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BillyGoatHill

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  1. Power alley in left center.
  2. I was wondering about that during the alumni game... Had noticed that there was netting showing (outfield padding gone) during the game and that you could see the older/original outfield wall beyond the netting. Pretty cool. Beginning of some outfield seating. 🤘
  3. C'mon, man, I get that. I know we did away with that whole prince and lord thing 160 yrs prior to WW2, but I didn't think I needed to include that in my post as to the idea and principles of flying as gentlemen/upper crust was also engrained with who got picked for flight school by the US military. College educated or some college/trade school? Candidate,...guy who farmed, worked on tractors? Some,... but most were naturals for being Ground crew/crew chief if in the air corps. Rural country boys that grew up bird or pheasant hunting made the best gunners with their skill of already knowing about leading targets/prey.
  4. Those are badass. Have always loved our away grays. Simplistic and timeless. 🤘
  5. Part of the uniform....plus they were actually also part of some ground troops attire (Patton scolded his officers more than once about wearing their ties) US, RAF, and other allies plus the European Axis pilots ALL usually wore a dress or other uniform that required a tie while waiting for sorties. As to wearing while flying, that usually came down to discipline and uniform standards from the units or squadron/bomb group CO. Plenty of pics of pilots out there from all countries with ties on with their flight gear. Gotta remember that is only 20 years past WW1 where it was a but a gentlemen's game and prestige to be a pilot. Scarves (usually silk) were worn to not only protect the neck, but keep the neck warm. This tradition carried on to WW2. German prisoner of war camps for allied pilots were initially run or overseen by the Luftwaffe on Goerring's insistance. He had been a combat pilot in WW1 and though he was drug addict and had a sexual preference that should have had put him in a German concentration camp, he tried to see that Allied pilots were treated with that gentlemanly conduct while under the Luftwaffe officers oversight. edit: I also remember reading somewhere years ago that ties made for good tourniquets for wounded flight crew.
  6. Great play...
  7. Hit a teammates foot or ankle...
  8. Gotta just fall on that...
  9. Spanish channel (Univision?) has better halftime analysis than Phil, Boomer,JJ etc…
  10. Niners were driving too when McCaffrey coughed it up....Equals out
  11. OK Karen
  12. I suggest a strongly worded letter to NFL officials....
  13. Ben , Tom, and Bourne....🤣
  14. YESSSSSSS!!!! TD
  15. Officials and the NFL rulebook say otherwise. But you do you.
  16. Ball didn't go past the line of scrimmage....
  17. Grounding!!
  18. Injury from tripping over the sideline???
  19. Damn allergies....😢 Congratulations Bam Bam.
  20. No biggie about not knowing, was just trying to pass that along. I served in the 80's, but wasn't positive about WW2 until I found some paperwork/pictures of a Great Uncle of mine that was Marine in the Pacific. His paperwork dating was the same as were some letters and the telegram (KIA) to my great grandmother. As for the show, I was trying to make out the handwriting too when first watching that episode but it was kinda small on my computer. I thought the lighter was funny also but it didn't dawn on me until @Whitewater Horn pointed it out. CSB//?? Concerning the French/Allies underground, I used to work with a guy (and went to medic school with) in our Fire Dept. that we gave crap to regarding his French heritage (surrenders/never fired rifles/ha ha etc). He took all the kidding in good stride. He was a good cook as that it was his dad did with owning his own restaurant. His dad passed a few years back. Included with his obituary were some links to articles about his dad not only being part of the French Underground during the war, but he was a high up leader that caused quite the problems for the Germans with assassinations of high ranking Officers/ blowing up of bridges and railways/ really helping out with D Day stuff and after. Dude had been a real badass during the war and had all types of medals from the French Government and the Allies. My buddy Gil had never told us those stories about his Dad.
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