M2 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Saw this posted on a different forum, felt it was worth sharing here... Cheers! M2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVIL Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 politicians suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M2 Posted June 24, 2012 Author Share Posted June 24, 2012 To quote Rainman, "No shit." Don't let it be a distractor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaJu Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Pretty incredible story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire4effect Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Parents went to the cemetery at Omaha Beach a few years back. Dad (Vietnam Vet) still get choked up talking about seeing so many headstones in one cemetery and what they represent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
163 FS Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Great story. Congressman = Douche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilgore Trout Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spur38 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 Billy and his widow..... Supposed "Public Servants" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosswind Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Congressman - Pay attention to the French. They are cooler than you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
contraildash Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 The French out there don't forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17D_guy Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I was surprised during my USAFE tour that the French and Belgians still care as much as they do. Maybe not the Paris-types, but all the little towns were very reverent to their local monuments and cemetaries. Very humbling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire4effect Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 I was surprised during my USAFE tour that the French and Belgians still care as much as they do. Maybe not the Paris-types, but all the little towns were very reverent to their local monuments and cemetaries. Very humbling. On the same trip to Normandy they met some residents of Sainte-Mere-Eglise and the locals were surprised that John Steele (the American Paratrooper that landed on the church steeple) was not a household name in the U.S. I admit I didn't remember his name either until they told me. They French locals in Normandy sure remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcola Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Great story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitts2112 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 The Belgians haven't forgotten, either: Last Post played every night at the Menin Gate at Ypres. http://www.greatwar.co.uk/events/menin-gate-last-post-ceremony.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butters Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 OK kids, another star from back in that day when TVs were B&W. Who can forget The Poseidon Adventure(1972 not the stupid new one) Airwolf, McHale's Navy and the Dirty Dozen just to name a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guineapigfury Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 You had me at "Airwolf". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butters Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I is hard to describe the awesomeness! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17D_guy Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Well, that's 2 down, one to go for the death hat trick. Airwolf was only cool beacuse of the hair. FACT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butters Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Airwolf was a supersonic stealth attack helicopter flown out of a secret base inside a mountain and you think the best part was the hair? For shame. I know, I don't think many people realize the engineering that went into designing a twin blade rotor capable of supersonic flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
338skybolt Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I know, I don't think many people realize the engineering that went into designing a twin blade rotor capable of supersonic flight. C'mon man, it had thrusters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Clavin Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 I really enjoyed watching Airwolf growing up. It's on Hulu if you want a flashback to 1986. What a kick-butt intro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDsv-sZbulw&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17D_guy Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 From wiki: The flying Airwolf helicopter was actually a Bell 222, serial number 47085, sometimes unofficially called a Bell 222A.[2] During filming of the series, the helicopter was owned by Jetcopters, Inc. of Van Nuys, California.[3] The helicopter was eventually sold after the show ended and became an ambulance helicopter in Germany, where it crashed in a thunderstorm and was destroyed on June 6, 1992, killing all three crew members.[4] I stand by my hair claim. I mean.. just look at it : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitzo Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 And the secret to old life via Mr.Borgnine http://youtu.be/3I_PeLNzxNQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKopack Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 While he played the Skipper on the 1960's TV show "McHale's Navy" in real life Gunner's Mate 1st Class Ernest Borgnine was a US Navy WWII Veteran serving from 1935-1945, during the war years aboard USS Lamberton (DD-119). Lamberton served in the Aleutian Campaign and then largely off of the West Coast. He spent a lot of time doing work with Veterans and was also the first person (and one of only roughly 70) to be named as an Honorary Blue Angel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacAirCoug Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Wow. Incredible in so many ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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