Quite the obit:
Lt-Col Willy McCracken
Lieutenant-Colonel Willy McCracken, who has died aged 62, commanded an Artillery and Naval Gunfire Forward Observation (NGFO) party in the Falklands campaign and was awarded an MC
McCracken and his NGFO team were initially ordered to support the operation to recapture South Georgia, and on April 9 1982 flew to Ascension Island, where they joined Antrim and Plymouth. After a naval bombardment, the Argentine garrison at Grytviken surrendered without resistance.
A much bloodier experience came on May 4, when they were in the frigate Arrow and went alongside Sheffield to help take off survivors following an deadly Exocet missile attack. After rejoining the main Task Force, McCracken operated by helicopter from Invincible and conducted a series of naval gunfire support engagements by day and night. The four-man team was then deployed from Alacrity in a dinghy with a Special Boat Service team to establish a forward OP on Sussex Mountain, East Falkland.
They paddled the last 200 yards to avoid noise and prevent their propellers becoming entangled in kelp. It was pitch black, and even through their nightscopes they could see nothing. As they crept stealthily off the beach, by the light of the rising moon they spotted what looked like an enemy patrol.
They expected to be ashore for a fortnight, and the last thing they wanted was a firefight that would reveal their position. As they released their safety catches and picked their targets, the “patrol” was reinforced by 200 more penguins that came waddling over the skyline.
It took four nights to reach their OP, which overlooked the Darwin and Goose Green peninsula. They subsequently supported 2 Para during the attack on Goose Green.
On June 12 McCracken’s team was grouped with B Company 3 Para for the attack on Mount Longdon. A silent attack under cover of darkness was planned, but as they advanced up the feature an infantryman stepped on a mine and, as McCracken said later, “all hell broke loose”. He and his team came under heavy small-arms, mortar and artillery fire; but McCracken had registered all his targets and engaged the enemy positions with naval and artillery fire in close proximity to British troops.
On the night of June 14 they were grouped with 2 Para for the attack on Wireless Ridge. McCracken, deployed in an exposed position on Mount Longdon and under constant enemy mortar and artillery shelling, called down accurate naval fire on the enemy positions and played a notable part in the success of the attack.
The citation for the award to him of an MC stated that he was always in the thick of the fight and paid tribute to his courage and skill which “undoubtedly accounted for many enemy casualties and greatly assisted in minimising our own”.
William Andrew McCracken was born on June 21 1950 at Coleraine, Co Londonderry, and educated at Dungannon Grammar School. A fter attending Sandhurst he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1976.
Following a spell at the United States Military Academy West Point, he was posted to 47 Light Regiment RA, based in Colchester. A tour of duty in Belize was followed by a move to Belfast as assistant regimental intelligence officer.
Promoted to captain, he was posted to 29 Commando Regiment RA and, after rigorous training with 148 Meiktila Commando Forward Observation Battery at the Royal Marines base, Poole, he qualified as an NGF Observer. In early 1982, at the outset of the Falkland Islands campaign, he was recalled urgently from deployment in New Zealand.
After two years on the staff of HQ 5th Airborne Brigade, in 1986 he rejoined 29th Commando Regiment RA as a battery commander based in Arbroath with 45th Royal Marine Commando Condor Group. During the next two years he took his unit to Kenya, Canada, Norway, Gibraltar, Italy and the Falkland Islands.
So, cheers! Willie! We’ll have one in your honour.
here’s to him then
@ rain of lead:
now that is funny.
coldwarrior wrote:
I don’t care who ya are!
(pssssst… CW’s a thread tyrant… pass it on…)
/galt
in honor of the good LT COL I hoist a tall cold and yell
“IT’S finally FRIDAY!!!!!”
CynicalConservative wrote:
and i dont use caps either!
@ CynicalConservative:
well, he may be a tyrant…but he’s our tyrant
@ coldwarrior:
@ rain of lead:
Yep.
(next i post nightwish to annoy calo) ((note lack of caps))
/galt
rain of lead wrote:
enlightened despot, thankyouverymuch!
Only 62?? Yowzer.
was awarded an MC
apologies for the ignorance, but what is an MC?
@ coldwarrior:
I was thinking more emancipated blog guru.
eaglesoars wrote:
military cross
@ coldwarrior:
How are IT related jobs in your general hood? Gotta get outta the PNW soon.
/galt
have a drink on me
@ eaglesoars:
It’s British. Really high award
CynicalConservative wrote:
pgh is pretty good for it guys. my sil makes great coin at it.
btw
ya’ll remember when the feds raided Gibson Guitar and generally gave them a bunch of shit and cost them a shit-ton of money?
heh
I’ve got a bit of gossip
song_and_dance_man wrote:
one higher than one of my faves:
‘mentioned in dispatches’
@ rain of lead:
I remember that. Gibson was charged with tasking its vendors to waste too much wood to get the best cuts for the fret boards.
So what’s the 411?
rain of lead wrote:
do go on…
@ coldwarrior:
Thanks. I’ve got the skills, just gotta find the right geo for us. Then again, may be time to abandon IT, most of it makes me want to hurl on a daily basis (at least in the public sphere).
/galt
coldwarrior wrote:
And the one below that? Jolly Good, man!
song_and_dance_man wrote:
well played, sir!
@ coldwarrior:
British eh,
don’t they keep a “stiff upper lip”
CynicalConservative wrote:
Bah, I’m always annoyed.
And, MoeKatz, if you are about tonight, thank you for your wisdom last weekend.
It’s still a work in process.
@ song_and_dance_man:
@ coldwarrior:
well…
a customer of mine tonight just so happned to be one of the techs
that works at gibsons guitar plant…..
@ Calo:
Keep me posted. I’ve got this wonderful bread in the freezer, desperately want to send you a frozen loaf.
@ rain of lead:
hardest workin band in rock and roll
rain of lead wrote:
I think that phrase was coined by English dentists.
rain of lead wrote:
and…
@ rain of lead:
he was telling me, they managed to get most of the wood back that
the feds seized in that BS raid..
@ Calo:
Interesting note, wife bought a Nightwish CD recently after I mentioned it to her, the CD set came with the regular CD and an instrumental version of the album. Amazing difference without the vocals, it may alter your opinion of their craft.
On an unrelated note… shopping for 20 year “new” wedding set; so much for getting ahead….
/galt
@ Moe Katz:
I had to go to Whole Foods and read labels.
Do you know how tired my eyes are from doing that?
@ rain of lead:
The Madagascar rosewood?
@ rain of lead:
that ARE going to make some guitars out of it….
The suspense is killing me. First rain of lead’s trickling and teasing and now Moe Katz with some ambiguous Ann Landers advice to Calo that has something to do with a frozen loaf.
@ Moe Katz:
yup
rain of lead wrote:
it was a shakedown.
Calo wrote:
I can believe it. I hate to be anal and obsessive, but dark breads are often VERY glycemic, depending on ingredients and how they’re milled. GOOD LUCK!!!!!
song_and_dance_man wrote:
No, they were charged with using contraband wood in violation of the Lacey act. Ebony from Madagascar. It was bullshit but Gibson settled. In return the gov’t dropped charges about wood from India.
@ rain of lead:
I bet they won the case it was not their fault that too many trees were felled to satisfy the demand.
@ rain of lead:
in as big a FUCK YOU as they can do, they are going to call it..
@ CynicalConservative:
Really, I don’t despise them.
I’m just tweaking someone else who likes to post their songs.
A new wedding set of what, rings?
What is wrong with the old ones?
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Glycemic Index talk.
@ song_and_dance_man:
Don’t underestimate Moe.
His resume is very impressive.
Here’s to ye, Willie Mccracken.
@ rain of lead:
the guy told me what design they were gonna go with, what style…
but I can’t remember that, we were chatting about several things…
@ Calo:
Durn, I was hoping to keep that a secret….
@ eaglesoars:
Ah. I was under the impression it had to do with Gibson buying wood that came from batches that exceeded the allowed limit.
coldwarrior wrote:
Thanks.rain of lead wrote:
They head of Gibson is a consservative. It was a ‘punishment’ raid.
@ rain of lead:
but ANYWAY… this line will be called the GOVERNMENT MODEL
I hope they sell all of them
@ Calo:
No worries, all in fun.
Nothing wrong with the old rings, she just wants new ones, got a windfall so to speak so go for the wants vs. needs for once.
/galt
Calo wrote:
His gravatar can throw off even the best analysts.
eaglesoars wrote:
I wonder if the gov’t stored the wood appropriately for rare tonewoods,or if a lot of it will be ruined.
Moe Katz wrote:
the tech was concerned about that exact same thing,
rain of lead wrote:
So can I get a matching Government Gibson / Government 1911?
/galt
@ CynicalConservative:
now that… that would be one HELL of a combo
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Note the date of the amendment. The fuckers needed a test case so they went after someone who wasn’t a big time donor
Speaking of nice wood, I got “Miss Belgium” a new pair of “shoes”.
Grips By Esmeralda -- Browning High Power
@ rain of lead:
thought you might like that one…
/galt
humpfff
the young lady and the cat both left
just cause I’m crankin the AC/DC
no accounting for taste I guess
@ rain of lead:
Random addendum, picked up a WW1 1911 last week, 1917 by the serial.
/galt
@ Moe Katz:
@ rain of lead:
I talked to a few guys in guitar shops about this; how it would effect the guitars. Gibson moved to composites for the fret boards and it doesn’t really hurt the sound. The Ebony or Rosewood is used for i’s durability more than for it tonal enhancements. The sound of a guitar and its quality is in the body.
rain of lead wrote:
My wife always turns the TV up when I yodel a Jimmy Rodgers song. Some people just don’t appreciate good music….
@ CynicalConservative:
don’t go to new york you’ll be a gasp .. criminal
CynicalConservative wrote:
Esmeralda does beautiful 1911 grips too.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
I think my solid body guitars with rosewood fingerboards are warmer sounding than the ones with maple. But maybe I’d flunk a blind listening test.
@ rain of lead:
With all due respect to our NY contingent, phuck NY.
/galt
@ The Osprey:
I miss my High Power. It came with nice walnut shoes with gold emblems on the heels. My X didn’t like guns so I sold it. Now I don’t have either.
@ CynicalConservative:
well maybe just the fucktards running things
Speaking of AC/DC I found the most hilarious AC/DC parody ever.
I’m going to send it to Bunk. It deserves it’s own OOT.
@ rain of lead:
Too true, too true.
/galt
rain of lead wrote:
Your CAT left you?
Bastid.
The Osprey wrote:
“Dirty Deeds Done With Sheep”?
eaglesoars wrote:
well he is a bastard but he only left the room (he’s back now btw)
shithead is too lazy to go out and get a job
@ lobo91:
Now, that would be funny to see a Bunk OOT musing on that song.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Have your local FFL order you a nice Israeli surplus one from Golden Tiger Imports.
Okay, so they aren’t gloss blue, they’re parkerized and have been knocked around a bit but they’ve got character.
lobo91 wrote:
shhhh, don’t be tellin the family secrets on the muzzies now
Moe Katz wrote:
None of my guitars have maple boards. They are all rosewood. As you can deduce I have no Fenders. My S470 does a nice job of mimicking that sound.
My fav is a vintage Ovation Legend circa late 70′s.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Nice.
We need guitar threads, the gun threads bore me to death. Archtop tailpiece designs and other arcana….
lobo91 wrote:
Yes!
@ Calo:
Leia says “These sheep were made for herding”
@ lobo91:
*blink**blink*
bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
gahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
that is awesome
and wrong
really really wrong
Well Hidy-Ho all! I am back from the Twitter wars, where I somehow ended up snarking with an Obamabot that was all about “you will learn to like Background Checks, and you deserve them.” I told her cool, now could she redo her tweet in a German accent?
Things only got worse from there. She didn’t take too kindly to my inquiry if her ass was the size of Idaho, since she was pulling so much garbage info out of it.
No karma star for me today.
@ lobo91:
Ha! “Ewe” beat me to it. Baaaaaaaaaaad!
hayseed dixie
highway to hell
@ lobo91:
Calo’s wolfdog says “these sheep were made for snacks”.
@ lobo91:
That’s been around for years now.
@ Carolina Girl:
I actually suck at twitter wars.
It’s not in my DNA.
I will live vicariously through you, CG and cheer you on!
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Yes, it has.
Still funny, though.
@ Carolina Girl:
hey CG
hands her the drink of her choice since this is a get really drunk thread
(well for me anyway, been a loooong week)
Carolina Girl wrote:
I’m gonna set up a twitter account just so I can follow you
eaglesoars wrote:
Um, how do I do that?
@ rain of lead:
Someone tweeted me a pic of an empty 1.5 liter bottle of Merlot in their freezer tonight they polished off.
Oh yeah, funny, drunk boys abound tonight on the web.
@ rain of lead:
I have been looking for years now for a version of Talking Heads Psycho Killer that was done in old school country style. The only time I heard it was on a biking trip to Utah. It was freakin hilarious.
I wish I could borrow someones angel for a few weeks so I could teach her to drive…
this song goes out to
Obama who does seem to have some big balls
to Lance who only has one ball
and to Bohnehr who seems to have no balls at all
@ eaglesoars:
Lord have mercy on your old self, eaglesoars.
https://twitter.com/signup
Moe Katz wrote:
I suggested that a while back. Not exclusively guitars but music in general. A weekly feature. That and a weekly food thread, like the ones bar used to post.
@ Calo:
I don’t usually either, as everyone here can attest -- I ignore the trolls -- but hell, when you’re confronted with that much stupid begging for a smackdown, ah me.
@ rain of lead:
That makes me want to…
@ Mongoose:
And, there he is…
My favorite Nightwish poster.
Thank you, it’s been a while since I have heard that song.
Three chords…100 million records…and a lot of makeup:
@ Mongoose:
The spawnchild almost killed me three times over driving tonight.
Gawd, the white hair might make a comeback before this is over with.
@ song_and_dance_man:
Also more evolution threads. It seems so long now.
///
the bed is calling because I get up early.
see you guys later
However, because of the evil influence of Macker the BRC is now awestruck by space dirigibles and heavyly made up hot chicks with funny accents…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zif_-IeWhOs
Calo wrote:
thanks calo -- I’ll try it tomorrow -- Molly the Beagle is vomiting blood again -- gotta go
@ song_and_dance_man:
Night SDM.
@ eaglesoars:
http://www.twitter.com and then follow the bouncing avatars, I guess. And thank you!
@ rain of lead:
Thank you! An amusing 2007 Kanwood Vineyards Merlot. One benefit of living 30 miles from Napa Valley is scoring the serious good wines.
I’m watching a mini-”Moonshiners” marathon. Okay, no one loves her tar-heel NASCAR-loving redneck countrymen more than I, but guys, whyu are you allowing your faces to be shown as you engage in a completely ILLEGAL activity?
@ song_and_dance_man:
Nite SADM, sleep well, toes up.
And watch out for my Grandma’s nachos in your dreams tonight.
I’m out, too.
Class in the morning.
@ Calo:
Teaching the offspring to drive? Oh honey, you need this Merlot more than I do!
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Whatever happened to Philip Daniel? I always liked the music links he posted.
@ Carolina Girl:
A question for you CG… Do you chill your Merlot?
I’m a bit perturbed at my friend who does.
It seems wrong to me.
Almost like making 3 enchiladas for dinner and calling it a Mexican feast.
wow
on this date 31 years ago…in 1982… momcat and I went on our first date…to an AC/DC concert… in nashville… in a 1972 green Chevy Nova…it was snowing…. the roads were slick….had to to go back roads to get to her house…almost got stuck…
@ Calo:
Actually, a sommalier I know suggested once that when the idea of red wine being served at room temperature, the average room temperature was about 60. So while I don’t exactly chill it, per se, I keep it in a cooler spot in the house. I never let it get COLD like with a white, though -- blasphemy!
@ Calo:
I taught momcat how to drive a stick shift.
do you have any parks in your area?
those are good for practice, traffic makes newbes nervous(?)
nervous drivers make scared teachers
@ Calo:
And yes, I completely agree on the three enchiladas being a “feast” -- it’s the dollar menu at Taco Bell.
Hi Mr Katz.
Hold it…there’s an AMISH MAFIA????
@ Mongoose:
Well howdy!
@ Carolina Girl:
It is a $6.50 for a one and a half litre bottle!
It is NOT wine. It is red liquid that is 12% proof and may contain a grape.
What is the problem?
@ Moe Katz:
Hey Moe!
@ Mongoose:
Until I read Calo’s message to you just now, I thought you were a woman.
@ Carolina Girl:
well yeah
what goes “clop clop clop
bang bang bang
clop,clop,clop”
Amish drive by
@ Carolina Girl:
CG! Whereabouts in NC did you originally come from, I take it Piedmont or the mountains?
@ Carolina Girl:
I’m doing the Duck Dynasty mini-marathon. I’ve seen them before, but they are still funny. I don’t get the Moonshiners thing, it also seems like the producers are guilty of aiding and abetting. Also a little odd since you know the cameramen have to be somewhat obtrusive.
@ Moe Katz:
No, I am not a woman. I am the person formally known as The Possum but as long as nobody knows that and it is a secret they let me post here.
@ Mongoose:
LOL! This place can get surreal at times….
@ Moe Katz:
I’m originally from Goldsboro. If you ever hear me on the radio show, there’s still the trace of the Piedmont in the way I say certain words.
Carolina Girl wrote:
Yeah, I’ve never been able to go the distance to even finish one of the shows. Amish that drive cars and carry AR’s and black shotguns? Really?
@ AZfederalist:
My in-laws were JUST LIKE the Robertson clan. Right down to the beards, the hunting and the main dishes from the swamp.
@ Carolina Girl:
Ah, further east than I’d imagined, not so far from Raleigh. I’ll have to listen to the show to hear the accent … so many different accents in the Eastern Seabord/Appalachia region …
@ Mongoose:
I was wondering where you’d gotten off to!
@ Mongoose:
No, I always you were a boiler crew worker.
I carry around this stupid coffee mug of those boys around work everyday.
My idols, metaphorically speaking.
So,
Classic Nightwish.
The Possum of The Opera.
@ Moe Katz:
My favorite of the Southern accents is that beautiful coastal drawl of Charleston.
@ Carolina Girl:
ISTE ring a bell?
@ Calo:
I have one too!! When it arrived at the office, one of the lawyers asked me where I got the mug with four pictures of Phil Spector.
Carolina Girl wrote:
Yes, that’s beautiful. Also the singer Fayssoux Starling from Spartanburg, SC sounds wonderful speaking.
@ Moe Katz:
Moe, being that you are from Quebec, do you have a French accent or just a standard Canadian cadence?
some day, blog moc radio…
my southern drawl will have them swooning in the aisles
@ rain of lead:
Shuushhh!
I already told you your voice is like butter.
Now, I’m trying to hear the foreigner’s accents tonight.
It’s like the foreign legion tonight on Blogmock if you listen closely enough.
@ rain of lead:
I keep missing the last couple of shows. Maybe Rodan can be persuaded to schedule one for Monday night since most of us will be home.
Calo wrote:
I have a regular Canadian English accent, but there are very subtle hints of second or third generation Eastern European Jewish, as you find in NY Jews.
Oh my, but it’s 39 degrees here in Northern California -- and the Sierra Nevada foothills are 100 miles away -- time to turn in and try not to move in the bed when I finally settle in.
Catch you all tomorrow. No work for a change (big case -- big OT) so time to play!!
@ Calo:
We say “Muntreal” instead of Montreal.
@ Carolina Girl:
I don’t think there has been a blogmoc show for weeks now
Yeah!
Hot chicks!
@ Carolina Girl:
Enjoy your well deserved break, and goodnight!
Good night CG
Carolina Girl wrote:
I was born on the Carolina coast and spent most of my childhood there until I was 12. Hawaii, California and Arizona have diluted the accent somewhat but people still say when I’ve had a few that my Southern starts showing.
@ The Osprey:
Do you normally say “y’all”?
Aw shit…
Tarja croaked.
Moe Katz wrote:
yes, but then it’s followed by “watch this”
Moe Katz wrote:
Yes, but under the pernicious influence of Yankees, I sometimes say “you guys”…I’ve been away from the South too long.
Southerners find that very grating as Y’all is gender neutral, and they consider saying “you guys” to a mixed group of men and women as being insulting to the womenfolk.
Well, I’m going to bid goodnight to all y’all. There’ll be snow shoveling and blowing awaiting me in the morning.
A different kind of hero passed away today:
Link
@ The Osprey:
I understand ‘y’all’ is spreading outside of the South. It’s useful and handy, really.
Night y’all
@ rain of lead:
Night all y’all and thank you Mongoose, again.
You made my night.
Goodnight all; I’m out of here as well.
@ Mongoose:
Heh. Nice to see you here again. I’ve been away on errands.
@ Moe Katz:
Haven’t seen this many comments on the OOT in a while. Used to be the surreal didn’t kick in until after 120 or so, and I like this version better as long as you and Mongoose don’t read too much into it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV5LkBpiLh0
@ Carolina Girl:
There were giants in those days.
Stringed instrument thread? Interesting idea. One of my fellow old farts in the office brought in a local instrument the other day to show me. Vaguely guitar-shaped, but the body was smaller than a ukelele and had a rounded back. 5 doubled strings and a bizarre tuning. Traditionaly, the body was made with an armadillo shell, but his was all wood, and electric at that. From a maker in La Paz.
I’m holding at 3 instruments, and have been for years. My 5-string, my mountain dulcimer and my bodhrain. Can’t play any of them hardly at all, but I am a sucker for them. Absolutely zero talent here.
BTW, if you’re looking for a pro-quality 5-string and can’t quite pop for a pre-war Mastertone original, you need look no further than to the Commonwealth of Virginia, where you’ll find these bad boys…
http://www.stellingbanjo.com/
Okay, they’re sold world-wide. But they come from VA.
@ Mike C.:
@ Mike C.:
@ Mongoose:
Too bad Possum was banned on the pretext that it might drive posters like Phillip Daniels away..sure, he posts so much lately (not)…at least Possum generated some debate.
Seriously though, blogmoc has a poster problem..it’s a fine place for the usual barflies, but that limits it, and I find myself skimming over comments for anyone/anything different. I don’t know what the solution might be.
@ ThreeHundred:
Possum was never banned from The Blogmocracy.
What was the circumstance if you dissagree, because that is how I remember it and commented at the time.
@ Bunk X:
You must admit, Blogmoc has a poster problem, alienating a dissenting point of view some days.
It seems rather obvious to us outsiders.
@ Calo:
Thank you.
@ ThreeHundred:
Bunk has had his issues here.
@ Calo:
I remember the whole Possum thing, and voiced my contrary opinion. Debate, even if you dissagree vehemently, is a good thing for a blog.
@ ThreeHundred:
It was ugly, but it was misinterpreted as well. No need to revisit the details.
@ Calo:
True. Years ago.
@ ThreeHundred:
I never looked back on that thread and who commented, I just can’t.
Not trying to start something, Bunk, but errors were made, and this blog is in stasis.
@ Calo:
I haven’t been around Blogmock for a while, at least not in the threads, but I sensed that things had changed a bit. I didn’t wander off because of the blog or any peeps here.
@ ThreeHundred:
Maybe you’re hinting at something I’m not aware of. I haven’t been following closely for several months now, just checking in occasionally.
Oh my! Look what time it is! I’ve got to get up in three hours. Gunnite.
fiddle away…and goodnight.
Okay, now I can see those videos -- crappy connection here this morning. I’ll have to check them out in a bit. Although I must say, I am not a big fan of “speed record” banjo playing, if that is what that is. I actually prefer the old clawhammer/frailing style, personally.
Point The Second -- all blogs have a natural life cycle. They expand, contract, change, morph, vanish, whatever. The most boring thing on the internet (aside from cat pictures) is BlogWarz and purges.
when you’re old and live alone, you can do whatever you want…it’s 3:45 mountain time and I’m cooking chili and have warm mesquite fire going…mighty quiet round here…life is good in NM
@ Carolina Girl:
What is this Merlot shit? Some of my In-Laws came by and left me several Quart Mason-Dixon jars of clear liquid.
BTW, you do not have an accent!
@ heysoos:
HEH, I think we are the only ones here!
sometimes my hours get inverted, maybe from my days as an RN…2 o’clock am?…no problem
No, I’m here. Been up 5 hours already, and now it’s time to go to the office.
@ The Osprey:
16.2 TRILLION UPDINGS!
@ Bunk X:
Okay, the first vid was pretty good. The second? Not so much.
Carolina Girl wrote:
You really like twitter?
rain of lead wrote:
The good thing about a stick shift is that few people know how to drive one so your chances of the car getting stolen are lessened.
@ Speranza:
Even less chance if it’s also a cosmetically-challenged 96 Geo Metro…
Carolina Girl wrote:
The football season will be over soon.
Mike C. wrote:
Also few people will want to borrow your car if it is a stick shift.
Since I was one of those who disagreed with “Possum” I can easily stop posting here so that “Possum” can come back.
@ Speranza:
It’s the aforementioned Geo WITH a stick shift.
After all, a Geo with an automatic would be hard-pressed to get out of it’s own way.
@ Guggi:
What is this, “Queen for a Day”?
Moe Katz wrote:
song_and_dance_man wrote:
then write some. i would be more than happy to post those up! the instruments fascinate me, i just have zero talent.
@ coldwarrior:
Do you really think enough of us have that kind of knowledge? Someone here suggested music threads, with people posting Youtubage … maybe that could be combined with the technical discussion?
Maybe you and I could have a private discussion at some point?
Moe Katz wrote:
yinz have more knowledge than me. i welcome any thread that is music in nature. it breaks up the endless drumbeat, as it were.
email the blog and attn coldwarrior
@ coldwarrior:
heh
@ coldwarrior:
I suggest getting a private e-mail address that doesn’t reveal your identity, if that is your concern. I will not use that blog address.
Guggi wrote:
You should not go anywhere.
Guggi wrote:
Guggi, Possum isn’t coming back to post on this blog, no worries. He just checks in occasionally with some old timer OOT posters.
I have always admired your talent for coming onto a foreign blog (foreign, for you) and debating your point of view eloquently and in English.
And, the same goes for MoeKatz as well.
I enjoy seeing non-Americans on this blog and posting their viewpoint, even if I disagree with some of their views expressed.
@ Mike C.:
That little soap opera ended years ago, many folks here misinterpreted what happened, and there’s no need to revisit it either.
There’s a phrase I remember, something about letting bygones be something or other.
@ Calo:
I’m okay with the ferners, but all blogs need more animals.
@ Carolina Girl:
1) Well now it depends whose buyin’ (the everybody’s in it issue)
2) Now who the hell is really going to go up there and get them (the are you f*ckin’ crazy issue)
The great thing is that I don’t need the captions.