Free Association Thread 4

[L1tTleD1fferent]

USS Shenandoah .

Shenandoah Valley (tho I don't Shenandoah where it is)

 

[JKendallDane]

Shenandoah Valley (tho I don't Shenandoah where it is)

Well, it starts here.

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[Tio_Narratore]

Well, it starts here.

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Shenandoah

 

[JKendallDane]

Shenandoah

Meanwhile, back at the Ponderosa...

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[MichaelinChina]

Meanwhile, back at the Ponderosa...

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I liked Hoss Cartwright the best.

 

[JKendallDane]

I liked Hoss Cartwright the best.

There were rumors at one point that the Cartwright boys might be gay since they all lived out in the woods without women for company. Michael Landon cleared it all up on Johnny Carson one night with:

"No, Johnny, the Cartwright's weren't gay. But thank God Hop Sing was!"

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[Tio_Narratore]

There were rumors at one point that the Cartwright boys might be gay since they all lived out in the woods without women for company. Michael Landon cleared it all up on Johnny Carson one night with:

"No, Johnny, the Cartwright's weren't gay. But thank God Hop Sing was!"

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Brokeback Mountain

 

[JKendallDane]

Brokeback Mountain

"You don't go up there to fish."

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[Tio_Narratore]

"You don't go up there to fish."

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Bait

 

[MichaelinChina]

jail bait

 

[JKendallDane]

jail bait

Fifteen will get you twenty.

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[L1tTleD1fferent]

Abbott & Costello - Two Tens For A Five ("Fifteen dollars just went South!")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la2BVTLFQ94

 

[MichaelinChina]

Abbott & Costello - Two Tens For A Five ("Fifteen dollars just went South!")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la2BVTLFQ94

Who's on first?

 

[JKendallDane]

Who's on first?

Words spoken at an orgy?

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[SamScribble]

Words spoken at an orgy?

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The Adventures of Augie March - Saul Bellow

 

[Tio_Narratore]

The Adventures of Augie March - Saul Bellow

Lachine, QC

By the way, Michael, do you find it strange that we have a city in Québec named "China?"

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

Lachine, QC

By the way, Michael, do you find it strange that we have a city in Québec named "China?"

How about how they named "Saskatchewan"?

"Don't give me none of your sass! Catch you on my property again, & there'll be trouble!"

(Read in some dumb joke book perhaps decades ago!)

 

[Handley_Page]

I see (via Google Earth) that the Route 81 road runs through Shenendoa valley.
There's a regional airport somewhere round there.

That said, I'd be better off knowing what's at the end of the M6 motorway. . . . .

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

I see (via Google Earth) that the Route 81 road runs through Shenendoa valley.
There's a regional airport somewhere round there.

That said, I'd be better off knowing what's at the end of the M6 motorway. . . . .

Hopefully someone who can explain why Renner hasn't replaced Cruise as lead in those films (or Damon in the Bourne franchise).

 

[MichaelinChina]

Hopefully someone who can explain why Renner hasn't replaced Cruise as lead in those films (or Damon in the Bourne franchise).

Rimmer in the Red Dwarf series...

oh and Tio, I see there's a town called Anzac (after Australian and New Zealand Army Corp) in Canada too. I checked it out. Seems Australians and New Zealanders helped out with reconstruction after WW1.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I see (via Google Earth) that the Route 81 road runs through Shenendoa valley.
There's a regional airport somewhere round there.

That said, I'd be better off knowing what's at the end of the M6 motorway. . . . .

Interstate 81 is one of the two major north-south highways in the eastern U.S. (I-95 is the other). The Shendoah River flows north through the valley and then turns east and south to join the Potomac at Harper's Ferry. A very significant region in the U.S., HP. And you also might be interested to know the military story of the Eisenhower Interstate Highway system, HP

Rimmer in the Red Dwarf series...

oh and Tio, I see there's a town called Anzac (after Australian and New Zealand Army Corp) in Canada too. I checked it out. Seems Australians and New Zealanders helped out with reconstruction after WW1.

Vindaloo

We also have a town called "Dildo!" But Lachine (La Chine) derives from a joke at the expense of the Cavalier de la Salle, who thought the St. Lawrence River would lead to China. He couldn't get past the rapids on the southwest side of Montreal Island, so people joked that, since he couldn't go any further, he must have reached China. La Salle died, by the way, in Texas, assassinated by his men when he botched the navigation from France to the mouth of the Mississippi. Longitude hadn't been worked out yet, and he got the latitude wrong.

 

[Handley_Page]

Interstate 81 is one of the two major north-south highways in the eastern U.S. (I-95 is the other). The Shendoah River flows north through the valley and then turns east and south to join the Potomac at Harper's Ferry. A very significant region in the U.S., HP. And you also might be interested to know the military story of the Eisenhower Interstate Highway system, HP

Wanna point me in the right direction, please, Tio ?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Wanna point me in the right direction, please, Tio ?

Briefly: when Eisenhower was a Colonel, in the 30s, he was ordered to lead his regiment to California from Kansas. Because of the state of the roads, it took him 3 months to get there, and so he recommended that the government create a network of multi-lane roads that would facilitate the movement of troops (and civilians as well). When he became President, he finally got to implement that recommendation (hence the name of the network of highways). Military needs had changed quite a bit by the 50s, though, and something rather novel was added to the highways. It was the era of the Strategic Air Command and of missile warfare. Military airports were obvious targets, so as a back-up in case of a successful attack, the SAC kept planes in the air 24/7, and the requirements for the new Interstate Highways included that they be at least two lanes in each direction and have at least 1 mile in every 5 be straight, with level clearance on either side - so military planes could land for refueling and rearming if their home airbase was destroyed. The U.S. Interstate Highway system is the world's largest military airbase.

 

[JKendallDane]

Briefly: when Eisenhower was a Colonel, in the 30s, he was ordered to lead his regiment to California from Kansas. Because of the state of the roads, it took him 3 months to get there, and so he recommended that the government create a network of multi-lane roads that would facilitate the movement of troops (and civilians as well). When he became President, he finally got to implement that recommendation (hence the name of the network of highways). Military needs had changed quite a bit by the 50s, though, and something rather novel was added to the highways. It was the era of the Strategic Air Command and of missile warfare. Military airports were obvious targets, so as a back-up in case of a successful attack, the SAC kept planes in the air 24/7, and the requirements for the new Interstate Highways included that they be at least two lanes in each direction and have at least 1 mile in every 5 be straight, with level clearance on either side - so military planes could land for refueling and rearming if their home airbase was destroyed. The U.S. Interstate Highway system is the world's largest military airbase.

All true, but the German autobahn is far more thrilling to drive on.

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[Handley_Page]

All true, but the German autobahn is far more thrilling to drive on.

I'm not sure "thrilling" is the word I'd use, but maybe things are different these days.

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. . . the SAC kept planes in the air 24/7, and the requirements for the new Interstate Highways included that they be at least two lanes in each direction and have at least 1 mile in every 5 be straight, with level clearance on either side - so military planes could land for refueling and rearming if their home airbase was destroyed. The U.S. Interstate Highway system is the world's largest military airbase.

Sweden has had a similar road requirement for many years, or so I'm told. And it was SEPCAT Jaguar which landed, refuelled and took off from one of our motorways back in the day. Just to prove it was possible, like.
How much of our motorways is actually usable might be open to discussion.