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[WAB]

That’s a beautiful cemetery. My great grandfather spent basically the whole war in the trenches as an engineer for the Canadians. Brought home an English war bride and moved to Iowa. We have a suitcase full of the trench maps he drew they are basically a history of many of the major battles of the war.

I don’t suppose he mapped the trenches at Ypres?

 

[Red Leg]

That’s a beautiful cemetery. My great grandfather spent basically the whole war in the trenches as an engineer for the Canadians. Brought home an English war bride and moved to Iowa. We have a suitcase full of the trench maps he drew they are basically a history of many of the major battles of the war.

Assuming it is stilled funded by the current government, should you or your family ever wonder what to do with that material, I am certain that suitcase would find a welcoming home in the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa or the Imperial War Museum in London. https://www.warmuseum.ca/ https://www.iwm.org.uk/

 

[Tanks]

Another crash, this time the Navy. Here is the article.

2 rescued after military plane crashes into San Diego Bay

A military aircraft has crashed into the San Diego Bay near Shelter Island, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue.

www.nbcsandiego.com

Here is the video.

https://packaged-media.redd.it/n0dt90rvjsie1/pb/m2-res_480p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1739419200&s=0cf7a40f1309bd5e5d4d1f4624bb1b05f7688458#t=1.642678

Amazing that they lived.

 

[WAB]

Assuming it is stilled funded by the current government, should you or your family ever wonder what to do with that material, I am certain that suitcase would find a welcoming home in the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa or the Imperial War Museum in London. https://www.warmuseum.ca/ https://www.iwm.org.uk/

Indeed, that is a true treasure.

 

[Red Leg]

Another crash, this time the Navy. Here is the article.

2 rescued after military plane crashes into San Diego Bay

A military aircraft has crashed into the San Diego Bay near Shelter Island, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue.

www.nbcsandiego.com

Here is the video.

https://packaged-media.redd.it/n0dt90rvjsie1/pb/m2-res_480p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1739419200&s=0cf7a40f1309bd5e5d4d1f4624bb1b05f7688458#t=1.642678

Amazing that they lived.

They had to have ejected.

 

[Tanks]

They had to have ejected.

They did. Fast thinking on their part.

 

[Brent in Az]

Oil giant Chevron will be cutting it's workforce by 15-20% by next year. A move the company states will reduce costs and increase profits.
Up to 9000 jobs will be affected.

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

Oil giant Chevron will be cutting it's workforce by 15-20% by next year. A move the company states will reduce costs and increase profits.
Up to 9000 jobs will be affected.

I spent 39 years there. Back in the 80s and early 90s, layoffs occurred every couple years and 10% reductions were common. It was stressful but it kept everyone focused and performance oriented.

This recent downsizing is coming as a result of outsourcing a lot of jobs to India, from what I understand from friends still working. There’s actually a lot of people at or near retirement age who will gladly take an enhanced retirement severance package and live happily ever after.

 

[Russ16]

I don’t suppose he mapped the trenches at Ypres?

I’d have to check they are at my father’s house. There are a lot of them. Also blueprints for sniper hides that look like fake trees and other cool odds and ends.

Next time I’m home I’ll try to catalog them all. I’ve often thought they should be given to a Canadian military museum. I have his helmet with the cool Canadian engineer logo with a beaver on it.

 

[Russ16]

I’d have to check they are at my father’s house. There are a lot of them. Also blueprints for sniper hides that look like fake trees and other cool odds and ends.

Next time I’m home I’ll try to catalog them all. I’ve often thought they should be given to a Canadian military museum. I have his helmet with the cool Canadian engineer logo with a beaver on it.

Should have mentioned. His brother was gassed at Ypres and died a young man. He was posthumously admitted to the Canadian bar a few years ago.

 

[Brent in Az]

I spent 39 years there. Back in the 80s and early 90s, layoffs occurred every couple years and 10% reductions were common. It was stressful but it kept everyone focused and performance oriented.

This recent downsizing is coming as a result of outsourcing a lot of jobs to India, from what I understand from friends still working. There’s actually a lot of people at or near retirement age who will gladly take an enhanced retirement severance package and live happily ever after.

I imagine job security in sectors of the petroleum industry can be fluid at times. No pun intended.

 

[Mekaniks]

I spent 39 years there. Back in the 80s and early 90s, layoffs occurred every couple years and 10% reductions were common. It was stressful but it kept everyone focused and performance oriented.

This recent downsizing is coming as a result of outsourcing a lot of jobs to India, from what I understand from friends still working. There’s actually a lot of people at or near retirement age who will gladly take an enhanced retirement severance package and live happily ever after.

Lower oil prices to come…. They are just staying ahead of the curve

 

[cwpayton]

Yes, it is a superb history of the Battle of the Battle of the Bulge during which Bragg's heroic actions took place. John Eisenhower was one of the president's sons and had an accomplished career as well. He was also a fine writer and historian. Stephen Ambrose, then at the height of his powers as a historian, provided the introduction to the book which was published in 1969 and is still in publication.

The Meuse-Argonne offensive was the last great campaign of WWI which drove the Central Powers to the negotiating table. American casualties were very high as our fresh troops took over much of the brunt of the fighting and breakthrough. You great uncle died in a noble cause. The American cemetery at Romagne, France, which holds most of those casualties (nearly 15,000) is of extraordinary beauty. Almost no Americans ever set foot there because our average countryman is clueless about that war. When we were last there, we were among perhaps a dozen on the whole 130 acre memorial. I doubt many of them were American citizens.

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BITTER WOODS ordered ,amazon, 29.$ shipped hardback , my great uncle was shipped back to the states," deceased" and buried ,with a sizeable .noteworthy sulpture in battle dress at claremore, ok. cemetery. Unfortunately vandals desecrated the statue and tore it mostly down ,I was told., haven't been there in 50 yrs.

 

[Wheels]

Looks like Zeldin found 20B being laundered through the EPA. Video is worth watching. The numbers just keep getting better.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889852521444790559

 

[fourfive8]

The first thing those two who safely ejected from that EA 18 at San Diego should do is go straight into the appropriate senior crew chief’s office and thank him and his crew.

That incident reminds me of this. A friend was a senior crew chief in the Air Force, stationed at Okinawa. He was in charge of F16 ejection systems there. He said the best reward for his 20+ years in the Air Force happened a few years ago. A pilot, who had to eject out in the Pacific, came into his office, shook his hand and thanked him for ensuring he could see his kids again.

 

[WAB]

I’d have to check they are at my father’s house. There are a lot of them. Also blueprints for sniper hides that look like fake trees and other cool odds and ends.

Next time I’m home I’ll try to catalog them all. I’ve often thought they should be given to a Canadian military museum. I have his helmet with the cool Canadian engineer logo with a beaver on it.

What you have is an incredible piece of history. Many of us had family in those trenches. I would be hesitant to give it up if I were you, but the realistic copies could be used to help in sharing the knowledge. I don’t know if you’ve been through the Canadian military museums. They are impressive and speak to a past that is completely lost on the dufus currently in charge.

 

[YancyW]

Assuming it is stilled funded by the current government, should you or your family ever wonder what to do with that material, I am certain that suitcase would find a welcoming home in the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa or the Imperial War Museum in London. https://www.warmuseum.ca/ https://www.iwm.org.uk/

I can say the same for the WWI museum in Kansas City, would be an incredible addition.

 

[Red Leg]

BITTER WOODS ordered ,amazon, 29.$ shipped hardback , my great uncle was shipped back to the states," deceased" and buried ,with a sizeable .noteworthy sulpture in battle dress at claremore, ok. cemetery. Unfortunately vandals desecrated the statue and tore it mostly down ,I was told., haven't been there in 50 yrs.

They would be something worth hunting.

 

[PHOENIX PHIL]

An example of TDS possibly at it's worst....unbelievable.....

For those with kids, there is profanity here.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889012510017167517

 

[Russ16]

What you have is an incredible piece of history. Many of us had family in those trenches. I would be hesitant to give it up if I were you, but the realistic copies could be used to help in sharing the knowledge. I don’t know if you’ve been through the Canadian military museums. They are impressive and speak to a past that is completely lost on the dufus currently in charge.

I’ve done the Imperial War Museum in London many times. Never any of the Canadian ones. I’ll have to make a trip up there for that.