OT Sarah Huckabee Sanders Kicked out of Resturaunt

Words are my tools. I try to use them wisely.

I love to either learn new words from others or be reminded of seldom used terms.

A good vocabulary helps one to get their point across. It also lessens the need for swear words except in cases of extreme exasperation, God Damn it.

 

In Black Mirror they get to a point where everyone knows everyone and people rate each interaction. It is quite fascinating and pretty damn close to becoming reality.

In that future, I have to pretend I'm nice so I can fit in. Just like a gay person seemed to have to pretend to be straight in the past.

If SHS believed in everything Trump said should she be an outcast?

Someone link Maxine Waters calling for people to stalk people from Trump's administration. It is getting insane.

 

Lanny's post about @DaLincolnJones, safe and sound made me cringe, thinking of one of the ships of that era. I don't think you and I are speaking of the same Kinmen County.
The one I am speaking of is across the strait from Taiwan, within gun range of China on three side. I am familiar with one ship that circled that island drawing fire so the supply ships could get in.

"From August 23 to October 6, 1958, Communist-held islands which surround Quemoy on three sides began an artillery bombardment which averaged 10,000 rounds a day."

She survived it to move on to Vietnam and more. But that same day at that island, it was known as Quemoy then, the decoy ship managed to get out of range, but damn! One of the CAP
was down, pilot in the sea. Geez, back in the shit within range of all those guns? The Captain sent the Gig after him rather than risk the ship again. It Worked! lost the gig but got the pilot.
It took a couple days to get out of the shit, and finally a ride in a ROC patrol boat, but they got back.



That ship was a Gearing class Destroyer, she later served in Vietnam, with a new crew of course, but by this time she was a well tuned gun boat. Mounting six 5" 38 rifles that could lay down deadly accurate fire, even out gunning later model destroyers. She was retired from the US Navy in 1972, after her last cruise to Vietnam where she fired 12000 rounds from her 5" guns, providing fires support to the people ashore. By this time she was known as "Last of the Six Shooters" being kept for that specific purpose, deadly accurate fire.

She served 27 years in the US Navy, but she was not done yet. The South Korean navy had their eye on this ship, they bought her immediately. She served there another 27 years, in the many battles with the North over the years. She was still on active duty in that Navy when I went to the 1988 Olympics as the helper for one of my guys that authored the Olympic scoring system.
Sort of gimmick on my part, but I did have some hope of doing productive business with the major South Korean Banks. But to be honest, my first order of business was watching Sabas play basketball. At that point, after seeing him play in Europe, I thought he was the best basketball player in the world.

But back to the ship, one thing lead to another in my dealings with the Banks and the Korean Banking system, that the famous ship and joint exercises came up, anyway I got to go aboard my old ship that I served on 30 years earlier. Meet some of the crew and talk about Fire Control, Shore fire Support and enjoy a beer. Yeah there was former Naval Officer and current manager at the bank in the group as well.

That Ship is now, since 1999 a memorial hall located at Jongdongnin Kangwondo, Korea. Only a few ships escape the cutting torch.

 

You're gay and you stalk? Holy cow.

 

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I'll show you a.....nevermind.

 

Does that mean you have small hands?

Edit: Whoops, I just realized you could take this the wrong way. I meant it in humor, just to be clear.

 

I knew you were joking. Just to be clear, my hands dwarf Trump's.

 

Whoops, I just realized you could take this the wrong way. I meant it in humor, just to be cle

LOL

 

Well @riverman, are we speaking of the same Kinmen County?

 

n0.... that's a Taiwanese military base ..my brother in laws and nephews have been stationed there......that Fujian Provence...Penghu island is what I was thinking about although I have been to Fujian twice in my travels..never to that island

 

Naw!
The AFEM were not even awarded. They were created maybe 6 or 7 years later after nearly everyone moved on.
Maybe not that long after, but I think it was after Cuba when I was recalled. Not sure
what qualifies for the AFEM there. I never got past Roosevelt Roads where I was to get a cruiser TF ready for clean up duty. OH, no worry about not getting past PR, for sure.

 

young whippersnapper is a great one as well as old codger

 

When my grandpa was alive he would often use the word, "Cockamamie."

 

Dadgummit...that's a humdinger!

 

It almost seems like you don't want to see the difference between the two.

Twitter is rotting what brain cells people have left.

 

I'm seriously thinking about just building a shack somewhere in the wilderness and just peacing out on society. Not a joke.

 

I was thinking about the same thing. Not a joke.