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re: 82 years ago today, 8 American sailors jumped onto a sinking nazi sub
Posted by iglass on 6/8/26 at 3:30 am to real turf fan
If you are unable to find one, drop me a line.
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re: 82 years ago today, 8 American sailors jumped onto a sinking nazi sub
Posted by iglass on 6/5/26 at 10:01 pm to hawgfaninc
Yes, this is an awesome story. Admiral Gallery gave the order for "Boarders away!" for the first time since the War of 1812.
Gallery was one of four brothers who joined the Navy - three of them rose to the rank of Admiral and the fourth was a chaplain. I have actually visited Admiral Gallery's grave (from this story, alongside his brothers) in Arlington Cemetery.
Gallery was an author after his time in the Navy, with both some factual and especially some fictional accounts based n some of the old Navy stories. They are incredibly interesting and sidesplitting funny. If you every see one in paperback, GRAB IT. Some editions even in mass market paperback are worth hundreds of dollars. I have several beaten up copies and also a few of them in eBooks (epub) format. You can find some of them here:
Author Daniel V Gallery at Amazon
I highly recommend adding them to your reading list if you are remotely interested the military history.
Gallery was one of four brothers who joined the Navy - three of them rose to the rank of Admiral and the fourth was a chaplain. I have actually visited Admiral Gallery's grave (from this story, alongside his brothers) in Arlington Cemetery.
Gallery was an author after his time in the Navy, with both some factual and especially some fictional accounts based n some of the old Navy stories. They are incredibly interesting and sidesplitting funny. If you every see one in paperback, GRAB IT. Some editions even in mass market paperback are worth hundreds of dollars. I have several beaten up copies and also a few of them in eBooks (epub) format. You can find some of them here:
Author Daniel V Gallery at Amazon
I highly recommend adding them to your reading list if you are remotely interested the military history.
Barbara Bain was highly underrated IMHO.
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In and out in 5 minutes buying paper towels, batteries...
Keep it up, pal!
(I own some Dollar General stock, it has been very good for me.)
re: Have you watched the Pigeon Forge flex guy?? What would you do?? NSFW LANGUAGE
Posted by iglass on 5/30/26 at 12:21 am to NawlinsTiger9
He seemed to have a "Peyton Manning neck."
re: "Babes from days gone by (NSFW)" thread as per request by Kafka..
Posted by iglass on 5/25/26 at 6:51 pm to tigerinexile
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I was devastated when I found out about Randolph Scott
re: Jackson Pollock painting sells for $181 million at auction
Posted by iglass on 5/25/26 at 3:06 am to evil cockroach
"You're so ugly you could be a modern art masterpiece."
- Gunnery Sgt. Hartman
- Gunnery Sgt. Hartman
re: In honor of SBC coming back to LSU…Top 10 SEC nicknames?
Posted by iglass on 5/22/26 at 9:02 am to Crimson Wraith
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Rory Turner had a unique one.
"I pray he come my way... I wax dat dude."
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It doesn't exist, because girls don't fart.
Mebbee so... they just POOT instead.***
re: What was the wildest thing you witnessed at a wedding?
Posted by iglass on 5/19/26 at 12:36 am to wookalar1013
Was at a wedding once where the bride/groom had to kneel down and pray. When they did, someone had used whiteout on the bottom of the groom's heels - they said... HELP ME!
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I don’t see the point in comparing them. Neither team can actually play the other, so there’s no real way to know who would win on the field to truly determine who is better.
Correct. There is no REAL way although we do have computer simulations. Like this one at www.whatifsports.com/ncaafb.
I ran the simulation 10 times on a neutral field. I set LSU to a run oriented offense and USC to a balanced style. USC won 9 out of 10 simulated games. Only the LSU win (33-30) and a single USC win (21-19) were close games; most were USC blowouts.
Feel free to go to the website listed above and run your own simulatons. Your results may turn out significantly different with some minor weather changes, styles of play, etc.
Or even changes the teams and years up to fit another game of your interest. Explore pro match-ups. Maybe even change the sport altogether. Regardless, the statistical detail is thought provoking.
re: Your Compact SUV Favorites:
Posted by iglass on 5/13/26 at 3:38 pm to A Menace to Sobriety
There are a lot of good brands out there. I am partial to Honda/Acura or Toyota/Lexus but that's just me. No matter which one you choose, though, go back old enough to get one with a V-6. I would stay away from any compact SUV made in America or Nissan, VW, BMW, Mercedes. Too many reliability issues.
My wife's CR-V rides nice, and gets great gas mileage. Great touring or highway vehicle. But my almost identical Acura RDX with a V-6 just stomps it on power and driveability in town. I do get about 4-6 mpg less overall than her though but it's worth it. I usually average about 24-26mpg overall and she gets 28-32 depending on city/hwy mix.
My wife's CR-V rides nice, and gets great gas mileage. Great touring or highway vehicle. But my almost identical Acura RDX with a V-6 just stomps it on power and driveability in town. I do get about 4-6 mpg less overall than her though but it's worth it. I usually average about 24-26mpg overall and she gets 28-32 depending on city/hwy mix.
re: Did Layla move to BR or is she still in California?
Posted by iglass on 5/13/26 at 3:31 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
re: Interesting trivia
Posted by iglass on 5/12/26 at 9:34 pm to DavidTheGnome
Over 96% of all "internet statistics" are just made up at the time of posting.
re: Popular Brazilian influencer confirmed as athlete who died at Ironman Texas
Posted by iglass on 4/20/26 at 9:24 pm to duckblind56
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duckblind56
^^^
Finally, brethren, someone doing the work of the Lord to share His wondrous creations.
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That would be so awesome and terrifying at the same time if something like that, which actually happen
That's like your college dorm roommate (from Delaware) saying it would be neat to see a tornado up close.
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2015 Cherokee
Thermostat shermostat.
It is the Chrysler Gremlins that are causing your problems. Or the curse of the Dodge Brothers. Maybe the infamous quality control known all across the Stellantis group.
Take your pick. No matter, though, it is your own fault for owning a Chrysler product. Never again for me.
re: Jordan-Hare Upgrades
Posted by iglass on 4/17/26 at 9:55 pm to tylerdurden24
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Which isn’t to say Bama, UGA, and Texas can’t be loud stadiums. But the fanbases have to work harder for longer to match what more acoustically-able stadiums can produce.
Correct. BDS *can* get loud but the combination of gentle slope and higher-than-average percentage of blue blood old timers will make if difficult.
IMHO the loudest BDS has ever been was the 2005 Florida game. And that was when the seating capacity was 92K.
re: Does you know anyone who is a “traveler” or a “sovereign citizen”?
Posted by iglass on 4/7/26 at 3:49 am to Wolfhound45
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Wolfhound45
Thanks. I hate to admit it but I am hooked on this right now.
I have been watching bodycam clips for several months now. In addition to the sovereign citizen youtube clips, my other guilty pleasure are the ones involving people being denied flight boarding and/or getting dragged off an airplane.
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