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[red 928]

Originally Posted by masraum

If it's anywhere near your home, it probably feels like the one shot.

I was going to ask what kind of numbskull
buys a house next to a volcano,
then decided better of it

[Heel n Toe]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

One of my uncles was a psychiatrist. After his practice became successful, he bought a 427 '66 Sting Ray new. At some point, he had installed a spigot fitting in the upper radiator hose when I saw the car a few years later. I assume it did the job and gave him adjustability without having to worry about thermostat failure, but I never asked him about it. I didn't know much about cars at the time.

[GH85Carrera]

In New Spain of the latter 1600's, the Utes had the ability to capture and maintain horses. Their horses allowed for movement and hunting over much greater distances.
Around the same time, other Numic speaking people historically known as Comanches soon moved onto the landscape of the Great Plains.
The Comanches (Nummuhnuh) and their Ute kinfolk quickly began a strong relationship as fellow tribesmen. The Spanish authorities noted the ever-growing power of the Utes and their Comanche allies. It was also noticed that the raiders from the North had extreme confidence in their abilities to raid communities. The Comanches and the Utes battled for control of the land and soon expanded their territory.
In the early 1700's, the brethren tribes fought for excellent raiding and trading sites along the Rio Grande River. As both the Apache and Navajo were driven out, they sought help and protection from the Spanish. Over time, the Comanches had come to control the rich grasslands of the Southern Plains and the powerful Utes towered over northwestern New Mexico.
In the 1740's, traders in Navajo country observed that Navajos had to "live on the top of the mesas in little houses of stone. And that the reason for their living in those mountains is because the Yutas and Comanches make war upon them."
Impressive historical picture of the known Yamparika Comanche Chief Howea (Gap in the Woods) by William S. Soule, Fort Sill, circa 1872. Howea is shown wearing a shirt and a patterned vest. Courtesy of the Wilbur S. Nye Collection.


Nana (sp. Grandma) (~1810-1896) was a distinguished warchief of the Warm Springs Apache band of the Chiricahua Apache, and the brother-in-law of Geronimo. He got his first taste of battle in raids in Mexico, accompanying the famous chief Mangas Coloradas (see page highlights on Apaches for his biography). After the death of Mangas in 1863, a warrior named Victorio took over as chief of the Mimbres Apaches, another band of the Chiricahua. Together, the two chiefs would try to live peacefully in their homeland until they were forced to fight and defend their homes against the U.S. army's encroachment. Facing a war on two fronts, they had to fend off Texan trespassers, as well as the Mexican government, which put a very large bounty on Apache scalps. Victorio was killed in 1880 at the Battle of Tres Castillos by the Mexican army, so Nana took on the position of Chief and kept the guerilla resistance alive and well from the Sierra Madre mountains. The resistance would end with the surrender of Apaches in 1886, and Nana would die 10 years later of natural causes as a prisoner in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The legendary chief is remembered for fighting alongside young men well into his 80s, even though he was half blind and had arthritis.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by red 928

I was going to ask what kind of numbskull
buys a house next to a volcano,
then decided better of it

THe land near volcanos is, I think, usually incredibly fertile. So many folks live nearby so they can grow things. And when volcanos have been dormant for a long time, there's not much fear.

Mt Pinatubo 1991

[GH85Carrera]

While the miners and prospectors that opened the vast American West are known for the log cabins they often used for shelter, some of the more eccentric dwellings they built are lesser known but equally interesting.


Hans Zimmer and his Moog Modular Synthesizer, 1970

[Jolly Amaranto]

Originally Posted by masraum

And when volcanos have been dormant for a long time, there's not much fear.

Mt Pinatubo 1991

When my dad was stationed at Clark in the early 1960s we had no idea that any of those Zambales Mountains were volcanoes.



However, I had nightmares about the stratovolcano Mt. Aratat that was out on the planes of central Luzon on the other side of Clark AFB.

[GH85Carrera]

Canyon de Chelly National Monument In Arizona, USA


Great tip!

[GH85Carrera]

The James Madison class ballistic missile submarine USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) moored at Newport News, VA during the mid-1960s.
The hatches of her sixteen ballistic missile tubes are each decorated to look like a different billiard ball. Each of these hatches covered a silo that would have contained a Polaris A-3 ballistic missile and later, upon introduction, the more capable Poseidon.


Stipa-Caproni: Italy’s Bizarre “Flying Barrel” , 1932
The Stipa-Caproni was an experimental airplane designed by the Italian aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer Luigi Stipa, and built by Caproni, an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Despite looking like a cartoon air plane, the Stipa-Caproni could fly, and was briefly studied by NASA.

[GH85Carrera]

ZZ Top without the long beards, 1969








The first American aircraft carrier. Converted from a coal cargo ship. USS Langley. 1928.

[GH85Carrera]

Bow on view of USS Hornet (Essex-class) at anchor in Berth X-12, Majuro Lagoon, Marshall Islands, 12 May 1944. Note F6F Hellcat fighters spotted on the flight deck.










Washday New York Tenement, 1920s

[mjohnson]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

The James Madison class ballistic missile submarine USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) moored at Newport News, VA during the mid-1960s.
The hatches of her sixteen ballistic missile tubes are each decorated to look like a different billiard ball. Each of these hatches covered a silo that would have contained a Polaris A-3 ballistic missile and later, upon introduction, the more capable Poseidon.

So what color is the 16th hatch? Isn't there a billiards-knowledgeable person around here?

I can't recall the details, but I think the poseidon was - to this day - why we up here in the NM mountains are "los alamos naval laboratory". Rickover's branch of the USN holds a grudge...

[mattdavis11]

Originally Posted by mjohnson

So what color is the 16th hatch? Isn't there a billiards-knowledgeable person around here?

Umm, maybe white, for the cue ball?

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by mjohnson

So what color is the 16th hatch? Isn't there a billiards-knowledgeable person around here?

I can't recall the details, but I think the poseidon was - to this day - why we up here in the NM mountains are "los alamos naval laboratory". Rickover's branch of the USN holds a grudge...

I'm guessing it is a cue ball. Port side is even, starboard is odd numbers.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by mjohnson

So what color is the 16th hatch? Isn't there a billiards-knowledgeable person around here?

I can't recall the details, but I think the poseidon was - to this day - why we up here in the NM mountains are "los alamos naval laboratory". Rickover's branch of the USN holds a grudge...

There is a Navy base in the middle of Tinker Air Force base near Oklahoma City, OK. For years it was in Norman, OK but moved to Tinker for better facilities.

Not a big dock for the ships.















This is what happens when you release a goldfish into the lake!
Yep, that is just a goldfish.

[ErVikingo]

Originally Posted by masraum

I spent quite a bit of time taking and supervising inventories there after the eruption.

[flatbutt]

No idea where to post this faux pas Edit: NSFW

https://twitter.com/nocontextcfb/status/1599196008566915072

my bad...sorry

[Geronimo '74]

[GH85Carrera]

[masraum]

American Airlines stewardesses from a 1967 ad campaign

[GH85Carrera]