2020 New Random Pics

[Baz]

[Heel n Toe]

[Heel n Toe]

[Heel n Toe]

Handle With Care - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o4s1KVJaVA

[GH85Carrera]

c1912 W. Tickner Fish & Poultry Derby , England




Volga German farmers and laborers also settled near Portland, Oregon, and in eastern Washington. They contributed greatly to the development of hop farming and production in the Northwest.

[Racerbvd]

[GH85Carrera]

Do generals fight in battles? Not often, but sometimes.
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. landed in the first wave at Utah Beach in Normandy, around the same time his son Captain Quentin Roosevelt landed in the first wave at Omaha Beach. He had to argue his case to the upper brass to do it, but he was a decorated combat vet from World War I, had served up front in Africa, Sicily and mainland Italy, and finally convinced higher command to let him do it.
This, despite the fact that Generals Omar Bradley and George Patton disapproved of Roosevelt’s methods of leading from the front, believing it weakened the discipline of officers and enlisted men.
On Utah, however, Roosevelt’s role proved crucial. The first landings were a mile south of where they were supposed to be. He was unruffled, saying “We’ll start the war from right here.”
T.R. reconnoitered the beach (walking with a cane due to arthritis) and re-directed troops inland, greeting each wave of troops as they landed. Continually under fire, he made decisions on the fly that kept troops on track to their first-day objectives.
Many of his fellow generals didn’t expect him to survive that day, but survive he did, even under constant fire. Omar Bradley later said Roosevelt was the most heroic officer he saw during the landings.
Roosevelt died of a heart attack five weeks after the Utah landings. Generals Patton and Bradley were pallbearers at his funeral.
Photo of Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in Normandy


A 1925 image of cracks in the dome of the Pantheon in Rome. You begin to realise the enormous proportions of the building when you see how small and insignificant those two men look beside the major damage.

[Racerbvd]

[asphaltgambler]

Willard Scott ^^^^^^he was the first official Ronald McDonald for TV ads at the time. In later years he made the transition to weather man for local television WTTG / DC. He owned a beautiful farm just north of Delaplane, Va - a short distance from where I grew up. He would occasionally visit the nearest hardware store which is located in Marshall, VA to buy stuff for his farm

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by asphaltgambler

Willard Scott ^^^^^^he was the first official Ronald McDonald for TV ads at the time. In later years he made the transition to weather man for local television WTTG / DC. He owned a beautiful farm just north of Delaplane, Va - a short distance from where I grew up. He would occasionally visit the nearest hardware store which is located in Marshall, VA to buy stuff for his farm

I knew about the Ronald part, but not about the farm.

[asphaltgambler]

McDonald's first presence in the Washington Metro area was actually in an area of Northern VA called "7-Corners" which is a convergence of 7 different intersections of main highway arteries that is a very short distance from DC. The new building occupies the same real-estate as the original one with the giant arches. I think the franchisee is on building #4 now.

Willard I believe was a stage-hand, comedian for local TV and he audtioned for the Ronald character here, but was so we'll received, they hired him as their national Ronald character, the rest is as they.....history

[GH85Carrera]

Hundreds of years ago, the nation of Japan was very different. Trade was uninhibited but, piracy and banditry were common, and after the Sengoku (literally the “Warring States Period”) a fragile peace was threatened by foreign interference. As such, the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, boldly closed the nation of Japan off from the world. Leaving and entering the nation without authorization could lead to death, and with very few exceptions (mostly the Dutch, Koreans, and native Ainu peoples) foreigners were not seen in Japan for almost two-hundred and sixty-four years.
The United States, and by extension the European powers, had long seen Japan as a fertile untapped trading partner, but most attempts to negotiate a treaty of any kind had been rebuffed. In 1852, President Millard Fillmore sent Commodore Matthew C. Perry on an expedition to Asia, meant to provide information about the Pacific nations, and to see if diplomatic relations could be established. Perry arrived outside of Tokyo with three large gunboats. Dubbed “The Black Ships” for their appearance and the black smoke billowing out of their engines, much of the Japanese population was terrified by what they saw. Perry put on a show of force and demanded that Japan be opened for trade. He told the Japanese he would return in a year and continued his expedition to China.
Japanese leaders saw with Perry just how technologically far behind their country had fallen. It was agreed that Japan’s ports be opened, first with the United States and then later with other nations. On this day in 1854, the Treaty of Kanagawa was signed cementing the relationship between Japan and the U.S. As a result, Japan became flush with new advancements, but the move to modernization also led to a rupture in Japanese society. Perry’s Black Ships were to be the catalyst for the eventual overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate, and the restoration of the Emperor.
(Pictured below is a Japanese depiction of one of Perry’s ships, and the official photo of Commodore Perry).

[Heel n Toe]

[GH85Carrera]

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Was there ever a '67 mustang that looked like that when stock or was that just an invention of Gone in 60 Seconds?







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[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by masraum

Was there ever a '67 mustang that looked like that when stock or was that just an invention of Gone in 60 Seconds?

The original Eleanor was in the original 1974 Gone in 60 Seconds.

[asphaltgambler]

That blue and black thing above looks like has a transfercase under for the 4X4......

[Jeff Higgins]

Originally Posted by asphaltgambler

That blue and black thing above looks like has a transfercase under for the 4X4......

We all ran those back in the day on our drag cars, the ubiquitous Milodon deep sump oil pan. Some were so big they had to have a hole through them for the tie rod.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

We all ran those back in the day on our drag cars, the ubiquitous Milodon deep sump oil pan. Some were so big they had to have a hole through them for the tie rod.

Yep

[mjohnson]

From this mornings Guardian...


Yes, I know that the UK weather service categorizes weather events by color - but "yellow snow" is funny in any country!