Forty Rod SASS 3935
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While stationed on Okinawa in 1966- 1966 the local TV stations showed at prime time very Friday evening the disposal of all the left over stuff that had been found (usually by kids searching the caves and crannies and turned over to the Army EOD units by their parents. LOTS of booms much bigger than the quarter pound C-4 explosions used to set them off.
One Engineer Corps accident set off an estimated seven to twelve tons of ordnance in a cave while they were excavating a ridge just below Item Pocket. ...about 150 yard for our shops and parking lots. I wasn't known to be there until it blew roofs off buildings, launched coral chunks the size of VW Beetles and a lot of other damage...without any injuries.
EOD wasn't involved, and the charge that set it off was being used to break up the coral so they could haul it away with skip loaders and dump trucks.
SURPRISE!
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Some years ago there was a Brit TV series called Danger UXB.....if I remember correctly.
It didn't last long but was very entertaining.
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6 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
We have toenails so that when we’re old it provides an excercise when you have to trim them!🤪
But when you are old you can't reach them.....ans all the rest of these answers are every bit a useful (about like tits on a chicken) as the first response
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6 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:
Very interesting but doesn't tell me much.
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20 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lock_and_load
Another possible origin of the phrase.
https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/lock-and-load
One thing for certain, the meaning has changed over time.
All my life, before anyone started asking these questions, it meant to load your weapon and engage the safety. I learned it from Dad and some his much older friends.
If everyone knows what to do to load and secure a weapon why do we diddle around about semantics?
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A hunting license, a small two bladed pocket knife, and a dozen used-to-be wooden matches wrapped in tin foil, in three different shotguns.
A front sight and three screw-in apertures for a rear sight on a 94 Winchester rifle.
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Buddy Epson wasn't always a funny old man?
Who would have guessed?
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On 1/17/2026 at 7:16 PM, Cholla said:
To be clear, the Palace in Prescott is not the original building. The existing building was rebuilt after the fire of 1900. The bar itself is original as it was carried out to the courthouse square across the street.
I have eaten at eight on the list, and Rod's Steakhouse.
But they never closed their doors nor stopped doing business, and the bar (made by Brunswick and best known for pool tables these days) and shell of the ice cabinet are still standing and being used all the time.
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Why do we have toenails?
My forebears (and five and six bears) long ago moved out of trees and caves and adopted houses, apartments, condos, and motor homes.
I don't recall any fights or battles where they would / could have served as a weapon.
Because of their growth and being a home for fungus they are a nuisance at the least and a full blown annoyance at other times.
Aside from being a show place for teen age girls to display some questionable art they aren't particularly attractive.
Mostly they have no usable dexterity, nor do they contribute to any dexterity, that I am aware of.
They usually contribute to excessive wear and tear on socks.
Finally, if not trimmed in a timely manner and in a suitable shape they can be damaging to feet, legs, and other body parts, both on the person growing them but others who may come in contact with them.
So I repeat: Why do we have toenails?
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...why sellers of so many products on the internet DO NOT PUT SIZES of their products on the items.
I see many things I will never buy simply because there is no information on the size of their product....and delivered prices aren't available for many foreign and some domestic products.
People.,you are losing sales because of this mistake.,
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Looking for a pair of individual solar accent lights to show a pair of shelf mounted shishi dogs.
I found some with only 3 lumens, not really enough. I just want to allow them to be seen without too much light. They are individual bulbs with a tiny solar panel inside each bulb and can flush mount or hang individually hanging from a cord.
Most of the stuff I've found on the net have little or no info on this feature and the pics are generally so bad that I can't see them clearly and no store for 60 miles is any help whatsoever.
Any suggestions?
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el charro / elcharro norte
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20 / 20 hindsight is useless, especially after so many years and so much history under the bridge.
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8 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
havent had that stuff in more than 60 years.
Me either. Haven't missed it.
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I enjoy The Palace once in awhile. It's #1 on that list and maybe two miles from the World's Oldest Rodeo, also in Prescott.
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2 minutes ago, irish ike, SASS #43615 said:
Ya know....being a rope maker might have been a good business back then!
Those ships only had one "rope", on the ship's bell. Everything else was a "line"....or so I was told. I was a Marine and tried very hard to NOT know anything more than was necessary to do my job.
Want to have fun.? Try to explain "Bosun's balls" to anyone one, including a lot of swabbies who never went to sea.
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I just got a phone call from a guy I knew as a LtJG in the Navy when I was in the Marine Corps.
Born and raised in San Bruno, having only lived elsewhere for 6 years in the navy. 72 years old and he and his wife just sold their house for $1,300,000.00 (paid about $51,00.00 for it in 1978) and are moving to Virginia.
Can't tolerate California any longer.
Took him long enough to decide to bail out.....(waited for his "child bride" to retire).
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Had a civilian cook who worked at the Marine mess hall at NWS Seal Beach (Willian Tell something don't recall his last name.) who was a crew member on that cruse. Had photos to prove it and a, I believe, a certificate, too. He said after 22 years in the Navy that was his best memory.
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7 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
I recall being taught to always start my measuring at the one inch line because of that jiggle.
That's what Dad taught me, too.
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Shove the gun into the victim's belly and fire. Do I have to register the gun or the victim?
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23 hours ago, DeaconKC said:
I bet that was @Forty Rod SASS 3935's favorite job! 😁
I outfitted myself with a half inch measuring tape. I got some really good friends out of that...and got slapped around sometimes, too.
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14 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:
..... sometimes referred to as the "laughing jackass"
Who stole my title? Thast's a shooting offense.
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3 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
$25 here in Tucson at my LGS. No extra fees, taxes, or whatever.
Last two (February and October 2025) were $25.00 and $30.00....two different shops.
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13 hours ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:
that be a deep subject
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Well digging: the only job where you start at the top and work your way down to the bottom, and if you are successful you lose your job.
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Austria or Australia?
in SASS Wire Saloon
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I heard about a man some years back who found himself on the way to Aukland when his destination was Oakland. Said to be true...and he was very late for his appointment in California. Also said he enjoyed New Zealand, too.