bismarck

My wife and I have 6 cats, and 2 dogs. All of them are rescues. They are much more than just pets to us, they are members of our family. And when they pass away, it hurts, and we grieve for a time, but we have good memories of them to carry with us through life. And then another critter in need of a good home shows up dirty and half starved. I'm a softy when it comes to critters.

:wub: Love that Chevelle!!!

Traded with vintagedragcrazy (Vince Nelson), and kilrathy10 (JT Williams) Both great guys to trade with!!

Had a problem awhile back with Round-2's Gasser wheel and tire set. One of the rear rims looked like it had been pulled from the mold too early, and the center was pulled almost flush with the rim. Went to the website, filled out the info page, and received a set of TIRES from the set in the mail instead. . I scrapped the wheels and just used the tires...

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X3 My wife and I have taken in cats and dogs that were abandoned during the downturn, Our pets are our family. It really set my wife off when she reads on websites that this dog or that cat was dumped because they were old, or in bad health. They are family .

Just received a trade from JT Williams (kilrathy10). First class guy to trade with , talk to ,get advice from. Would trade with him again any time!!! B)

My condolences to you and yours. Sorry to hear that.

Shipping and receiving clerk and part time apprentice machinist at a machine shop.

Maybe you should have told them it just sold, then waited for them to offer more $$$ Yeah, I can see where that would tend get on the nerves.

:blink: ??? just checking the phone lines? That would be kinda strange.

Yeah. This issue strikes pretty close to home for me. My wife and mother in law were nearly killed in a car wreck with very similar circumstances this past September. The other driver said she was arguing on her cell phone and didn't pay attention to oncoming traffic. Three major surgeries and several lawyer visits later, and we're still no closer to a resolution.... Mr. Smythe needs to go spit in another corner...

Trade just came in from Vintagedragcrazy ( Vince Nelson) Great guy to trade with!! fast shipper. I'd do trades with Vince any time!!

And what would you call her hand gesture? She was four fingers short of a friendly wave, don't you think? And if I see anyone driving with a cell phone to their ear while driving, which is illegal in the state of Ohio, YES, I will judge that person of negligence and indifference to her own safety, and to the safety of the people around her. she's free to turn herself into a greasy spot on any highway in the world, that her prerogative, but if I have my family in my car, and something happened to them because of that ladies negligence...... How would YOU react to that situation? Yes, I absolutely WILL judge. And so would a jury of her peers for negligent vehicular homicide if she were to cause a wreck causing fatalities

If anything did happen to the young lady, her first question, (if she made it out of the crash in one piece) would probably be "why didn't anyone warn me?!! why did this happen?!!"..... Clueless. The fact she had a phone glued to her head says a lot about being aware of what's going on around her means to her, even if it's her own safety and the safety of others at stake. You would at least think she would have felt the steering wheel pulling to that side....

Now THATS firepower!!!! Judging by the ships configuration, I'd say this picture was taken not too long after her refit and deployment off the coast of Lebanon after the Beirut bombings, circa '82,maybe '83? She has her starboard gig deployed somewhere, and she's just making steerage way( 4-5 knots). Just a nice relaxed drive by shooting!!! Gives the gun layers down in plotting all the time in the world to lay the guns on target. Man, I love those ships!!! Just looked up the photo , Time frame is right, but location is wrong. she's on gunnery trials off Puerto Rico.

Amen....

I think I had better steer the subject back to car and truck models before Casey and Harry remind me that there's a forum elsewhere for this sort of subject...

I know I've commented on this build once, but once just isn't enough. The color choices for the body and interior are spot on. And the wheel choice is unique, and its period correct!!! Once again, beautiful build sir!!!

Same here Vince. Need anything, just let me know.

:wub: Ahhh, my favorite battlewagon... USS Iowa, if I'm not mistaken. The Japanese nick named her "The Black Dragon" because she appeared to be a darker color when viewed from a (safe) distance, and she breathed fire and destruction where ever she went!! The first picture is too painful to look at. I prefer to remember her like she was in the bottom photo. Notice the white water out from the side of the hull, directly under the muzzle flash? That's muzzle blast from the main 16 inch guns!!! Makes me proud that ship was on OUR side!! Thanks for the pic Bill How are you feeling? Flu finally leaving you alone? Good to see you back!!

I remember seeing an article about one of our sub bases on the Atlantic coast, and Why it was built where it was built. In that particular spot, the river leading to the ocean is deep enough to allow a boomer(ballistic missile boat) to transit without running aground. and the continental shelf is closer to the coast. This allows the boat to quickly transit the river to the ocean, minimize surface running time, and get to the deeper water past the shelf so they can dive deep to avoid detection from Russian(and other) spy satalites. They time the departures and arrivals to avoid the "eye in the sky". I was an ARMY grunt for 4-1/2 years, but I have studied naval warfare for YEARS before that. Its like a chess game. Move, counter move. The new technology in that ship will be a game changer, to be sure!!

Yep. I like the old Battleships and cruisers. They may be obsolete, but to me they had more style. They were still weapons of war, but I think they had more heart and soul to them. I got to see the U.S.S Missouri up close one time when she was still in commission. I couldn't believe the sheer SIZE of that ship!!!

With the new weapons systems, its digital, where as the older stuff was analogue, newer stuff is faster, its just not as COOL!!!!

I know when we trained in the field with the tank units in Germany, we were told that the average life expectancy of a tank in battle, even the M-1A2, was about 30 seconds or less depending on how much ground and air support it has. That's pretty sobering. I'll not go into what the life expectancy of a grunt is. I was one!!