The 50 Plus Cafe, Pub, All-Nite Greasy Spoon and Dive Bar

[Wonderer67]

Ahhhhhhhh Billy Bishop's Neuiport!

It wasnt Rickenbacker's but I got to touch a S.P.A.D. XIII that was from the Hat-in-the-Ring escadrille....

WWI Aviation is one of my favorite things

I like anything old… but old airplanes are cool.

And those things were really basically flying boxkites with a motor.

I work near Cincinnati sometimes and I have always been told to go to the Air Force museum at wright/patterson AFB.

 

[AlexAtNight]

it is a great museum, and I will resist the urge to start rattling every fact I know about those planes... but I have Billy Bishop's biography

 

[Wonderer67]

it is a great museum, and I will resist the urge to start rattling every fact I know about those planes... but I have Billy Bishop's biography

I was into it when I was a kid.

If you ever get a chance get to Rhinebwck NY aerodrome. They have old ww1 planes there. Triplanes, D7 and D8 and a bunch of allied planes. Maybe a camel? I have some pics somewhere.

I think they’re reproductions but pretty cool. Those old aviators had balls of steel.

 

[AlexAtNight]

They really did... ok... there was a S.P.A.D. plane before they figured out the interupter gear to shoot between the propeller blades that solved the problem by replacing the shaft that the propeller rotated in with a cannon. The recoil was so strong it stalled the plane when it fired

 

[Missk_2022]

Jesus Christ. Guy can’t win for losin this last week or so.

He said fuck my life

 

[likes2watchU]

Finally - work is done and I'm caught up (for the moment)...
So, what did I miss today?

Btw... wat is on lit vaca... he will be back soon
(He forgot computer at home)

Oh, good!! I must have forgotten.
Very glad he was away on vacation!!
And one should leave the computer at home for vacation IMHO.
He was feeling poorly last I heard... so was worried that new flu was kicking some wattage

Loooonnnnggggg day. Accepting suggestions on what to drink

Maybe reverse engineer this chart.
Find your personality... then you have your drink?

That's Juneau. They got a pile of snow. Rain on that snow will crush some buildings.

Swamped a fuckton of boats too

We like a mint julip, sweet iced tea,and a breakfast that has a whole weeks worth of calories and carbs! Buiscuits and gravy? Dont mind if I do!

Even the bread is sweet!
I had such a difficult time eating in the South.
However - redemption...
Fell in love with grits
I make them savory and no shrimp
My fave used to be the leftover Christmas tenderloin and cheesy, garlic grits for breakfast. The cold beef would cool down the lava-like grits and the grits would take the chill off the meat. SO delicious!!

What kind of apple is the best to use in a blueberry pie??

Oh hell, it is 33 here and I didn't cover the lemon or lime tree! Be back later. Hope all are well

Just read a headline that Florida is on the razor sharp edge of massive crop damage from frost right now.
Hope you warmed those babies up

I believe the answer is .... vjdjebtboej5592
It.is like a word problem. If 2 trains leave at the same time 1 travelling at 30 mph and the other at 44 mph . What time well the monkeys have breakfast

Exactly!!!

I am out of sorts

I need some sorts and to shut this computer off...

I want to be left alone at the same time as wrapped in a blanket with soft jammies slippers a bottomless cup of hot chocolate and someone to brush my hair while watching baking shows while someone cleans my house and fixes shit....

Is that too much to ask

When you find that neighborhood, you let me know so I can buy a place on your street... yes?!?
Last few seconds of this trailer:

So, we need a crew. I nominate Boat as Cpt. I’ll be first mate (as long as I can wear the Gilligan hat!), we need a purser, a bartender, a hostess…any other Love Boat crew I’m forgetting?

I gots skillz

Going to make it through Friday, then enjoy my 3 day weekend

Yes... it may be a Suck Sandwich... but I've hit the yummy filling part now

Me and lil and l2 can be something

Backup singers
Do Wop Do Wah

Not a chance. I want Ben to recover!

Ah - that kind of friendship...

I am too mean

Oooh... I'm gonna working with you!!

My favorite repair bill was for this one below.

to quote a friend:

Vehicle repairs have gotten to the point that before I shop for something new, I look at what the cost to repair them is.

For those not aware... many public libraries buy some level of subscription to the ALLDATA database.
It is considered an industry-standard resource for OEM-level (Original Equipment Manufacturer) labor times.
In addition to the main Repair/Collision software, ALLDATA Estimator is a specific, lower-cost, or companion product designed specifically for creating estimates with built-in labor times.

I’m sorry you’re having a rough day. And management is always in a reactionary mode - very stupid.

agree... current management is... less than ideal

Fuck dem kids! (By kids I mean everyone)

approve

Oof. That is a lot of suck

Yep - good thing I like the actual work.

For anyone who just needs to beat something against a wall & needs a soundtrack to do it.

YASSSSSSSS!!

It’s Friday nite! Hope you don’t haveta work late!

Only a little bit - help a coworker out w/ some testing... and record some phone tree scripts. Then come to find out... they want to just clone my voice now.

Show up in a costume .... clown cones to mind

I like the way you think...
They didn't care for the year I came dressed as a Firefighter

Wat got home....and the keyboard on computer doesnt work.....
Fhl

Glad he's home safely but really?
C'mon! So not fair...

Those old aviators had balls of steel.

agree!!

The recoil was so strong it stalled the plane when it fired

We had a car like that once... all of a sudden, if you took a left turn? The engine would die.
Ever try navigating somewhere with no left turns?

 

[AlexAtNight]

Given how bad traffic is in my home town, I try to not make a left turn i dont absolutely need to

 

[likes2watchU]

Given how bad traffic is in my home town, I try to not make a left turn i dont absolutely need to

Understood... but hopefully, if you forget, your car doesn't stall out when you do.

 

[AlexAtNight]

Understood... but hopefully, if you forget, your car doesn't stall out when you do.

It does not

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

That’s an M24 - Chaffee. Ww2 and Korea vintage.

Forgot to post this but saw this at a VFW near Pittsburgh a few months back.

https://imgur.com/a/dTTuDyY

Now we’re talking! That’s my baby. F-Model with the 747-Kaman Blades.

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

It’s sorta retro. Didn’t the old school battleships from the olden days have a straight bow??


Can I be the bartender??

I think you’re right. We need boat to close the loop on this. Or L2 the Resident Researcher could look it up…I’m waaaay too lazy for that!

OK…you can be the bartender! Wat will be alone in the engine room I guess!

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Ahhhhhhhh Billy Bishop's Neuiport!

It wasnt Rickenbacker's but I got to touch a S.P.A.D. XIII that was from the Hat-in-the-Ring escadrille....

WWI Aviation is one of my favorite things

Ever been to Wright-Patterson AFB museum? They have the best WW1 Av display I’ve ever seen! It’s really cool.

 

[AlexAtNight]

Ever been to Wright-Patterson AFB museum? They have the best WW1 Av display I’ve ever seen! It’s really cool.

I have... I love those old planes. I also like the Huntsvile Space and Rocket Center. I have family in that general vicinity and swing by any chance I get.

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

I like anything old… but old airplanes are cool.

And those things were really basically flying boxkites with a motor.

I work near Cincinnati sometimes and I have always been told to go to the Air Force museum at wright/patterson AFB.

Wright-Pat is a must. You’ll be blown away. They break everything down by era’s so WW1/2/Korea/Vietnam/Gulf War and Space.

Funny story…

One of my coworkers was a Col in the USAF. One of his classmates has a “trophy” in Wright-Pat. Now that sounds cool until you realize that having a trophy in a museum usually means you bent metal and the aircraft couldn’t be returned to service…or unless you’re Chuck Yeager or Scott Crossfield and your bird was flown once in a historic mission.

So he takes his current group of classmates at our company and sneaks some stencils and paint into the museum and when nobody was looking in the Vietnam wing…posts a few lookouts and he and another painter, stencil his old buddies name on the plane!.

Took some pix and sent them to him!

What are friends for?

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

I have... I love those old planes. I also like the Huntsvile Space and Rocket Center. I have family in that general vicinity and swing by any chance I get.

Haven’t been to Huntsville yet. The Army had Redstone Arsenal there, and I actually knew two bubbas who ended up there, but I never made it.

 

[AlexAtNight]

It is a good trip if you ever get the chance

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Finally - work is done and I'm caught up (for the moment)...
So, what did I miss today?

Oh, good!! I must have forgotten.
Very glad he was away on vacation!!
And one should leave the computer at home for vacation IMHO.
He was feeling poorly last I heard... so was worried that new flu was kicking some wattage

Maybe reverse engineer this chart.
Find your personality... then you have your drink?
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Swamped a fuckton of boats too

Even the bread is sweet!
I had such a difficult time eating in the South.
However - redemption...
Fell in love with grits
I make them savory and no shrimp
My fave used to be the leftover Christmas tenderloin and cheesy, garlic grits for breakfast. The cold beef would cool down the lava-like grits and the grits would take the chill off the meat. SO delicious!!

Just read a headline that Florida is on the razor sharp edge of massive crop damage from frost right now.
Hope you warmed those babies up

Exactly!!!

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When you find that neighborhood, you let me know so I can buy a place on your street... yes?!?
Last few seconds of this trailer:

I gots skillz
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Yes... it may be a Suck Sandwich... but I've hit the yummy filling part now

Backup singers
Do Wop Do Wah

Ah - that kind of friendship...
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Oooh... I'm gonna working with you!!

to quote a friend:
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For those not aware... many public libraries buy some level of subscription to the ALLDATA database.
It is considered an industry-standard resource for OEM-level (Original Equipment Manufacturer) labor times.
In addition to the main Repair/Collision software, ALLDATA Estimator is a specific, lower-cost, or companion product designed specifically for creating estimates with built-in labor times.

agree... current management is... less than ideal

approve

Yep - good thing I like the actual work.

YASSSSSSSS!!

Only a little bit - help a coworker out w/ some testing... and record some phone tree scripts. Then come to find out... they want to just clone my voice now.

I like the way you think...
They didn't care for the year I came dressed as a Firefighter

Glad he's home safely but really?
C'mon! So not fair...

agree!!

We had a car like that once... all of a sudden, if you took a left turn? The engine would die.
Ever try navigating somewhere with no left turns?

Well…you can arm wrestle Wonderer for Bartending duties or hostess? Which is it?

 

[Missk_2022]

I took care of the parents ate a bunch of pizza. Gonna have some more food in a moment... and some of the creamsicle cookies i made. Gonna send some to a friend......

 

[likes2watchU]

Well…you can arm wrestle Wonderer for Bartending duties or hostess? Which is it?

We can tag-team

 

[likes2watchU]

I think you’re right. We need boat to close the loop on this. Or L2 the Resident Researcher could look it up…I’m waaaay too lazy for that!

OK…you can be the bartender! Wat will be alone in the engine room I guess!

Strap in... you know how I like research... even on topics I know nothing about

A few links to start:
Naval History and Heritage Command: Battleships

DMS: Splitting Waves and Hairs: Comparing X-Bow, Axe Bow, and More
DMS Maritime Consulting

Stack Exchange History: Bow shape of WW1 warships

World Naval Ships: Bow Rake Evolution

History and Technology A Survey of the American "Standard Type" Battleship By Joseph Czarnecki
NavWeaps: Naval Weapons, Naval Technology and Naval Reunions

AI Overview:
US battleships evolved from traditional clipper/raked bows for seaworthiness to more modern, fine-entry designs for speed, culminating in the stealthy inverted bows of the Zumwalt-class destroyers, but generally featured Raked (sloped back) and Clipper (sharp, curved) stems for early strength, transitioning to Schooner (fine, cut-away) bows for faster WWII-era ships like the North Carolina & Iowa-classes, and finally the unique Wave-Piercing/Inverted bow on post-battleship designs for stealth and efficiency.
Here's a general progression:

• Early Battleships (Pre-WWI & Interwar): Often featured classic Clipper or Raked bows for good sea-keeping and to handle heavy seas, providing buoyancy and reducing pitching.
• North Carolina-Class (BB-55/56) & South Dakota-Class (BB-57/60):* Marked a shift to a faster design, incorporating a more streamlined, Schooner or fine-entry bow for improved speed and efficiency, a departure from older designs.
• Iowa-Class (BB-61-66): Continued the fast battleship trend with highly refined, fine-entry bows, optimized for high speed and stability in ocean conditions.
• Post-Battleship Era (Destroyers/Cruisers): The Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) reintroduced an extreme Inverted Bow, inspired by early warships but optimized for radar stealth (low signature) and slicing through waves efficiently, a design controversial but effective for modern needs.

Key Bow Types in US Warships:

• Clipper/Raked Bow: Sloped backward from the waterline, offering good sea performance.
• Schooner Bow: A finer, cut-away entry for speed, common on WWII fast battleships.
• Inverted Bow (or Wave-Piercing): Cuts under waves, reducing slamming and providing a stealthier profile, seen in modern destroyers and earlier designs.

 

[Lilianna23]

Mmmmmmmm…..

Is good porn allowed?!?!

(Please say yes. Please say yes. Please say yes.)

Depends on your definition of good porn! From what you posted, I'd say you would be pleasantly surprised. Lots of good food porn gets posted here on the regular!

 

[Blade409]

Depends on your definition of good porn! From what you posted, I'd say you would be pleasantly surprised. Lots of good food porn gets posted here on the regular!

Mmmmmm…. Good food porn can be better than good porn porn… in the right moment.

 

[AlexAtNight]

Mmmmmm…. Good food porn can be better than good porn porn… in the right moment.

DONT DO THAT TO THE MASHED POTATOES!!!

 

[Lilianna23]

Update on Bens injuries. Sadly the staples didn’t do the job and the wound opened. So, it’s in for an op on Thursday and get it cut and stitched ..end of his season.

Poor Ben! How is he doing now?

 

[Blade409]

DONT DO THAT TO THE MASHED POTATOES!!!

No, I don’t mess with mashed potatoes. I’m more or a warm apple guy.

(Anyone who gets this reference, we are instantly best friends.)

(Anyone who has to google it, but still gets it. You can stay, but hang out standing in the back, the seats are for the real ones!)