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  1. 3 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

    Shipwreck casserole

     

    I didn’t make this but thought the name alone made it saloon worthy.

     

    • Ground beef: Start with a pound of lean ground beef. You can also use ground turkey.  
    • Macaroni and cheese mix: Stir a package of macaroni and cheese mix into the ground meat. 
    • Canned tomatoes: You’ll need a can of diced tomatoes. 
    • Milk: A cup of milk helps create a rich and creamy sauce. 
    • Frozen vegetables: A combination of frozen peas and frozen corn adds color and flavor. 
    • Salt: Seasoned salt enhances the overall flavor of the easy dish. 
    • Cheese: Shredded Cheddar cheese helps bring the whole thing together. 
    1. Cook the beef until brown and crumbly. 
    2. Stir in the mix, tomatoes, milk, and frozen vegetables. 
    3. Bring to a boil, then simmer until the pasta is tender. 
    4. Season and add the cheese. 

     

    I take it that this is a stovetop Casserole since it doesn't mention baking.

  2. 3 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

    80 million that they know of ???

     

    A few years ago both Pew Research and Gallup released survey results that estimated that about 43% of all households in the US had at least one firearm.  Extrapolating from US Census numbers that means around 134,000,000 people have ready access to firearms. Also,  about 40% of those households had at least one firearm that wasn't in a safe or other secured place. 

     

    This, in my opinion,  shows how rare accidental/negligent shootings are, and what a tiny portion of 1% of gun owners,  much less the overall population,  misuse firearms in the commission of crimes.

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  3. 2 hours ago, watab kid said:

    looks very nice , i know nothing of how to opperate that but it looks nicely made

     

    I can't work them either.  But it's butter smooth and fits her hand almost as if made for her.

     

     

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  4. One service we did use for a while was "Imperfect Produce."  Fruit and vegetables that didn't meet supermarket standards for looks, or were excess.  Also odd cuts of fish or meat that were intended for restaurants but didn't meet the standards for weight or shape, packaged goods that were excess or on which the labels had been changed and the company wouldn't sell to stores.  Pretty good prices - off cuts of smoked salmon at about $2/lb, other fish at $4 or 5/lb, produce at about 2/3 or 1/2 supermarket price. It was good for about a year and a half, then we started getting a lot of "product not in stock" upon delivery, or something like "three shallots" ending up being 3 about the size of a hazelnut.  When we had three in a row where half the stuff that had been available when I ordered not show up because it was out of stock, and the delivery charge ended up doubling the cost of goods, we stopped.  

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  5. 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 .

     

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  6. 2 hours ago, Alpo said:

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    And that's how he went from traffic control, to outer space.

     

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    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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  8. 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

  9. Motor Scouts

     

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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.

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    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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  10. 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.
    May be an image of submarine
     
     
  11. 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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  12.  

    Seguin High School senior Karsyn Ross to compete for Team USA skeet shooting team in Italy and Peru

     

     

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    (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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  13. 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.

    Refrain

     

    Allons 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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  14. 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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