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On 12/30/2023 at 1:30 PM, Trailrider #896 said:
Before (in China) and in the early part of WWII, the Zero had the advantage over most allied fighters. It had a powerful engine, was very light and maneuverable. The light weight came at the expense of no self-sealing gas tanks and no armor protection for the pilot. In addition, the skill level of the pilots was very high. Only the best Japanese graduated from pilot training, particularly the Navy pilots. The Zero or Zeke as it was later called, could out-climb and out-turn our fighters. To dogfight with a Zero was inviting death! Fortunately, we learned quickly to utilize the best features of our fighters to counter the Zero's advantages. You didn't dogfight, if you could avoid it. You picked a target, got above it if possible, made one diving pass and got the hell out of there! As thing progressed, and the F4U Corsair and F6F Bearcat came out, and the Japanese Navy lost a lot of their best pilots, even some of the improved Zeros were no match for the Marine and U.S. Navy planes and pilots. After the Mariannas Turkey Shoot, the major threat posed by the Japanese air forces were in the form of kamikaze attacks on our ships.
Happy, Healthy and Safe New Year, Pards!
Psssttt.... F6F Hellcat. Sure you knew that, accidents happen. Coincidentally, I have one on my model table I'm building at the moment.
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On 12/11/2023 at 7:48 AM, Sedalia Dave said:
That all depends on the car and its driver. In my old RX7, or AB's WRX, I would look at a sign like that with a smile. Heck, in my old Neon R/T I would've enjoyed it, and I would look at it as a challenge in my Wilderness, which seems to handle better in twisties than it has a right to.
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15 minutes ago, Alpo said:
It's empty.
Well, clearly it's coming, but not here yet!
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On 12/29/2023 at 11:23 PM, Alpo said:
Go on, I'm listening.
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On 12/29/2023 at 8:12 PM, Sedalia Dave said:
I've seen those here in Ohio.
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Amazing work, just no other way to put it. Your acquaintance is quite talented.
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1 hour ago, Calamity Kris said:
They did make several regression images for me. I didn't post them because I thought they weren't genuinely me. I can post some of them if you like.
I personally would love to see, if you think they are a good representation of the younger you.
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9 hours ago, Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 said:
I got one from Hampel's Woodland Products for my Wyatt Earp revolver. Web Site is:
www.hampelswoodlandproducts.com
I had to send him a tracing and there are a number of choices like color of felt etc.
Horace
That's the one! I was stunned that he produces the quality he does for the price.
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Do a search, and hopefully the thread is archived. In it there was a gentleman that made cases for a nice price. I ordered two and was very pleased with them.
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Very Nice! Can they do one of me that makes me look younger and better looking? Stop laughing... Why is everyone laughing???
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I didn't get what I had asked for or hoped for, and what I ended up spending money I had put back for on other things (because it was in part and because it was strongly implied I would be getting what I was hoping for in part). What I got instead was a Traeger Tailgater. Now I have expectations and a new skill set to learn. Not complaining, exactly. I'm definitely excited by it. I just feel that to learn to get it right, it is going to take some time to learn. Time which I don't have much of.
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15 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:
Nobody wants to drill and tap their weapon.
Exactly my point!-
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2 hours ago, Alpo said:
I remember a soldier of Fortune article about that particular word, and how versatile it was. For the sake of decency, in the article the word was replaced with WORD. IE: word you, word it.
He told the story of a sergeant in charge of a machine gun crew, and their gun would not work. And finally the sergeant stood up and screamed, "WORD!
THE WORDING WORDER'S WORDED!!"
The author said that was the best example of the versatility of that particular word he had ever heard of.
My drill sergeant did one better with “the wording worder is wording worded up!”Then there are the myriad of uses for the word that starts with S and rhymes with “hit.”
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5 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:
No high power optical aiming device-
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10 hours ago, Lone Spur Jake SASS #7728 said:
Too bad we don't have a 1000 like her roaming every campus of these useless colleges, that hard working, tax paying, American citizens are seeing their tax dollars supporting.
10 hours ago, Steel-eye Steve SASS #40674 said:She is off duty Israeli military, not an armed civilian.
I fail to see how the second renders the first any less valid.
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17 hours ago, PowderRiverCowboy said:
I've met plenty of Rangers. One of my best friends was one. I always thought "Hey Diddle Diddle, Straight Up The Middle" was more applicable to Marines, though.
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2 hours ago, Alpo said:
I’ll just point out that some great rock bassists have used a pick when the sound they wanted required it, and then their fingers at other times.-
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1 minute ago, Pat Riot said:
While packing for one of our moves my daughter came to help. While she and my wife were going through boxes my daughter found a document in a light blue folder. She opened it and then she said “Dad, you had a will made up when you were in the Navy?”
I said “Yes, we all did.”
She looked at it again and said “Why?”
”Because, if you die in the service they need to know who to send the check to and the letters of condolence.”
“It has Mom’s name as the beneficiary. They would send her a check? How much?”
”Fifty grand.”
She just looked at my wife then me and she refolded the document and put it back in the box.
Later I saw her hugging my wife. Apparently she was a little upset by this Will she found.
As I have mentioned elsewhere, I found about I was activated for Desert Shield / Storm on the day of my wedding. Wills miraculously "appeared" from an attorney friend of the family and Marine Reservist (Infantry, not JAG). We were, of course, grateful.
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On 11/10/2023 at 11:10 PM, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
And like the Men's Dept., they always have pants half off. Oh, yes, I went there.
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On 11/13/2023 at 2:24 PM, PowderRiverCowboy said:
I do it myself, and I'm perfectly OK with others doing it. In fact, I'm glad they do and wish every veteran would. As a Veteran Service Officer, I can attest I still have far too many who come into my office and begin by saying "I didn't do anything important...," or something that downplays or is deprecating toward their service. They don't believe they deserve the benefits, usually the service connected disability benefits, they are owed. Stuff like the above doesn't help.
I'll cease my rant and have more coffee.
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From "Twilight Zone" to a Western
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You mean Commander Cain on Battlestar Galactica?