Started By
Message
re: GMT
Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:57 am to Armymann50
Posted on 1/5/25 at 9:57 am to Armymann50
Morning Guys 
23 degrees here now.
23 degrees here now.
2
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:06 am to OK Roughneck
That was the high a few days ago in Wyoming. It was awesome
Posted on 1/5/25 at 10:08 am to kywildcatfanone
Goooood morning.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 12:10 pm to OK Roughneck
quote:
23 degrees here now.
74 and sunny here.
Posted on 1/5/25 at 3:34 pm to LewDawg
Great picks LeDawg I bet thats an even more beautiful place in the summer.
Yeah rub it in. I wish we had that today too.
quote:
74 and sunny here
Yeah rub it in. I wish we had that today too.
This post was edited on 1/5/25 at 3:35 pm
Posted on 1/6/25 at 4:14 am to OK Roughneck
Good morning
Posted on 1/6/25 at 4:25 am to Rockbrc
Morning all
Posted on 1/6/25 at 6:23 am to Lexag
Today in History: January 6
878
Alfred, King of Wessex, is surprised by a nighttime attack in Chippenham, by the Great Viking Army led by Guthrum the Dane. Alfred escapes into the Somerset marshes.
1497
Jews are expelled from Graz in Styria, Austria
1912 New Mexico becomes the 47th U.S. state of the Union.
1958
Moscow announces a reduction in its armed forces by 300,000.
1987
Astronomers report sighting a new galaxy 12 billion light years away.
2001
In one of the closest Presidential elections in U.S. history, George W. Bush was finally declared the winner of the bitterly contested 2000 Presidential elections more than five weeks after the election due to the disputed Florida ballots.
2005
Former Ku Klux Klan organizer Edgar Ray Killen is arrested as a suspect in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in Mississippi.
2021
Supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington during congressional certification of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's win, resulting in five deaths and prompting evacuation of lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence
2022
Tennis world No. 1 Novak Ðokovic's visa into Australia cancelled after uproar over his COVID-19 vaccination exemption
Born on January 6
1367
Richard II, son of Edward the Black Prince.
1412
Joan of Arc, French Saint and national heroine.
1946
Syd Barrett, musician, singer, songwriter; founding member of the band Pink Floyd.
JOTD
A man with no arms and legs was sun baking on the beach.
A gorgeous blonde was walking past him, stopped for a second with a tang of pity in her eyes.
“Have you ever had a hug?” She asked. “No.” So with an “aww”, she gave him a big hug.
Two minutes later, another beautiful woman was walking past the man.
“Aw look at you honey. Have you ever been kissed?”
“No.” He says. She leans down and gives him a passionate kiss.
Another few minutes pass and another stunning lady walks past.
“Oh you poor thing...Have you ever been fricked?” “No.” “Well you will be soon, the tides coming in.”
Posted on 1/6/25 at 8:01 am to Armymann50
Morning All may have to cut ice for cattle to drink today. It's a lovely 11 degrees here this morning. 
Posted on 1/6/25 at 8:09 am to OK Roughneck
quote:
11 degrees here
all my pipes would freeze
Posted on 1/6/25 at 8:11 am to Armymann50
I still like winter better than spring but days like today aren't my favorite. Glad the winds not blowing like yesterday.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 9:02 am to OK Roughneck
quote:
It's a lovely 11 degrees here this morning.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 9:18 am to OK Roughneck
quote:
Glad the winds not blowing
the wind chill factor is a killer. Lived at Miont AFB when I was a kid and we had a wind chill chart on the wall.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 9:47 am to Armymann50
quote:
1412
Joan of Arc, French Saint and national heroine.
Joan is one of those historical figures that see saws between two different takes according to historians. One group states that she was an illiterate, schizophrenic, religiously obsessed young woman callously used by more capable soldiers to rally the country. The other points out that while she was as crazy a trout in a car wash she actually had a reasonable keen military mind, particularly when it comes to the operational stage.
Strategy is "how do I win this war/campaign?" Operational is "I want to take this region, how do I get soldiers and supply there in the best position to win?" Tactical is "f*ck we've got to take this hill, how in the french fried titty f*ck are we going to do that?"
Her strategy was fairly simple, "We have more soldiers (and God), attack the English constantly." Tactics... well at that time it was limited to "bring up our brand new cannons and lead from the front." Operationally though, is where she shined.
Upon being informed the English were laying siege to a nearby castle Joan decided, "fine, its a two day walk there, we will attack three days from now." Her advisors were aghast. Armies had two speeds back then. Lightning raids where they marched through the countryside stealing and burning everything in their path but avoiding battle... or a slow, and very ponderous approach with the intention of open battle or laying siege. A two day walk might take weeks to pull off.
But she was anointed by the King so they did what Joan wanted. And it worked like a charm. No one was used to a major army moving at that speed to offer battle in Europe. As such the French won a string of battles because they simply "got there firstest with the mostest."
Joan was eventually taken prisoner leading an assault and taken to prison where she endured weeks of torture and rape before finally being burned at the stake. It is well known now that the French Nobles and Crown were in favor of her death. A crazed zealot who claims she talks to God might be just what you need when your back is against the wall, but you don't want them hanging around the capitol.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 1:27 pm to Armymann50
Yup that kind of cold is no bueno.
I remember when I was working on drilling rigs in extreme cold and stepping out of the top dog house to make a connection and your nose would start tingling from your nose hairs instantly freezing.
I remember when I was working on drilling rigs in extreme cold and stepping out of the top dog house to make a connection and your nose would start tingling from your nose hairs instantly freezing.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 5:06 pm to Armymann50
quote:
2021
Supporters of US President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington during congressional certification of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's win, resulting in five deaths and prompting evacuation of lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence
Loading Twitter/X Embed...
If tweet fails to load, click here. And for the record, there was only 1 death. A woman who was murdered.
This post was edited on 1/6/25 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 1/6/25 at 6:35 pm to OK Roughneck
quote:
Yeah rub it in. I wish we had that today too.
It arrives here tomorrow, I think the high will be in the 40s.
Which means all the snowbirds will be talking about how they might as well be back home and I'll be thinking to myself if they need directions.
This post was edited on 1/6/25 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 1/6/25 at 7:20 pm to 3down10
quote:
Which means all the snowbirds will be talking about how they might as well be back home and I'll be thinking to myself if they need directions.
Used to pass a lot of snowbirds on I-35 while traveling back and forth to work while roughnecking in and around OKC. Spring and Fall we would see a lot of tags from Iowa and Minnesota.
Posted on 1/6/25 at 8:38 pm to OK Roughneck
quote:
Used to pass a lot of snowbirds on I-35 while traveling back and forth to work while roughnecking in and around OKC. Spring and Fall we would see a lot of tags from Iowa and Minnesota.
It's almost always someone from a state that starts with an M that pisses me off in traffic. Minnesota or Michigan.
I'm fully on board with self driving cars and AI. The sooner the better. Grandma needs that shite.
Posted on 1/7/25 at 3:37 am to 3down10
Today in History: January 7
1610 Galileo Galilei discovers the first three moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa & Ganymede
1865 Cheyenne and Sioux warriors attack Julesburg, Colo., in retaliation for the Sand Creek Massacre.
1934 Six thousand pastors in Berlin defy the Nazis insisting that they will not be silenced.
1975 Vietnamese troops take Phuoc Binh in new full-scale offensive.
1979 Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge are overthrown when Vietnamese troops seize the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.
1980 US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation providing $1.5 billion in loans to salvage Chrysler Corporation.
1985 Japan launches its first interplanetary spacecraft, Sakigake, the first deep space probe launched by any nation other than the US or the USSR.
1990 Safety concerns over structural problems force the Leaning Tower of Pisa to be closed to the public.
1999 The impeachment trial of US President Bill Clinton opens in the US Senate.
2021 Arizona is now the COVID-19 “hotspot of the world" according to local health officials with an average of 118.3 new cases per 100,000 people
2023 Republican Kevin McCarthy finally elected Speaker of the US House of representatives after 15 ballots, the most rounds of voting since 1860
Born on January 7
1948 Kenny Loggins, singer, songwriter; half of Loggins and Messina duo.
1957 Katie Couric, journalist, author; has hosted news and talk shows on all three major TV networks.
1963 Rand Paul American politician (Senate-R-Kentucky 2011-), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
JOTD
I think my family is racist
I've been nervous for weeks, but I finally decided to introduce them to my Spanish girlfriend
My kids refused to talk to her and my wife started crying and told me to pack my things
Page 59 of 115
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News