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USS Conolly DD-979

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Namesake: Admiral Richard Lansing Conolly
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding
Laid down: 29 September 1975
Launched: 3 June 1977
Acquired: 25 September 1978
Commissioned: 14 October 1978
Decommissioned: 18 September 1998
Struck: 18 September 1998
Motto: Leading The Way
Fate: Sunk as target, 29 April 2009

A Mexican navy Bo-105 Bölkow helicopter fires two 70 mm high-explosive rockets at the decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer ex-USS Conolly (DD 979) in the Atlantic Ocean during a sinking exercise in support of UNITAS Gold.

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walkinghorse said:
Around here you can see, small square bales, medium square bales, large square bales, medium round bales, large round bales, and I have even seen small round bales! The small round bales are very uncommon, and I have never seen the equipment used to bale small round, only the bales in the field ready to pick up.
As you know each requires different equipment. There are different types of cutting equipment, some crimps the hay, some does not. Multiple types of wind rowing equipment exist. In small square baling there is synthetic twine, natural/sisal twine, and you occasionally see the old wire tied bales.
Luckily due to the Amish here, small square bales are easy to find. More labor intensive than large types of bales. None of the english kids want to bale or assist in baling anymore! The Amish kids do it as part of their normal life. Hot, dirty, hard work.
Then there is alfalfa hay, alfalfa grass mixture, and various types of straight grass hay. We prefer grass hay for the horses cause with alfalfa they want the leaves and leave the stems to make a mess. We feed grass for bulk and it is the same as the fields they pasture in, so minimizes a change in diet. In the winter grass hay is slower to eat, so they do not get bored and chew on other things in the barn! 😟 Also hay provides more warmth in the belly to help with cold days and nights. The bag feed provides minerals and vitamins. We do not blanket in the winter unless one gets I'll. Once you blanket, you have to blanket all the time cause the hair does not grow. We have seen two horrific accidents involving blankets cutting off circulation to a limb. Plus horses can destroy a blanket in just moving around and rubbing in a barn.
The Amish have modern and old type equipment. Old order Amish have steel wheeled tractors and have seen steel wheeled bailers, and wind rowing equipment.
And last, haying equipment needs constant adjustment, and seems prone to breaking down just when you need it the most! 😠
Glad I just buy it now! ☺
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All i know about Hay is we got 2 cents a bail (large square bales), for loading then unloading an old wagon in hay mount.
Usually in 90 plus degree weather. Hot, dirty, hard, work for a farm kid but steady work during the summer.
Then there is detassling corn.....for another time.


Chuck
 
bigwheelzip said:
On some of the small family farms in Europe, they have some labor intensive drying tasks.





Might take a while to do that to an Iowa spread.
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I was gonna say......those ain't hay fields....they are just
large gardens. haha

Yeah, that wouldn't work around here in Indiana hay fields.
:D:D


Chuck
 
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All I can say about hay is that I loaded and unloaded many wagon loads of it !
And we drank our share of beer doing it!
We did this at the end of summer and shortly after school started, enlisted some of my school buddies to help! :cool:

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Marvin Gardens said:
I remember "Then came Bronson." I used to watch it when I was grammar school age. I remember one episode in particular where a character played by Will Geer guest starred. Geer's character hired Bronson to disassemble and bury a Linotype machine that he had operated for decades.

I took a lot of graphics courses in high school. I was also a teacher's aid and ended up spending three periods a day in the graphic arts department. I was regarded as a "good troop" by our army veteran instructor.

Due to the high esteem that the instructor held me in, I was trained in and assigned to the more interesting jobs. For a couple of years I operated the line camera and dark room. I operated a Heidelberg Windmill printing press and set cold type in metal chases on a large stone for use in letterpress printing. I also learned to operate a Linotype machine. A Linotype is a fascinating machine which sort of left me in awe of the many operations it completed at the same time. I actually owned a Linotype that my local paper gave away later in my life but never had the space to use it. I read the letterpress printing is coming back as a very popular hobby. Maybe I'll have some space that machine tools aren't taking up someday.

Operating the Linotype machine, the camera, or the Heidelberg took most of my time in the classroom. When not performing those tasks, I was assigned to reloading chores on the C&H three station press that my teacher kept locked up in the darkroom. We both owned Ruger Super Blackhawks and would shoot together a day or two a week after school. We had settled on a mutually agreed upon load of a 240 grain Sierra hollow point and Winchester 630 powder. I would crank out hundreds of rounds every week.

There were a couple of other Linotype operators but I was the only student in charge of reloading ammunition. I think times have changed since I was in high school.:D:D

I did receive straight "A's" in graphic arts btw.

Regards.

Bob
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Cool stuff there Bob.
And to think nowadays you would be on every "watch list" known to man.:p:p

A hunting buddy of mine worked for a large tool and die
manufacturer for many years (he is now retired).
He worked Maintenance and had "Lots" of down time.
He set up a reloading bench back in the recesses
of the shop and reloaded up to 300 rounds a day while
on the clock.
He loaded for himself and his friends.
He loved it. He just used an old rock chucker press.:D


Chuck
 
snubbyfan said:
Remember Burger Chef and Jeff?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFrS4YIOnv4
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Man i remember as kids we loved to go to Burger Chef.
They had that "fixin's bar" that was free and you could
buy a few regular hamburgers them take them over to
the fixins bar and load them up with tomato, lettuce,
pickles, onion, or whatever.
Dad loved the place too.
He could afford to feed three young boys for around
3-4 dollars.:D:D

Chuck
 
shouldazagged said:
Thanks to all of you for your good wishes and prayers about my medical situation.

As of fifteen minutes ago, 10:30 PM EDT, I can't have anything to eat or drink till after the procedure tomorrow. No coffee in the morning. This may be the worst part of the whole damn thing.
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Mike, hopefully the coffee ban WILL be the worst part about it...
 
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