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[Racerbvd]

[Racerbvd]

[GH85Carrera]

[john70t]

[Icemaster]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

One guy countered, "I'm a car expert and it's the Mustang."
Yeah, we lost that round.

The folks I play with call that the Beer Question. Two people certain they're correct - eventually we decide on one answer. If it's wrong, the person who chose it pays the check.

You better be pretty damn certain you're correct. We drink a lot.

[GH85Carrera]

The production line at the Detroit Diesel plant, making General Motors 6046 twin-diesel engines. These were comprised of two 6-71 inline six two-stroke diesel engines, joined together at a common output. The total power produced by the two engines was around 400 hp. They were used in the M4A2 variant of Sherman and vehicles based on it.

[A930Rocket]

[GH85Carrera]

New world record paddlefish snagged at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri by Chad Williams . This prehistoric beast weighed 164 lb, 13 oz! This beat the previous Missouri State record caught in March 2022 that weighed 140 lbs, 10 oz, and the previous World Record of 164 lbs caught in Oklahoma's Keystone Lake in 2021.






Until 1974 in the USA women were unable to open a bank account or acquire a line of credit without a man co-signing.
The financial services industry was led by (usually white) men. So eight women came together to turn everything around by opening their own Women's Bank.
Carol Green, Judi Wagner, LaRae Orullian, Gail Schoettler, Wendy Davis, Joy Burns, Beverly Martinez, and Edna Mosely founded the bank's board by each pitching in $1,000.
On 14 July 1978 The Women's Bank opened for business. People stood in line down the street in downtown Denver to deposit their money.
The first day's deposits exceeded $1 million.


The venerable Meyer Drake Offenhauser engine with double overhead cams and four valves per cylinder was the hot setup in champ car racing for over 40 years.The block and head are all a one piece casting, no head gasket to blow. No other engine was successful for so long a period. It's a thing of beauty.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Until 1974 in the USA women were unable to open a bank account or acquire a line of credit without a man co-signing.
The financial services industry was led by (usually white) men. So eight women came together to turn everything around by opening their own Women's Bank.
Carol Green, Judi Wagner, LaRae Orullian, Gail Schoettler, Wendy Davis, Joy Burns, Beverly Martinez, and Edna Mosely founded the bank's board by each pitching in $1,000.
On 14 July 1978 The Women's Bank opened for business. People stood in line down the street in downtown Denver to deposit their money.
The first day's deposits exceeded $1 million.

It's surprising how hard it is to get more info on that. You'd think it would be all over the place.

Once you know to search for "women's bank of Denver" you can at least find the Wikipedia page for it, even if it's barely a footnote.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_Bank_of_Denver

But this page has a better bit of history (wrapped around one of the women in particular).
https://boettcherfoundation.org/judi-wagner-the-power-of-modest-consensus-building-leadershipand-a-little-luck/

It's a huge photo so just including the link.
https://history.denverlibrary.org/sites/history/files/exterior.jpg

[Dixie]

Originally Posted by masraum

It's surprising how hard it is to get more info on that. You'd think it would be all over the place.

Try Googling, "Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 1974."
No quip, but I erroneously assumed everyone was aware of this. I was in high school when this passed, and I was thrilled by the news. Even so, in college I was still presented with three majors suitable for females, Nursing, Elementary Education, or Mrs.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

Try Googling, "Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 1974."
No quip, but I erroneously assumed everyone was aware of this. I was in high school when this passed, and I was thrilled by the news. Even so, in college I was still presented with three majors suitable for females, Nursing, Elementary Education, or Mrs.

I'd have to be a bit older to have known about this, and as you can imagine, by the time I was going through school, this sort of thing wasn't talked about much. I think the only thing that I ever remember hearing about in any history class concerning women's rights was suffrage.

[GH85Carrera]

On 15 March 1945, Private First Class Silvestre Santana Herrera, Company E, 142d Infantry, 36th Infantry Division, single-handedly captures a German strongpoint near Mertzwiller, France, then provides covering fire while his squad eliminates a second despite suffering grave injuries.
Herrera (born in Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico, on 17 July 1917) was given to the care of his uncle in El Paso, Texas after his parents died of the Spanish flu. He lived much of his youth in El Paso with his uncle and then his wife Ramona and their three children before moving to Phoenix, Arizona.
He was drafted into the Texas National Guard, 36th Division after the U.S. entered the war, and it was only then that he learned the truth about his uncle and that he wasn't even a U.S. citizen. Despite his uncle's insistence that the U.S. Government couldn't even draft him and that he didn't have to serve, he still decided to do so, stating that he would rather go and fight than have someone else die in his place.
Today, as Perrera's unit advances near Mertzville, they encounter several German machine gun positions. For his actions, PFC Herrera will be awarded the Medal of Honor on 23 August 1945. His citation will read:
˝He advanced with a platoon along a wooded road until stopped by heavy enemy machine-gun fire. As the rest of the unit took cover, he made a 1-man frontal assault on a strong-point and captured 8 enemy soldiers. When the platoon resumed its advance and was subjected to fire from a second emplacement beyond an extensive minefield, Pvt. Herrera again moved forward, disregarding the danger of exploding mines, to attack the position. He stepped on a mine and had both feet severed but, despite intense pain and unchecked loss of blood, he pinned down the enemy with accurate rifle fire while a friendly squad captured the enemy gun by skirting the minefield and rushing in from the flank.˝
In 1946, Herrera will also be awarded Order of Military Merit (First Class) by the Mexican Government. He will be granted U.S. citizenship shortly afterwards.
Picture: Infantrymen of the 7th Inf. Regt. prepare to rush a house. Guiderkirch, France. 15 March, 1945.
Source: Signal Corps Archives










Which actor/actress nailed their role so well that no one else will be able to live up to their performance?
Thats easy.
Mel Brooks read a screenplay by Andrew Bergman poking fun at the old west, especially racism, and fell in love with it. He wanted to embrace the absurdity of racism, and get people to laugh at the least funny of the darker segments of America’s history. He gathered some great writers, including Bergman, and told them, “Don't be polite”.
Originally Brooks wanted Richard Pryor to star in the movie as Sheriff Bart, but Warner was, as usual, to chicken**** to make any waves, anywhere. Eventually they insisted because of past drug use Pryor wasnt insurable. So Brooks made Pryor a writer (as even when cast as Bart Pryor was heavily involved in the screenplay), at first unaccredited and unpaid. Later Warner relented and provided both.
So Brooks tapped Clevon Little, someone Pryor recommended from the cast call.
Little’s portrayal of Bart was genius, and he brought the character to a level Pryor wouldnt have been able to find. Not that Pryor wouldn't have killed the part, and delivered funny (he IS Richard Pryor, after all!) but it would have been a very, VERY different film, without a lot of the nuances you found with Little’s smooth,
suave character playing off of
Harvey Korman,
Gene Wilder (so glad John Wayne didn't say yes!),
Slim Pickens and, of course,
Madeline Kahn, who was absolute genius, and should have won best supporting actress (yes, she was nominated)… although there’s no shame in losing to Ingrid Bergman.
But Little “stole the show”, as even though he wasnt as well known as most of the cast he made the movie his against some really great actors. I honestly cant think of a single actor who could have made that movie better playing that role.

[john70t]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

[john70t]

[GH85Carrera]

IWO JIMA.
Original caption: SC-3 Searchlight Control radar unit. Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands. Oct., 1945. ORIGINAL HISTORIC WARTIME CAPTION. (NARA


Packard DR-980 9 cylinder radial Diesel engine. Only about 100 were ever built, but they were eventually certified airworthy.....in 1930! This engine produced 225 horsepower continuously at 1,950 RPM. The usual Diesel challenges of vibration and strong exhaust smell caused many pilots to dislike them, but the design still proved to be reliable and very economical to operate.
A DR-980 set an 84 1/2 hour endurance record for flight on one tank of fuel in 1931. This record would go on to stand for 55 years..


Dale lifting the front of his car during inspection.

[Dixie]

[Steve Carlton]

^ that's pretty funny!

[Racerbvd]

[GH85Carrera]

Charles Lee with 60-Inch Telephoto Lens
Charles Lee, engineer at Eastman Kodak Company's Hawk-Eye Works, stands beside the giant 60-inch, F/6.0 telephoto lens, built for the U.S. Air Force. It will be used in aerial reconnaissance photography. The lens, shown here without its cover, consists of five class elements, of which two are visible. The circular tubing surrounding it is an electronic heating device to keep the lens in proper focus at high altitudes up to ten miles. 1948. The camera uses 9 inch wide rolls of film 500 feet long.


German ground crew checking the tires on the Heinkel He 177 Greif. Although externally it looked relatively conventional, almost every aspect of the He 177 introduced technical innovation and complexity. This was true even for the landing gear, the complex design meant that changing a wheel on the He 177 could take up to two hours.


These weren't just "oaks" - they were planted between larch and spruce so that they would grow tall and straight, which means the navy oak forests are rather unusual.

[TimT]

These weren't just "oaks" - they were planted between larch and spruce so that they would grow tall and straight, which means the navy oak forests are rather unusual.

The US Navy has done the same to assure a supply of white oak for future restorations of the USS Constitution..




Since 1797, when USS Constitution was launched, “the best white oak” (as stated by Secretary of War Knox) of sufficient size and clarity has been a paramount concern for the survival of the ship. With each 20th century restoration, obtaining solid wood hull planks and ships’ knees has become increasingly challenging.

Nearly two generations and three restorations ago, white oak trees at the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), in Crane, IN, were designated for USS Constitution. At the time, as the 1973 work on the ship began, the U.S. Navy noted: “Seasoned white oak,…needed in the…overhaul of…CONSTITUTION, was difficult to…procure.” Capt. Vernon P. Klemm, USN, suggested that the Navy grow its own white oak for Constitution. On May 8, 1976, CDR Tyrone G. Martin, Constitution’s commanding officer, and H. Robert Freneau, Secretary of the Navy Special Assistant, dedicated the ceremonial “Constitution Grove” at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Crane, Indiana. One hundred and fifty white oak trees spread over the 64,000-acre base were designated for Constitution.