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[McMullan]

Who doesn't get excited about massive Dicks.

 

[McMullan]

I know they've been doing this kind of thing for a while, but I still find it worth a chuckle

The USDA is sprinkling vaccines from the sky to fight rabies

I thought rabies was a hoax, like everything else.

 

[soccerdad]

Fish flavored. I'd eat it.

 

[bracconiere]

I thought rabies was a hoax, like everything else.

i've heard most people's symptoms are minor, and just start listening to a lot of thrash metal? (instead of pop)

 

[Kent88]

 

[day_trippr]

i've heard most people's symptoms are minor, and just start listening to a lot of thrash metal? (instead of pop)

"Once a rabies infection is established, there's no effective treatment. Though a small number of people have survived rabies, the disease usually causes death."

So, no. Kidding or otherwise...

 

[Broothru]

"Once a rabies infection is established, there's no effective treatment. Though a small number of people have survived rabies, the disease usually causes death."

So, no. Kidding or otherwise...

And the treatment ain't no picnic either, if you're fortunate enough to get the shot(s), emphasis on the plural.

 

[soccerdad]

Of course he "fell." What were you thinking?

https://news.yahoo.com/chairman-russian-oil-producer-lukoil-072303082.html

 

[GrogNerd]

Leaky and Listing, 108-Year-Old Battleship Texas Completes Trip Before $35M Repair Job

a beautiful dreadnought, underway again. glad she's getting herself a makeover.

let's list her accomplishments, shall we?

she participated in the landings at Normandy, Iwo Jima & Okinawa & earned 5 battle stars for service in WW2

she was the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first US ship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers, the first US battleship to launch an aircraft and one of the first US Navy ships to receive production radar.

Texas was the first US battleship to become a permanent museum ship, the first battleship declared to be a US National Historic Landmark and is the only remaining World War I era dreadnought battleship. She is also one of the eight remaining ships and the only remaining capital ship to have served in both World Wars

visiting her has been on my bucket list for years. can't wait to see her all shiny new looking!

also on my bucket list; USS Wisconsin (BB-64), a much closer trip
sailed into battle with Wiskey, we share the same Combat Action Ribbon (only one of hers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)

 

[Broothru]

Leaky and Listing, 108-Year-Old Battleship Texas Completes Trip Before $35M Repair Job

a beautiful dreadnought, underway again. glad she's getting herself a makeover.

let's list her accomplishments, shall we?

she participated in the landings at Normandy, Iwo Jima & Okinawa & earned 5 battle stars for service in WW2

she was the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft guns, the first US ship to control gunfire with directors and range-keepers, the first US battleship to launch an aircraft and one of the first US Navy ships to receive production radar.

Texas was the first US battleship to become a permanent museum ship, the first battleship declared to be a US National Historic Landmark and is the only remaining World War I era dreadnought battleship. She is also one of the eight remaining ships and the only remaining capital ship to have served in both World Wars

visiting her has been on my bucket list for years. can't wait to see her all shiny new looking!

also on my bucket list; USS Wisconsin (BB-64), a much closer trip
sailed into battle with Wiskey, we share the same Combat Action Ribbon (only one of hers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wisconsin_(BB-64)

We're you also a Battleship Brethren?

I, too, served (very briefly) on a battleship, the Iowa class USS New Jersey BB-62, shortly before she received decommissioning orders in the summer of 1969. Of course, there was a recommissioning in the 80s as a cruise missile launcher. When I was on board, there were still the three 16" main batteries. Very impressive ship, now almost 80 years old.

 

[GrogNerd]

We're you also a Battleship Brethren?

I, too, served (very briefly) on a battleship, the Iowa class USS New Jersey BB-62, shortly before she received decommissioning orders in the summer of 1969. Of course, there was a recommissioning in the 80s as a cruise missile launcher. When I was on board, there were still the three 16" main batteries. Very impressive ship, now almost 80 years old.

USS Hawes FFG-53

we were part of Wisconsin's battle group

 

[sweetcell]

I know they've been doing this kind of thing for a while, but I still find it worth a chuckle

The USDA is sprinkling vaccines from the sky to fight rabies

i knew it: CONTRAILS!!!111

 

[Broothru]

USS Hawes FFG-53

we were part of Wisconsin's battle group

When I was aboard, the New Jersey had just returned from the gun line in the Tonkin Gulf. We were Stateside ported in Long Beach for requal of gun crews, both 16"ers and 5"38 batteries. The gunners dropped a metric crap ton of ordnance on San Clemente Island in the Santa Barbara Channel that summer. Then suddenly the decommissioning orders came in.

At the time, the New Jersey was the sole battleship actively commissioned in the U.S. fleet, or in the world for that matter. It wasn't until the 80s when the New Jersey was again brought out of mothballs that Iowa and Wisconsin were also recommissionded and refitted with a multiple Tomahawk cruise missile battery replacing the aft 16" gun mount battery.

 

[GrogNerd]

lobbing Volkswagens.

be terrifying to be on the receiving end of those barrages.

scared the Iraqis so much during Desert Storm, they were surrendering to the FO drones; they knew what was coming next.

 

[soccerdad]

Turns out that men's balls are different ...
https://news.yahoo.com/great-u-open-ball-debate-182956681.html

 

[balrog]

Florida Man Chicken Strikes!

 

[Dland]

https://news.yahoo.com/bridge-collapses-during-ribbon-cutting-123837434.html

 

[Kent88]

Actual good news:

New malaria vaccine is world-changing, say scientists

 

[kartracer2]

Florida Man Chicken Strikes!

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That last line, "Returned chicken to customer" (LOL)
Cheers,
Joel B.

 

[GrogNerd]

Psychedelic compound from magic mushrooms produced in yeast​

This Thing of Ours™ just keeps getting better & better!

 

[Kent88]

What kind of hooligan are you?

 

[NTBeer]

Psychedelic compound from magic mushrooms produced in yeast​

This Thing of Ours™ just keeps getting better & better!

Can I get this dry or am I going to have to do a starter?

 

[GrogNerd]

What kind of hooligan are you?

a shenanigan hooligan wearing a cardigan taking a mulligan

 

[GrogNerd]

Can I get this dry or am I going to have to do a starter?

looking at a starter on 'shrooms may cause hypnosis

stick to dry

 

[Kent88]

Australian man killed by wild kangaroo he was believed to have kept as pet, police say

Would anyone else like to join me in welcoming our new marsupial overlords?

 

[balrog]

I knew there was a reason we were keeping them on their own dang continent.

 

[Kent88]

I hear that people in Australia have to check under toilet seats for spiders every time they go.

No thank you.

 

[balrog]

I hear that people in Australia have to check under toilet seats for spiders every time they go.

No thank you.

 

[Kent88]

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I hate that movie

 

[Konadog]

Never met a spider that my blow torch didn't like!