An interesting 8 minute clip of the actual battle of Midway in color. Directed by a young John Ford… In the late 70’s we were able to get over to Eastern Island and it had not been touched since 1946… … Continue reading
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Okay, I need help from you old WESTPAC hands… Discussion at dinner was about Hong Kong and Jimmy’s American Grill. There was a Tailor in Kowloon that was a “cousin” that Jimmy sent us to for uniforms/clothes… Problem is NONE … Continue reading
What if… Nelson was at Trafalgar in 2012???Nelson: “Order the signal, Hardy.”Hardy: “Aye, aye sir.”Nelson: “Hold on, this isn’t what I dictated to Flags. What’s the meaning of this?”Hardy: “Sorry sir?”Nelson (reading aloud): England expects every person to do his or her duty, regardless of race, … Continue reading
On a quick pop up trip… Light posting/commenting till I get back Friday night. … Continue reading
The hits just keep coming, this time it’s getting both active duty AND homeless Veterans.Via Fox News…The $85 billion in cuts that went into effect at the beginning of the month will not spare soldiers and veterans, with a wave … Continue reading
Unemployment explained THESE ARE PRETTY SMART FELLAS!!! So how can over 873,000 people come off the unemployment rolls when there were only a little over 114,000 jobs created? Below is a transcript of a conversation between two eminent economists discussing this very … Continue reading
I didn’t know this…But it’s pretty cute! And momma is NOT about to let them sneak off either… h/t JP … Continue reading
Somehow I don’t see THIS happening in any gym class in high school in the USA… Russian ‘gym’ is more like high school than gym class we have here…But it might not be a bad idea… Just sayin… h/t JP … Continue reading
Met up with MSgt B at the range this morning, and we were BOTH having one of those days… I was running late, and barely got there. I got up to the line planning on shooting the new Uberti I’d picked … Continue reading
Other than having to go in to work, I didn’t do a damn thing yesterday… And I don’t plan on doing anything today either…Maybe I’ll get down to the range and maybe not, go read the folks on the sidebar. … Continue reading