Weekend Open Thread
Easter comes early this year, on Sunday, March 31, 2024. This means that Holy Week begins this Sunday (Palm Sunday). Easter’s date is determined by when the first full moon after the Spring Equinox occurs. This is based on the Church’s calendar. The full moon occurs on Monday, March 25, 2024. Enjoy your weekend!
Category: Open thread
First!
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has released the following statement in regard to the widespread fraud in the highly coveted and rarely awarded title of First Comment for This Ain’t Hell Weekend Open Thread:
“There was a widespread understanding that this Weekend Open Thread was not on the level,” Clinton said during an interview for the latest episode of The Atlantic’s politics podcast, The Ticket. “We still don’t know what really happened.”
“There’s just a lot that I think will be revealed. History will discover,” the Democratic Party’s 2016 presidential nominee continued. “But you don’t get first post by 3 iseconds and have all this other shenanigans and stuff going on and not come away with an idea like, ‘Whoa, something’s not right here.’ That was a deep sense of unease.”
The Chicken Wing Conspiracy is vast…indeed!
Hmm Chicken Wing Conspiracy, smothered in hot sauce and ranch dressing.
Ranch!? Blasphemy.
Right next to the celery. Which also is blasphemy.
Nothing wrong with celery, but anyone who defers to ranch over bleu cheese for their hot wings is doing themselves (and the chickens) a grave culinary disservice.
I’ll concede that wings smothered in bbq sauce go better with ranch.
Not just half-vast, but vast.
Clinton also offered copious criticism of Commissioner Wretched, saying she warned the country about her former lover, and “it was even worse than I thought it was.”
“I really did feel sometimes like the tree falling in the forest. I believed he was a puppet of Jim Henson. I believed that there was relevant, important information in his bar tabs. I believed he did not have the temperament to be first commenter, he was unfit—not a partisan comment, but an assessment of him,” the former secretary of state said.
In August, Clinton said Director of Media relation Hack Stone should not concede the first post for The Weekend Open Thread “under any circumstances” because she believes “this is going to drag out, and eventually I do believe he will win if we don’t give an inch, and if we are as focused and relentless as the other side is.”
Lucky seven (7) for our CW. The rest of us…crapped out. How about sharing some of the charms of Lois Lane, CW…you Lucky Devil!
Motherfucker, look at CW just own this fucking place.
Sorry I was busy doing money related shit and completely forgot it was getting to be 3 o’clock or maybe one of these days I will try to get and start flogging the shit out of my F5 button
Oh, all knowing and wise Magic 8-Ball, it has been so long since Hack Stone was bestowed the highly coveted and rarely awarded First Comment for The Weekend Open Thread, will his fortune change for the March 22, 2024 Weekend Open Thread? Magic 8-Ball says…
Hack Stone made not have scored the highly coveted and rarely awarded First Comment for This Ain’t Hell Weekend Open Thread, but he can take solace in knowing that thanks to recent legislation passed n his state, he now qualifies for full coverage on his funeral, burial and cremation expenses. So I got that going for me, which is good.
Now if only they will stop calling 20 times a day to sell me burial insurance, that would make it perfect.
Hack Stone tells Alex, Amber, Daniel and Sophia from Senior Health Benefits that this recent legislation that was just passed is fortuitous, as he was just diagnosed with Dippydoodleitis and only has a week to live, so he wants his body to be floated down the Ganges River.
FIRST!
FIRST
The WOT screen popped up and I kept clicking the mouse but post comment screen wouldnt come up
Have you tried updating your Red Hat Software?
A shout out to all of the Adorable Deplorables who participated in the surprise birthday/intervention party for Psul of The Ballsack. It was a rousing success, the highlight being the Psul of The Ballsack Trivia Contest. Congratulations to Chip for identifying the number 347 as being both Paul’s weight and his credit score. He went home with the door prize, the prize being a mailbox door.
I larfed. 😘
I miss the Sockpuppet days.
There are a few of us among the Adorable Deplorables who have not one but two of the highly coveted and rarely awarded National Defense Service Medal, but we cannot hold a candle to Psul, who filed for bankruptcy not once, but twice. The reason that we cannot hold that candle to him is because those alcohol fumes emanating from his $3 Goodwill suit is highly combustible.
Wasn’t his spandex SO dirty that a HAZMAT Team had to be called to dispose of it?
Wow … seven in a row! Getting closer to the rarefied air of being a double ace … joining only the King of Battle, if I am remembering correctly. Nice! So, with another week on the throne ahead, I offer all manner of victuals and fine wines, and toss in some trivia. Do enjoy, my friends!
DID YOU KNOW…?
What Major League Baseball team holds the modern record for the most runs scored in a single game?
By Commissioner Wretched
didyouknowcolumn@gmail.com
Copyright © 2024
Well, it’s spring again.
Somehow, it was an underwhelming transition. I always expect bright sunshine, mild temperatures, and outdoorsy things to do.
And I never get them. It’s like winter said something along the lines of, “I’m not done yet! Wait your turn!”
Heavy sigh. You’d think that by my age I’d know better.
What I do know is trivia. How about this week’s assortment? Coming right up!
Did you know …
… you may suffer from ophidiophobia? I do. It’s a fear of snakes. (Crawly reptiles have always bothered me.)
… the birth of a member of the British royal family helped spur interest in astrology? When Princess Margaret (1930-2002) was born, the Sunday Express newspaper asked an astrologer to predict what the newborn princess could hope for “in the stars.” The subsequent piece was a hit, and the newspaper began printing regular astrological predictions about things going on in the world. (The stars foretold it.)
… a patent was taken out in 1876 for a mustache shield? Invented by Virgil A. Gates (1828-1908), the shield was designed to be worn over the upper lip and mustache to prevent that hairy lip from interfering with eating and drinking. It resembled more than anything else a pair of eyeglasses for the lip. (And it made the wearer look pretty silly, too.)
… a Roman poet was able to prevent having his land taxed? The great poet Vergil (born Publius Vergilius Maro, 70 BC-19 BC), author of The Aeneid, is recorded as having held a funeral for a fly. The funeral was complete with pallbearers and a lengthy eulogy, but it was not held for “artistic expression.” By burying a fly on the land surrounding his private home, Vergil was able to turn his home into a cemetery – which, at that time in Rome, was tax-exempt. (Sticking it to the Man … a time-honored tradition.)
… an Academy Award™ winning movie was almost not made? In 1954, United Artists optioned the script for a film by Paddy Chayefsky (1923-1981), about a middle-aged butcher and a teacher who fall in love, called Marty. Cast in the lead role was actor Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012), but when Borgnine showed up for the first day of filming, he discovered that the sets had not been built. The film was not intended to be shot at all, he learned, because the studio had optioned it as a tax write-off. The plan was to cancel production and then attribute salaries, sets, costumes, and other expenses to it as a failed project for tax reasons. They learned rather quickly, however, that the tax write-off wouldn’t work unless the film was actually produced, and the movie went on to earn four Oscars – Best Actor for Borgnine, Best Adapted Writing for Chayefsky, Best Director for Delbert Mann (1920-2007), and Best Picture for 1955. (Irony. Rather ironic, eh?)
Funeral for a Fly, wasn’t that an old Elton John composition?
Note to self: be more like Virgil/Vergil/Mister Maro.
… a Major League Baseball modern-era record for runs scored in a game was set in 2007? On August 22, 2007, the Texas Rangers played the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards in Baltimore. At first things were definitely going the Orioles’ way, as they took a 3-0 lead into the fourth inning. Texas grabbed the lead that inning, scoring five runs. Then, in the sixth inning, the bottom fell out as far as Baltimore was concerned. The Rangers scored nine runs in the sixth, ten runs in the eighth, and another six in the ninth to destroy Baltimore, 30-3. Texas recorded a team-record 29 hits in the game as well. Additional trivia note: To add insult to injury, the record-setting game was the first half of a doubleheader. The Rangers won the nightcap as well, 9-7. By the way, the all-time record for runs scored in an MLB game was set in 1897, when the Chicago Colts annihilated the Louisville Colonels by a score of 36-7 on June 29. (A couple of real pitchers’ duels there, eh?)
… the saying, “Close but no cigar,” has a basis in fact? In the early years of the 20th Century, carnivals offered prizes for contests of skill such as shooting, and among the prizes were cigars. If the person playing the game fell short of the target, the barker running the game would shout out the phrase. Over time, people began using the phrase to refer to anything that was a near-miss. (Kind of like this column sometimes; close, but no cigar. Good thing I don’t smoke.)
… rats are empathetic? Studies have shown that rats will help a cage mate stuck in a trap, even if there is a tempting pile of treats nearby. Rats who were studied were seen to spend their time helping their trapped fellow, then sharing the treats. (Not so dirty rats, wouldn’t you say?)
Rats helping out fellow rats also occurs in the human species. Look no further than Merritt Island when Phil Monkress needed a rat (weasel?) to help get him out of a trap.
… Hawaii moves about four inches closer to Japan each year? The reason, of course, is the motion of the Earth’s tectonic plates. (So in maybe ten million years Hawaiians will have to go through Japanese customs, or something.)
… people are confused by what’s real and what isn’t? Case in point: a 2008 survey of teenagers in Great Britain turned up that 58% of them think Sherlock Holmes, a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle (1859-1930), was a real person. That same survey showed that 20% thought Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Prime Minister during most of World War II, was actually a fictional character. (No comment.)
… Canada almost renamed their Northwest Territories? In 1996, the nation considered changing the name of the Northwest Territories and asked citizens for their input in the matter. Many aboriginal names were considered, but the name that came in second place overall was “Bob.” Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your point of view), the debate on changing the names was set aside before “Bob” or any other name was put to an official vote.
Now … you know!
And in due course, the need of governments to ruin everything fun is validated.
See:
But it’s always nice when ‘duh-mocracy’ wins:
“Canada almost renamed their Northwest Territories?”
Now I wonder if that’s where Don Bluth got the inspiration for “Planet Bob” for his animation “Titan AE” (2000)
Third place was Doug. Take off, you hosers!
Aizona wants to play too
https://azdot.gov/name-a-snowplow
The mustache shield voids the whole purpose of having a mustache. The properly used mustache brushes the calories off the food. This, and other lies I tell my wife, caused her to question my beard. I explained to her the beard helps with large meals, ribs, and chicken wings.
I dunno, my GF made me grow a full beard of coarse hair.
Said I look handsome but I know the truth.
CW,
7 in a row?
Don’t boast.
You’ll jinx it.
Good luck.
For more information on the mustache shield, Hack Stone found this.
https://www.bucardomug.com/pages/history-and-evolution-of-the-mustache-guard
The Internet; It’s not just for porn, anymore.
There’s porn?
Nobody told me!
PRESENT-ly with my brother in the hospital. He has some bleeding after a kidney stone treatment this past Monday.
He is doing well though.
Y’all have a great weekend.
prayers up to you and your brother GB
You’ve been missed. Prayers for your brother.
BTDT, Graybeard. I finally put those infernal stones behind me. Unfortunately, my youngest son seems to have taken over the kidney stone legacy,
Thanks for the prayers.
He is stable, the bleeding seems to have stopped, but they’ll watch him a day or two to make sure – which I don’t mind.
The ER staff is very happy that I keep all his records in a journal and can give them all the info they need/want to know and move on to the actual care.
BTW ER Staff humor is about as appropriate as military humor.
Nurses will give Marines a run for their money.
Kidney Stone last year was the only time in my life I have ever been a customer in an ambulance. Felt like an alien was crawling out of me. Wouldn’t wish that on Commissar more than once a day. Watching a loved one going through has to be tough. Thoughts with you.
Have a great weekend, keep your kin and pets away from FJB, tip your waitresses, don’t tip the maid.
enjoy:
May I quote Mason? This morning in Valor Friday he wrote, “I tell ya, having little kids seems to be a recipe for just constant illness.”
I attest to that wholeheartedly. I had just returned from spending a year an USAF base that was so far west in the Aleutians it was tomorrow when one arrived there. My daughter, who was so happy I had returned, invited 5 of her friends to meet her daddy. She and my wife were staying with family and, since it was a small town, everyone know I was back. Even the local newspaper had a picture of me reading to my daughter and her friends; the picture and story were on page 2. It never occurred to me that sitting on a couch with 5 children was not a good idea. The nearest child to the AFB was several hours away so I must have lost all immunity.
That was over 40 years ago, I expect my nose will stop running maybe next week.
So you’re saying in four short decades I’ll be healthy? Or dead. I’ll probably be dead well before that. 😀
Wait until they start driving your car.
*grin*
‘or, when you meet the boyfriend. Once, whilst we were shopping in the local Amish village, I noticed a Amish boy giving my daughter looks like I gave her mother. I told the boy to forget it, she liked the farm but she would never give up her stereo.
Buy manual transmissions equipped cars or trucks. That will keep 98% of their friends from borrowing their cars.
Caught whatever bug my grandson is/was incubating. Now I get to carry on the honors. I hope he realizes I do so proudly 🙄
Happy Friday! So I need to apologize yet again. I came down with altitude sickness after my time in Houston. As a result, I will be unable to post about VJ day (or anything related to the Pacific Campaign) for this open thread. This month has really been sucking for me, but I’m on the mend right now and I should be able to post about it next week. Have a great weekend.
Tha’s’all right. We’ll be here patiently waiting for ya.
Getting well is higher priority then posting history.
See ya.
I am not surprised. There is never a shortage of these grifting phony POSers.
Well, once again i award myself Honorary first.
((((OVER))))
Epstein did not kill himself.
I hear that Phildo still works balls and blows winos behind bus stops.
I post here, in “Weekend Open Thread” (OPEN?)
about a HIVE of military service liars and embellishers,
with an uploaded JPG graphic,
and it gets DELETED?
WTF is with that?
No wonder it was deleted.
Things are strange today…
$26/lb, that looks like close to $200 worth of ribeyes there.
And these two
I’ve been busier than a one-legged man in a rear end kicking contest lately, I haven’t policed any thread. I just checked the trash and saw it there. Although I disagree with some of what you said, I didn’t see anything there that would justify my deleting your post. But that’s just me. Let me check with some of the higher ups, perhaps the others had justification, or maybe something in the system automatically deleted it.
Thank you.
One of the higher ups deleted it, and provided a good justification for such deletion. The deleted post looks different from the other posts that you normally generate. Hope this helps.
thebesig,
So what’s the justification?
Something that can be proven false?
Not likely. I’ve got all the receipts.Obviously, my gut says it’s because
it now encircles and exposes a shady organization
involved in PARTISAN POLITICS,
and in support of a particular CANDIDATE.
IMHO – When it comes to ANY veterans out there
lying, embellishing, or phonying
their military service, medals, and/or war tales,
EVERYONE should be taking off their political shades and/or horseblinders,
and giving each and every phony a fair, impartial,
and apolitical (that means NON political) look.
Which party should not matter.
Which candidate should not matter.
IF anyone here is willing to look the other way
on phonies, liars, and embellishers
just because they sing the songs of your own,
it’s just as bad as anyone covering
for your favorite local or state candidate,
hiding his dirt (whatever that dirt may contain),
and suppressing those who bring the facts, truth, and evidence.
I stand by every word and every graphic detail
of the deleted post and graphic.
And being CENSORED for it here…
Frankly, it SUCKS.
Shame on you (all).
I suggest renaming Weekend Open Thread.
You know,
to something a little more accurate and honest.
edit/add to the above…
— it’s just as bad as anyone covering for anyone else who supports your favorite local or state candidate..
Your research into stolen valor is appreciated, and you provide information to help fill the time gaps between full stolen valor posts. We are due to have one once the Stolen Valor cell gets a breather. Like me, they’ve been like the one-legged man in a crowded butt kicking contest.
However, the admins previously have discussed things with you related to what you post on the site under this topic. The reason for the deletion is consistent with what they’ve explained to you before. Hope this helps.
MarineDad61:
There will always be those individuals who will go to their graves with their embellishments/lies reference their Military service instead of admitting the truth and fessing up to their falsehoods.
We have seen it several times on this blog. Heck, some have it written in their obituary, even after they are exposed.
James Joseph Shippey of Indiana is one of those phony, embelling individuals (claimed Vietnam POW and Silver Star):
https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=72548
He died in 2020. Guess what his obituary states? Yep.. Vietnam POW, but no claim of a Silver Star…
https://www.whetselfuneralservice.com/obituaries/james-shippey/4421765
Yet, check out his headstone…Silver Star, but no Vietnam POW…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218574887/james-joseph-shippey
MarineDad61, we think we may know who you are talking about. We understand your frustration. Please remember that there ARE folks out there that have mental issues/insecurity problems, poor self-image, with a Narcisstic Personality Disorder, who will go to their graves with their lies. We have shared in the past about a former TAH commentator who still wears the Army Bullwinkle Badge on social media (he never earned it) as well as claiming awards he never received and boasting about holding a certain MOS, which he he never did. We suspect he knows he is lying and is too embarassed to admit his shortcomings….or because he has been lying for a long time, he now truly believes in his own lies.
Your guy is most likely in the same boat.
Hang In There. We have the best Admin…They know what they are doing…
And Thank You for being a Stolen Valor Warrior. Salute. 🫡
ninja and thebesig,
Feeling vindicated today.
See my newest comment near the bottom, with a link, and a BONUS.
🙂
ninja and thebesig,
Understood.
And Thank You.
NOTE – Recent email from
Mary at POW Network,
a reply to my inquiry about results on 2 separate 2024 FOIA requests,
she kindly provided me details on the sizeable backlog she has on hand,
and promised me prompt email when results for either of my 2 requests shows up.
Outside of referrals on the Twit of X
and the Book of the Fake,
apparently the hair over there has also been keeping Mary busy,
punting more and more of
(non Navy SEAL) incoming verification claims to POW Network, for her to deal with.
Dang that NPRC.
News report, then VG article,
about backlog improvement,
but we are not seeing it (yet).
ninja,
As for the Shippey Silver Star stone,
others have been REMOVED,
after complaints and proof have been provided.
The National Cemetery in my county has 1 glaring green hole in the many fields of white grid.
Not sure when (or if)
that lying phony ever gets a replacement stone.
(FYE)
“and now….”
Woo hooo. I maintain my unbroken streak of not first.
Going to do Easter at the Vatican this year.
You all hang on tight. Enough terrorists have
snuckwalked unopposed right into the country to launch a sizable attack. Like this guy, whose news article was buried deeper than Hunter Biden’s four other laptops and Hillary Clinton’s illegal server. I’m sure he was released with a court date of July 7th 2038.Basel Bassel Ebbadi
Bad news, foolz:
Link: https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/ARN40510-ALARACT_0172024-000-WEB-1.pdf
I’m sure this is fine. Everything’s fine. Nothing important, anyfuckwhere.
0bummer/McStain’s “JV team” loose in Moscow?
“Sell the rights to the networks… give guns to the queers”:
Yeah, saw that the other day, I aged out of that last year.
Technically I am subject to life time recall, practically, Biden himself will have to sign a waiver. If they need me that bad I’ll be hiding in a fallout bunker somewhere and checking the mail box monthly when I go out to scavenge the remains of a post apocalyptic nuclear wasteland. But if see Kevin Costner on a horse, I’m in.
You know come to think of it I’d rather throw in with Tom Petty at the dam smoking some fine ass weed and riding the zip line. Too bad he passed, it would have been great.
Just don’t smoke weed with willy.
Yeah, I’ll have retiree recall orders, effective the day after my MRD, watch.
My fear: earning enough social demerits to necessitate The Machine’s ire.
My desire: to piss off ‘the (stupid and unprincipled) machine’ to the greatest extent possible.
“…does anybody have any questions?” (see vid)
Or just as outlined in Men at Work’s “It’s a Mistake”:
Last line of the song.. suburbia will be easy. Wait til they get to the country. Open land, farm machinery, backhoes. Accidents do happen. It could take the sheriff or an ambulance well over 30 minutes to find you, if you called.
Auntie Fuh made one thing certain, they’re willing to threaten all centers of power. Just a few showing up to cops’ homes and the luxury of suburbia’s LEO function goes to zero.
An unchained logic to them, rational impact is inconsequential to the ‘virtue’ signaled.
I don’t think they know what fetid fruits that’ll yield but I fear compost will be Made Great Again.
“Prepare” and have ample scoop, shovels and lime.
& pray.
It looks like an administrative update on how they will manage retiree recall. This mainly covers utilization of those with regular retirement, or gray area retirement. This ALARACT expires on March 15, 2025, addresses filling authorized positions, with recalled retirees, based on the needs of the Regular Army. It’s possible that they are looking at the retired reserve to help with manning shortfalls partly made possible with recruiting performance.
With 70 being a “cutoff” listed in the ALERACT, I’d be eligible until 2040. Just being short of five months less than 18 years AFS (not including reserve active duty), I’d technically be able to apply for active-duty sanctuary depending on the length of active orders. When I was at my retirement briefing, I talked to someone whose bread and butter was screening unit deployment orders specifically to remove folks in my situation from the orders.
Even if I don’t get mobilized and get approved to remain on active duty until 20 years AFS, I have enough retirement points to where my retirement check would look like I retired from active duty rather than from the reserve.
Understood.
The 365 day window seems to me…. doubtful.
The fact Army, Department of, keeps moving goal posts and may just inconvenience people that just wanna GTFO could further hurt recruiting and retention.
Less people in, bittered people getting out, shortages in MOSs for strategic toys/critical jobs, etc., blend it all together and I fear they’ll just take anyone that’ll answer the call to retrain of those systems.
With this mis-Admin I could easily see a situation where people don’t ‘show up’ and examples are made.
I don’t trust Bribe’m & Co to act morally, like at all.
Otherwise known as The Daniel Bernath Act.
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2024/03/20/washington-state-supreme-court-nah-you-dont-need-to-pass-the-bar-exam-to-become-a-lawyer-n2171686?fbclid=IwAR1EJY5EIbqlVZqtzUKnW7M6eiNeuduXPWI6VP8__8mfPDYewLC-P1ctq0Y_aem_ARgoKTycSqd_ydN2Zsz_ZIP8fKTqhk_HwRjeRAsC9U17_r6sCgS0tssvI1MM0RIzJhg
This will not bode well for the profession. As Justice Rehnquist once observed that half the lawers are incompetent. I think his assessment was too conservative.
Well, will you look at this. That didn’t take very long.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/03/22/army-4-star-who-pressured-panel-help-career-of-unfit-officer-suspended-facing-pentagon-investigation.html
Here’s the deal, folks….
This story in the UK Daily Mail,
that has come out the same week
that 2 of the 4 listed in my deleted post
are now promoting their new private movie (and DVD)
about the Mexican border.
(paste)Key Trump booster has a history as a con man:Stan Fitzgerald, founder of Veterans for America First,admitted role in selling $2million of fake autographsin one of the biggest sports memorabilia scams in history
(end paste)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12919431/veterans-trump-donald-stan-fitzgerald.html
And here is the “official response” from March 20.
Pay careful attention to the phrase “wrongful conviction”.
It’s a recent (1 year old) attempt at damage control
and an attempt at revisionist history…
Almost 20 years ago,
he pled GUILTY to a felony,
as did his own wife and mother.
https://veteransfortrump.us/official-response-from-veterans-for-trump-to-daily-mails-angie-wong-story/
Well well well…..
BONUS – The “official response” above… went POOF.
[ Stan Fitzgerald steps down as Veterans for America First President ]
https://veteransfortrump.us/stan-fitzgerald-steps-down-as-veterans-for-america-first-president/
Felon, but innocent.
Loser.
To Our Very Special KoB…
🎈🎊🎉🎂🥳
Hope You Are Having A Great One!
Cheers!
Some Famous Folks Born On 23 March:
* Bette Nesmith Graham, American inventor of Liquid Paper. Also the Mother of Michael Nesmith, one of the Monkees.
* Ric Ocasek, American songwriter, guitarist, singer, and producer of The Cars.
* Chaka Khan, American Singer and Songwriter.
* Don Carlos Buell, American Major General (Union Army), Ohio.
* Edward Lloyd Thomas, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), Georgia.
* Fannie Farmer, American culinary pioneer who revolutionised modern cooking through the introduction of precise measurements.
* Joan Crawford, American Actress.
* Wernher von Braun, German-American Rocket Scientist.
* Marty Allen, American Comedian (Allen and Rossi “Hello, Dere”)
* COL Albert Hanlin “Al” Crews Jr, USAF Officer and Astronaut.
* Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist, known for the Stanford prison experiment.
* Maynard Jackson, first Black Mayor of Atlanta
* Phil Keaggy, American rock and contemporary Christian music acoustic and electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist.
* Rex Wayne Tillerson, American energy executive who served as the 69th United States secretary of state from 2017 to 2018 in the administration of Donald Trump. From 2006 to 2016, he was chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil.
* Richard Grieco, Actor, “21 Jump Street”
Famous 23 March Events:
* 1775 – Patrick Henry delivers his famous speech where he says “give me liberty or give me death!”
* 1857 – First elevator is installed by Elisha Otis in New York City.
* 1888 – The Football League meets for the first time. The league featuring teams from England and Wales was the world’s oldest Association Football league.
* 1903 – The Wright Brothers apply for a patent for the airplane.
* 1933 – Adolf Hitler becomes Dictator of Germany.
* 1956 – Pakistan becomes the world’s first Islamic republic.
* 1980 – Archbishop Óscar Romero calls on members of the El Salvador armed forces to stop killing their fellow Salvadorians. A death squad assassinated the archbishop only one day after his famous sermon.
* 2001 – The Russian space station Mir plunges into the sea. The legendary station was disposed of in a controlled crash after 15 years in space.
Famous Daily Holidays:
* Be Mad Day – March 23, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in March)
* Black Marriage Day – March 23, 2024 (Fourth Sunday in March)
* Cuddly Kitten Day
* Endometriosis March Day – March 23, 2024 (Fourth Saturday in March)
* National Chia Day
* National Chip and Dip Day
* National Melba Toast Day
* National Organize Your Home Office
* National Puppy Day (Normally observed on March 23)
* National Tamale Day
* Near Miss Day
* OK Day
* Ravenclaw Pride Day
* Take Your Parents to the Playground Day – March 23, 2024 (8 Days before Easter)
* Walk in the Sand Day – March 23, 2024 (Saturday after the March Equinox)
* World Meteorological Day
Famous 23 March Deaths:
* 2006 – David B. Bleak, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1932)
* 2006 – Desmond Doss, American soldier Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
* 2011 – Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress (b. 1932)
Why is an elevator that is descending called an elevator? Wouldn’t it be a delivator? 🥴
Thanks for dropping the whole thing. (didn’t know if we were to dance ’round it gently)
Also, Peter Schiff (b. 1962)
To many more! Cheers!
TANKS!, ninja. Spent most of the day propping up one of my troops as he tied the knot…literally. Part of the Ceremony was the old school “tying of the hands” that you never see anymore. I do wish the happy (?) couple the best of luck, but…IMHO…Marriage is the leading cause of divorce. 😀
The fixin’ was Southern BBQ with cold slaw, baked beans, mac n cheese, cup cakes, and the House Wine…Sweet Iced. Imma gonna have to snack on some Chicken n Dumplin’s and cornbread just to change the taste in my mouth. Bless my heart.
Patrick Henry…My all time favorite 18th Century Hero.
Liz Taylor…the most Classically Beautiful Woman…EVAH!
gabn/gabaf/rtr/hbtd
Talked with HQ, due to budget cuts you rate a one gun salute.
The beer, whiskey, and scantily clad wallet vultures expenditures had enough commas to make the Pentagone say “hol’up now”.
HBD Brotherman.
Tanks, -Dog. The C&D with CB was topped off with vanilla bean ice cream and homemade cookies. Enjoying and hand rolled Tampa’s Finest with a shot of Jameo as we speak. Life is good! I’ll miss this life, come the fall. And, no, I don’t mean the autumn season.
Many belated happy returns of the day, King!!
Was there a shotgun within easy reach of the father of the bride during the nuptials?🤣
No shotgun, Pappy…just a Full Rifle Squad…with fixed bayonets on .58 caliber Enfields.
Comment #100 – One item of GI Issue you can never have enough of:
7510-00-266-5016
TAPE,PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE
“One item of GI Issue you can never have enough of”, especially if you’re married.
Would it be silver in color, like duct tape?
My wife likes ducks.
And yes, duck duct tape is a thing.
edit: just realized it’s Duck-brand duck duct tape. Seems, excessive.
Nope, that particular NSN is for solid color OD Green (OG107) tape, two inch, 60 yards to a roll, rated at 100 mph, the best all-around fix-it item of GI gear you can possess.
Claw, I picked up a PWA (Pratt and Whitney Aviation) tool wrap this weekend at a garage sale. It is missing 1 tool, possible a 1/4″ drive ratchet, most of the tools have never been used, a couple have some damage. I have contacted a local aviation museum to see if they want it.
“1/4″ drive ratchet” = Bonney V-702K?
The 3/8″ drive ratchet that is still in the set is a Walden Worchester PWA 839.
Some of the wrenches are made by Bonney, so I don’t know for sure.
It may or may not have been military.
Old tools are interesting, I guess that is why I hang out here. 🙂
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Monday evening is a little late for (Friday afternoon) WOT,
but here it is.
2nd story in the Daily News UK.
RESIGNED.
(Headline) Stan Fitzgerald steps down as head of Veterans for Trump
after the Daily Mail revealed his history as a conman
and new complaint about his fundraising work
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13236151/stan-fitzgerald-resigns-head-veterans-donald-trump-conman.html