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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
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Took the fall for the CIA.
He did as he was ordered.
Hi Barn,
Went back and looked through my pics. Unfortunately, I didn't have a wide angle lens when I took the shots, so I only captured portions of the steam engines at a time. They're not coal powered and not knowing much about steam, I can only guess their boilers are fired with fossil fuels, I just don't know what. There was no odor of diesel and I think there would have been if they were using it. Anyway, we've been on multiple boats, some were/are steam powered, some have been "upgraded" to more "modern" diesel (I assume diesel electric). Like everything they do, the engines are spotless and like I said, look like they were just delivered by the factory. Pretty amazing for being over 110 years old,
Here's a "not bad" video of the engine on the Schiller, which if memory serves me correct, is the same boat on which I took the above picture;
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Never seen anything that looks that good come out of a factory, more like a labor of love. Last time I was in that area was about 61 to 63, got close a couple of times recently but mainly in Austria. May have to revise our coming travel plans....
Just a few minutes drive away....
A Koala Drinks Water Offered From A Bottle By A Firefighter During Bushfires In Cudlee Creek, South Australia
A Koala Drinks Water Offered From A Bottle By A Firefighter During Bushfires In Cudlee Creek, South Australia
Despite the fires we maintain the Aussie sense of humor....
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'Comedy gold': A UK journalist has fallen for a drop bear prank that's gone viral
When a Scottish journalist was asked if she wanted to hold an elusive Australian "drop bear" on Kangaroo Island, she jumped at the chance, bringing some much-needed laughter amid the bushfire crisis.
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Who did we supply arms to so they could fight the soviets?
Lots of changes in 30+ years, some idiots can't see that however.
Winner of the Woody Alan Parenting award
Trains (esp. trains loaded w/ tanks) have the ROW. Cusseta, AL this morning.
Manatee toe maybe.
Don't insult a camel like that you may get spit on.
Dude that's Hippo Hoof
I want to say it was in France late '44 or early '45 and there were a few damaged Tiger I's on rail cars to be shipped back to the factory to be repaired when the Germans were ambushed by US forces. The Germans were able to get in the Tigers and do some stuff before overwhelmed.
Even disabled and tore up, the Tigers were formidable.
Even disabled and tore up, the Tigers were formidable.
Meals on wheels! ?
IIRC the German tanks had a positive kill ratio vs. pretty much anything that they came up against including Shermans, the problem was the German tanks were so well made that they were difficult to produce in sufficient numbers. The US on the other hand could build and deliver 10 Sherman tanks for every Panzer or Tiger, we beat them with sheer numbers.
True, although you can argue about well made. Consider that there were only about 1200 Tigers made for the entire war. The Russians made about 40,000 T-34's. About the "well made", that's subjective and arguable. We talk about over engineered at times, but the fact remains that the early German tanks were little more than machine gun carriers (panzer I's), mortars/howitzers (panzer II's) at the start of the war. The French had much better and more numerous tanks (like the Somua or Bis 1) but used them improperly and piecemeal. The later tanks like the Tiger and Panther were horribly unreliable with transmission failures most common. It's been said more of the Tigers and Panthers were lost to breakdown and abandonment than to enemy action. On top of that, repair was a nightmare. You have to remove the turret to get to the transmission. At best a swap out may be a two day job. VS 4 or 5 hours for the Sherman. Many tank guys think the Panzer IV was their best tank overall. If the Panther came out a little earlier with the bugs worked out and in number, that could have been a game changer. But when you deploy 24 tanks and 2 out of 3 don't go beyond 20 miles before a major breakdown, well you know.
I’m now rooting for tittsberg to go to the super bowl
