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Staggerwing

#2565
March 21, 2018, 05:28:12 PM
It looks very lumpy.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

bob48

#2566
March 21, 2018, 05:40:36 PM
my mother-in-laws gravy was like that.
'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'

'Clip those corners'

Recombobulate the discombobulators!

OJsDad

#2567
March 21, 2018, 06:08:50 PM
Looks like a giant harpoon magnet.
'Here at NASA we all pee the same color.'  Al Harrison from the movie Hidden Figures.

mirth

#2568
March 21, 2018, 06:18:53 PM
Or a Mk 48 magnet.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Staggerwing

#2569
March 21, 2018, 06:29:43 PM
Or, eventually, a ordinance-drone swarm magnet.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

Steelgrave

#2570
March 21, 2018, 06:40:04 PM
It's a nice looking ship. It won't be an hour after bullets start flying, but for now....it's a nice looking ship. 

mirth

#2571
March 22, 2018, 11:37:37 AM
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

besilarius

#2572
March 24, 2018, 08:04:12 AM
Interesting contrast for the inscriptions.
No wonder the Romans won.
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.

mirth

#2573
March 25, 2018, 08:05:21 PM
QuoteUSS South Dakota sails in formation with escorting destroyers during the Battle of Santa Cruz

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

#2574
March 25, 2018, 08:24:46 PM
QuoteLeahy-class guided missile cruiser USS England (CG-22), Pacific Ocean, 10 January 1983

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

#2575
March 25, 2018, 08:26:03 PM
QuoteUSS Chanticleer (ASR-7) a submarine rescue ship. In April and May 1945, divers from her made 296 dives on the wreck of the IJN Nachi, salvaging radar equipment, code books, maps of Japanese fortifications on Luzon and other documents

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

#2576
March 25, 2018, 08:31:55 PM
QuoteUSS Saratoga (CV-3) docked in New York, sometime during the 1930's.

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

#2577
March 29, 2018, 11:34:58 AM
QuoteUSS Hancock (CVA-19) underway, circa 1957. AJ-2 Savages from VAH-6 "Fleurs" are amidships, AD Skyraiders aft. Destroyers USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) and USS Maddox (DD-731) are to starboard and port of Hancock, respectively.

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

#2578
March 30, 2018, 11:46:26 AM
Quote"IJN CV Akagi undergoing trials off Iyonada, 17 June 1927. Early in her career, she was fitted with three flight decks; the two lower decks were later plated over in a mid-1930s refit. "

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

#2579
March 30, 2018, 11:48:29 AM
QuoteKing George V-class battleship HMS Duke of York fires her 14 inch guns at German battleship Scharnhorst during the Battle of the North Cape, 1943.

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus
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