Jim Scanlon (deceased)
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Mar 17, 2009 8:09:22 GMT 9
:patties_day Well, now, as an official Orange-man, albeit with my roots in County Sligo, I will be wearing a green shirt to-morrow. I will not, however, be partaking of any green beverages, adult or otherwise. We are not scheduled to have corned beef and cabbage or Irish stew. I believe the menu calls for potato salad and burgers. Ah, how much we change things. It is interesting that corned beef and cabbage was not the normal fare in Irish eating establishments, pubs or restaurants, until Americans started asking for it. But, then, neither was Bud. San Antonio, of course, is not a big Irish town, but you can find corned beef, cabbage and boiled potatoes in many of the local eateries, alongside the tacos and burritos. As I recall, corned beef and cabbage originated with the Irish, and others in the Boston area. Corned beef is made from poor cuts of meat, like brisket and skirt, so it was cheap to buy and corn. Cabbage is easy to grow and also cheap. The tuber was why the Irish came to America in the first place. Potato blight ruined their potato crops, they couldn't pay the rent to the English landlords and sailed to America in the belly of ships. Have a great St. Patrick's Day. :patties_day
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Post by Gene on Mar 17, 2009 9:00:35 GMT 9
Saint Patrick's Day The consumption of corned beef is associated with Saint Patrick's Day, when many Irish Americans eat a traditional meal of corned beef and cabbage. According to the History Channel, while cabbage is a traditional food item for Irish-Americans, corned beef is not consumed in Ireland - it was originally used as a substitute for bacon by Irish American immigrants in the late 1800s. [2] Irish immigrants living in New York City's Lower East Side sought an equivalent in taste and texture to their traditional Irish bacon, and learned about this cheaper alternative to bacon from their Jewish neighbors. A similar dish is the New England boiled dinner, consisting of corned beef, cabbage, and root vegetables such as carrots, turnips, and potatoes, which is popular in New England and parts of Atlantic Canada.
As St. Patrick's Day occurs annually during Lent, the corned beef tradition caused controversy among American Catholic dioceses in 2000 and 2006, when the holiday fell on a Friday. Catholic custom dictates that no meat be consumed on any Friday, but some bishops granted dispensations to their dioceses for eating corned beef on St. Patrick's Day. This rare occurrence will next happen on Friday in 2017.
:green-beer :green-beer :drunk
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Post by Jeff Shannon on Mar 17, 2009 21:05:14 GMT 9
:patties_day Happy St. Patrick's day everyone!! :patties_day
Corn beef (sans Cabbage) will be the food for today.
May the wind at your back Not be the result of the corned beef and cabbage You had for lunch.
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Post by Gene on Mar 18, 2009 4:27:22 GMT 9
: AMEN!! :green-beer :green-beer :god_bless_usa
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Post by Cougar on Mar 19, 2009 13:37:41 GMT 9
Happy St. Patrick's day everyone!! Corn beef (sans Cabbage) will be the food for today. May the wind at your back Not be the result of the corned beef and cabbage You had for lunch. Somehow it just ain't the same without the cabbage Jeff....
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Post by pat perry on Mar 19, 2009 21:07:15 GMT 9
Happy St. Patrick's day everyone!! Corn beef (sans Cabbage) will be the food for today. May the wind at your back Not be the result of the corned beef and cabbage You had for lunch. Somehow it just ain't the same without the cabbage Jeff.... Ah yes... the Cabbage is the propellent and the Corned Beef is the projectile. That's why they are served together and go well with beer which has long been known as a good lubricant. Pat P.
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Post by Jeff Shannon on Mar 20, 2009 0:07:42 GMT 9
Happy St. Patrick's day everyone!! Corn beef (sans Cabbage) will be the food for today. May the wind at your back Not be the result of the corned beef and cabbage You had for lunch. Somehow it just ain't the same without the cabbage Jeff.... Yes I know but you see me and Cabbage just don't get along But it sure was GOOOOOOOOOOOOD
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Post by jimpadgett on May 13, 2009 3:30:30 GMT 9
Ref Pat Perry's posting of the next generation RAF pilot's helmet: Looks like a helmet that big brother should wear or maybe that is big brother in there. Be painful for the occasional stick shaker that keeps his head in a certain part of his anatomy.
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Post by pat perry on Sept 3, 2009 0:47:58 GMT 9
Ever wake up in the morning and wonder what's going on in the world today? Now you can find out in a few seconds. You've never seen a clock like this one........... www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf Here's some other questions I've been pondering lately: O x y m o r o n s 1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks? 2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand? 3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? 4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words? 5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack? 6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing? 7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing? 8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges? 9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there? 10. Why are they called " stands" when they are made for sitting? 11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"? 12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected? 13. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites? 14. Why do "overlook" and "oversee" mean opposite things? 15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds? 16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it? 17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting? 18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular? 19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right? 20. Why is bra singular and panties plural? 21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead? 22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase? 23. How come abbreviated is such a long word? 24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them? 25. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle? 26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one? 27.Christmas - What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks? 28. Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway 29. Why is toilet paper tiny squares and tissues big squares ? Pat P. :us_flag
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Post by lindel on Sept 3, 2009 21:37:00 GMT 9
Gotta love # 28!!
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Post by pat perry on Mar 2, 2016 0:55:03 GMT 9
"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get." Quote from Tom Hanks in the movie "Forrest Gump".
I decided to go "dumpster diving" using our Search feature on the forum. I selected Search and in the "When to search box", I put today's date 3-1-2016, then changed it to 3-1-2006 (ten years earlier) and clicked search.
The quote above was the only post that day and was one of mine. I had to edit it because the link was no longer active and I found a better link to use.
You history buffs (like the Old Sarge) can try this out. Our search feature is complicated looking at first, but when you get the hang of it you can find all kinds of stuff by using 1 or more of the search boxes.
When I posted today on the X-wing fighter, I wanted to put that in an existing thread, so I searched on AMARC because that's where all the Range Ducks were before they were moved to Gila Bend, AZ.
By selecting a random date in history you can find all the posts that were made that day and select the one you want to quote and add some words about why you dug it up. Then it will top the list for RECENT posts and others can comment or go back and read that particular thread if it interests them.
Pat P.
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Post by Bullhunter on May 28, 2018 14:16:06 GMT 9
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Post by LBer1568 on May 28, 2018 23:02:20 GMT 9
Do you trust your Government
www.truth-out.org/news/item/35111-exclusive-navy-secretly-conducting-electromagnetic-warfare-training-on-washington-roads
Gary, Washington isn't the only location that "electromagnetic-warfare-training has been conducted. In USAFE in the late 70's I was at Spangadhlem AB Germany. We had every version of the F-4 including Wild Weasels, the F-4G Weasel was the latest version at the time and had elaborate electronic sensors and tracking devices. In order for crews to get training they had to have target sites and not just the canned versions located on training ranges. Back then, the Berlin Corridor was populated with over a thousand different types of Soviet weapons. Many were mobile devices and were difficult to plan to take out as they moved almost daily.So back to Washington...don't the Navy have the P-3, EA-6, EA-18 in WA as well as Boeing's AWACS plant? So how do they train? Sure they have the bombing Ranges in Eastern WA, but they need to be able to locate and destroy mobile launcher/Radar units. Red Flag in Nevada is a nice range, and has numerous facilities, but most are fixed sites. Once a Electronics Warfare plane has flown over range a few times they know were all sites are and can actually fly around them and not be detected. So with all that fairly open forest (Great for SAMs etc to hide) and a network of fairly remote roads they become an ideal "range". No live ordnances are used, just Sensors. And the ground units are mostly small Radar/IR detectors. Not high powered Transmitters. And since they are mobile, they don't risk long term exposure to local residents. Except the dear, bear, and antelope. And being WA, their are a lot of tree huggers looking out for welfare of animals.
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Post by Bullhunter on May 28, 2018 23:56:19 GMT 9
Thanks for your input on this. I agree with most of what you said. Just wonder how much BS the government is telling. The article is long and says lots that does not agree with what the government is saying. Reminds me of the agent orange & DDT coverups or the troops being exposed to chemicals & nuke explosions.
The EA-6 is gone from NAS as they now have P-3's and F-18's Growlers.
F-18 returning from the Yakama Range.
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Post by Jim on May 29, 2018 0:08:16 GMT 9
Gary, before you let paranoia completely control you, take a good look at the sources you quoted and who owns them. Then read Lorin's post again and sort out the logic in his post. A half truth is just that, a half truth. Remember, every time our beloved Delta Dart turned that MA-1 system on and selected search, that antenna sent out POWERFUL electromagnetic beams and even "painted" commercial airliners loaded with civilians.... Hell, even our high tension electrical distribution systems emit powerful electromagnetic fields. Sometimes, when driving under them, you can feel the hair on your arms stand up.... Neither article mention the strength or duration of the emissions..... Do I trust our government? Hell no..... Do I trust the authors of both articles to tell the truth? Hell no..... Chicken little still runs amuck among us... Read Lorin's post once more...
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Post by Jim on May 29, 2018 1:15:41 GMT 9
Last time I saw one of these, or even carried one was about 1958-Sure to Incite Conversation & Admiration!- -Mailed in a Bubble Wrap Envelope for Safe Delivery to You!- *Don't Delay, and Risk Future Regret... Use Buy-it-Now! MADE IN & SHIPPED FROM The Good Ol' USofA -FREE SHIPPING Within the USA 50 States-
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Post by LBer1568 on May 29, 2018 22:32:44 GMT 9
Last time I saw one of these, or even carried one was about 1958-Sure to Incite Conversation & Admiration!- Was this an early model of Radiation monitor? In early 1965 the base hospital distributed a clip-on version ,just like x-ray techs wore, to everyone on flight line at McGuire. After about a month they stopped as they were maxed out after a couple shifts on flight line. It was then they started putting Warnings in TO about danger of MA-1 Radar transmitter. They also put zones in front of A/C to show where danger area was. We also got restrictions on use of Radar. I remember Christmas in MA-1 Mock-up when they would use 28 Volt neon glow tubes/lamps on window 4-5 feet from Radar antenna and every time it would sweep over the lamps they would light up in form of Christmas tree.Remember seeing the big lamp carts on flight line flicker when Radar passed ove them? And we wonder why we had bad eyesight.Lorin
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Post by Jim on May 30, 2018 0:30:05 GMT 9
Last time I saw one of these, or even carried one was about 1958-Sure to Incite Conversation & Admiration!- Was this an early model of Radiation monitor? In early 1965 the base hospital distributed a clip-on version ,just like x-ray techs wore, to everyone on flight line at McGuire. After about a month they stopped as they were maxed out after a couple shifts on flight line. It was then they started putting Warnings in TO about danger of MA-1 Radar transmitter. They also put zones in front of A/C to show where danger area was. We also got restrictions on use of Radar. I remember Christmas in MA-1 Mock-up when they would use 28 Volt neon glow tubes/lamps on window 4-5 feet from Radar antenna and every time it would sweep over the lamps they would light up in form of Christmas tree.Remember seeing the big lamp carts on flight line flicker when Radar passed ove them? And we wonder why we had bad eyesight.Lorin Yes , real early, like the first I can remember, as we were issued them early 1957.... Mine is someplace in my initial issue footlocker, yep, still have my 1952 issued foot locker!!!!! We use to have an open house at Griffiss and the guys in the "fire control" shop had a board with fluorescent light bulbs, instrument panel lights and anything else that would glow when that electromagnetic field would pass over it. Sometimes they would also use photoflash bulbs. Base photographer had a bag full of the big bulbs used with the Speed Graphic and Bush Pressman 4x5 cameras and walked in front of the F-94C display with the radome removed before we could stop him!!!!! The bag caught fire and burned his hip!!!!!! We still didn't know what harm was possible from this exposure......
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Post by Jim on Jun 7, 2018 0:09:27 GMT 9
It isn't hard for me to not remember....... I was almost 3 months shy of 10 years old, I was in school, and sometime in the morning there was an announcement over the PA system calling for a moment of silent prayer as the USA was invading France. I had 3 uncles in the D-Day invasion of Normandy- 2 came home, 1 was never found. About 10 years later, one went over the edge, and my maternal grandfather, who was chief of police, had to convince him that the Germans in town weren't trying to kill him. It wasn't pleasant. So, yes I'll remember....... 25% of the men in Eden, NY who were in the military, and all branches were represented, didn't make it back home.... Four homes on my street had gold stars in the window. One home, next door had 4 blue stars and one gold star. This was the last war that the US ever intended to win from day one. There was never any doubt about winning...
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