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mirth

QuoteUSN warships at anchor inside the breakwater at Colon, Canal Zone, 1933. Identifiable are USS Langley (CV-1), USS Lexington (CV-2), and USS Saratoga (CV-3), along with USS Texas (BB-35) and USS New York (BB-34). Omaha and Pensacola-class cruisers are also shown.


"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

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QuoteAn A3J Vigilante and F-8 Crusader launch from the deck of the USS Enterprise (CVAN-65), ca. 1962.

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

besilarius

USS Alabama, third deck, Damage Control Central.
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.

mirth

QuoteUSS Barton (DD722) on the measured mile off Rockland, ME 1943

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

QuoteAn RAF Avro Vulcan makes a low pass over HMAS Melbourne (R21) during Exercise Bersatu Padu, South-East Asia 1970
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

JudgeDredd

^ He's dropped his bomb somewhere  :2funny:

I love the Vulcan!
Alba gu' brath

Staggerwing

Quote from: JudgeDredd on March 16, 2016, 09:38:30 AM
^ He's dropped his bomb somewhere  :2funny:

I love the Vulcan!

I noticed that too!

Are those Buccaneers on deck?
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

mirth

Looks like S-2 Trackers and an A-4.
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Staggerwing

Quote from: mirth on March 16, 2016, 11:57:58 AM
Looks like S-2 Trackers and an A-4.

Looks like its time for me to make myself some new glasses...
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

mirth

Quote from: Staggerwing on March 16, 2016, 06:56:22 PM
Quote from: mirth on March 16, 2016, 11:57:58 AM
Looks like S-2 Trackers and an A-4.

Looks like its time for me to make myself some new glasses...

Heh. Might be :P
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

OJsDad

Wow, open tow sandals.  Beat the steeltoes we had to wear.
'Here at NASA we all pee the same color.'  Al Harrison from the movie Hidden Figures.

Staggerwing

Quote from: OJsDad on March 16, 2016, 09:15:17 PM
Wow, open tow sandals.  Beat the steeltoes we had to wear.

They're Aussies. It's probably regulation footwear.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
-Sonic Reducer, -Dead Boys

undercovergeek

Quote from: Staggerwing on March 17, 2016, 05:22:03 AM
Quote from: OJsDad on March 16, 2016, 09:15:17 PM
Wow, open tow sandals.  Beat the steeltoes we had to wear.

They're Aussies. It's probably regulation footwear.

lmao beat me to it - exactly what i was going to say, although they probably hid the tinnies when the camera came out

mirth

QuoteArleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG-82) patrols the eastern Pacific Ocean. Mar 2016.

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

avrotim

The Canadian hydrofoil ship: HMCS Bras d'Or (FHE 400)



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