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  1. At Communion,  when the Chalice is brought out  from the Altar, the Deacon or Priest stops in front of the Holy Doors,  raises it, and says,  "With the fear of God, and with faith love draw near."  Fear of judgment,  faith in mercy,  love of the  Father. 

     

    The word used in the Greek is θεοσεβής, theosebeia, "God-respecting."  Also tied up in "God-fearing" are awe, respect, honoring,  and worshiping.   

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  2. One of a few duplex double decker buses in the American Greyhound fleet during early 1930s. These buses would have been assigned to the overnight 450-mile San Francisco - Los Angeles service. Driver upstairs, left side. 

     

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  3. From FB: "We talked about the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Destructor in the last post. This revolutionary forerunner to the modern destroyer was observed with much interest around the World. The Royal Navy knew of the threat that small torpedo boats would pose to their powerful capital ships. The legendary Jackie Fisher (Serving as Third Sea Lord at the time) ordered the development of a larger torpedo-boat destroyer to counter enemy torpedo boats. Several designs were ordered including the Daring class seen here.

     

    The Daring class was notable for being the first of the torpedo-boat destroyers to be ordered, with the builder being John I. Thornycroft & Company. However, they were actually beaten to the punch by Yarrow Shipbuilders, who completed their Havock class first. A third class was also being built at the time, the Ferret class of Laird, Son & Company. All of the ships were of similar design, though were considered separate classes due to their different builders.

     

    Though larger than typical torpedo boats, the Daring class were still relatively small. At 56m (185') in length and 5.8m (19') at the beam, they only displaced about 285 tons when fully loaded. Powered by new water tube boilers, the class produced over 4,000hp. This was enough for an impressive top speed of 27 knots, a very respectable performance for the time. 

     

    Firepower was provided by a single 12-pounder (76mm) gun forward and three 6-pounder (57mm) guns in addition to a torpedo armament of three torpedo tubes. This allowed the Daring class to threaten larger warships while also possessing enough firepower to easily fend off small torpedo boats. 

     

    First entering service in 1895, the Daring class served until 1912. They were joined by four other warships of similar design (Two of the Havock and two of the Ferret classes). Together, these torpedo boat destroyers laid the foundation for further development. Succeeding destroyers would grow larger, faster, and more powerful as the Royal Navy learned the intricacies of destroyer operations. 

     

    Lastly, it's worth pointing out the unusual shape of the bow. The sloping, curved nature of the bow deck was a typical feature of warships of this period. It helped shed water from the bow in heavy seas, keeping the ships from getting swamped. While useful, it was later discontinued as it generated a lot of spray in gentle to moderate seas, making life miserable for the crew operating on deck."

     

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  4. AT AROUND NOON on the 5 September 1936, a pair of fisherman came across a woman floundering her way through a bog in in Cape Breton, on the eastern shores of Nova Scotia. In the background somewhere was her single-engined Percival Vega Gull aircraft, its nose buried deep in the moss and the peat and its tail sticking in the air. Blood streamed down the woman’s face and black peat went up to the waist of her formerly white overalls: ‘I’m Mrs Markham,’ she told them. ‘I’ve just flown from England.’

    Taken to a local farmhouse, the aviator asked for a cup of tea and for a phone. She was directed to ‘a little cubicle that housed an ancient telephone’ built on the rocks, ‘put there in case of shipwrecks,’ she recalled. Over the line she told the operator: ‘I would like the airport notified and could you also ask someone to send a taxi for me?’

    Beryl Markham, 33, had just succeeded in becoming the first person to fly non-stop, solo, from Europe to North America. She was also the first woman to fly east-west non-stop, solo across the Atlantic. Heading against the wind and into uncertain weather, it was an audacious achievement, but because she had not reached her intended destination – New York City – she initially considered herself a failure.

    Within hours, however, she realised that the world saw it differently. The feat placed her alongside the greats of the golden age of aviation, not least Charles Lindbergh – the first person to fly the Atlantic solo – or Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly the Atlantic (she went east-west, like Lindburgh, with the prevailing winds) or indeed Britain’s Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in 1930.

    Congratulations flooded in from around the world. Earhart told the New York Times: ‘I’m delighted beyond words that Mrs Markham should have succeeded in her exploit and has conquered the Atlantic. It was a great flight.’ And a day later Markham arrived in New York where she was feted and given a hero’s welcome – including a motorcade through the city and a suite at the Ritz-Carlton. ‘America,’ she pronounced, ‘is jolly grand.’
    #BerylMarkham #shedidthat #AviationPioneer #fypシ゚ 
    #FemaleAviator

     

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  5. "After the engine cut out, a Dauntless returning to USS Yorktown began to fly erratically and lose altitude until the pilot was able to restart it. The pilot called to his gunner: "I bet 50% of the people down there thought we were going to crash." The gunner answered: "50% of the people up here thought so too." 
    #SeaStorySaturday"

     

     

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  6. 5 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:

    Wasn't thinking of them being at their destination. You'd think the customer would have a method of removal .

     

    One would think so, but small companies that don't get trailer loads often may not have them. 

     

    I worked next door a place that 3 or 4 times a year got in several pallets of supplies.   No forklift but they never specified a liftgate for delivery.   Being good neighbors we would pull the pallets off with our forklift.   

     

    People don't think. 

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  7. 19 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said:

    It's been my impression that you aren't allowed to cut security bolts,that only LE can and they should supply their own dang tool!!

     

    The customer can cut the bolt,  or have the driver cut it.

     

    Driver pulls in, recipient verifies the number,  bolt/seal gets cut off. 

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  8. If she only needs them now and then it's likely any decent name brand will be good for years.

     

    Grinder would likely be an exercise in frustration because,  if they are the type of security bolt I'm thinking of,  they are loose in the latch and would just turn when she tried to grind it.

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