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A Day Late…
I rarely check in to FB, thus I missed this post yesterday on the Lt General Hal Moore page. I didn’t get there until January 1966 so Ia Drang was already history of a sort. From off-shore the battles were simply lights in the nighttime sky on occasion. That and listening […]
The Capture Effect
The capture effect is a real RF technical phenomenon – via Wiki: “The capture effect is defined as the complete suppression of the weaker signal at the receiver limiter (if it has one) where the weaker signal is not amplified, but attenuated. When both signals are nearly equal in strength, or are fading independently, the […]
Irony – Writ Large
Saw this headline just now: Vietnam Seeks Western Warplanes to Counter Potential Chinese Threat “Vietnam is in talks with European and US contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes and unarmed drones, sources said, as it looks to beef up its aerial defences in the face of China’s growing assertiveness in disputed waters.” At […]
Why Not? Who Cares Anymore?
Two question marks in the title. Yeah, that is to communicate my confusion in this matter. NASA Supports Replacing American Flag With A New Design, International Flag Of The Planet Earth May Be Used During Space Travel “Since Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, the iconic visual of the American flag […]
USS Arizona
If you’ve ever been there this will be of interest. “The USS Arizona Memorial is closed to visitors Wednesday morning after a tug boat collided with the memorial’s dock, making it “not safe for people to land there,” a spokeswoman said. A tug boat maneuvering the USNS Mercy hospital ship collided with the memorial’s mooring […]
I Remember
Spent the day so far in kinda deep thought and now heading out to drive in circles on my mower while drinking a beer or three. On any other weekend this post would seem annoyingly self serving, but I decided to leave it to you to decide if it fits. After struggling to find words […]
Memorial Day Melancholy – An Annual Re-post
Two or three times a year some of us geezer types get a bit tangled up in old times. Late April and much of May include several dates that trigger memories here. Late April because my pop was declared KIA in Korea on April 25, 1951. Early May because years ago I was discharged on […]
Some GOOD News
As an “under control” type II diabetic I don’t consume alcohol with any real frequency. However, I do occasionally break my diabetic beer fast with cheap beer. Last year I found this story to relieve my conscience some. Quick sidebar: I long ago decided I wasn’t gonna pay a premium for fancy beer. “A compound […]
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