Subdeacon Joe
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2 hours ago, Alpo said:
And that's how he went from traffic control, to outer space.
He just got a taste for flying.
I didn't think he was that old.
Wait....
Chips was, what, mid70s? And TNG was late 80s? I'm getting old.
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10 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:
I wonder if they trained the guns to starboard when she rolled to port?
My guess is that she was on a heading that kept the storm on her port beam. Or maybe port quarter.
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16 hours ago, Alpo said:
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4 hours ago, Ozark Huckleberry said:
Is what I think I'm seeing -- what I'm seeing?
Is the starboard gunwale actually submerged?
DAY-umm!
Yep. I did a copy and paste of it in another forum and it pasted as "may show an image of a submarine."
Class and type
Cleveland-class light cruiser
Displacement
Standard: 11,744 long tons (11,932 t)
Full load: 14,131 long tons (14,358 t)
Length
610 ft 1 in (185.95 m)
Beam
66 ft 4 in (20.22 m)
Draft
24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Installed power
4 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Propulsion
4 × steam turbines
4 × screw propellers
Speed
32.5 knots (60.2 km/h; 37.4 mph)
Range
11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement
1,285 officers and enlisted
Armament
12 × 6 in (152 mm) Mark 16 guns
12 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber guns
24 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
21 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns
Armor
Belt: 3.5–5 in (89–127 mm)
Deck: 2 in (51 mm)
Barbettes: 6 in (152 mm)
Turrets: 6 in (152 mm)
Conning Tower: 5 in (127 mm)
Aircraft carried
4 × floatplanes
Aviation facilities
2 × stern catapults
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Her test piece and the hook.
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t may look hilarious, but this is actually the grandfather of all AFVs that have ever been created. The Motor Scout is a very humble machine, but for its day it was on the cutting edge.
Its designer, merged two brand new pieces of technology; the automobile, and the machinegun, in a forward thinking vehicle that provided mobile and high speed firepower.
F.R. Simms' Motor War Car. Built in 1902, it was one of the first armored cars. That doesn't mean it was any less deadly though: at the front, the armor plating was shaped like and upside-down boat hull, which was meant to help the vehicle push through crowds. The top rim of the armor plate was fitted with rollers to make it hard to climb on, and – the most terrifying of all – the lower rim could be sharpened and electrified, to shock or cut anyone stood near the vehicle.
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USS Santa Fe (CL-60) rolling about 35 degrees to starboard as she rides out a typhoon encountered in the South China Sea, probably on 18-19 December 1944.Note that her forward 6"47 gun turret is trained to one side to avoid shipping water through its gun ports.
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Padres 6-4 over the Giants. Pretty good game.
Red Sox v. Mariners coming up in about an hour and a half.
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50 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:
Thanks for the PM telling me the link was wrong.
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Well, she got up from her nap, grabbed some lunch, and saw the card (ok, just a free card i printedfroma website) and little box on the back of her recliner. Set her lunch down, looked at it closer, "YOU DIDN'T!" she said. Opened the box and got a big silly grin on her face. She hadn't been expecting anything, so she was very surprised. Instantly sat down, grabbed some yarn and took it for a test drive.
Success.
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Seguin High School senior Karsyn Ross to compete for Team USA skeet shooting team in Italy and Peru
Quote(Seguin) — Karsyn Ross, a senior at Seguin High School, is a Junior Olympic skeet shooting travel team member. Ross will be representing Team USA in Europe and South America later this year.
Ross recently qualified for the team for the third time after qualifying at events in Michigan in May of 2023 and in Arizona in March of this year. She will compete at the Junior World Cup in Italy in July and the Junior World Championships in Peru in September and October.
Last year, Ross finished 6th in the world at the World Cup and 10th in the world at the World Championship. In 2021, she finished 11th in the world at the Junior World Championships.
Ross says it’s emotional for her to represent the United States and her hometown of Seguin.
“It’s just the most amazing thing ever,” Ross said. “Whenever we get to stand on the podium and hear the national anthem playing, it’s real emotional for me knowing that it’s not just for the USA but it’s also for my hometown.”
Ross is an exceptional student at Seguin High School. She is a member of the National Junior Honor Society and competed on the volleyball team. Ross was named an Academic All-State Honorable Mention by the Texas High School Coaches Association in volleyball this past season.
Ross says balancing her studies with her shooting schedule and travel is a challenge.
“While I was on the road traveling, I was doing a lot of my school work on my computer while we were flying and at airports. I always email my teachers to make sure that my work is getting submitted correctly,” Ross said. “It’s harder for me because most everybody in USA shooting is home-schooled, so they don’t have to worry about their curriculum or grades from their teachers. So for me, it feels a little more challenging.”
Ross plans to attend Tarleton State in Stephenville where she will compete on the shooting team there. She will study biology and pre-med with plans to be a pediatrician.
Karsyn Ross will compete for the Team USA Skeet Team at the Junior World Cup in Porpetto, Italy July 9th through the 16th and the Junior World Championships in Lima, Peru September 26th through October 7th.
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Rather ironic, the choice of the song the Germans were singing. The original title of the French National Anthem was “Chant de guerre de l'armée du Rhin” that is, War Song of the Army of the Rhine. About the invasion of France by Prussian and Austrian armies in 1792.
Arise, children of the Fatherland,
The day of glory has arrived!
Against us stands tyranny
Her bloody standard has been raised, (repeated)
Do you hear, in the countryside,
The roar of those ferocious soldiers?
They come right into your arms
To tear the throats of your sons, your wives!
Refrain:
To arms, citizens,
Form your battalions,
Let's March, let's march!
So that an impure
blood waters our furrows!
What does this horde of slaves
Of traitors and invented kings want?
For whom have these vile chains
These irons, been long prepared? (repeated)
Frenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage
What furious action it must arouse!
It is for us they dare plan
A return to the old slavery!
Refrain
What! Foreign cohorts!
Would make the law in our homes!
What! These mercenary phalanxes
Would strike down our proud warriors! (repeated)
Great God! By chained hands
Our brows would yield under the yoke
Vile despots would themselves become
The masters of our destinies!
Refrain
Tremble, tyrants and you traitors
The shame of all parties,
Tremble! Your parricidal schemes
Will finally receive their prize! (repeated)
Everyone is a soldier to combat you,
If they fall, our young heroes,
Will be produced anew from the ground,
Ready to fight against you!
Refrain
Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors,
Bear or hold back your blows!
Spare those sorry victims,
For regretfully arming against us (repeated)
But these bloodthirsty despots
These accomplices of Bouillé
All these tigers who, mercilessly,
Tear apart their mother's breast!
Refrain
Sacred love of the Fatherland,
Lead, support our avenging arms
Liberty, cherished Liberty
Fight with your defenders! (repeated)
Under our flags may victory
Hurry to your manly accents
So that your expiring enemies
See your triumph and our glory!
Refrain
Children's verse:
We shall enter the (military) career
When our elders are no longer there
There we shall find their dust
And the trace of their virtues (repeated)
Much less keen to survive them
Than to share their coffins
We shall have the sublime pride
To avenge or follow them.
RefrainAllons enfants de la Patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
Contre nous de la tyrannie
L'étendard sanglant est levé, (bis)
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats ?
Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras
Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes !
Refrain :
Aux armes, citoyens,
Formez vos bataillons,
Marchons, marchons !
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons !
Que veut cette horde d'esclaves,
De traîtres, de rois conjurés ?
Pour qui ces ignobles entraves,
Ces fers dès longtemps préparés ? (bis)
Français, pour nous, ah ! quel outrage
Quels transports il doit exciter!
C'est nous qu'on ose méditer
De rendre à l'antique esclavage !
Refrain
Quoi ! des cohortes étrangères
Feraient la loi dans nos foyers !
Quoi ! Ces phalanges mercenaires
Terrasseraient nos fiers guerriers! (bis)
Grand Dieu ! Par des mains enchaînées
Nos fronts sous le joug se ploieraient
De vils despotes deviendraient
Les maîtres de nos destinées !
Refrain
Tremblez, tyrans et vous perfides
L'opprobre de tous les partis,
Tremblez ! vos projets parricides
Vont enfin recevoir leurs prix ! (bis)
Tout est soldat pour vous combattre,
S'ils tombent, nos jeunes héros,
La terre en produit de nouveaux,
Contre vous tout prêts à se battre !
Refrain
Français, en guerriers magnanimes,
Portez ou retenez vos coups !
Épargnez ces tristes victimes,
À regret s'armant contre nous. (bis)
Mais ces despotes sanguinaires,
Mais ces complices de Bouillé,
Tous ces tigres qui, sans pitié,
Déchirent le sein de leur mère !
Refrain
Amour sacré de la Patrie,
Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs
Liberté, Liberté chérie,
Combats avec tes défenseurs ! (bis)
Sous nos drapeaux que la victoire
Accoure à tes mâles accents,
Que tes ennemis expirants
Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire !
Refrain
Couplet des enfants:[e]
Nous entrerons dans la carrière
Quand nos aînés n'y seront plus,
Nous y trouverons leur poussière
Et la trace de leurs vertus (bis)
Bien moins jaloux de leur survivre
Que de partager leur cercueil,
Nous aurons le sublime orgueil
De les venger ou de les suivre.
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1 hour ago, Alpo said:
It wasn't really "the battle of the anthems", because the Germans were singing the Watch on the Rhine, not Germany over All.
That was one of Nazi Germany anthems, the other was the Horst Wessel Lied, which, in my opinion, would have been the more likely to be sung by those officers.
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1 hour ago, J-BAR #18287 said:
Buy a lottery ticket. Might as well press your luck while you're hot.Nah...I figure that used up my luck for the week!
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By Thor's left ball! It got here today!
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4 hours ago, Pat Riot said:
Perhaps when I joined the Navy they had rid themselves of the term “shell”. I do recall a gunnery instructor giving us a stern lecture on terminology. The words “bullet, shell, slug” and a couple of others regarding what the “guns” fired were forbidden under penalty of a stern talking to and shaming.
(Guns is in quotations because guns are mounted to the ship. Small arms were not “guns”)Projectile covers everything that can be loaded....all shells are projectiles, not all projectiles are shells.
Your last point is why I can honestly say that I have no guns in the house. No guns, no howitzers, no mortars.-
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Another Facebook find.
In the film Casablanca’s “battle of the anthems” scene, some actors seem truly moved as they sing La Marseillaise. Is what we see on the screen genuine emotion captured on the first take, or just good acting repeated over several takes?Thanks for the A2A; I did a little digging into this a few years ago after hearing Ebert attribute some of the emotion in this scene to how many of the actors were affected by the Nazis. Here’s the detail I was able to find:Paul Henreid - ‘Victor Laszlo’. Austrian, half-Jewish, left Austria in 1935 as an avid anti-Fascist.Conrad Veidt - ‘Major Strasser’. German, married a Jewish woman and fled Germany after the Nazis took power. Had it written into his contracts that he would only play Nazis if they were villains, and donated much of his income to anti-Nazi causes. Trivia: was the highest-paid actor in the movie!Peter Lorre - ‘Ugarte’. Hungarian, of Jewish descent, was a star in Germany but fled after the Nazis came to power.S.Z. Sakall. - ‘Carl’. Hungarian, was a star there and Austria but fled after Hungary joined the Axis in 1940. All 3 of his sisters died in the concentration camps.Madeleine Lebeau. ‘Yvonne’. French. Fled the Nazis after the fall of France, had only arrived in Hollywood a little before filming.Trude Berliner. ‘Baccarat player’. German, Jewish, fled Germany after the Nazis came to power.Lotte Palfi Andor. ‘woman selling diamonds’. German, Jewish, fled Germany after the Nazis came to power.Helmut Dantine. ‘Jan Brandel’. Austrian anti-fascist, was imprisoned in a concentration camp: was able to flee to the US due to family influence.Marcel Dalio. ‘Emil - Croupier at Rick's’. French, Jewish, a star in French cinema, married to Madeleine Lebeau above. Fled with her, got by in Hollywood via bit parts like this.[Edit]Thanks to Karen Kinsey for pointing me to several more:Louis Arco. ‘Refugee at Rick's’. Austrian, fled after the Nazis came to power.Ilka Grüning. ‘Mrs. Leuchtag’. Austrian, fled after the Nazis came to power.Ludwig Stössel. ‘Mr. Leuchtag’. Austrian, fled after the Nazis came to power.Hans Heinrich von Twardowski. ‘German officer with Yvonne’. German, fled shortly before the Nazis came to power.Wolfgang Zilzer. ‘Man with expired papers’. Married to Lotte Andor (above). American-born, moved to Germany at age 4, of Jewish heritage, was able to make it back to the States at age 36 in 1937.
Curt Bois. ‘Pickpocket’ (above, in the middle; he’s warning the Englishman about pickpockets, while picking his pocket). German, Jewish, fled Germany after the Nazis came to power.Read more>>> https://tinyurl.com/5n8n4rpj-
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Supposedly out for delivery today.
Expected Delivery on
THURSDAY
28
March
2024
between
9:15am and 1:15pm
Your item is out for delivery on March 28, 2024 at 6:10 am in SANTA ROSA, CA 95409.
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Never the person who committed the crime.
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12 hours ago, John Kloehr said:
I don't know enough about the nuance of legal process, but do see ruling the case is not "submitted" does seem strange. I my just be ignorant of details such as legal arguments all submitted and oral arguments have been held.
Otherwise it is about the same as staying proceedings pending another decision.
I am missing a piece of legal glue to rule "not submitted" versus "stayed pending"...
The 9th does what the 9th does, regardless of the Constitution and SCOTUS. Especially the en banc panels.
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And once again the NRA ignores California.
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It seems that either is acceptable. And, I think that technically, since the projectiles are hollow and filled with explosives, they are "shells." Just as with muzzle loading artillery which had solid shot, "common shell," spherical case, and canister.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16-inch/50-caliber_Mark_7_gunThe Mark 7 gun was originally intended to fire the 2,240-pound (1,020 kg) Mark 5 armor-piercing shell. However, the shell-handling system for these guns was redesigned to use the "super-heavy" 2,700-pound (1,200 kg) APCBC (Armor Piercing, Capped, Ballistic Capped) Mark 8 shell before any of the Iowa-class battleship's keels were laid down. The large-caliber guns were designed to fire either an armor-piercing round for anti-ship and anti-structure work, and a high-explosive round for use against unarmored targets and shore bombardment.
The North Carolina and South Dakota classes could also fire the 2,700-pound Mark 8 shell with the 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun, although with a shorter range. The Mark 6 gun was not as heavy as the Mark 7, which helped both battleship classes to conform to the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty. However, the two treaty-era battleships fired their shells at a lower muzzle velocity, which made their plunging fire superior to that of the 16"/50 caliber gun.[6]
The Mark 8 shells gave the North Carolina, South Dakota, and Iowa classes the second-heaviest broadside of all battleship classes, even though the two ships were treaty battleships, exceeded only by the Yamato-class super-battleships.
Each D839 propellant (smokeless powder) grain used for full charges for this gun was 2 in (51 mm) long, 1 in (25 mm) in diameter and had seven perforations, each 0.060 in (1.5 mm) in diameter with a web thickness range of 0.193 to 0.197 in (4.9 to 5.0 mm) between the perforations and the grain diameter. A maximum charge consisted of six silk bags (hence the term "bag gun"), each filled with 110 lb (50 kg) of propellant.[1]
andhttp://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_16-50_mk2.php
^Shell stowage for the South Dakota class was to be as follows:-
Each of the four mountings had 212 projectiles distributed as follows:
- 62 projectiles in the shell handling room
- 138 projectiles in the turret stool
- 12 projectiles in the shell hoists
- Turret #2 had 48 projectiles on the third deck.
- There were an additional 541 projectiles stowed in shell rooms on the first platform deck.
In total, the planned stowage was 1,437 projectiles.
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Each of the four mountings had 212 projectiles distributed as follows:
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We looked at them, looked at the ingredients, the recipe cards, and the price per meal. Less than eating out, but about 3 times the cost of doing it from scratch. Even if you were to buy the containers of vegetables that are allready cut up you would be way ahead. The only things to recommend them are the convenience for someone who is unable to hold a knife, and the ability to try "exotic" dishes without having to buy lots of ingredients that you may never use again .