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  1. During WW2 BOAC (predecessor of British Airways) flew Mosquito fighter bombers as civilian fast airliners to Sweden. Sweden made the best ball bearings in the world but as they were neutral, military aircraft were prohibited from landing.
    The RAF gave BOAC 15 Mosquitoes, painted in BOAC colours and began operations. When the aircraft arrived in Sweden the cargo would be loaded, the crew would head to pilots lounge and would meet the Lufthansa crew doing the same run to Germany.
    Between 1940-1945, these runs transported millions of ball bearings and one Danish nuclear physicist who was smuggled out of occupied Denmark by the resistance but had to buy his own ticket for the flight and had to lay down in the bomb bay.
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  2. 9 minutes ago, Dapper Dave said:

    Baking Yesteryear, AKA B. Dylan Hollis can be a wild ride,

     

     

    Eggeeezzz!

    He is over the top sometimes, but, especially in his longer videos, is quite informative.  I watched his longer Peanut Butter Bread video earlier this evening.  His little bit around the 10 minute mark about how you can't just dump more peanut butter in because it changes the chemistry of it.  

     

     

     

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  3. #OTD in 1945, Marine pilot Bob Klingman used the propeller of his F4U Corsair to chop off the tail of a Japanese reconnaissance plane. Because his guns had frozen due to the high altitude, he turned his fighter into a buzzsaw to down the enemy. He then managed to fly back to base even though 6" had broken off one propeller blade while the other two blades were bent back. Chunks of the Japanese plane were also stuck in the Corsair's engine cowling. Klingman was awarded the Navy Cross and the Air Medal with Gold Star for his actions.

     

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  4. @Dapper Dan in another thread if I followed Glen and Friends. I didn't recall the name (not surprised at that), but it turns out I had seen some of his stuff.  This is one I've made

     

     

     

     

     

    I've also recently,  like within the past year found this guy"

     

     

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  5. 55 minutes ago, Dapper Dave said:

    Have you checked out Glenn and Friends? Canadian couple that do some interesting cooking stuff.

     

    Starting a new thread about YouTube cooking. 

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  6. 47 minutes ago, Dapper Dave said:

    Max Miller on Tasting History did several old military menus, as well as a bunch of others, and the chipped beef was one of them. He has some other very cool videos as well, highly recommend. 

     

    He has replaced The Townsends for me because if his wide range.  Townsend is great for colonial era receipts,  but sometimes I like a wider range. 

     

    I don't always agree with some of the substitutions that Miller makes,  or some of his conclusions,  but I like his content. 

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  7. 1 hour ago, Eyesa Horg said:

    That's just bloody silly 🤣

     

    One of the  gifts of the Holy Spirit!

     

    Kidding on the square, that.  Sometimes the intensity of the prayers, the majesty of the service,  and the joy of the day come together and bubble over as silliness.  

    Also, it's FAMILY. The first one,  that's likely the home cathedral of that Bishop, he can name most of the people, he knows them on a personal level.  

     

    Second one, probably their chaplain.  Again,  knows them in a personal level, knows their strengths and weaknesses.  And sometimes it's a message..."Hey, Buddy!  Haven't seen you for a while!"

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  8. 1 hour ago, Eyesa Horg said:

    Been to numerous of those! But not with so much fun with the Priest!

     

    ENTHUSIASM!  Not fun,  but ENTHUSIASM!  From the Greek ἐνθουσιασμός , being inspired by God.  That is filled with the Spirit,  and joyfully expressing that.

     

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  9. 39 minutes ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

    When I was driving for a living, I was in and out of the cab probably a couple DOZEN times a day making deliveries. It's actually hard for me to get into the passenger side of a vehicle. My body just doesn't want to bend that way.

     

    Sort if like if you're right handed trying to bat or shoot a bow left handed.  Nothing works right. 

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  10. 32 minutes ago, Alpo said:

     

    I was thinking about that not too long ago when I realized that I had not had the radio on in my truck for over 4 years. I sing when driving down the road, but I don't listen to other music.

     

    I keep it on to distract me from my tinnitus.   Otherwise I get edgy from that.  

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  11. 23 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said:

    I should probably clarify my previous post in this thread.  I don’t like to be a passenger, period, end of sentence.

     

    I try to avoid riding with others driving and when I can’t, I try to sleep or otherwise avoid watching someone else driving. I judge everyone else by my own driving habits and my penchant for being alert and doing the task at hand.  I find that most other drivers do not concentrate as closely on their driving and their surroundings and it will either make me angry or uneasy.

     

    If I’m asleep, I’m not involved.

     

    It’s not that everyone else is a bad driver, but 99% of other drivers don’t take the job quite as seriously as I do.  That’s my perspective and my solution.

     

    Heck,  I  thought, "Smart man.   Catch sleep whenever you can,  you never know how long you will have to go before you can sleep again. "

     

    I know what you mean.   Being a passenger feels weird. Just getting into the passenger seat takes considerable thought.  To be fair,  with hip and back issues so does getting into the drivers seat,  but I've got muscle memory going for me there.  

     

     

     

     

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  12. Brandenburg Concerti

     

    Collection of Strauss waltzes and polkas

     

    A Moody Blues album that includes "For My Lady." And preferably does NOT have "Nights In White Satin."

     

    Hmmmm....two more....

     

    A Flatt and Scruggs album 

     

    A recording of the Paschal Liturgy from our parish. 

     

  13. My problem with putting together any kind of list is that I have a heck of a time remembering song titles,  groups,  or artists. 

     

    I don't associate specific songs with events,  per se, other than Independence Day gets a lot of John Phillip Sousa, and Christmastide gets a lot of Manneheim Steamroller and Trans-Siberian Light Orchestra. 

     

    Television commercials are usually the worst for me.   Seems like 2/3 of them use rap/hip hop/ghetto music.  Even if the lyrics are cleaned up there is still a "feeling" of vulgarity or violence to it.

     

    Music does have an effect on my mood, though.  When I worked at an off-site records storage and retrieval place in Hayward,  the office and one side of the warehouse had rap and such playing fairly loudly.   Inside 10 minutes it had me edgy and angry.   The other side of the warehouse,  where most of the records that I dealt with were stored had most Mexicans working in it, and they mostly played Mexican oompah music, which I generally like.  

     

    In the car I have FM stations set for Classical,  Country-Western, and Oldies.  Sirius XM selections are Classical,  Willie's Roadhouse,  Bluegrass Junction,  one other Country channel,  40s, and 50s Gold.

  14. I used 4 of the white plastic type for about 30 years and they never showed any sign of cracking.  They got refilled about every other day.   Stacked 4 high, use one, refill it and it went to the bottom of the stack.  

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