[QUOTE=Brown747;11823856] My dad was stationed in Adak for a year when he went back into the Navy in '76. He told some crazy stories about the place and the weather.

A couple of the pics that he sent home.
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an/flr9 antenna, I think. That's where he'd have worked, probably in a small building in the middle of the "elephant cage".
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One of my favorite toys in my youth. The retractable landing gear were cool!http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1666041381.jpg
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12 and 14 year old boys packing cones at the Workshop of Sanitary Ice Cream Cone. Oklahoma, 1917.

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Gippsland giant earthworm. Over 3 feet long and almost 1/2 a pound!

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I predict a lot of cussing and anger after the trigger is pulled. :eek:

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Mine has the invasion stripes

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My other fav. I actually drove the full size one.

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April 1881. Gunman Dallas Stoudenmire has just been named marshal of El Paso. He goes to get the jail keys from Deputy Bill Johnson, who is drunk. Johnson stalls saying the keys are at his home. Stoudenmire doesn’t believe him; he grabs the deputy, turns him upside down and shakes him until the keys fall out. A couple of weeks later, Johnson tries to assassinate the new marshal—but Stoudenmire is faster, and likely more sober, and kills his opponent with several shots.

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I see a possible water leak! :eek:

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True craftsmanship! No way would I want to go inside that building.

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Great deck building skills.

Yowza! That's going to make a mess!

On a vaguely related note, someone posted this photo to a facebook woodworking group with the admonition to be careful.

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Nope, that is from a 2003 thread on an old reverse scamming site. In this case the poster made a Nigerian scammer believe that he (the poster) was the head of some obscure religious group or sect, and that he would donate lots of money to them if they accepted his faith. When they agreed he sent them these instructions that included having to send him a picture of every convertee with a fish on their head while holding a loaf of bread.

He had them do all sorts of much more extreme, yet hilarious stuff. There was even a competition on the site to see who could get a scammer to do the funniest tasks, or send them the most money.



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Now THAT is candy apple red with a foot deep finish!

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My buddies mid 50's midget he just finished restoring. He's going to hang it on a wall in the shop over the 914 V8 he races. All of the bits and pieces attached he made by hand. He did the paint too. I met him for breakfast this morning with the guy who sold it to him. That guy's son raced it when he was 6 or 7 and his best friend was Jeff Gordon who he raced with as young kids. The guy I had breakfast with is life long friends with the Gordon family. I asked if Jeff Gordon ever drove this car and yes! He had wrecked his midget before a race and borrowed this car. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1666130896.jpg
This is the original owners '36 Ford he showed up in today. Rack and pinion, disc brakes on a Mustang II chassis with a modern V8. Extended the cab and fenders, exquisite. Both of these guys are true craftsmen.

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SU-47 Berkut Golden Eagle

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The Bobtail Lode at Black Hawk, Colorado ca. 1868

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Amazing. Hydrolock???

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Very cool midget, and great story. Thanks!

I've seen cars that were driving down the road that had suspension get so worn that a ball literally fell out of a socket, and the front tire tried to go it's own way. That does bring the car to a halt.

I'd drive both of those mustangs assuming the work is well done.

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"good ball joints. but certainly not great ones...."

Awesome! :)

Always worth a repost:

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