Buffalo_Gal Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 New Orleans (French Quarter, Jackson Square) 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nanker Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 One of my uncles was on the Arizona the day of the Japanese attack. He just went topside to go on watch and relieve his best friend. His friend went down to the bunk my uncle had just vacated and he didn’t make it out. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 My uncle made out okay, but he was a changed man from then on. He became a real alkie. He ended up playing in Tommy Dorsey’s band after the war though. The Arizona was the Admiral of the Pacific Fleet’s flagship. As such the Navy band was stationed on it for all the ceremonial fal-de-rah. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Bald eagle wins duel with state's $950 drone, sending it to the bottom of Lake Michigan In the battle for air supremacy, a bald eagle just proved that technology is no match for brute strength. The giant bird recently attacked a drone, destroying it and sending it to the bottom of Lake Michigan. A bald eagle in Michigan's Upper Peninsula "launched an airborne attack" on a drone operated by the state's Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) late last month, the department said Thursday. During the squabble, the eagle tore off the drone's propeller, making the device plummet 162 feet through the air and into the lake. </snip> 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 hours ago, Buffalo_Gal said: Bald eagle wins duel with state's $950 drone, sending it to the bottom of Lake Michigan In the battle for air supremacy, a bald eagle just proved that technology is no match for brute strength. The giant bird recently attacked a drone, destroying it and sending it to the bottom of Lake Michigan. A bald eagle in Michigan's Upper Peninsula "launched an airborne attack" on a drone operated by the state's Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) late last month, the department said Thursday. During the squabble, the eagle tore off the drone's propeller, making the device plummet 162 feet through the air and into the lake. </snip> 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 18 hours ago, Nanker said: My uncle made out okay, but he was a changed man from then on. He became a real alkie. He ended up playing in Tommy Dorsey’s band after the war though. The Arizona was the Admiral of the Pacific Fleet’s flagship. As such the Navy band was stationed on it for all the ceremonial fal-de-rah. ...good Lord my friend, a story of valor, patriotism and service to country.....hope I'm wrong, but WW II service probably means he is no longer with us....Godspeed, RIP and thank you for your service Uncle...terribly sad that sacrifices like this paved the way for today only to be viewed as non-sequitor by our current societal flotilla......shame.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 4 hours ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...good Lord my friend, a story of valor, patriotism and service to country.....hope I'm wrong, but WW II service probably means he is no longer with us....Godspeed, RIP and thank you for your service Uncle...terribly sad that sacrifices like this paved the way for today only to be viewed as non-sequitor by our current societal flotilla......shame.... Yes, he passed away some years ago and his immediate family wanted him interred there. I’m somewhat estranged from them, so I don’t know if that actually happened, but like so many of his fellow shipmates that “made it off,” he wanted to be laid to rest there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Even assuming Trump has shrunk and inch or two with age, Barron is one tall kid! I wonder if he is on his school's basketball team? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 41 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said: Even assuming Trump has shrunk and inch or two with age, Barron is one tall kid! I wonder if he is on his school's basketball team? Damn. For sake of scale, Donald Trump is 6'3" tall. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, Koko78 said: Damn. For sake of scale, Donald Trump is 6'3" tall. All that time traveling makes a kid tall I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: All that time traveling makes a kid tall I guess. Can you work a time-traveling arc into your Kanye/Kushner show? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, Koko78 said: Can you work a time-traveling arc into your Kanye/Kushner show? It's already canon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IDBillzFan Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 For the laugh... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 She's bringing sexy back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Deranged Rhino Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2020/08/18/an-asteroid-the-size-of-a-tesla-just-made-the-closest-fly-by-of-earth-on-record/#5c09369c4ea4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 23 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2020/08/18/an-asteroid-the-size-of-a-tesla-just-made-the-closest-fly-by-of-earth-on-record/#5c09369c4ea4 Yeah, but it will run out of juice pretty soon. Those Tesla batteries don't last forever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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