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06-06-22, 12:12 PM | #3661 |
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Old war flicks
enjoying The Enemy Below, D-Day the Sixth of June, and The Frogmen, & Decision Before Dawn on D-Day!
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06-07-22, 01:51 PM | #3662 | |
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Great movies. Robert Mitchum was always a great actor in all the reruns I have seen. Robert had such a commanding presence. I also liked him as Victor " Pug " Henry in the mini-series, " Winds of war " based on a book by Herman wouk. |
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06-07-22, 02:15 PM | #3663 |
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"Winds of war" is a great book.. but it stops in the middle of the war, and i have not yet read "War and remembrance", which seems to be the sequel(?).
Yesterday and today repaired the blinking airbag lamp or better the cause for it, then moved stones from one place in the garden to another. Sysiphos was a joke in comparison Now watching football England-Germany, with a chech Breznak
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06-07-22, 02:47 PM | #3664 | |
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I have not seen War and remembrance so I really have no idea if that's the sequel but it would seem to be. Winds of War went through I believe 7 installments and it indeed did end with WW2's conclusion. The clip I included with my previous post is the end of WW2 for Victor " Pug " Henry. |
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06-07-22, 08:37 PM | #3665 |
Grey Wolf
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Cycling.
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06-19-22, 10:59 AM | #3666 |
Gefallen Engel U-666
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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY & JUNETEENTH!
Sipping having my morning cuppa-Joe and reading the paper. I will joining my daughter and her fiànce later for a combined Father's Day and my wife's birthday luncheon. Still recuperating from a day of slaving over a hot stove making 37 jars of apricot jam (9 pints)from the neighbor's tree! I just got a message there will be no Wall Street Journal on Monday, as today is Juneteenth, now an official Federal holiday, honoring June 19, 1865 when Galveston, Texas, westernmost state of the Confederacy, was finally put into compliance with Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. As a retiree myself, I hope it's a paid holiday for those workers slaving away to pay into my Social Security stipend...
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06-19-22, 11:03 AM | #3667 |
Starte das Auto
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06-19-22, 12:24 PM | #3668 |
Chief of the Boat
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Both kids and their respective husband/partner and granddaughter have not long left after their Fathers Day visit so the wife and I plan on a relaxing evening in front of tv where I'll be sure to taste some of the beers I have received.
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06-22-22, 08:22 PM | #3669 |
Airplane Nerd
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Quarterly check-in. I'm doing well! Finishing up some training before moving on to the next evolution.
Glad to see familiar faces still cruising along here. Best wishes to all - John
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07-21-22, 12:25 PM | #3670 |
Chief of the Boat
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2k on a new combi boiler for the house
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07-21-22, 06:59 PM | #3671 |
Gefallen Engel U-666
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Gottcha beat! SWMBO and I are finally 'goin solar' with a backup battery. Unsure of the total price less the 10K+- Federal tax credit, 13 solar panels and the new electric fuse panel (mine is original since the house was built in 1967) It will also need to be moved at least a meter away from the gas-meter per current code rules. and is a potential fire hazard...so I figure 20-30K with loan. The house roof just got droned/inspected this AM to make sure the roof is up to to snuff to hold the panels. It was just replaced along with baths and kitchen; so that shouldn't be an issue. The plan is to lower the ever increasing bill from PG&E since the home system then 'sells' electricity into the grid to offset the bill. My boat captain/neighbor has a Tesla system, and except for an inverter failure early on, he is pleased with the result & bill savings; and can monitor the system and grid interaction with his phone app...
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07-21-22, 07:17 PM | #3672 |
Village Idiot
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I'm currently replacing the regulator and seals in an FX Streamline .22 rifle for a friend.
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07-23-22, 02:58 PM | #3673 |
Sonar Guy
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Flew up north for 50 high school reunion got covid came home.
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07-23-22, 03:30 PM | #3674 | |
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^ ouch. Hope it does not get too bad, wish you a speedy recovery.
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You can use solar cells to lower the base consumption and sell it to the grid, but fuelling an electric oven? Run an air condition with it? You need the heater when the sun does not shine. Solar cells also do not work forever, chrystalline ones are "ok", amorph ones age in five years to less than 30 percent of their original output. We have calculated this to and fro, thing is it only will be worth the investion after 20-30 years – most probably not even then due to battery ageing, solar cell replacement and ageing electronics. Invest 30,000 Euros to pay 100 Euros less/month does not look as if i would ever see some return. Maybe when i'll be 110 years old, but even then So financially it does not make much sense now. Maybe later with better technology. What about ecological gain? Even here the building of solar cells, electronics, batteries, transport, installation, maintenance, disposal/recycling; the overall cumulative energy balance is bad, much worse than using what we have. Does not have much impact on world climate just because your exhaust is located at the horizon. It fuels the economy of cours. And so cool to have a smartphone gadget that gives one the illusion of control
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07-23-22, 07:37 PM | #3675 |
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thanks. pretty much over it just tired.
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