Good Morning All...
Joining the ranks of the n'er do wells and doing a little vacation thing
with my XYL Mrs. Native. If I think about it I'll try to post a picture of
some feet in finely packed sands of Estero later.
Despite the ailments, dropped bottoms and flats I truly hope
all of you had the best week you could and a better weekend.
From the link that pawngal provided about pants:
FiFi the only flying B-29 of the CAF.
What it Takes to Keep a B-29 Flying - Tested
Tells a brief bit about keeping this airplane flying. I found the story of the TU 4 and inability to swap parts interesting. Debunked a myth or two.
My LifeTrak watch has been acting up lately. The heart rate monitor hasn't been working.
I think found out why.
Today I looked at it and it gave me a blank expression.
Battery's dead. I need to find another.
In the meantime I still have my old Timex Expedition. It won't tell me how far, how many steps, how many calories or my heart rate but it will tell me the time.
You do realize, Chuck, that if they do the mind probe, or any more scans..."someone" may have to be dealt with, right? Just sayin...
Just went and got some REAL Nashville Hot Chicken. Not that KFC stuff. There's a lil Hot Chicken Restaurant not far from us. I asked Grandson what he wanted for supper. Guess what HOT Chicken. Wifey rolled her eyes! Hot Chicken it was!
Wifey will ONLY eat they're plain. Grandson wanted they're 911. So I got wifey plain Breast Strips and me and Grandson got HOT. Not 911! Whole breast quarters. But they're still very Hot. There is Plain, Mild, Hot then Extra Hot and then 911. I didn't want to chance him wasting it.
I've only had they're 911, 5-6 times. He's heard tales of it. It'll make your teeth sweat and your eyes burn just from the smell.
They only serve strips, leg quarters, breast quarters and whiting fish sandwiches. Also in all the above versions. And French fries or slaw or potato salad. That's it. I also like they're HOT fish sandwich. Hand battered deep fried Whiting Fillet. KILLER!
They serve everything stacked on two pieces of white bread and a couple of dill pickles. And the white bread is SO good when it absorbs the HOT flavored grease! And your choice of side dish. I got fries tonight. Yummy!
But, the first thing Grandson, when asked what he wanted to drink with his supper, he said white milk. He ain't no dummy.
So a GREAT Supper! Real Nashville Hot Chicken! Oh Yeah! The REAL Deal.
But I've got to remember, not to touch any private parts for at least 24 hours. Even after washing my hands multiple times. And I have a GREAT wifey story and my HOT Chicken about 10 years ago. But I'll leave that one to your imagination! She still hasn't forgiven me!!!!![]()
June 10, 1945
After midnight 12 raids entered the area. Several of the enemy's old two engine sea planes were downed. At 0825 the destroyer William D. Porter was patrolling on picket station 15 when a kamikaze dove on her out of the overcast. The plane missed but the bomb ex¬ploded close aboard. Not buttoned up, the ship sank at 1115.
Homer had nothing to do with that!USS William D Porter DD-579
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USS William D. Porter (DD-579) sinking after she was near-missed by a "Kamikaze" suicide aircraft off Okinawa, 10 June 1945. USS LCS-86 and another LCS are alongside, taking off her crew. Though not actually hit by the enemy plane, William D. Porter received fatal underwater damage from the near-by explosion. [Support ships are USS LCS(L)(3)-86 and USS LCS(L)(3)-122 behind]
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The USS William D. Porter was not exactly a "lucky ship." It's the only ship in US Navy history to have it's entire crew arrested at one time, the result of accidentally launching a live torpedo at USS Iowa that just happened to be carrying President Roosevelt at the time.
A separate event occurred while operating in the Aleutians when a sailor came back to the ship drunk after leave and decided he wanted to fire one of Porter's big guns. He fired the weapon before anyone could stop him, having no idea where the 5-inch shell would land. Unfortunately, it just happened to land in the front yard of the base commandant's home while he was having a little party for fellow officers and their wives.
For more details, see USS William D. Porter: The U.S. Navy Destroyer's Service in World War II | HistoryNet
Just went and got some REAL Nashville Hot Chicken. Not that KFC stuff. There's a lil Hot Chicken Restaurant not far from us. I asked Grandson what he wanted for supper. Guess what HOT Chicken. Wifey rolled her eyes! Hot Chicken it was!
Wifey will ONLY eat they're plain. Grandson wanted they're 911. So I got wifey plain Breast Strips and me and Grandson got HOT. Not 911! Whole breast quarters. But they're still very Hot. There is Plain, Mild, Hot then Extra Hot and then 911. I didn't want to chance him wasting it.
I've only had they're 911, 5-6 times. He's heard tales of it. It'll make your teeth sweat and your eyes burn just from the smell.
They only serve strips, leg quarters, breast quarters and whiting fish sandwiches. Also in all the above versions. And French fries or slaw or potato salad. That's it. I also like they're HOT fish sandwich. Hand battered deep fried Whiting Fillet. KILLER!
They serve everything stacked on two pieces of white bread and a couple of dill pickles. And the white bread is SO good when it absorbs the HOT flavored grease! And your choice of side dish. I got fries tonight. Yummy!
But, the first thing Grandson, when asked what he wanted to drink with his supper, he said white milk. He ain't no dummy.
So a GREAT Supper! Real Nashville Hot Chicken! Oh Yeah! The REAL Deal.
But I've got to remember, not to touch any private parts for at least 24 hours. Even after washing my hands multiple times. And I have a GREAT wifey story and my HOT Chicken about 10 years ago. But I'll leave that one to your imagination! She still hasn't forgiven me!!!!![]()
Mine's a digital chronograph. It has an alarm, stopwatch and a countdown timer.This one has been going for years,takes a lickin and keeps on ticking!![]()
Oh yeah, back in the day.Hey Snubby:
Being part Native American like myself (my great grandfather was full blooded Cherokee), Have you ever listened to any REDBONE from the Late 1960's through the early 1970's? Pat and Lolly Vegas? They were a Native American Band and had several big hits.
I was just reminiscing and found some of their stuff on ITunes.
Witch Queen Of New Orleans. Come And Get Your Love, Message From A Drum. Faido Faido (spelling?) Wavoka (a favorite).
I LOVED Redbone back in the day. Just going back to my roots, playing some cultural stuff.
Just wondering?