History, Politics And Current Affairs

3 part documentary out on Netflix. Very good series with interviews from both sides, including the cameraman that video taped Durant's interrogation.

One of my favorite Sabaton songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9BupglHdtM

I had no idea she even survived the war. I had always assumed she was sunk (again).

Johnnie Lyle wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:28 am

S. Murray wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:05 pm And meanwhile, here I am just wanting them to bring back TERA so I can gtfo at 16 years.

That’s a ringing endorsement of current conditions

You have NO idea...the fact that I'm entertaining walking away at 16.5 years instead of staying for 20 says a lot doesn't it?

And meanwhile, here I am just wanting them to bring back TERA so I can gtfo at 16 years.

Well I've done this the past two years or so, might as well keep it going. In 2023 I finished 21 books. One set of re reads (Hard Magic trilogy). By far the favorite was Perelandra. So much so I ended up with that entire trilogy as a Christmas gift. Perelandra-cs Lewis That hideous strength-cs Lewis...

Back in 2018, I was in a class with a CV-22 Flight Engineer, and the topic of the aircraft's safety reputation came up. He pointed out that the CV-22 had the best safety rating of any aircraft operated by the US Air Force, with only 2 crashes and zero fatalities. (Interesting fact--both crashes were...

rtoldman wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2023 5:51 pm mine is ruger, whats yours

Ruger SR1911 lightweight commander. Love how it shoots and its easier to conceal than my block 19...but the weight really gets noticeable after several hours. :-/

I'm here (for the most part )

I'm trying to finish spring cleaning, go out for walks twice a day, and plan for a trip to Big Bend Region next spring. There's a couple of other trips, I'm planning. I'm also trying to roll over my work 401Ks to my IRA. There's festivals and such around Houston I've never gone to. I'd like to corr...

RADM Mullinix - KIA USS Liscome Bay, 24 Nov 1943 off the Gilbert Islands.

RADM Chandler - KIA USS Lousiville, 7 Jan 1945, Lingayen Gulf.

Thanks for the heads up. Me being delinquent in my duties! I’ve removed all inactive members except (weirdly) Mike Garrity, who is registered but inactive. There were a lot of them!!! Almost all linking to Russian domain names too. Can you ping Mike and let him know the board is operational? Sure w...

Mike,

So what happened to New York? Did she make it Iceland and eventual repairs, or founder along the way?

Mike,

That wasn't a Chief, that was an E-9. Too many still floating around 30 years later...

Sicario is an amazing film. The sequel...not so much.

2022... Lots of sci-fi, nothing really memorable. For 2023 I am gearing up to re-read (for the umpteenth time) the absolutely gorgeous Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. I had the lot in paperback once but disposed of them a few years ago, now I am going to rebuy them one by one for the Kind...

Crazy Horse and Custer is a good introduction, and if you haven’t already I’d recommend Son of the Morning Star and then The Last Stand. I have a good dozen books on Custerana and The Little Bighorn, and the picture grows more opaque - and thus more facinating - as I learn more. We don’t even know ...

I write them down in a little notebook as I finish them, otherwise there's no way I could remember them all. My memory is not the best and it gets me into all sorts of trouble with the Mrs... :-/ My kids are insisting that I read them LotR now--the (extended) movies are our annual New Years traditio...

I'll have to go find that sign when I move to Goldsboro next spring!

Completed 24 books in 2022, a mixture of theology, history, and fiction. First, started but haven't finished: Expository Apologetics - Voddie Baucham Crazy Horse and Custer - Stephen Ambrose *** Finished books were: God of the Garden - Andrew Peterson A Neglected Grace, Family Worship in the Christi...