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[Sedalia Dave]

[Buckshot Bob]

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[Buckshot Bob]

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[Stump Water]

On 12/18/2024 at 5:19 AM, Sedalia Dave said:

 

Reminded me of...

 

Me: Dad, I have $10,000 to buy a boat.

 

Dad: Son, you have enough money to buy a $5000 boat.

[Alpo]

[Subdeacon Joe]

6 minutes ago, Alpo said:

 

 

9mm per CNN

[Eyesa Horg]

4 hours ago, Alpo said:

Exactly 

[John Kloehr]

4 hours ago, Alpo said:

Gilligans Island did help, still recommend Princess Bride. Works from childhood into adulthood. Was always something new in it.

[G W Wade]

4 hours ago, Alpo said:

Is this that "new" 357 mm that the news is trying to ban        GW

[Brazos John]

23 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

 

9mm per CNN

Amid tattered palm trees, a Marine (I recognize the helmet's camo pattern) on a Pacific island dumps sand out of his boot.

His pants are torn and frayed. Rather fashionable, nowadays.

And that is probably a naval projectile from a US ship, used to tenderize the occupying army.

My Navy Dad brought back a Marine poncho and knife, so I could play Army.

It's all torn up, but I CAN'T throw it away...

 

God Bless all of our Soldiers, Sailors, and Flyers - Past, current, and future.    

 

Edited December 22, 2024 by Brazos John

[Subdeacon Joe]

8 minutes ago, Brazos John said:

Amid tattered palm trees, a Marine (I recognize the helmet's camo pattern) on a Pacific island dumps sand out of his boot.

His pants are torn and frayed. Rather fashionable, nowadays.

And that is probably a naval projectile from a US ship, used to tenderize the occupying army.

My Navy Dad brought back a Marine poncho and knife, so I could play Army.

It's all torn up, but I CAN'T throw it away...

 

God Bless all of our Soldiers, Sailors, and Flyers - Past, current, and future.    

 

 

 

Good eye, or you've seen it before.

 

https://todaysdocument.tumblr.com/post/7228572192/saipan-july-4-1944-using-an-unexploded-16-inch/amp

 

Saipan, July 4, 1944.

 

"Using an unexploded 16-inch naval shell for a resting place, Marine Private First Class Raymond Hubert, shakes a three-day accumulation of sand from his boondocker. "

 

 

 

 

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

[Rip Snorter]

3 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

Amazon strike? 

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

20 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said:

Amazon strike? 

No, Canada Post was on strike for over a month.

No mail service in Canada or international mail in or out.

I did my Christmas shopping for out of town Godson, nieces and nephews on Amazon.

[Alpo]

[John Kloehr]

38 minutes ago, Rip Snorter said:

Amazon strike? 

It is not actually an Amazon strike, it is the Teamsters striking on a 3rd party which has contracts to make deliveries for Amazon. Driving vans with Amazon graphics. Wearing Amazon uniforms.

 

What the union is trying to do is claim dual-employer status, the drivers are employed by the 3rd party but are also de-facto (sort of, quasi) Amazon employees. This is to open (or force) a seat at the negotiating table for Amazon.

 

As to any orders we place, Amazon will simply use any of the other available services to deliver packages. This only affects their attempt to internalize the delivery service and become more efficient/profitable. If a union makes this impractical, Amazon will not continue and the Teamsters can go back to trying to unionize FedEx and UPS.

 

I'm  not taking sides, just following the news.

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

[Alpo]

[Texas Joker]

46 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:

It is not actually an Amazon strike, it is the Teamsters striking on a 3rd party which has contracts to make deliveries for Amazon. Driving vans with Amazon graphics. Wearing Amazon uniforms.

 

What the union is trying to do is claim dual-employer status, the drivers are employed by the 3rd party but are also de-facto (sort of, quasi) Amazon employees. This is to open (or force) a seat at the negotiating table for Amazon.

 

As to any orders we place, Amazon will simply use any of the other available services to deliver packages. This only affects their attempt to internalize the delivery service and become more efficient/profitable. If a union makes this impractical, Amazon will not continue and the Teamsters can go back to trying to unionize FedEx and UPS.

 

I'm  not taking sides, just following the news.

Yea they tend to create success just ask yellow

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

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[Brazos John]

9 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

 

Good eye, or you've seen it before.

 

https://todaysdocument.tumblr.com/post/7228572192/saipan-july-4-1944-using-an-unexploded-16-inch/amp

 

Saipan, July 4, 1944.

 

"Using an unexploded 16-inch naval shell for a resting place, Marine Private First Class Raymond Hubert, shakes a three-day accumulation of sand from his boondocker. "

 

 

 

 

No, I hadn't seen it before.

But with his name, Raymond Lee Hubert, I found more info:

 

Photos of PFC Raymond Lee Hubert - Find a Grave Memorial

 

The photo of PFC Hubert was circulated nationally during late July - early August 1944, appearing in the Washington Post, Bakersfield Californian and many other newspapers. This photo later was the basis for a mural at Camp Pendleton.

Hubert was 19 years old at the time of the photo and the shell was reportedly still live at the time.

Using an unexploded 16 inch (406 millimeter) HC Mark 13 1,900 pound (862 kg) battleship naval shell for a resting place, Private First Class Raymond L. Hubert, of Detroit, Michigan, attached to the 2nd Marine Division, 8th Marine Regiment, shakes sand from his boondockers. 8th Regiment Marines succeeded in reaching the sea in the vicinity of Tanapag Harbor at 1300 Hours on July 4. The regiment went into reserve the next day.

A Browning Automatic Rifleman ("BAR Man"), Hubert was washing his feet in the surf when Staff Sergeant Andrew B. Knight (November 8, 1916 - March 25, 1959) of Washington, District of Columbia, asked Marines to pose for photos. Knight was a former Washington Post photographer.

Hubert was putting his shoes on when the photo was taken; Knight asked him to "do something" so he sat on the dud shell. Hubert sat on the shell knowing full well it was armed and could explode any time. A buddy handed Hubert his M1 Garand rifle for the photo.

Hubert was a tool and die maker for the auto industry after the war.

Caption Written By: Jason McDonald - Photographed By: Knight - Photographer's Rank or Affiliation: Staff Sargeant - Archive: National Archives and Records Ad - Archival Identifier: NWDNS-127-N-85221 - Date Photographed: Tuesday, July 4, 1944 - City: Tanapag State/Province/Oblast: Saipan - Country: Marianas 

 

 

[Sedalia Dave]

[Alpo]

I had a need the other day for a quarter inch socket. I had every possible combination above and below, but I could not find that damn quarter. Fortunately I had a quarter inch gear wrench.

 

So even if you're not using something that requires a 10 mm, you're still going to lose a socket.

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

2 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:

 

 here you go ... 

 

 

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

They've all migrated to my place!

I have them ALL!

BAWHAHAHAHAHA!

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

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[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

4 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 

 here you go ... 

 

 

From Harbor Freight:

https://www.harborfreight.com/10mm-metric-essential-socket-set-10-piece-58957.html

4 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 

 

 

Edited December 23, 2024 by Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770