of experience with sitting around with my feet propped up!!  You COULD say I have that mastered!!

     

    My problem is that my patience is wearing VERY VERY thin and my sanity,  (which has always been in question) is becoming more threatened with every passing moment!!  🤪

    Have you earned a black belt in sitting around?  

     

    I don't have the seriousness with my feet and legs that some of y'all have, but I have walking problems of my own.  After I got a black belt in falling down I started working on one for sitting around.

     

     

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  6. 1 hour ago, watab kid said:

    i did a bunch of those up years ago and had nothing but trouble with them , they swelled a bit , still worked but stuck in my chambers , PITA so i went back to just plastic , all my hulls are once fired federals so that was not the issue , 

    What?

  7. 17 hours ago, Alpo said:

    Do you have people listed by name or do you have them listed so you can tell who they are?

     

    I have a lady lives down the street. She is listed as Rachel corner of clay. I had a swarm of bees move into my attic. If I had just put the name of the guy that removed them in my contact list, I wouldn't have any idea who it is. So he is listed as bee guy.

    Yes!

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  8. On 3/17/2025 at 6:07 AM, Subdeacon Joe said:

    In 7th and 8th grade, Catholic school,  I made sure to wear something orange.  

    A friend of years gone by received a five pound bag of oranges every St. Patrick's day.  He was NOT amused and blamed me for awhile but never did find out who really sent them.  He moved to Montana five or six years later and I lost track. 

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  9. 20 hours ago, Whitey James said:

    Howdy,

    Being that I live in Tennessee and the summers can be brutal with heat/humidity I am thinking of ways to have a "summer costume" that still meets the CC requirements.

    Vests and chaps are a no-go during the hot months. I'd like to hear what others who struggle with heat wear.

    Right now I am planning on:

    Knife (either belt or boot)

    Cuffs

    Sleeve Garters

    Spurs

    Suspenders

    Dump the cuffs....and the last spurs I ever owned had Gene Autry's name on them.

  10. 21 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

    Did he have formal interment ceremonies?

    I have no idea.  I thought it was stupid then and still, do but I don't let anyone tell me how to spend my money and I don't tell anyone how to spend theirs.....no matter what I feel about their sanity.  :P

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  11. 20 hours ago, Texas Lizard said:

    Oldest daughter and youngest grand daughter Happy Birthday....Even with the mix of Chinese blood in them....

     

    Texas Lizard

    That puts some spice to them.  My first DIL was Mexican.  My new DIL is a wonderful black lady who is too good for my son(and he realizes that), but love does strange things to people.

     

    My wife was too good for me, but God created her just for me and I couldn't have asked for anyone better.

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  12. There is a Sicilian Cafe nearby that has a sign in the front window that announces that they "will be closed on all lFederal / National Holidays."

     

    The manager got all pi$$y when I told him that that meant he was going to be open two days a week.

     

    Doesn't bother me one way or another.  All of his recipes start with 50% garlic.  I like garlic, but really.....!

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  13. 3 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:

     

    I'll bet that they make a ton of money from this ingenious device from the same discerning shoppers that bought pet rocks.

    When pet rocks were the craze a man in San Bernardino opened a grave yard for pet rocks in his back yard.

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  14. On 2/12/2025 at 3:28 PM, Rye Miles #13621 said:

    Nothing better than Duck Duck Go. It doesn’t track you like Google! I’ve been using it for probably 5/6 years with no issues!

    Okay, I'

    m sold.  How do I get DDG and dump Google?

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