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mirth

#2340
December 31, 2017, 10:08:28 AM
QuoteA rare photo of HMS Rodney as she braves heavy seas on the hunt for Bismarck, May 26, 1941. Taken by a crew member of HMS King George V.

"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

#2341
December 31, 2017, 10:09:54 AM
QuoteUSS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) transits the Hood Canal as the boat returns to its home port at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, 2017

"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

#2342
January 01, 2018, 05:44:42 PM
Mirth, have to congratulate you.  The Rodney picture is new to me and is a great shot.
Hope there are others from the crewman who took it.
"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.

besilarius

#2343
January 04, 2018, 07:43:34 AM
UB88, a WW1 German U-Boat
The U.S. Navy got her after the war, was brought to California, sunk during target practice in January 1921 off of Long Beach.
Not sure why she was taken to California.  Testing?
The wreck was found in 2003
"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.

besilarius

#2344
January 04, 2018, 07:48:16 AM
http://pigboats.com/ww1/ub88.html

More history of UB88 and a lot of pictures of the internal engineering.
"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

#2345
January 04, 2018, 12:06:47 PM
QuoteDelfin-class (Delta IV) SSBN "Tula" (K-114)

"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

#2346
January 04, 2018, 04:51:18 PM
"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

#2347
January 05, 2018, 12:16:43 PM
QuoteUSS Albany (CG-10) fires two RIM-8 Talos and one RIM-24 Tartar missile in the Atlantic, 1963

"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

#2348
January 05, 2018, 12:17:34 PM
QuoteCruiser USS Richmond during the sea trials off Philadelphia, Nov 1923

"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

OJsDad

#2349
January 10, 2018, 02:11:40 PM
'Here at NASA we all pee the same color.'  Al Harrison from the movie Hidden Figures.

mirth

#2350
January 11, 2018, 08:57:17 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

mirth

#2351
January 11, 2018, 12:29:56 PM
QuoteB-52 Bomber Buzzes The Soviet Aircraft Carrier Kiev

"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

#2352
January 11, 2018, 12:30:55 PM
QuoteHMS Ocean (L-12) sailing with an air wing of Apache, Chinook, and Merlin helicopters. Mediterranean Sea, 2016

"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

#2353
January 11, 2018, 12:31:55 PM
QuoteHMS Hood under construction at the John Brown Shipyard, 1919

"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

#2354
January 11, 2018, 12:33:30 PM
QuoteHMS Hood leaving the John Brown Shipyard for the first time, probably 1920

"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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