2020 New Random Pics

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

Flatbutt, there is so much win in this picture. I'm genuinely in awe of your achievement

For my own interest, what were you studying?

Very cool, congratulations.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by astrochex

Not a big Block hoonigan fan, but I will be interested to see how this machine goes.

at first the videos were impressive, but then since they were basically just the same thing over and over, they got old. The AWD turbo mustang was pretty cool. It started off at 800+hp, and then they bumped it up to 1400+hp

[JackDidley]

[flatbutt]

Thanks guys. This is my 2nd Baccalaureate. This one is in Music Studies which is mostly music theory and I minored in Digital Music creation.

My kids initially couldn't make the ceremony given the where and when of it. Flatbutt-ette is too far away and FB II had commitments at his own school. However he found someone to cover and at the last minute made it to the ceremony. That made what was a nice day a GREAT one!

[Steve Carlton]

Did you do that for yourself or something work related?

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Did you do that for yourself or something work related?

Just for me. I wanted to minor in music when I was studying chemistry in the 70's but the school didn't offer it then. So, when I retired I decided to take a few classes which went so well that I matriculated.

[GH85Carrera]

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Just for me. I wanted to minor in music when I was studying chemistry in the 70's but the school didn't offer it then. So, when I retired I decided to take a few classes which went so well that I matriculated.

Congratulations Tom! When do you go on tour?

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Congratulations Tom! When do you go on tour?

Thanks man. Ever since the university put an article about me on their facebook page the local papers have been calling me for interviews all week. I don't think I'm all that interesting but apparently they do.

That's a great idea for horns!

[flatbutt]

[GH85Carrera]

Two policemen in a parade in New York City: one riding a motorcycle and the second riding in a side car with mounted machine gun
- May 1918




23 June 1942, Luftwaffe Oberleutnant Armin Faber accidentally lands his Focke-Wulf 190 fighter plane in South Wales, handing the Allies one of Germany’s most advanced aircraft.
Disoriented in a dogfight (which he won, shooting down his opponent), Faber mistakes the Bristol Channel for the English Channel; instead of flying south to France, he flies north to Wales. Waggling his wings in victory as he lands at RAF Pembrey, dumbfounded but quick thinking British ground crews, realizing what is happening, direct the plane to park. The airfield duty pilot, Sergeant Jeffreys, jumps on the wing of the aircraft and takes Faber prisoner with a flare pistol — the airfield was for training only and did not have anything more lethal. Faber, realizing his terrible mistake, tries, unsuccessfully, to commit suicide.
Faber will spend most of the war in Canada as a POW. Painted in RAF colors, the Allies will fly and test the Fw-190, helping to developing techniques to use against it in combat.


Crow camp. Early 1900s. Montana. Photo by N.A. Forsyth. Source - Montana Historical Society

[masraum]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Thanks man. Ever since the university put an article about me on their facebook page the local papers have been calling me for interviews all week. I don't think I'm all that interesting but apparently they do.

Dude!

[craigster59]

Pete T. says "It's time to party!"......

[GH85Carrera]

A smile brighter than early morning sunshine. This young lady was taken at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1895 by an unknown photographer. Image courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian (First Nations People).




Two Hopi women inside home, Arizona. ca. 1900. Photo by Carl Werntz.


The Schooner "Wyoming" was one of the largest wooden sailing vessels ever constructed. Built in Bath, Maine in 1909 as a collier ship, she was designed as a state-of-the-art sail freighter. Using a donkey generator and automated systems and winches for raising and lowering sails, and a telephone system for onboard communication, she was 450 feet long, but crewed by just 14 men.
Like many of the 20th century sail freight vessels, the "Wyoming" was a support ship for steamboats. Colliers carried coal to coaling stations around the world, allowing steamships to refuel and travel long distances. Because sailing vessels didn't use any of the coal they carried, they were ideal for transporting fuel efficiently around the world. But in order to stay competitive with steam vessels, sailing vessels had to be efficient in crew costs as well, which is why the "Wyoming" had such a small crew.
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[flatbutt]

[masraum]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Very nice!

[bigel]

[GH85Carrera]

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

FB II and me at graduation yesterday

I'm a little late to the party but congratulations Doc!
Looks like you graduated Maga or Summa Cum Laude

So, what is your next degree going to be in?

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

ISo, what is your next degree going to be in?

Wrecking another grade curve

FB, you are a man in full.

Riding with the King:



We got very lucky.