The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Pea Ridge Campaign (Jan-Mar/1862) - Mar 25th, 2004

http://www.civilwarbuff.org/pea_ridge.html#ridge ^

[Professional Engineer]

Howdy sleepyhead ma'am

[Victoria Delsoul]

Howdy all! Hi Sam

[Samwise]

Howdy! I'm almost afraid to post. Every time I've tried to read this thread today, it's crashed on me.

Fingers crossed.

[Professional Engineer]

I've been having DNS ( Do Not Surf ) issues on various machines today. Yeesh.

At least www.freerepublic.info works ok.

[Professional Engineer]

2184 Pavel Andreivich Chekov St. Petersburg, Russia

Which way to the nooklear wessels?

[PhilDragoo]

1967 Who & Cream make US debut at Murray the K's Easter Show

In 1969 we caught Cream in concert at the symphonic Cloewes Hall at Butler University.

There was a semicircular wall of speakers behind the trio approaching Berlin Wall proportions.

Ginger Baker had an impossible forest of drums of all shapes surrounding him.

I think had we directed the sonic weapon of Clapton-Bruce-Baker at the Soviets--perhaps their satellites--we could have compelled them to disarm.

Perhaps as a counter to their beaming microwave energy at our Embassy.

Yes, the band could've stayed on the other side of the pond and we'd've heard them just fine.

[Valin]

At least www.freerepublic.info works ok

Yes! Right after I made my post this morning I couldn't get back on here no matter what I tried.
Hopefully Jim can get it fixed. This is something to think about come Freeathon time.

[PhilDragoo]

1960 1st guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut)

SHIP PRINTS BY IAN HALL

RADM Paul J. Early

USS Halibut with disguised chamber for diving

In October 1971, this security was shown not to exist. A US submarine, Halibut, visited the Sea of Okhotsk off the eastern USSR and recorded communications passing on a military cable to the Khamchatka Peninsula. Halibut was equipped with a deep diving chamber, fully in view on the submarine's stern. The chamber was described by the US Navy as a "deep submergence rescue vehicle". The truth was that the "rescue vehicle" was welded immovably to the submarine. Once submerged, deep-sea divers exited the submarine and wrapped tapping coils around the cable. Having proven the principle, USS Halibut returned in 1972 and laid a high capacity recording pod next to the cable. The technique involved no physical damage and was unlikely to have been readily detectable.

Cable tapping pod laid by US submarine off Khamchatka

Combat Subs (Seawolf/Torpedo) 1:350 USS Halibut

“As Built” and modified to “Special Projects” version By Tom Dougherty

URL of above image if launch is abort

SSM-N-8 Regulus I

Bicyclespankentruppendanangengruppen mit briefcase

The briefcase contains the transcript of Jean-Fraud Kerry's sellout of U.S. POW-MIA's to this man, disguised as Jimmy Carter in a Sgt. Pepper jacket, seated beneath a bust of Karlharpo Marx in Two Bit Ho City.

"My cousin Forbes wants to make billions on real estate here.
We'll let you keep our POW-MIAs--they're just murderers and rapists, anyway."

[snippy_about_it]

Phil, thank you so much for freepmailing me about this. I am on the road with laptop and dial up that is costing 2 bucks a minute!!! I was so glad to see your mail when I got on.

I know Sam had a full day planned and I've had trouble getting on. Tomorrow I post the thread so keep your fingers crossed.

What a day!

I'll be glad when we all get back on schedule. I miss all you guys. ;-)

[Valin]

In October 1971, this security was shown not to exist. A US submarine, Halibut, visited the Sea of Okhotsk off the eastern USSR and recorded communications passing on a military cable to the Khamchatka Peninsula.

I recall reading about that in "Blind Mans Bluff'
If you haven't read it I highly recomend it.

[PhilDragoo]

History Channel did this in the past month.

What a mission. And to keep it up for so long.

Now reading David A. Wise, The Bureau and the Mole, re Hanssen, and Notra Trulock, Code Name Kindred Spirit, re Wen Ho Lee.

Ivy Bells continued until 1981 when U.S. satellite photos showed Soviet salvage ships working over the exact spot where the intercept pod had been attached to the seafloor cable. Subsequently, when the Parche went in to replace the tapes, the pod was missing. The Navy and other intelligence agencies were unable at the time to determine how or exactly when Ivy Bells was compromised.

With the arrest of NSA analyst Ronald Pelton, the Navy learned that he had revealed the top secret Navy operation to the Soviets about Jan. 1980.

I'll look out for Blind Mans Bluff.

[Samwise]

I've been having DNS ( Do Not Surf ) issues on various machines today. Yeesh

Snippy and SAM go on vacation and the whole dang Internet breaks! :^)

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!!!

[Valin]

Snippy and SAM go on vacation and the whole dang Internet breaks!

Coincidence? I wonder?

[snippy_about_it]

Snippy and SAM go on vacation and the whole dang Internet breaks! :^)

I dunno, I heard there might be spit wads jamming up the connections. Know anything about that?

[Samwise]