Norman D. Landing

[mikie]

On 12/9/2024 at 12:54 PM, solcarlus said:

Bonjour.

 

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Interesting. I just read that the G.H. Bishop company moved from their CincinnatiOhio location in 1899 to Indiana. So unless they used older saws, your crate predates WWI. Is there any date on the crate? 
mikie

[solcarlus]

Bonjour mikie.

 

Thank you for your interest. The crate is WWI. When I picked it up, it was empty. I hate a region that saw the A.E.F. stationed in the villages. I completed it with saws found in flea markets in the region

The saw I put on display has the markings of the 21st Field Artillery Battery "F".

 

 

 

A very interesting link on the subject.

http---www.disstonianinstitute.com-factorytour.html

 

sol.

[BryanJ]

This aging thing is a perfect example of what goes around, comes around.  I built the house I’m presently living in to take care of my mom thirty years ago.  Today my wife is with her 96 year-old mom at a doctor’s appointment.  Two weeks ago I was visiting my son for Thanksgiving near Washington D.C., and he started talking about my wife and I leaving Florida to move nearer to them in Virginia.  I believe he was thinking about my wife and I aging and needing help 1000+ miles away.  My vote is for us all to move to France and live with Lewis, we’ve seen pictures of his place, and I think he’ll have plenty of room!  I certainly think he could keep us all entertained in our twilight years🤩

[mikie]

1 hour ago, BryanJ said:

This aging thing is a perfect example of what goes around, comes around.  I built the house I’m presently living in to take care of my mom thirty years ago.  Today my wife is with her 96 year-old mom at a doctor’s appointment.  Two weeks ago I was visiting my son for Thanksgiving near Washington D.C., and he started talking about my wife and I leaving Florida to move nearer to them in Virginia.  I believe he was thinking about my wife and I aging and needing help 1000+ miles away.  My vote is for us all to move to France and live with Lewis, we’ve seen pictures of his place, and I think he’ll have plenty of room!  I certainly think he could keep us all entertained in our twilight years🤩

Great idea! Oh can we move in too? 
I can see it now… the Norman D. Landing retirement home. 
mikie

[BryanJ]

1 hour ago, mikie said:

Great idea! Oh can we move in too? 
I can see it now… the Norman D. Landing retirement home. 
mikie

Well, that was my thoughts on the matter.  Lewis is fast asleep at the moment, so in his absence, I think we should make our plans, and imagine the surprise, when he awakens and realizes that he will have a few friends over for an extended stay.  What are friends for?

[mikie]

4 minutes ago, BryanJ said:

Well, that was my thoughts on the matter.  Lewis is fast asleep at the moment, so in his absence, I think we should make our plans, and imagine the surprise, when he awakens and realizes that he will have a few friends over for an extended stay.  What are friends for?

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[General Apathy]

2 hours ago, BryanJ said:

This aging thing is a perfect example of what goes around, comes around.  I built the house I’m presently living in to take care of my mom thirty years ago.  Today my wife is with her 96 year-old mom at a doctor’s appointment.  Two weeks ago I was visiting my son for Thanksgiving near Washington D.C., and he started talking about my wife and I leaving Florida to move nearer to them in Virginia.  I believe he was thinking about my wife and I aging and needing help 1000+ miles away.  My vote is for us all to move to France and live with Lewis, we’ve seen pictures of his place, and I think he’ll have plenty of room!  I certainly think he could keep us all entertained in our twilight years🤩

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1 hour ago, mikie said:

Great idea! Oh can we move in too? 
I can see it now… the Norman D. Landing retirement home. 
mikie

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Hahhaaaaa,   you are all forty years or more TOO late, myself and the gang of many from years ago spoke many times ( maybe with the sniff of alcohol in the air ) that we should all START our lives WITH a ' retirement home ' a grand country house, each our own suite of rooms, a communal shared area, a large fitted out workshop for working on our vehicles, shared expenses of gardeners, chefs and chambermaids etc.   Then life happened, work, dating, marriage, children, and continuance of work . . . . . . .   

 

Local friends queried why I was moving to France when I proposed my move to them,  I said, '  every day from my house and store I can see the graveyard and I'm not prepared to go there yet ', ahead lies a NEW adventure in France and it's been near twenty years of adventure and meeting and making new friends along with long-term friends who also moved here.   It's also been seventeen years of sharing this thread with like minded people, with laughs and a few tears along the way as we lost friends. 

 

Over the last couple of years friends old and new have passed away, thankfully with several I have thanked them for being part of my life and leading me along paths I may never have taken but for meeting them, and several have in turn made kind comments of how they felt I had been instrumental in their lives. 

 

A few days ago a great opportunity occurred for me,  a National radio station I listen to each day features listeners sending in memories of their first cars.  I finally combined the memory of my first car and a ' first ' girlfriend who I mistakenly separated from and hurt badly.  I made my apologies to her on National radio  and related that I had my first car rebuilt with new subframes, braking and electrical wiring and a re-spray and gifted to her so it became her first car, and hoped that it had served her well.

 

As we head to the close of another year, I wish one and all a MERRY CHRISTMAS,  NEW YEAR and health and happiness.

 

 

Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent,  December 12  2024. 

 

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[manayunkman]

3 hours ago, General Apathy said:

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Hahhaaaaa,   you are all forty years or more TOO late, myself and the gang of many from years ago spoke many times ( maybe with the sniff of alcohol in the air ) that we should all START our lives WITH a ' retirement home ' a grand country house, each our own suite of rooms, a communal shared area, a large fitted out workshop for working on our vehicles, shared expenses of gardeners, chefs and chambermaids etc.   Then life happened, work, dating, marriage, children, and continuance of work . . . . . . .   

 

Local friends queried why I was moving to France when I proposed my move to them,  I said, '  every day from my house and store I can see the graveyard and I'm not prepared to go there yet ', ahead lies a NEW adventure in France and it's been near twenty years of adventure and meeting and making new friends along with long-term friends who also moved here.   It's also been seventeen years of sharing this thread with like minded people, with laughs and a few tears along the way as we lost friends. 

 

Over the last couple of years friends old and new have passed away, thankfully with several I have thanked them for being part of my life and leading me along paths I may never have taken but for meeting them, and several have in turn made kind comments of how they felt I had been instrumental in their lives. 

 

A few days ago a great opportunity occurred for me,  a National radio station I listen to each day features listeners sending in memories of their first cars.  I finally combined the memory of my first car and a ' first ' girlfriend who I mistakenly separated from and hurt badly.  I made my apologies to her on National radio  and related that I had my first car rebuilt with new subframes, braking and electrical wiring and a re-spray and gifted to her so it became her first car, and hoped that it had served her well.

 

As we head to the close of another year, I wish one and all a MERRY CHRISTMAS,  NEW YEAR and health and happiness.

 

 

Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent,  December 12  2024. 

 

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Is that your home?

[General Apathy]

5 hours ago, manayunkman said:

Is that your home?

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Hi Peter,

 

No not my home, it's from a 1993 television series depicting a nostalgic look at a farming family's life in the post war 1950's 

 

 

Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent,  December 12  2024. 

 

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[Escht]

5 hours ago, manayunkman said:

Is that your home?

That's the Larkins pad.

 

[Escht]

Many years ago Tudor used to make his own Christmas cards using US Airborne themed items from WW2.

I always looked forward to see what the card would be each year and I'm so glad that I kept them tucked away on one of my bookshelves.

 

So in memory of a good friend lost I am using one of his creations to wish everyone a Happy Christmas .

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5 minutes ago, Escht said:

Many years ago Tudor used to make his own Christmas cards using US Airborne themed items from WW2.

I always looked forward to see what the card would be each year and I'm so glad that I kept them tucked away on one of my bookshelves.

 

So in memory of a good friend lost I am using one of his creations to wish everyone a Happy Christmas .

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Hi Kevin, 

 

yes I kept all his cards as well as they were so well made and the images relevant, one that comes to mind without looking was a photograph of a grenade with holly attached.

 

Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent,  December 13  2024. 

 

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[General Apathy]

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Sad thing to say  . . . . . . . .

 

Sending and receiving personal Christmas cards now is / has become a thing of the past,  the UK is just 70 / 80 miles from Normandy and the cost per card is around 2.85 euros  each card, and about 2.50 pounds to come this way . . . . . . .  

 

Sadly in the general population traditional Christmas cards are now diminishing in numbers sent each year.

 

A while ago I bought an old postcard due to the handwritten message, which was posted in London and sent to someone in France around 1907, informing the recipient that they would be arriving for lunch the day following posting, now there was a postal service.   

 

 

Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent,  December 13  2024. 

 

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An American ' King Boomer ' reacts to WWII history . . . . . . . . . .

 

 

Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent,  December 14  2024. 

 

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[General Apathy]

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Hi Mikie,

 

I was trying to find Christmas presents for my three year old grandson, my daughter prefers he has wooden toys rather than plastic, so I headed to a store that sells wooden toys.  I found him a 60 piece wooden train set and was looking for something else when I spotted  two carvings of Rudolph and Dasher, however I didn't get them they were just too dear !!!!!  😹😹 😹

 

Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent,  December 14  2024. 

 

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[Johan Willaert]

Manhay, Belgium today!

 

 

[Escht]

Same tank 49 years earlier, when it was possible to get inside and explore.

 

[Mr_Flibble]

And on last year's holiday with the family.  😅

[Johan Willaert]

Visited the 101st AB Museum in the old Officers' Mess building downtown Bastogne over the weekend...

Some excellent new displays that were put up since my last visit a couple of years ago...

 

 

[General Apathy]

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Garage finds today . . . . . . . . 

 

This morning looking through old take-out Jeep parts I found a crate with a dozen old shock absorbers that came off Jeeps we broke up in the 1970’s.  As a preliminary investigation using paint stripper I found the manufacturer who made for Ford  ‘ Gabriels ‘ with ‘ F ‘ stamps.  Some still have the original rubber  ‘ Harris ‘ grommets.  More intense cleaning to do when I have more time. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent,  December 16  2024. 

 

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[General Apathy]

55 minutes ago, Johan Willaert said:

Visited the 101st AB Museum in the old Officers' Mess building downtown Bastogne over the weekend...

Some excellent new displays that were put up since my last visit a couple of years ago...

 

 

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Hi Johan, 

 

THANK YOU,  great displays, it's been a few years since I was last there.  thanks for sharing with us.  

 

Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent,  December 16  2024. 

 

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[General Apathy]

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Hi Johan,

 

Thanks for adding a ' like ' to the post about Ford shock absorbers.  Other early Ford parts re-found today,  NOS first pattern brake hoses with the red stripe the same as on original Ford water hoses. 

 

 

Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent,  December 16  2024. 

 

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[BryanJ]

This past week I watched the series “Rogue Heroes” on Prime Video, which was outstanding!  The book is one of my all time favorites.  The founders of the SAS, David Sterling, Jock Lewis, and Paddy Mayne, were heroic beyond measure, innovative, and a good part mad.  If you have not seen either, I’d recommend reading the book first, then watch the series, because you’d never believe the plot line of the film if not substantiated in the book, which was written in large part from SAS archives.  Now, when I watched the film, the jeeps, and the other rogue vehicles they drove, and the rogue uniforms they wore, I could not but help thinking about the unique lifestyle this forum’s founder appears to live (that is a compliment by-the-way), very unique, colorful, and just a little bit mad.  Here’s a remote toast to Rogue Heroes, wherever they are found, because they sure make our lives a lot more colorful.

 

 

[Johan Willaert]

1 hour ago, BryanJ said:

This past week I watched the series “Rogue Heroes” on Prime Video, which was outstanding!  The book is one of my all time favorites.  The founders of the SAS, David Sterling, Jock Lewis, and Paddy Mayne, were heroic beyond measure, innovative, and a good part mad.  If you have not seen either, I’d recommend reading the book first, then watch the series, because you’d never believe the plot line of the film if not substantiated in the book, which was written in large part from SAS archives.  Now, when I watched the film, the jeeps, and the other rogue vehicles they drove, and the rogue uniforms they wore, I could not but help thinking about the unique lifestyle this forum’s founder appears to live (that is a compliment by-the-way), very unique, colorful, and just a little bit mad.  Here’s a remote toast to Rogue Heroes, wherever they are found, because they sure make our lives a lot more colorful.

 

 

2nd series air on BBC television on New Year’s Day…

[General Apathy]

9 hours ago, BryanJ said:

This past week I watched the series “Rogue Heroes” on Prime Video, which was outstanding!  The book is one of my all time favorites.  The founders of the SAS, David Sterling, Jock Lewis, and Paddy Mayne, were heroic beyond measure, innovative, and a good part mad.  If you have not seen either, I’d recommend reading the book first, then watch the series, because you’d never believe the plot line of the film if not substantiated in the book, which was written in large part from SAS archives.  Now, when I watched the film, the jeeps, and the other rogue vehicles they drove, and the rogue uniforms they wore, I could not but help thinking about the unique lifestyle this forum’s founder appears to live (that is a compliment by-the-way), very unique, colorful, and just a little bit mad.  Here’s a remote toast to Rogue Heroes, wherever they are found, because they sure make our lives a lot more colorful.

 

 

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Hi Bryanj

 

Back in the late 80's I had several friends that was SAS members,  I used to loan them my US WWII weapons for information and instruction classes. I parted with all my weapons before leaving the UK and no longer have anything here. 

Around the mid 2000's I donated to the SAS museum a set of 1964 Government stamped SAS wings I purchased when the Government pattern rooms were closed down under the Tony Blair government.  These were the new style ' Stay-Bright ' example that didn't require polishing, the were were sealed to the official card with both a wax and a lead seal. 

 

 

 

Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent,  December 16  2024. 

 

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