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Maggie’s What's Your View II
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All that grey shit comes from growing too old to die young, and a lifetime of "hold my beer and watch this" moments. Pussies leave an undamaged corpse.
There's a great new (to me) outfit here that is using old WWII amphibious DUKW boats to run tours through downtown, the river, and Bay. We took my visiting buddy on the tour yesterday and had a blast. It's always cool to learn new things about your adopted home.
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Apparently better than I thought, from Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUKW
The DUKW was designed by Rod Stephens, Jr. of Sparkman & Stephens, Inc. yacht designers, Dennis Puleston, a British deep-water sailor resident in the U.S., and Frank W. Speir, a Reserve Officers' Training CorpsLieutenant from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[SUP][7][/SUP] Developed by the National Defense Research Committee and the Office of Scientific Research and Development to solve the problem of resupply to units which had just performed an amphibious landing, it was initially rejected by the armed services. When a United States Coast Guard patrol craft ran aground on a sand bar near Provincetown, Massachusetts, an experimental DUKW happened to be in the area for a demonstration. Winds up to 60 knots (110 km/h), rain, and heavy surf prevented conventional craft from rescuing the seven stranded Coast Guardsmen, but the DUKW had no trouble,[SUP][8][/SUP] and military opposition to the DUKW melted. The DUKW later proved its seaworthiness by crossing the English Channel.
The final production design was perfected by a few engineers at Yellow Truck & Coach in Pontiac, Michigan. The vehicle was built by Yellow Truck and Coach Co. (GMC Truck and Coach Div. after 1943) at their Pontiac West Assembly Plant and Chevrolet Div. of General Motors Corp. at their St. Louis Truck Assembly Plant; 21,147 were manufactured before production ended in 1945.[SUP][8][/SUP]
The DUKW was designed by Rod Stephens, Jr. of Sparkman & Stephens, Inc. yacht designers, Dennis Puleston, a British deep-water sailor resident in the U.S., and Frank W. Speir, a Reserve Officers' Training CorpsLieutenant from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[SUP][7][/SUP] Developed by the National Defense Research Committee and the Office of Scientific Research and Development to solve the problem of resupply to units which had just performed an amphibious landing, it was initially rejected by the armed services. When a United States Coast Guard patrol craft ran aground on a sand bar near Provincetown, Massachusetts, an experimental DUKW happened to be in the area for a demonstration. Winds up to 60 knots (110 km/h), rain, and heavy surf prevented conventional craft from rescuing the seven stranded Coast Guardsmen, but the DUKW had no trouble,[SUP][8][/SUP] and military opposition to the DUKW melted. The DUKW later proved its seaworthiness by crossing the English Channel.
The final production design was perfected by a few engineers at Yellow Truck & Coach in Pontiac, Michigan. The vehicle was built by Yellow Truck and Coach Co. (GMC Truck and Coach Div. after 1943) at their Pontiac West Assembly Plant and Chevrolet Div. of General Motors Corp. at their St. Louis Truck Assembly Plant; 21,147 were manufactured before production ended in 1945.[SUP][8][/SUP]
Got to see a big boat sort of like that in Diego Garcia circa 2003.
It was owned by the Army and had a catamaran hull. It operated on the hydro foil principle. Fuckin super fast
It was owned by the Army and had a catamaran hull. It operated on the hydro foil principle. Fuckin super fast
lol Barney, I was talking about the Littoral Combat Ship. I've been on a DUKW before. They like to sink.
My mistake, would not want to be on deck of a Littoral in heavy weather, looks like they go through waves rather than over them. As for the DUKW, we saw one doing tourist trips somewhere and Pam thought it would be a good idea, I managed to talk her out of it. Watching the news later that night at the hotel, it had sunk and not all passengers were rescued. I think we were in Thailand at the time.
See. They're death traps, ask anyone.
Glad you're back safe n sound from your trip buddy. That had to be epic !!!!!!
Just texted ya but I'll put it up here as well. Where else can ya go over to your buddies place, cut Elk meat in the living room with an Elk picture on the wall and a rogue cat that ate his weight in scraps? Right here is where. Hate that fucking cat..........
How the f&%# did my cat Pouncey get on AJ's shoulder? He doesn't even have a credit card to book an airline ticket?
Damnation, now I gotta go waterboard Pouncey to find out how he got out west and back without my knowing it. Damn African cats....
Cheers,
Sirhr Yes, I typed that, AJ.
Keep an eye on Pouncey would ya. I don't even know that cat and it hit on me like a cheap bar whore. Not that I'm not, but really? Little fucker woofed down so much scraps I thought it was gonna drag it's belly. I actually love cats. Don't have one, but I do enjoy'm for some reason.......
Well said my friend. On my DL, I’ve got the “Organ Doner” box checked, just as my last smart ass joke. Go ahead and harvest what you can from this wore out ol’ chassis and power plant.
Pouncy is welcome here on his way back east if he has a layover. He can hang out with Sammy, Patches, Smokey, Stubs, Pumpkin, Skunky, Seal Team 6, Snowflake, Ricky Vaughn, and a host of unnamed others (all named by my kids). Most of their names are NOT gender correct. Pouncy will be provided proper quarter and four squares a day. All that is asked is that he/she stay out from underfoot (boot ride training). As a caveat, quarters are insulated outdoor dwellings without HVAC.
I took off Friday to hunt with an old buddy. Also hunted with him Saturday, sort of.
Didn't see any worthy shooters, so no pics of monster bucks.
Friday afternoon the walk in got a little interesting.
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Possible gnome hideout.
Checked my game cams on my place this morning and we have kittens!
Saturday was a bit of a let-down.
Turns out my buddy got into a drinking contest Friday night with a couple of local youngsters from the hunt club.
He unconscious until about 8:30 and useless until about 2 PM, which is when we finally got out to the woods.
I didn't see anything worthwhile, but he did take a big male coyote off the planet (no pics).
I took this shot of his old boots while I was in his basement waiting for him to come to life. I think I am going to start a GoFundMe giving him shit about his drinking and not being able to afford both booze and footwear.
You been letting out your secret?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/bobcats-spotted-in-vermont-neighborhood/vi-BBF0ynl
Tnichols I get your joke and it cracked me up.
That organ donor thing is serious business. My friend Dave is alive after another living man freely gave him a kidney. His were destroyed from the after effects of severe burns just over 2 years ago when the med evac chopper he was in crashed and burned. A little boy I took care of recently just saved a number of sick kids lives by his family being brave enough to donate his organs.
OK, back to regularly scheduled programming.
That organ donor thing is serious business. My friend Dave is alive after another living man freely gave him a kidney. His were destroyed from the after effects of severe burns just over 2 years ago when the med evac chopper he was in crashed and burned. A little boy I took care of recently just saved a number of sick kids lives by his family being brave enough to donate his organs.
OK, back to regularly scheduled programming.
I finally got somewhat caught up on work and took the afternoon off to do round 1 of the leaf cleanup.
Still a lot of leaves yet to fall.
Still a lot of leaves yet to fall.
I finally got somewhat caught up on work and took the afternoon off to do round 1 of the leaf cleanup.
Still a lot of leaves yet to fall.
Beautiful setting and time of year. It’s rare that we have to do leaf cleanup here. Fall weather usually means wind and lots of it. My leaves typically end up a county away, along with anything else not chained down.
Yeah, we have (or had) “Ducktours” in Seattle. A few years back, one of them was full of passengers, running across the Aurora bridge. Crossed over the centerline and head-on’d a tour bus going the opposite direction. I think the Duck extinguished the lives of 9 people in the tour bus that evening. Also think it was due to corroded lug bolts on the front, left wheel set. Tragic.
I finally got somewhat caught up on work and took the afternoon off to do round 1 of the leaf cleanup.
Still a lot of leaves yet to fall.
In what 1J04 refers to as “suicide season”, it has showed up early and been quite stubborn. Temps 15 degrees below normal, grey misty days, rain, sleet, etc... Current conditions in Hooterville, 39 degrees with rain. Wind southeasterly at 13 mph. Relative humidity 91%. Hard to get much shooting done or wood cut.
Hate cats too.....grin
That is OUTSTANDING! Beautiful stacks and setting. Thanks for posting.
Beautiful country out there. Hope you got some steel stuck up in those hills at a distance.
I love shooting steel, but it's a lot easier in this terrain to just pick out a rock about .25 mils or so in size. Public land too.
MontanaMarine,
I haven't seen you post in a long time. Good to see you back! I'm no longer over in Idaho, I'm in the UP for now.
I haven't seen you post in a long time. Good to see you back! I'm no longer over in Idaho, I'm in the UP for now.
I've been lurking now and then.
i'm glad the forum is no longer part of that Scout lashup.
I'm still shooting the 308 and 30-06, dabbling in some AR stuff a little bit. Nothing 'cutting edge'.....grin.
i'm glad the forum is no longer part of that Scout lashup.
I'm still shooting the 308 and 30-06, dabbling in some AR stuff a little bit. Nothing 'cutting edge'.....grin.
You will hate me more when I tell you I killed the one in the back.
Mumme's? I think we have overlapping AOs.
Not me.
I'm a Wahkiakum Boy. But that "IS" a Willapa Bull. Actually all of those are from up that way. That big one was killed by S.B. You know him? I ran into him at work not to long ago. 
Just scored a private spot to shoot to 1200yds so my view is the garage whipping up some rebar target stands.
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