Dogsbody Posted January 18, 2021 Share #17626 Posted January 18, 2021 On 1/16/2021 at 12:19 PM, General Apathy said: . recent newspaper article . . . . . . . a few days ago I read a newspaper article that an American woman has made a hobby of cleaning unattended gravestones . . . . . . One of the stones that was featured was that of a WWII soldier who died on 6th of June 1944 . . . . . . . . He is honoured on the Omaha Beach memorial wall. http://omaha-beach-memorial.org/public/ind_folder.php?id=15599 Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 16 2021. . What a great thing to do and with excellent results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody Posted January 18, 2021 Share #17627 Posted January 18, 2021 19 minutes ago, mikie said: Holy smokes! How did you spot THAT??? If everyone had eyes like yours, optometrists would go out of business! I'm just saying that as someone who spends a fair part of my life looking for things that are right under my nose. Mikie Mikie, maybe you did spot this (the picture is featured in the documentary). In the lower left corner: is that a sun helmet and could it be a Hawley? Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted January 18, 2021 Share #17628 Posted January 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Dogsbody said: Mikie, maybe you did spot this (the picture is featured in the documentary). In the lower left corner: is that a sun helmet and could it be a Hawley? Rene Oh great. How did I miss that? Next thing you know, somebody will be telling me there is half a B-17 in this picture too. And one of you will be able to tell the make and model of that bike. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlymb Posted January 19, 2021 Share #17629 Posted January 19, 2021 11 hours ago, mikie said: Oh great. How did I miss that? Next thing you know, somebody will be telling me there is half a B-17 in this picture too. And one of you will be able to tell the make and model of that bike. Mikie Well spotted, that B-17 is actually an extremely rare prototype; in an effort to keep the weight down it was made of two separate pieces and you had to buddy with someone that had the rear half. Same principle as the pup tent. 🤪 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 19, 2021 Share #17630 Posted January 19, 2021 18 hours ago, mikie said: 18 hours ago, mikie said: Holy smokes! How did you spot THAT??? If everyone had eyes like yours, optometrists would go out of business! I'm just saying that as someone who spends a fair part of my life looking for things that are right under my nose. Mikie . Hi Mikie, allow me to point out that ' right under your nose ' that would be your mouth . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 19 2021. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 19, 2021 Share #17631 Posted January 19, 2021 18 hours ago, Dogsbody said: Mikie, maybe you did spot this (the picture is featured in the documentary). In the lower left corner: is that a sun helmet and could it be a Hawley? Rene . Hi Rene, I would say that that is the photographers camera box and Hawley . . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 19 2021. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 19, 2021 Share #17632 Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, earlymb said: Well spotted, that B-17 is actually an extremely rare prototype; in an effort to keep the weight down it was made of two separate pieces and you had to buddy with someone that had the rear half. Same principle as the pup tent. 🤪 . Hi David, quite an ' in-tents ' statement . . . . . . . . . . . ( pun-intended ) Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 19 2021. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 19, 2021 Share #17633 Posted January 19, 2021 . Relating back to PSP matting again . . . . . . . . About a year or so ago I posted a photograph of a packet of clips that I found at a local militaria show, at the time I had never seen any previous reference to these clips so it was guesswork as to what they were, since then I have kept a look out for any photo's, reference or information on the use of these clips. Pleased to say that I have since located a few images showing their use on PSP matting. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 19 2021. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 19, 2021 Share #17634 Posted January 19, 2021 . Coronavirus solutions . . . . . . . Interesting new baby carriage just launched . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 19 2021. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 19, 2021 Share #17635 Posted January 19, 2021 . forum post likes . . . . . . . . just saying thanks to several forum members that have posted ' Likes ' on various recent posts on this thread . . . . . . 🙋♂️ Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 19 2021. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 19, 2021 Share #17636 Posted January 19, 2021 . Normandy Then & Now images . . . . . . . I did this comparison from memory as I passed through this particular village so I didn't quite get the right angle on the frontages of the houses. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 19 2021. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 19, 2021 Share #17637 Posted January 19, 2021 . Paying the cost . . . . . . . . normally I suck up the cost of petrol and time to gather Then & Now images, but yesterdays images cost a bit more to bring to the thread, I also had to suck up another cost yesterday . . . . . . . . . . About five months ago I had four new tyres ( tires ) fitted to the car, and with the lockdown curfews we have endured then I have possibly put way less than a thousand miles on the tyres. So yesterday it was painful to see one of the tyres scrapped due to an unrepairable slash on the tread from a chunk of metal. The tyres have to be high-speed rated for the insurance and model of car . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 19 2021. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted January 19, 2021 Share #17638 Posted January 19, 2021 1 hour ago, General Apathy said: . Paying the cost . . . . . . . . normally I suck up the cost of petrol and time to gather Then & Now images, but yesterdays images cost a bit more to bring to the thread, I also had to suck up another cost yesterday . . . . . . . . . . About five months ago I had four new tyres ( tires ) fitted to the car, and with the lockdown curfews we have endured then I have possibly put way less than a thousand miles on the tyres. So yesterday it was painful to see one of the tyres scrapped due to an unrepairable slash on the tread from a chunk of metal. The tyres have to be high-speed rated for the insurance and model of car . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 19 2021. . Sorry to hear of the flat tire. One of those always deflates my good mood. On the bright side, maybe that chunk of metal is an old piece of shrapnel? Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted January 20, 2021 Share #17639 Posted January 20, 2021 11 hours ago, General Apathy said: . Normandy Then & Now images . . . . . . . I did this comparison from memory as I passed through this particular village so I didn't quite get the right angle on the frontages of the houses. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 19 2021. . . Oh the horror! You took the photo from a slightly off angle. Just terrible T&N. I can't even look at it. Of course I'm kidding. They are always fascinating, not just for the content, but for the remarkable effort in putting them together. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 20, 2021 Share #17640 Posted January 20, 2021 8 hours ago, mikie said: Oh the horror! You took the photo from a slightly off angle. Just terrible T&N. I can't even look at it. Of course I'm kidding. They are always fascinating, not just for the content, but for the remarkable effort in putting them together. Mikie . Hi Mikie, Well here's a better attempt of a Then & Now that my UK Jeeping friend Len took some years ago, and shared with me to add here. Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 20 2021. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 20, 2021 Share #17641 Posted January 20, 2021 . Well if you want something for your collection, think about this . . . . . . . . Just come up for sale on Milweb a WWII US ship the Betsy-Ross https://www.milweb.net/webvert/a5199/100024 Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 20 2021. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted January 20, 2021 Share #17642 Posted January 20, 2021 1 hour ago, General Apathy said: . Well if you want something for your collection, think about this . . . . . . . . Just come up for sale on Milweb a WWII US ship the Betsy-Ross https://www.milweb.net/webvert/a5199/100024 Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 20 2021. . Honey! We're selling the house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratasfan Posted January 20, 2021 Share #17643 Posted January 20, 2021 That would make the best and coolest houseboat you could imagine, that's for sure! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted January 20, 2021 Share #17644 Posted January 20, 2021 It's possible, john wayne had a ww2 mine sweeper converted into a yacht. There's a you tube video showing a tour of the vessel. Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted January 21, 2021 Share #17645 Posted January 21, 2021 I know what I want for Christmas...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 21, 2021 Share #17646 Posted January 21, 2021 22 hours ago, General Apathy said: . Well if you want something for your collection, think about this . . . . . . . . Just come up for sale on Milweb a WWII US ship the Betsy-Ross https://www.milweb.net/webvert/a5199/100024 Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 20 2021. . . Hi Mikie, I think you would need to sell more than your house, while you're at it you could probably meet the devil at the crossroads at mid-night you might then become a Blues guitarist . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 21 2021. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 21, 2021 Share #17647 Posted January 21, 2021 20 hours ago, stratasfan said: That would make the best and coolest houseboat you could imagine, that's for sure! :) . Hi Stratasfan, I'm not really a fan of sailing however for something as original and authentic as this I could make an exception . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 21 2021. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 21, 2021 Share #17648 Posted January 21, 2021 18 hours ago, BILL THE PATCH said: It's possible, john wayne had a ww2 mine sweeper converted into a yacht. There's a you tube video showing a tour of the vessel. Sent from my moto g(7) play using Tapatalk . Hi Bill, thanks you're right I had heard mention before of this, there are several video clips on Youtube covering the one he owned, here's one a six minute clip of the ' Wild Goose ' . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 21 2021. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Apathy Posted January 21, 2021 Share #17649 Posted January 21, 2021 10 hours ago, huntssurplus said: I know what I want for Christmas... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk . Hi Hunts, The problem when you get one is that a friend goes one above you and buys an aircraft carrier . . . . . . ' He who dies with the largest toys wins ' . . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 21 2021. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted January 22, 2021 Share #17650 Posted January 22, 2021 15 hours ago, General Apathy said: . Hi Mikie, I think you would need to sell more than your house, while you're at it you could probably meet the devil at the crossroads at mid-night you might then become a Blues guitarist . . . . . . . . Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, January 21 2021. . Ah, but then our house is in Silicon Valley. A house 6 doors down, in really horrible "fixer-upper", condition just sold for $1.2 million. First thing the new owners did was tear it apart and start rebuilding. That's close to 4x what we paid back in 2003. Our place was built in 1946. I was hoping I'd find a few WWII footlockers filled with bringbacks up in the attic. No such luck. Just some vintage spider webs. Mikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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