Island Of Misfits

[joeb631a]

and looking like a snowman doing it...I lived in bergen county for 17 years way back as a child...I don't recall cold being this cold...

I was always a bear in the cold .since menopause i get cold like my ex wife....

 

[pute]

Good night... Merry Christmas.

 

[Hippie420]

Good night Islanders May visions of sugarplums dance in your heads.

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

Merry Christmas

 

[Unca Walt]

I didn’t know that it needed to be stored refrigerate. Mine isn’t just made clones so maybe I better put it in there before it goes bad. It probably 6 mos old…

I wonder what the hell they are talking about...

 

[Unca Walt]

Makes a most excelent stocking stuffers !

Totally off-the-wall trivia:

The Germans had colored beads on the bottoms of their potato-masher grenades. The colors indicated the time delays. But there was one kind that was never uncrated and used.

White bead. <-- That indicated an instant fuse. The crates were left when they had to retreat... so the partisans, etc. would find and use them.

The information regarding these grenades did not get around very well at all, so they were very effective cost-wise.

 

[Unca Walt]

Brings back old memories. A dude I worked with that was closely associated with a certain group bought some Ruski grenades. He had plans of taking a few of 'em up north the coming weekend to pop 'em off. I'd read an article in a SOF mag (been 40 years ago so I don't remember for sure) that showed the codes the Russians used on their fuses. There were three circles and depending on whether they were colored in and in what order, it showed ya the delay times. Turns out his was a no delay fuse. They made 'em for ****y traps or for leaving behind in hopes the enemy would pick 'em up and use 'em. Man's face turned white.
Pays to know your ordinance.

Yikes! See my post above. The Krauts did the same thing...

 

[joeb631a]

Good night Islanders May visions of sugarplums dance in your heads.

better sugar plums in your head as opposed in your drawers .....

 

[joeb631a]

I was always a bear in the cold .since menopause i get cold like my ex wife....

I thought my racoon problem was bad...

 

[ness]

 

[Unca Walt]

Re: Sneaky grenades...

Now that brings us to the S.E. Asia Games... We would leave cases of .45 ammo to be acquired by the VC. The VC had tommy guns (largely with the rear stock removed -- made it easy to conceal.)

The .45's were high explosive. Pull the trigger, and the bolt would go through the shooter.

VC cut-downs looked like the magazine-less one in the middle in this hokey picture.

 

[ness]

22F Clear. Going to have Fresh Toast this morn.

 

[joeb631a]

Reminds me of someone,
Just started with the Christmas pipe and cant remember who...

 

[ness]

If it was raining outside, it would turn to snow in GA.

 

[joeb631a]

Its 16 deg and mostly cloudy!

 

[pute]

Morning Misfits....26 degree's outside....feels like a heat wave after what we just went through.

 

[WeedHopper]

22F Clear. Going to have Fresh Toast this morn.

Fresh or French toast

 

[WeedHopper]

25 degrees here.

 

[pute]

Damn....warmer here than Dallas???

 

[WeedHopper]

We will reach 46 today. 1st day above freezing in 3 or 4 days.