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Not political, but the local news has reported that ICE is in Worktown. That could fairly well wipe out three entire crews of weasels.


That would make it tough to get anything done around here.


Motherfucker!


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Mornin' everyone. Cold morning here. We hit 16F this morning, coldest it's been since April 4th. Heavy frost on everything.

Finally starting to feel a little better, been a rough couple of days. Might actually get some project stuff done tonight, on the home stretch of getting ready for winter. One big task to wrap up, and maybe a few small ones. After that it's time to start messing with fun projects for a while.

Hope you all have enough caffeine to have a good day today!
 
likes2watchU said:
USS Arizona
Couldn't even set foot in the section with the wall of names
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Not sure if it's changed since I was there 25 yrs ago. Everyone arrives to get their tickets. It's a festive, touristy, vacationy mood. You wait in the gift shop, complete with snacks. Various conversations taking place, connections being made with fellow travelers.

When it's your group's turn, you are directed to a small movie theater. A short film plays narrated by Stockard Channing. It includes original footage from both the US and Japan.

By the end of this 23-minute film, you can hear a pin drop... and the quiet weeping of some in the audience.

I learned later that a few in our group were survivors traveling back to visit friends and fellow service members who died aboard the USS Arizona. A few other couples were relatives of those who died during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The mood has shifted. We are reminded that this is a Memorial and a grave. We are to conduct ourselves accordingly; and we do.

We exit out the opposite side of the theater directly onto the gangway for the ferry. It's a short, quiet ride across to the memorial which floats above the USS Arizona.

I don't recall anyone speaking above a whisper the entire time aboard.

At the Tears of the Arizona, leis are cut and the flowers scattered* as one might drop a rose onto a casket. I am mesmerized watching both air bubbles and drops of oil make their way from the depths up to the surface.

(*Keep the string and dispose properly so it doesn't harm the sea life.)

At the far end of the Memorial sits the Shrine; a marble wall with the names of those killed aboard the Arizona at Pearl Harbor. Off to the side is a plaque with the names of the few who survived.

By the time I made it to this beautiful remembrance, I was overwhelmed.

It was one of the most moving experiences so far in my life... and not one that I will soon forget.
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B2fromA2looking4U said:
Good morning denizens of the diner. Hello Sub,Wat and Wonderer. The weather forecast ugly: cold hard rain, sleet, or freezing rain depending on where you are and the temperatures. Fortunately I do grandpa pickups. So it should just be cold rain.

Thoughts about war memorials: my most memorable was the Vietnam memorial in DC. As you and the crowd enter it, the crowd becomes quite and not even a whisper can be heard. It is a sobering experience.
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It’s not a war memorial, but it has the same effect. The Memorial in Oklahoma City. I was there on business around 20yrs ago, so only ten or eleven years after the bombing.

At that point they still had the original fence with little flags and teddy bears still up. Just looking over that link, they still have a section of the original where people place things.

The water works building across the plaza was were the museum is. You start out on the top floor, walking through a maze of items recovered. They have recordings of the local morning news going on; weather reports, local interest, etc…

Then you go into a room and sit down. The actual seats from the building where you get your water permits for projects and such. They have the recording of Mr. Look’n for a Permit and the procedures he has to go through when BOOM! 💥

The recording picks up the blast. It’s not like Hollywood where there’s a big boom and it’s over. This blast built on itself. It was a series of blasts…almost like a rolling thunder type sound, but getting louder…

The room goes dark, then a curtain is pulled back rapidly at the front and pictures of all the victims are there in front of you. It’s shocking, it’s emotional, and it’s still emotional all these years later.

Then the door slides open on the side and you work your way down the floors as the investigation and everything unfolding. You hear the sirens, the news reports they show the initial shock and confusion.

This was after 9/11, so they included a memorial for that at the bottom.

For me…I couldn’t do it again. I’ve yet to visit either the Wall or Arizona. Hawaii is the last state I need to check off…when I do, I’ll visit. DeeCee…I’m there tons. Can’t seem to get to the Wall…don’t know if it’s timing or avoiding it on some level. I think I would have to prepare myself.

We did Dachau when living in Germany. I wont do another holocaust memorial either.

Didn’t mean to dim the mood…the MZ——

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subdudeme13 said:
I wonder how many of the survivers are still with us. I had a friend that died a few years ago who was on a destroyer in WWII he passed at 93 6 years ago and he went in the navy early. He wrote a book about his time in the navy. His ship was hit by a kamikazi at Okinawa. I was stationed there in the 60's and did demolition training at the location where the kamakazis were launched. He had a ring that was made from metal they saved from the kamikazi.
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Wikipedia (open source) says the last USS Arizona survivor passed last year.
Lou Conter, April 2024, age 102
 
likes2watchU said:
Wikipedia (open source) says the last USS Arizona survivor passed last year.
Lou Conter, April 2024, age 102
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I heard this years ago so I’m sure the numbers have changed, but it was something to the effect of over 100 WWII vets died a day.

All the WWII era vets I knew are long gone. SWMBO’s grandfather was 96 when he passed and that was in 2011ish…
 
dkak001 said:
Mornin' everyone. Cold morning here. We hit 16F this morning, coldest it's been since April 4th. Heavy frost on everything.

Finally starting to feel a little better, been a rough couple of days. Might actually get some project stuff done tonight, on the home stretch of getting ready for winter. One big task to wrap up, and maybe a few small ones. After that it's time to start messing with fun projects for a while.

Hope you all have enough caffeine to have a good day today!
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Take care. I agree that's cold brrrrrrrrrrr
 
Wonderer67 said:
I’m a bit of an Anglophile.

But mostly for their culture of punk rock, drinking , football and fighting!

Me an the missus been to a buncha football games. Molineux (v Birmingham City- insane) wolves away at Griffin Park (RIP) and also Upton Park (also RIP). Also memorable game at MK Away!
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Football and beer still go hand in hand, but we see much less fighting among the fans these days, although there are aways small pockets of morons at most games!
The Premier League is so expensive nowadays that I love going back to my roots and watching some of the top non-league clubs.
They still seem to have a genuine connection with their local communities.
The Premier League clubs like Villa and Wolves still have that connection, but most of the wealthy London clubs and the two Manchester clubs are full of corporate followers ... what the combative Roy Keane called the "prawn sandwich" brigade!
 
Yes, I agree. I love the provincial teams (like Ipswich) all battling to get into the Prem, and those smaller clubs fighting to stay at that level.
It's interesting to see Wrexham progressing from non-league football to the Championship in consecutive seasons with the backing of Ryan Reynolds and his mate Rob McElhenney.
Yes, Wolves face a tough battle to stay up in the Prem this year. Love to see the smaller clubs like Bournemouth (capacity 10,000) and Brentford (17,000) mixing it with the big boys.
 
MuffandNonsense said:
Yes, I agree. I love the provincial teams (like Ipswich) all battling to get into the Prem, and those smaller clubs fighting to stay at that level.
It's interesting to see Wrexham progressing from non-league football to the Championship in consecutive seasons with the backing of Ryan Reynolds and his mate Rob McElhenney.
Yes, Wolves face a tough battle to stay up in the Prem this year. Love to see the smaller clubs like Bournemouth (capacity 10,000) and Brentford (17,000) mixing it with the big boys.
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I was at wolves v brentford at the old griffin park. I love the old school stadiums and grit.

Griffin park had great bars in each corner of the stadium. Then we went to a tour of the griffin brewery (fullers) right after.

Old football stadiums that are in the middle of neighborhoods.
 
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