TSCLT 7.0: Hemis, Harleys, Hooters-n-Harridans

[Wat_Tyler]

Home!!! Well, Scrotel 13.


I have more scrotel reservations to make.


For the next job, where I'll report in the morning.


Blessed be Allah and all praises to him for his manifold blessings and great mercies, et cetera et cetera . . . . Death to Infidels!!!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Once long ago, a Litster started a This Day in History thread. The OP was chided-n-derided by a Lit Jeenyus/Mensa "member" who expressed abhorrence for the topic. The thread died, but I've been reading that kind of thing for decades and recently have found a really good site. One of today's tidbits that got me to reading more was this:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Indianapolis_(CA-35)

At 0015 on 30 July, the ship was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58, and sank in 12 minutes. Of 1,195 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship.[4] The remaining 890 faced exposure, dehydration, saltwater poisoning, and shark attacks while stranded in the open ocean with few lifeboats and almost no food or water. The Navy only learned of the sinking four days later, when survivors were spotted by the crew of a PV-1 Ventura on routine patrol. Only 316 survived.[4] The sinking of Indianapolis resulted in the greatest single loss of life at sea, from a single ship, in the history of the US Navy

Captain Charles B. McVay III, who had commanded Indianapolis since November 1944 through several battles, survived the sinking, though he was one of the last to abandon ship, and was among those rescued days later. In November 1945, he was court-martialed on two charges: failing to order his men to abandon ship and hazarding the ship. Cleared of the charge of failing to order abandon ship, McVay was convicted of "hazarding his ship by failing to zigzag". Several aspects of the court-martial were controversial. There was evidence that the Navy itself had placed the ship in harm's way. McVay's orders were to "zigzag at his discretion, weather permitting"; however, McVay was not informed that a Japanese submarine was operating in the vicinity of his route from Guam to Leyte. Further, Mochitsura Hashimoto, commander of I-58, testified that zigzagging would have made no difference.[32] Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz remitted McVay's sentence and restored him to active duty. McVay retired in 1949 as a rear admiral.[33]

While many of Indianapolis's survivors said McVay was not to blame for the sinking, the families of some of the men who died thought otherwise: "Merry Christmas! Our family's holiday would be a lot merrier if you hadn't killed my son", read one piece of mail.[34] The guilt that was placed on his shoulders mounted until he committed suicide in 1968, using his Navy-issued revolver. McVay was discovered on his front lawn by his gardener with a toy sailor in one hand, revolver in the other.[35] He was 70 years old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochitsura_Hashimoto

In 1999, he assisted the surviving crew of the Indianapolis in attempting to exonerate McVay of blame for the ship's sinking, writing a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee in which he stated, just as he had more than five decades earlier, that even if the Indianapolis had been zigzagging, there would have been no difference: "I would have been able to launch a successful torpedo attack against his ship whether it had been zigzagging or not." Regarding McVay's conviction, Hashimoto wrote:

Our peoples have forgiven each other for that terrible war and its consequences. Perhaps it is time your peoples forgave Captain McVay for the humiliation of his unjust conviction.[57]

Hashimoto died at the age of 91 on 25 October 2000,[61] five days before a resolution to posthumously exonerate Captain McVay was passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton.

Hashimoto became a Shinto priest. War is shitty business.

 

[Bidin~Time]

On this day, in what will be history tomorrow, I saw a bear on the way home from work.

 

[OldJourno]

I read the This Day in History piece almost daily. A few days back I was shocked to read that an earthquake in 1976 killed 246,000 Chinese. Shocked that I'd totally forgotten something that mind-numbing.
Jesus, a quarter-million people killed in an earthquake.

 

[thør]

On this day, in what will be history tomorrow, I saw a bear on the way home from work.

I only saw bear poo on my noon bike ride.

 

[Bidin~Time]

On this day, in what will be history tomorrow, I saw a bear on my way home from work.

There, FMP. Now it doesn't sound as though the bear had been working and was on its way home.

Because, after all, I do not know his employment status

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I think that them-thar b'ars is on ree-lief.


I'm getting a kick about birthdays and death days.


For example, reading about Zelda Fitzgerald on her b-day, I was surprised to learn she died in a fire in a nut word


Damn one-way door locks . . . .

 

[Wat_Tyler]

 

[Wat_Tyler]

https://www.bikebandit.com/blog/the...wW1DyY8QcWmqyM0pP_oJaQ1Pj01Mw_c8wj47bz_XtUa80

The Purpose of the Gremlin Bell

These little bells, known in the motorcycling world as Gremlin Bells, Guardian Bells, or Spirit Bells, are a kind of good luck charm for motorcycle riders. The bell is said to protect them during their travels, similar to how a pendant or image of St. Christopher, the patron saint of travelers, is often carried in vehicles to protect their occupants while on the road.

Here’s how the bell works: legend has it that there are harmful spirits that lurk the roadways, always on the lookout for motorcycles to cling onto and cause mischief. You may have heard of unusual and hard-to-diagnose problems that occur in machines (most often in electrical systems) being called “gremlins,” and supposedly, it is these same unpredictable and harmful spirits that cause problems for motorcycles and their riders.

The Gremlin Bell is a way to ward off these spirits. It is said to work by capturing them in the hollow of the bell and infuriating them with the constant ringing until they release their hold and break free, returning to the roadway to find another unsuspecting rider without a bell to harass instead.

 

[bellisarius]

OK Wat, I'm losing track of your jobs. Is the new one actually the old one from hell?

Bears everywhere. I need to go up to the mountains so I can have a bear story too.

 

[von_Bismarck]

OK Wat, I'm losing track of your jobs. Is the new one actually the old one from hell?

Bears everywhere. I need to go up to the mountains so I can have a bear story too.

Memory problems at your age are not uncommon.

Be well, Ish.

 

[Go_Fuck_Yourself]

 

[thør]

Bears everywhere. I need to go up to the mountains so I can have a bear story too.

I'm sitting on the deck, enjoying the evening, waiting for the bear. But, there is only a hare.

 

[riverj]

On this day, in what will be history tomorrow, I saw a bear on the way home from work.

Well... living in the woods means this is not so surprising....

 

[thør]

Well... living in the woods means this is not so surprising....

I live in a subdivision and it's not surprising.

 

[riverj]

I live in a subdivision and it's not surprising.

Nor should it be.... I hear it is hot there this year.

 

[thør]

Nor should it be.... I hear it is hot there this year.

It was, not now.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Happy payday Wednesday!!!


Next month's installment of the mortgage is paid, so the cats can be happy, safe, and secure in their persons and property. And Wat has a place to keep his shit.


Up a bit early. Brain didn't want to turn back off. It happens sometimes. No matter.


It beats Hell outta wondering what AOC is doing . . . .

 

[Kantarii]

Just another Humpday for most of us.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I recall asking in the interview process when payday is, and the recruiter told me and added some commentary. I didn't care particularly.


My last several jobs have paid every other week, and not on Fridays.


I'd prefer twice a month. That's when the bills show up.


Which reminds me, I have expenses to do today . . . .

 

[bellisarius]

Morning folks.

For some it's payday, for some hump day, for some it's both. For me it's RANGE DAY!!!

 

[SpeareChucker]

It's just another manic Wednesday...




I prefer getting paid every day. Under the table.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Money every day is good.


The world should be my range, and all its inhabitants targets . . . .


Did I mention a wee road trip this morning? To the new job. The old one still has a dingleberry to pick off, but that'll be next week's adventure.


Meanwhile, something else to look at, and good people to see.

 

[bellisarius]

I'm taking the new build out to put it through it's paces. Don't expect anything special but it's always interesting dialing in a new rifle.

 

[SpeareChucker]

So far, my big ambition is a second cup of coffee and blueberry pancakes.