The USMC must be really hurting for adequate funding. In an age when the M14, M16 and M4 carbine have become standard, these guys are still issued WWII-era M1 rifles???
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The USMC must be really hurting for adequate funding. In an age when the M14, M16 and M4 carbine have become standard, these guys are still issued WWII-era M1 rifles???
Maybe it was just for the Inauguration Day ceremonies.
bigwheelzip
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The little acupuncturists are now 9 weeks old.
From L to R; Lil' Moe, Pogo, Smoke and Luna
From L to R; Lil' Moe, Pogo, Smoke and Luna
bigwheelzip
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Feeling spoiled by the ritzy surroundings at the massive new David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. An impressive architectural step up for their extensive hospital campus in NYC.
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On an Honor Flight visit to DC a few years ago, there were some Marines in a drill team on the flat near the USMC memorial. They had M1s, which had been modified by cutting off the pistol grips on the stock and thinning the grip area. I asked about this, and was told it was to save weight and make it easier on their shoulders when they were at at shoulder arms. I then noticed that the extractors (and most certainly the ejectors and firing pins) had been removed. These weren't rifles. They were props.
I muttered under my breath candy asses.
One of the young Marines asked me if I wanted to examine his rifle. I told him that I first had experience with M1 rifles at age 14, used them in the Army, and had one at home - thanks, but no thanks.
Can't believe they'd butcher M1s like that....
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Feeling spoiled by the ritzy surroundings at the massive new David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. An impressive architectural step up for their extensive hospital campus in NYC.
Gorgeous. Surrounding are soo important when you're fighting cancer.
The Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City has often been compared to a 5-Star hotel.
I didn't fight cancer. Cancer fought me - and lost.
Tried to photograph a couple of guns, a couple of cats had other ideas.
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Try and get one of these...
I end up with six of these.
I end up with six of these.
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I went there so many times as a kid growing up in the Bronx. There was the RKO Fordham theatre on Fordham Rd. not too far from the Paradise that we also went to! Memories.My old Bronx movie theater
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These phone booths were on an overpass over the Grand Concourse next to the Army Recruiter. Teens used to hang out on this overpass in the 60's just passing time chatting with their friends and people watching. My Dad's bakery was within view of these phone booths as well. It was called Linmar Bake Shop, and was in business till 1976. It was opened in 1938 by my Grandmother and Grandfather. It was located at 2476 Grand Concourse in the Bronx. Thanks for the memories @ladder13I remember this spot as a very young kid. Fordham Rd and Grand Concourse.
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Duraflame logs now sold at Costco.
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I remember those woven seats riding the Subway with my grandmother in the '50sRode on these subway cars BITD as a Ute.
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I spent many a day on Fordham Rd and The Concourse. Lots of them eating at Gormans, loved those crunchy hotdogs.
I was never in your dad’s shop but knew where it was.
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Linda, you know this place, allegedly the largest of its kind in the world.
The Kingsbridge Armory.
The Kingsbridge Armory.
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I used to have pictures of the interior but lost them, it was incredible.
Found one
The RKO
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Yes. It was 3 blocks away from where I lived... It was located on Jerome Avenue and Kingsbridge Rd. My Grandmother volunteered there during WWII for the Red Cross rolling bandages and anything else she could do for the war effort. (I lived on the Concourse between Kingsbridge Rd. and E. 196 St. till I got married). Loved those Gorman's hot dogs-- used to walk with my Dad at least once a week for lunch from his bakery to Gorman's( a couple of blocks away). It was great to sit at the counter and be able to pile on as much sauerkraut as possible onto those amazing crunchy dogs!! Good spicy mustard, too! Good memories! Thank you[emoji106][emoji106]Linda, you know this place, allegedly the largest of its kind in the world.
The Kingsbridge Armory.
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Yes the RKO Fordham!... Spent many a weekend afternoon there with my friends watching the latest movie sharing a big bucket of popcorn and a coke[emoji16][emoji16] In the background to the left in your photo is Alexander's department store, a favorite spot for my friends and I to go looking for bargains after the movie! I think there was a smaller theater called The Valentine a little further east on Fordham Rd. at one time too! The interior of the Loew's Paradise was amazing for sure! Thanks for all the Bronx pics. Keep them coming[emoji106][emoji106]I used to have pictures of the interior but lost them, it was incredible.
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The RKO
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