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Armybrat

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  1. Sounds like Oakland has gone downhill since Captain Jack Hays was the city’s first mayor.
  2. Bought this $80 Seiko for 1/2 off about 15 years ago. Keeps perfect time compared to my old Timexes. Am a cheap mofo.
  3. I’d love to have a plain blued one though.
  4. The RAF pilot’s story: RIP Alan Pollock, RAF Hawker Hunter pilot who in 1968 famously flew through Tower Bridge in protest at defence cuts. This ended up being his last flight as an RAF pilot and ended his Air Force career. It is now the stuff of Legend. Rest in peace Sir, we salute you. The first time I heard the Alan Pollock Hunter story was from a friend who was working as a RAF flight line mechanic at West Raynham on the day this happened 57 years ago. As the pilots landed they were arrested by RAF police who were initially unsure who the culprit was. The last pilot to land was Alan Pollock who arrived in style with an inverted low pass over the hangars. He also happened to have an AA street map of London in the cockpit. Well and truly busted out the RAF 'the Tower Bridge Incident' has gone down as a legendary piece of RAF history. Interesting fact not often mentioned about the incident, the 1 Squadron ground crew at Tangmere who dispatched the aircraft packed toilet roles behind the airbrake at Flt Lt Pollock’s request so he could drop them over Parliament! He buzzed the Houses of Parliament creating a mini-sonic boom just as MPs were debating the problem of aircraft Jet noise!
  5. Bitcoin Korth - preorder for only $84,000…..
  6. Probably drank up all their inventory.
  7. Arlo Guthrie 2.0? Made me laugh though….
  8. One of my parents’ friends from Fort Worth (a TCU grad) was talking quite a bit 60 years ago about Kerrville being a great place to retire. It had that reputation then. One of my nephews (a UT grad) recently retired from the Kerrville PD with about 35 years service. He was the tallest cop on the force. He lives out of town in the county somewhere. His handcuffs were well acquainted with Johnny Foosball.
  9. US firearms manufacturing numbers - (long report): https://shootingindustry.com/discover/u-s-firearms-industry-today-report-2025/
  10. That was in 1968 and the pilot who did it and got into trouble for it, has just passed away
  11. Some of us don’t hang at the same level as others.
  12. Like the German pilot a few years ago in Europe.
  13. My Brit friend was very impressed with it when he visited there last year.
  14. 196 1969….when I still could.
  15. Mea culpa.
  16. Interesting article about the 50 year history of the North American Arms Mini revolvers. https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wheelgun-wednesday-fifty-years-of-hideout-guns-44821585 And just what fer…to help illustrate it, the Minis I bought over the past 35 years:
  17. Yes it did. Coaches got a lot of well deserved grief too.
  18. Why, over a small potatoes thing?
  19. What, no OU (sucks)?
  20. Like yesterday to me.
  21. My cheapo 50% off 15 year old $40 Seiko watch works just fine. Mrs.Brat can weat the bling….
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