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Morning all

Good morning. Woke up to dogs freaking out. There was a drone over my pond. Now there’s a drone in my pond.

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Good morning. Woke up to dogs freaking out. There was a drone over my pond. Now there’s a drone in my pond.

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You shot it down?

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Now there’s a drone in my pond.

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Annie Oakley

Good question. Idk.

Yes. It’s not mine. It’s on my property. It’s not existing now.

Waiting to see if any neighbors text.

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1954
In Paris, an agreement is signed providing for West German sovereignty and permitting West Germany to rearm and enter NATO and the Western European Union.

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It is hard to overstate just how big a swing this was in policy at the time. To put it mildly Germany was not looked upon kindly after World War II. The agreed upon plan had been to effectively destroy Germany's future war making capability. What actually happened is that France and the Soviet Union looted Germany of just about everything that wasn't nailed down... and blew up the stuff that was.

The US plan, which was shelved due a horrified public reaction was to reduce Germany (particularly the part under Western control) to a pastoral society, with very limited industry and primarily agrarian based. The problem, as some pointed out, was that Germany had too many people to feed itself... especially with an extra ten million Germans having been forced to leave their homes (where some families had lived for centuries). It got so bad that civilian rations were lower the first few years of Allied occupation then they had been when the Soviet Army was attacking Berlin. The Germans were, quite literally, slowly starving to death.

Two things finally got this policy changed. The economy of Europe, other than Sweden, was in shambles and governments were forced to grudgingly admit that without West German industry it was going to get worse. The second was that the Soviets over played their hand with the blockade of Berlin and heated up the Cold War.

In less than a decade West Germany went from the most loathed country in the world to an accepted member of NATO. Quite a turn around all things considered.

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1925
Johnny Carson, American television personality who hosted the Tonight Show.

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It is hard for younger folks to understand this but Johnny Carson routinely posted viewership numbers that surpassed the Moon landing. Everyone watched the Tonight show and Johnny was such a part of American culture that fans would flood NBC with complaint letters whenever there was a guest host.

Morning All !!

I’m wondering if it was the neighbors nephew, hes like 25, looking for hogs. Occasionally he will ask if he can hunt them. But he knows how I am and wouldn’t scout this close to my house.
So if it’s not him idk.

One of my favorite clips from the late show.