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[quote]Today I'll bet most people hearing the word 'holocaust' would have no idea it refers to a fire hazard.[/quote] Almost all the world knows what "Holocaust" with a capital "H" means!...

re: history of invention

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 5/12/24 at 11:04 am
[quote]He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation,[/quote] and he also died at the alter of DC current....

re: Chicago has fallen

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 5/12/24 at 10:27 am
You do know Palestine and Hamas are one and the same....
I know at least one airline out of Dallas flew along the path of the eclipse so you got an extended view above the clouds. ...

re: What are your hobbies

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 5/12/24 at 10:21 am
Astronomy (my wife thinks I only have five telescopes); ham radio, driving my 2003 Porsche 911 through the backroads of North Texas, writing trashy novels, traveling with the wife, spending too much time on Tigerdroppings....

re: WFDT

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 5/11/24 at 10:45 pm
An orange. Had Mexican food at about 3:00 pm....
I had a conversation with a civilian consultant to the military who told me, the US has almost no live artillery shells to use in training because they have all been sent to Ukraine. He said the proficiency of our artillery units has already been degraded....
[quote] chinese58 Member since Jun 2004[/quote] Looks like you, me and Owlie all joined this esteemed organization at the same time. :cheers:...

re: WFDT 5/10/24

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 5/10/24 at 8:35 pm
Pan seared duck over rice and sauteed spinach...
Back when the voting age was 21, I barely missed the 1960 election. I first voted in 1964 for Goldwater ...
I've been retired for 22 years. I don't miss "work", but I do miss the interactions with many different people during my career....
Good news. Today being the anniversary of the death of Stonewall Jackson, May 10, 1863. [img]https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.0841e8870fa1d899e12e6f3eace637ee?rik=RiGM1qkMoMPL5Q&riu=http%3a%2f%2f1.bp.blogspot.com%2f-JGvRkdHn-wU%2fVJFgUiKyzUI%2fAAAAAAAAB8g%2fjVrlvt4d9UY%2fs1600%2fstonewall.jpg&ehk=ipTYR2...
When I was a kid in the 1940s, we'd sit on the front porch, listening to the cicadas and watching the heat lightning. Why does that bother you?...
A good German produced series from 2013 set on the German Eastern Front during World War II is Generation War, at one time available on Netflix. [img]https://cps-static.rovicorp.com/1/adg/covers/drv800/v818/v81814x8rbg.jpg?partner=allrovi.com width=400[/img]...
[quote]Wish there were more ww2 eastern front movies[/quote] Check out The North Star, a 1943 movie set in Ukraine at the time of the Nazi invasion. [img]https://www.themoviedb.org/t/p/original/vH7UtBmHv5dWf5QCKwCGdHoLSwC.jpg width=400[/img] ...
[quote]Is there anybody on here that did?[/quote] Yes, I saw him play in high school and college. Never saw him play in the pros except on TV....

re: WFDT - May 9th

Posted by blueridgeTiger on 5/9/24 at 7:55 pm
Natchitoches meat pie, half avocado, pickled beets and peach tea....