Abilene Slim SASS 81783

I’ve got one of those with oak leaves…

I've always been a fan of Raymond Lowey designs like this one for the Pennsylvania RR. Henry Dreyfuss designed the other locomotive for the New York Central RR.

American Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu divorced her parents at the age of 17 because they were using millions of $$$ of her money for themselves.

Safety razors were invented for a reason. In my hands, it would take me 45 minutes to shave and I’d probably still look like Raymond Massey in Arsenic and Old Lace. Besides, shaving to me is a chore, so the quicker the better. A barber I went to used one to trim the back of my neck and around the ears. He was very skilled with it. That was over 50 years ago. Since the whole AIDS thing came on the scene decades ago, I don’t think their use is allowed anymore in Kansas without specialized protocols and training. Translation - too expensive for too little demand.

“If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?” - Steven Wright

Highly likely. My son was a wildland firefighter and occasionally worked along the border. He said his crew would be walking into the woods and illegals were walking out.

“How old would you be, if you didn’t know how old you was?” Satchel Paige

Bwahaha!! That’s funny right there, I don’t care who you are!

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I can make out a correctly oriented letter E ahead of the cockpit. Could he have been landing on the centerline deck?

I’m not talking about the slapping incident. Doesn’t matter though. He can be your hero, but he doesn’t have to be mine. I’m done with this topic.

Didn’t say he wasn’t a talented and aggressive commander. I said he was often an ass. Those traits aren’t mutually exclusive. His insubordination and undermining of Eisenhower was outrageous and almost brought about his court martial. Instead, he was sacked for a period of time, which cut him deeply. Gen Marshal said to Eisenhower “That’s how you deal with George Patton.” And let’s not forget Patton was the cavalry colonel who riding horseback and swinging his saber, slashed his way thru the “Bonus Army” on the Washington Mall in 1932. The leaders who impressed me are lesser known, such Lt. Col (later General) Felix Sparks, commander of 3rd Battalion, 157th Regiment; and General Maurice Rose, Commander of 3rd Armored Division. These men are part of the reason Patton achieved fame.

That was written by Bill O'Reilly, who is a provocative writer, not a historian.

If he wuz wearing cowboy boots and they took off the bucket spikes, he could look 'em in the "eyes".

Based on a lot of reading about him. I thought the movie was a caricature.

Fortunately it wasn’t “lit”

I’ve no idea what today’s ship’s arrangements are. But a WWII Fletcher class destroyer had 2-man staterooms for a complement of 34 officers. Only the Skipper had his own cabin and the XO had his own stateroom.

That was taken in Leadville, CO. It is or was, an annual event. We used to stay there and ski at Ski Cooper north of town.

I’ve never known how much to tip a cow. Is it 15 or 20 percent?

That’s my understanding. Did something change that says she was present?

Lots of blame to go around here, especially the broken chain of custody of the firearms cart by Baldwin’s edict for Covid restrictions. It’s my understanding that the armorer wasn’t allowed to accompany the cart at all times. As with all accidents like this, the catastrophic event was a result of a lengthy chain of circumstances. Break any link in the chain and the event doesn’t happen.

Bet he works for the gummint.