An old friend sent me this asking, “Do you remember being taught these things?” I told him I did, and he said, “I tried to teach my grandson and his mother raised holy hell with me about it. She wants … Continue reading
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The folks that showed up day before yesterday did most of the kitchen while two guys started on the planks. TWELVE work hours later, they were done!!! What looks like tile is also laminate, 8mm thick as opposed to the … Continue reading
Getting new laminate flooring put in… Running from pillar to post. So go read the folks on the sidebar. Hopefully full posting and commenting will return on Sunday or Monday. … Continue reading
Shipmate of mine sent me this… It was definitely true when we were doing it… Hopefully it’s a bit better today… And I know some scientists that are STILL arguing about the figures from experiments lo these many years later… … Continue reading
The results of sequestration continue to bite the Navy in the ass… The U.S. Navy’s cruiser modernization program has been disorganized in its planning and troubled in its execution, service leaders have told Defense News. <snip> Seven cruisers were put … Continue reading
I don’t post a lot of music because I can’t hear most of it anymore, but I stumbled across this yesterday in a research wiki wander… Saw them live at Winterland in 73… They were originally from San Jose, and … Continue reading
If there is something physically or mentally wrong with Putin. His speech earlier this week was, to put it mildly, over the top, even for him. And now this… Russia has threatened its close Arctic neighbours Sweden and Finland with … Continue reading
Attempting to defend their country. May they rest in peace in Valhalla… last words for some incredibly brave ukrainians pic.twitter.com/cRYCzGRQtB — ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) February 25, 2022 I believe the Russians will pay in more blood and death in the … Continue reading
This one came over the transom from the mil-email chain. Pretty good synopsis… The Ukraine & Russia crisis In simple terms for those that have no idea what is going on. -Ukraine used to be in an abusive relationship with … Continue reading
We do a symposium every year for the MPRA community, one in Jacksonville, FL for the east coast, and the west coast version at Whidbey Island, WA. One of our WWII vets who attended told the story of having to … Continue reading