Posted on 06/29/2005 3:03:31 AM PDT by SAMWolf
Uncouth sailors?!?!?!? No Way!!!
Saw that video the other day when I was researching the F-4 thread. Cool!!
I have never fully understood why they didn't try to supply the Russians across the Pacific. They could have Russian flagged the vessels after December, 1941. Since Russia was a neutral as to the Japanese, they should have been able to pass freely. It would have been a longer voyage than the North Atlantic, but once they got to the Russian ports, the equipment could have been put on trains to the west.
That's something that should be corrected, there must be a few survivors of this theater still with us.
I will be using wooden sticks! First day on the job wasn't so bad. Had trouble getting any sleep, afraid I would miss my 2 a.m. alarm. Got about 2 hours sleep, went into work at 2:45, off at 7 a.m., change of clothes then it was my task today to be the "door greeter" at our weekly chamber meeting. Look cheery and greet everyone. Zzzzzzzzz. I managed to stay awake. Sam has to pick up his sister at the airport around noon and once he returns I think I'll try to catch some zzzzzzz's.
I've got the donut making down, but still confused on the bagels and breads processing.
LOL.
((Hugs)) EGC. I'm tired today, first day of my new part-time job at the local grocery in their bakery dept.
There's a little problem with supplying Russia over the Pacific. It's called Siberia, a vast, trackless steppe with no roads, and the only way to transport materiel from say Kamchatka to the front is by air. Not practical, especially during WWII.
Not much call for 90 volt, IIRC, batteries these days.
Hi miss Feather
Bloody Engineers! Forever tearing apart the natural world. Leave the poor birds, toads and snail darters alone.
Please excuse me, I have to get back to the details of a 7,000 amp/3 phase residential electric service.
CQ CQ CQ...
Whoa, did I miss a Bird R Us announcement somewhere?
I know what you mean. Why can't we go back to the Pliocene age when we walked lightly upon the earth and were at one with our mother the earth and our friends on the forest floor?
I decided to take on a part time job so I could work for that insurance and some extra $. The grocery store we are next to let me have a job frying donuts in their bakery. Now we'll see how long I can hold out!
The Trans-Siberian Railroad runs (and at that time ran) from the Pacific port of Vladivostok to Moscow. Of course, Russian trains use a wider gauge than most Western countries, so it is even easier to transport bulky material like tanks.
Logistics was so important to the war effort, especially for an island nation like Britain. When I toured Churchill's WWII bunker I saw his situation room, where with the maps showing all the fronts, there was also a map showing the location of each convoy and a chart showing shipping sunk and shipping produced. It got pretty dicey for Britain early in the war.
Ahso. My last employer didn't have maternity coverage available, at any price. Miss BittyGirl was on the way. Msdrby was still covered by a Texas teacher insurance plan, but her eligibility would end shortly, mere days, after BG was due. My brow sweated slightly those days.
We are going to expect fresh pastries every morning in the foxhole. :^)
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