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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
The aftermath of one of the most intense naval bombardments in history. The deck of USS New Jersey (BB-62) is littered with empty 5-inch shell casings after unleashing nearly 2,000 rounds in a single night of relentless shore bombardment.
February 23, 1969 — Vietnam.
A staggering display of firepower from a single warship.
I scored a zero |
My first thought was to imagine the guys that were loading those shells into those guns. I suspect that was HOT, HEAVY, LOUD work. Reminded me of the line from "Good morning, Vietnam" where Robin Williams is acting like a guy from "artillary" is calling in to request a song. Robin asks him "what song do you want me to play" and the guy says "I don't care, just play it LOUD!"
Hell, I wouldn't even want to clean up those empty casings, much less have to deal with the rounds before they were fired.
Right, I suspect everyone on this board will get a 0 on that "test". Hell, I still own a dictionary (haven't used it in a while) and still occasionally write a check (<5/yr, maybe just 1-2 some years). We used to pay property taxes with a check, but they've finally made it easy and free (no more service fee to pay taxes online) to pay online. But we still pay vendors (plumber, HVAC, etc...) with check. Saves them the fees and they are happy to take checks. I don't often go to the local grocery stores, but I have been behind folks writing checks a few times since moving to the country. It's mostly women that I think were probably in the 60s-80s. What has struck me is that some will still wait until they are told the total before they start filling ANYTHING out on the check. My mom always filled everything out while the checker was scanning, and then only had to add the amount at the end. I'm assuming these folks are wanting to watch what each item rings up as so can't drop their attention to the check until after all scanning has concluded.
I also still receive a telephone book from time to time. I think I've received 2 since we moved here, so maybe every other year. We're probably due another one. But I don't think I've ever used it. I think it gets recycled immediately.
Interesting. I did an image search for "yellow pages" and several of the top hits are for New Zealand.
I was at my college roommate's parents place once (probably in the early 90s). For whatever reason, we went to one of their neighbor's homes (same neighborhood). The guy sold church bells and had a stack of phone books that must have been 8-10' long from all over the southeast US.