Really killing my 'nip buzz...
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Posted on 04/01/2024 4:29:24 PM PDT by ransomnote
Interesting story about the Japs missing the repair facilities at Pearl: There was a big reason for that, that they couldn’t have planned for even if they meant to. There was/is a set of portal crane tracks between DryDock#1, where Cassin, Downes, and battleship Pensylvania were docked and the main row of repair shops on the opposite side of the tracks. There is always, both now and then, at least one portal crane (self-propelled, wheeled, high-lift, heavy lift crane) on duty around the clock. The crane operator at the time saw what was happening, lit up his crane, and started swinging his headache ball over the dry dock and shops , paying out as much cable as he could swing. At the same time driving his crane up and down the length of the waterfront. DD#1 is nearly a quarter mile long, points straight at battleship row, and while the cranes aren’t fast, he ran the length of it every few minutes swatting away the Zeros.
Notably, his crane received no bullet holes and only the shops on the ends of the row took some hits.. The Nips never knew what to do with that, and the Pennsylvania took no real damage either-—just a wet drydock from fighting fires on the other two ships.
The crane jockey stayed at Pearl, received an award for his action even tho he was a civilian, and retired in the early 70’s.
Back when the use of common sense didn’t need permission from higher authorities..
Cool story.
Bunker down
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Just another big shake - aftershock I wonder? WOW
M 4.0 - 7 km SW of Gladstone, New Jersey
Time
2024-04-05 17:59:13 (UTC-04:00)
Location
40.685°N 74.735°W
Depth
9.4 km
I felt that one, too!
1ST ONE TODAY
M 4.8 - 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake
Time
2024-04-05 10:23:20 (UTC-04:00)
Location
40.703°N 74.758°W
Depth
4.7 km
Yep-
I just got a glass of wine. LOL. My nerves are shot today with everything going on.
Thankfully they need more practice with their earthquake weapon. They keep missing Bedminster.
Cheers!
That’s such a great story! That was back when men were men and could be counted on in an emergency. A twenty-something now might be more likely to hide in the crane cabin and hope they didn’t see him.
Strange little slide -
I just opened a new box of ivermectin to distribute to friends and the package insert fell out. I unfolded it and saw it was only 3.25 inches wide x 7.5 inches long, printed only on one side, and the bottom two inches are only the manufacturer’s label and contact information. It’s probably the smallest drug insert I’ve ever seen. There’s a one-sentence warning, two sentences in the precautions, one contraindication (for pregnant women), and 11 adverse reactions, none of which are life-threatening (cough, headache, dizziness, fatigue, etc.). IVM appears to be the safest drug ever developed.
“Officers were dispatched to the scene. The incident was later assigned case number 2404040.”
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Of all the details to report, why this detail? 2404040 certainly looks like a ‘breaking the eight’ number. A ritual kill to mark, spiritually, the turf, or a ritual kill because their demons demanded it?
Why not both?
X22 4.5.24: Prepare Yourself For The Next 7 Months, [DS] Will Push Everything, The Shift Is Happening – Ep. 3323
BookmarQed.
Poland Prepares New Hate-Speech Law: 3 Years In Prison For Insulting LGBT People
LOL
sweetiepiezer wrote:
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Poland Prepares New Hate-Speech Law: 3 Years In Prison For Insulting LGBT People
(SMH...) I thought Poland was tough on LGBT people.
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