The Original Old Farts Club

[ROSTERMAN]

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Did I tell ya I Love Dogs LOL

 

[ROSTERMAN]

I seem to attract strays all my life

 

[giggy]

morning old farts, and happy new years eve. hope all are well.

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

We would ride our bicycles down to the furniture store and drag the big boxes home. Bubba

We got inside and rolled them like tank treads, we were a Tank It was crazy because we (4 of us in a refrig box would roll down the center of the local streets in front of house back then and never get run over Now a days for get about it.

We did the same thing with the big boxes although not in the street. We had a steep slope in our front yard and cut pieces of innertube to wear over our knees to have enough traction on the cardboard to make it up the hill. Then of course came the anti-tank measures....................

Condolences on losing your sister Rosterman!

 

[Shiloh]

There is an interesting yclept book about that raid... it was a monumental screwup that worked out pretty well.

There were two odd names involved: On the American side there was a Col. German. On the Kraut side was a guy named English.

The Americans thought the Krauts had radar or spy warning. They did not; they had great mechanical listening "ears" that could hear the bombers a hundred miles away.

There was strict (and actually truly unnecessary) radio silence among the bombers. So when the lead bomber took an early turn down a valley (wrong one) the bombers behind all knew of the mistake, but had to follow the leader in silence down the wrong way. The lead bomber dude realized after a while that he had turned too soon, and made a U-turn to go back down the length of the valley to fly on another 50 miles to the next (correct) valley.

Everybody followed in trail. But this navigation error saved their butts -- the Krauts had scrambled their fighters to pounce when the bombers arrived... but they did not arrive because they had gotten "lost"! So the Luftwaffe fighters wound up having to land and refuel -- just as the bombers finally arrived.

So a massacree by the Luftwaffe was accidentally averted.

But there was another screw-up because of the massive foray down the wrong valley: The second US group had gone the right way in the first place... and as they went down the right valley to Ploesti (pronounced: Plo-yesht) the Krauts had a train going down the valley parallel to all the bombers. The train had Flak guns on it.

Their speed relative to the bombers was such that they almost could not miss. So the US bombers simply had to change direction or be wiped out. So they changed their flight path from the planned one to a more survivable one, coming in to the complex from a different angle than planned.

This resulted in a Kraut on the ground observing what he thought was an incredibly complex and brilliant display of bombing and navigation: Liberators were criss-crossing the target area at superlow altitude and weaving just past each other. It was a clusterfook, but wound up being effective.

The raid did damage, but it was not in any way crucial.

One more bit sticks in my mind: The Wingo-Wango. <-- This Lib was flying along at the beginning of the raid, having taken off from Africa... and over the Med it suddenly began to climb and dive and climb and dive. Went straight into the water with everyone aboard. Nobody knows what happened to the plane to cause this.

Well, according to my Dad they all drank on these missions. That played a part for better and worse--liquid courage and all that!

 

[ROSTERMAN]

We did the same thing with the big boxes although not in the street. We had a steep slope in our front yard and cut pieces of innertube to wear over our knees to have enough traction on the cardboard to make it up the hill. Then of course came the anti-tank measures....................

Condolences on losing your sister Rosterman!

Thank You

 

[Shiloh]

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I was always a stray! Just kidding, but I think I had that aura about me when I was young. I always worked and kept my own apartment, but it was the hippie era...free love...and it actually was romantic and caring. Plus, we always shared meals. I could cook. The hunter/gatherers would fish in the local lakes and bring me a big bass. Then we would go to the local farmers market and ask for day old produce. Some of the best meals of my life were had then.

 

[pute]

Morning OFC. Just had the largest wild fire in the states history move across the northern part of the city. Hundreds if not thousands of homes burnt to the ground. Hundred mph winds and bone dry conditions. Nothing could stop it.

This is unbelievable.... everything is gone about 20 minutes to the north of me.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

One of my Sisters lived on a Commune for a few yrs
Yes they shared everything , and I do mean everything.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Morning OFC. Just had the largest wild fire in the states history move across the northern part of the city. Hundreds if not thousands of homes burnt to the ground. Hundred mph winds and bone dry conditions. Nothing could stop it.

This is unbelievable.... everything is gone about 20 minutes to the north of me.

So sorry to hear this Pute
Wishing you and all of yours a safe time until it passes.

 

[pute]

Today we have a winter storm warning..... Armageddon

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Sad to say, almost like the end of times is upon us all
I Pray not

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Today we have a winter storm warning..... Armageddon

Holy................

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

My whole LED debacle should come to an end today. Awhile back I changed phone plans and numbers without notifying my credit card company. When I entered my new phone number for purchase, it threw up a red flag and then I had forgotten that my max allowed single purchase was set with them at 600.00 ... That photontek was more.. 2 red flags and credit card lockup by bank. Then bank tried to call my old phone number to confirm and that was that. Everything fixed now. Then, after I forced myself to watch that video from the Utah State professor he slightly touched on spectrum as related to terpenes. The ends of the spectrum actually. Caused me to question if I really want to replace my blurple lighting. Anyways, everything is fixed and I should be set for purchase here in a couple of hours. Incidentally, Mrs. Monkey has been spying on my posting. I think it is cool that she is starting to get into this thing of our's. It's Facebook for weed growers I tell her. Every once in awhile she gets testy in a good way, says You Been Hanging Out With Your Friends Again All Day On The Computer. I'm thinking she needs her own Avatar and handle. She's a hot RN in her 40's. - Rambling - More coffee and pinch hits. - Surprised she hasn't said anything about the coffee girls yet. (Shhhhh) That's Big's department, right? Cold here, cat goes to the vet early today, and everyone have a Safe New Years Eve. Mrs. Monkey and I have a sitter for our 12 yo and are going to try to get out and about tonight - Viagra Night maybe.. Last time we had a sitter we actually went to bed early and slept 12 hours straight. I'll be bopping in and out. Peace

 

[Shiloh]

I always envied the Vargas Girls and before that, Erte.

Honestly, I think @bigsur51 usually comes up with some pretty classy dames.

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

I had to google Vargas Girls. - I'm out and to the vet. Check in around lunch.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

My whole LED debacle should come to an end today. Awhile back I changed phone plans and numbers without notifying my credit card company. When I entered my new phone number for purchase, it threw up a red flag and then I had forgotten that my max allowed single purchase was set with them at 600.00 ... That photontek was more.. 2 red flags and credit card lockup by bank. Then bank tried to call my old phone number to confirm and that was that. Everything fixed now. Then, after I forced myself to watch that video from the Utah State professor he slightly touched on spectrum as related to terpenes. The ends of the spectrum actually. Caused me to question if I really want to replace my blurple lighting. Anyways, everything is fixed and I should be set for purchase here in a couple of hours. Incidentally, Mrs. Monkey has been spying on my posting. I think it is cool that she is starting to get into this thing of our's. It's Facebook for weed growers I tell her. Every once in awhile she gets testy in a good way, says You Been Hanging Out With Your Friends Again All Day On The Computer. I'm thinking she needs her own Avatar and handle. She's a hot RN in her 40's. - Rambling - More coffee and pinch hits. - Surprised she hasn't said anything about the coffee girls yet. (Shhhhh) That's Big's department, right? Cold here, cat goes to the vet early today, and everyone have a Safe New Years Eve. Mrs. Monkey and I have a sitter for our 12 yo and are going to try to get out and about tonight - Viagra Night maybe.. Last time we had a sitter we actually went to bed early and slept 12 hours straight. I'll be bopping in and out. Peace

Have her JOIN Our Family Bro
I love new Blood LOL
Happy New Year to ya Both

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Oh and a Cat I promise we wont hole that against you
Only kidding Had tons of them as a kid.
The dogs loved em

 

[ROSTERMAN]

I always envied the Vargas Girls and before that, Erte.

Honestly, I think @bigsur51 usually comes up with some pretty classy dames.

You should see the ones he Beds.
He did not earn the nickname in high school "the Bat" because he was on the baseball team