Thank you, Allan. I woke up today thinking about D-Day and all those brave men who sacrificed their lives for the benefit of millions. We need more history teachers like Sherman Oyler!

. hi mikie,   sadly this is the one week of the years that all the business's need to take extra money , because the winter trade is dire with no tourists, twenty coffee's a day  won't cover the running costs of these places, its so sad when everyone including local vehicle owners, vehicle owners who have travelled long distances when it rains like it has these last few days.    On the way home this evening we saw a broken down Jeep and U-turned back to see if we could help them ,  myself and my London Jeeping friend did our best to help,  we checked all the fuel lines, we checked all the points, coil, condenser, it was turning over well and the flash on the points was something I could only dream off ( theirs is 12 volt and mine is 6 volt ), well whatever they had been doing and whatever we tried couldn't get it running so towing was the last option.   I carry a five foot trowing bar strapped across the rear of the Jeep I was concerned about the location they had broken done being a narrow road, I towed them forward and  made a U-turn further up the road and took them back to the carpark of the town supermarket in Ste Mere Eglise.  There they would have access to food, drink, toilets etc, and an ideal location for other vehicle fiends to find them .   as we left I asked them not to mention my name to their other friends as I didn't want a bad reputation about helping people spread about.    Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, June 06   2O25.    ….    

I disagree whole-heartedly. Any collector who would ask me whether they should buy this wing for their collections, I would give them a firm "no." I think this wing was made at least 70 years after the end of the war and more likely 80 years after.   Allan

Speaking of doggies, I found this print at a second-hand store last week. I fell in love with it instantly. The dog looks just like Gunji Boy! It was only $6.00 US, so it is now hanging in our house. 

Greetings    The oval in question is  USMA  RCT   Authorized  6 Nov 1956  Resinded  22 Aug  1957 the first oval worn by west point Airborne members Have a nice day  AHR   ps - still would like to aquire that oval

I hope the weather cleared up for the Big Day like it did in 1944. If not, I hope you enjoyed yourselves anyway.  Say hi to the doggie for me if you see it again. I haven’t seen my boys all week ☹️.  mikie

Oh that’s a hoot. My wife and daughter have those things on their Crocs. Only hearts and flowers, etc. And speaking of Crocs, I got my first pair a couple of weeks ago. They are pretty comfy.  mikie

When the watchmaker timed it, it had 2 second's error not bad for a 100-year-old deck watch it could still do the job for navigation. It does better than some deck chronometer with fusee movement and a gimbled box. And a little better than my WW2 Hamilton model 22 above,

Yes, a lot of us have friends who act as "pickers" and keep their eyes open for items on our want lists! We are just trying to help each other out and the only money that changes hands is the price of the item and shipping.

Here's the side view.....   Mark sends