Subdeacon Joe
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2 hours ago, 9245 said:
I’ll be using a hand cast bullet that is very similar to the original, 50/50 beeswax and Crisco (I could not find enough tallow in quantity to even approach affordability, so I substituted Crisco)
Maybe use lard instead of tallow or Crisco. It was pretty much the universal lubricant back in the day.
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I saw this clock posted on a FB page
and had to dig into it. Seems to be the morse code version of a maritime radio room clock.
https://g0kya.blogspot.com/2010/09/history-of-ships-radio-room-clocks.html?m=1
"History of ships' radio room clocks
Remember when all ships had real radio operators? If you do you'll know that the ops had to maintain "silent periods" when they wouldn't transmit, instead listening for distress calls on 500kHz and 2182kHz. For this they had a special radio room clock with sectors marked on it.
After the loss of the Titanic, the radio frequency of 500 kHz became an international calling and distress frequency for Morse code maritime communication. For most of its history, the international distress frequency was referred to by its equivalent wavelength, 600 meters, or, using the earlier frequency unit name, 500 kilocycles [per second] or 500 kc.
2182kHz was added later and transmissions on 2182 kHz commonly use single-sideband modulation (SSB) (upper sideband only). However, amplitude modulation (AM) was often used in some parts of the world."
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1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said:
IF it’ll arc at all!!
You need to soak it for a few days in salt water and work while it's still wet.
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First thought, "DANG! That's gorgeous! A little weird, but gorgeous!"
Second thought, "Good Lord! What a pain in the posterior to dust and clean!"-
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You're likely not more than a day or two from your own lines, keep everything, turn it over to the infantry.
Re: rifles (or rifle muskets), if they were cavalry they maybe would have had carbines or musketoons, not rifles. I chalk this up to the author not knowing firearms of the era.
Re: sabers. In the War of 1861 they were useful in a charge against infantry, or as a weapon of last resort against other cavalry. Also good if you were able to overrun artillery, "sabering the gunners there" and all that. If nothing else you can cut down the blade and make a nice fighting knife.-
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"OHMYGAWD!!! It went viral so it must be fake!"
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49 minutes ago, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said:
Diana Rigg
41 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:I agree
That's why I watched it! It's on Amazon Prime
Hubba, hubba! Some other nice eye candy too. And overall, not a bad little comedy, somewhat on the order of The Great Race.
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1 hour ago, MizPete said:
Rye: then watch the 1995 film with Colin Firth as Darcy. I don't do romance novels either but loved this. It's a 1) comedy of manners; 2) a classic anti-caste based on wealth. And it's litra'chure. It won't hurt you.
Even if just for the wonderful costuming.
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35 minutes ago, Tell Sackett SASS 18436 said:
Is Curd any relation to Curt?
Twins, maybe?
Same man. Born "Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens." Often billed as "Curt Jurgens."
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Diana Rigg, Oliver Reed, Telly Sevallas, Curd Jürgens.
Based on a story co-written by Jack London.
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1 hour ago, Pat Riot said:
14 seconds. Those two would drive me bonkers.
Backed out of the garage? Or did you make it out to the street?
Either way, not far.
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Lest we forget.
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3 minutes ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
I would concentrate on wholesale business. If I'm making widgets, my distribution is going to be more efficient sending 10,000 units to Bigmart in a single shipment than it would be to send 3 units to Subdeacon Joe. Now if Subdeacon Joe WERE to want to buy straight from the factory that would be fine, but it would cost me, and so him, more to pull, package, and ship, (per widget) his order.
And I would likely rather buy it locally if possible because even with the California sales tax it would likely be less expensive than the cost with shipping.
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On 4/24/2025 at 10:54 PM, watab kid said:
ya , the movie sand something if i recall , steve mcqeen if i recall right ? i wasnt really into that era of history at that time but i found interestr after that movie ,
"The Sand Pebbles" set in 1926. One heck of a good movie.
Here's a site about the China Marines. From that site, a Timeline and Uniforms & Equipment . At the main site there are a bunch of tabs for locations, personalities, US Army, gunboats, the fleet, and other things. LOTS of good photos.
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It's Almost Friday Humor Thread
in SASS Wire Saloon
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My wife got one of these:
Added a cane holder, a drink holder, a bag that attaches to the front. Really nice
The first upright she had from her physical therapist was a regular short walker with aftermarket armrests and handles. It had the usual tiny hard plastic wheels that couldn't make it over a blade of grass in the sidewalk and almost shook her to death on any but the smoothest surface.