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Posted on 01/21/2006 8:08:51 PM PST by alfa6
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 are acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated.
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 OR HOW TO EAT WELL IN A FOXHOLE During the Vietnam war Brig. Gen. Walter S. McIlhenny son of the 2nd company president of McIlhenny Company from his experiences with C-Rations as a soldier during WWII came up with the idea to send soldiers copies of the Charley Ration Cookbook filled with recipes for spicing up C-rations with Tabasco Pepper Sauce wrapped around two-ounce bottles of Tabasco Pepper Sauce along with a handful of a P-38 type can openers all in a waterproof canister. What follows will be a copy of the cookbook.           |
On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on January 26:
1748 Emmanuel Aloys Forster composer
1763 Charles XIV French marshall, king of Sweden & Norway (1818-44)
1804 Eugane "Marie Joseph" Sue France, novelist (Wandering Jew)
1814 Rufus King Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
1816 Lloyd Tilghman Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1831 Mary Mapes Dodge New York City NY, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) (No! Not THAT Mary Mapes.)
1852 Pierre Brazza explorer/colonial administrator (French Africa)
1880 Douglas MacArthur Little Rock AR, General of the Army (WWII), he did return!
1887 Marc A "Pete" Mitscher US Lieutenant-Admiral (WWII-Task Force 58)
1902 Laurence "Bill" Craigie jet pioneer
1905 Maria Augusta von Trapp Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music"
1913 Jimmy Van Heusen songwriter (Love & Marriage)
1918 Nicolae Ceausescu Romanian "President" (1967-90)
1925 Paul Newman Cleveland OH, racer/popcorn mogul/actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler)
1927 José Simón Azcona Hoyo President of Honduras (1986-90)
1928 Eartha Kitt South Carolina, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman)
1928 Roger Vadim France, director (And God Created Women, Barbarella)
1928 Philip José Farmer Indiana, science fiction novelist (Riverworld)
1929 Jules Feiffer New York City NY, cartoonist (Passionella) author (Little Murders)
1934 Huey "Piano" Smith pianist (Having a Good Time)
1935 Bob Uecker Milwaukee WI, catcher/actor (Mr Belvedere)
1942 Scott Glenn (actor: The Right Stuff, Silverado, The Hunt for Red October, The Silence of the Lambs)
1944 Angela Yvonne Davis communist/professor
1952 Mario Runco Jr Bronx NY, Lieutenant-Commander USN/astronaut (STS 44, 54, 77)
1957 Eddie Van Halen Nijmegan Netherlands, rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
1958 Ellen DeGeneres New Orleans LA, comedienne (Ellen Morgan-Ellen)
1961 Wayne Gretzky (hockey: Edmunton Oilers, LA Kings: NHL Season Point Record [215][1985-86]; MVP nine times [1980-'87 & 1989]; Stanley Cup Individual Career Record: 110 goals, 346 points scored [1979-1993])
1977 Cindy Cesar Miss Mauritius-Universe (1997)
On This Day In History
It's the big one Elizabeth, I'm comin' tuh join ya'
Maybe, it's just me, but I'd prefer the motor in my auto to not burn.
sad list for today's history in GWOT.
ok. Today's fog is so ... you. :-)
The first telephone book ever issued contained only fifty names. The New Haven District Telephone Company published it in New Haven in February 1878.
The USS Nautilus - the world's first nuclear powered submarine was built in Groton in 1954.
Connecticut and Rhode Island never ratified the 18th Amendment (Prohibition).
In 1705, copper was discovered in Simsbury. Later, the copper mine became the infamous New-Gate Prison of the Revolutionary War. Doctor Samuel Higley of Simsbury started the first copper coinage in America in 1737.
The Scoville Memorial Library is the United States oldest public library. The library collection began in 1771, when Richard Smith, owner of a local blast furnace, used community contributions to buy 200 books in London. Patrons could borrow and return books on the third Monday of every third month. Fees were collected for damages, the most common being "greasing" by wax dripped from the candles by which the patrons read.
On April 9, 1810, a Salisbury town meeting voted to authorize the "selectmen draw upon the town treasurer for the sum of one hundred dollars" to purchase more books for the Scoville Memorial Library collection, making the library the first publicly supported free town library in the United States.
Mary Kies, of South Killingly was the first woman to receive a U.S. patent. On May 15th, 1809 for a method of weaving straw with silk.
On January 28, 1878, 21 venturous citizens of New Haven became the world's first subscribers to telephone exchange service.
America's first trade association was founded in Naugatuck Valley.
Cattle branding in the United States began in Connecticut when farmers were required by law to mark all of their pigs.
In Hartford, you may not, under any circumstances, cross the street walking on your hands!
Connecticut is home to the oldest U.S. newspaper still being published: The Hartford Courant, established in 1764.
Connecticut has approx. 144 newspapers published in the State (daily, Sunday, weekly and monthly).
Connecticut is home to the first hamburger (1895), Polaroid camera (1934), helicopter (1939), and color television (1948).
The first automobile law was passed by the state of CT in 1901. The speed limit was set at 12 miles per hour.
The first lollipop-making machine opened for business in New Haven in 1908. George Smith named the treat after a popular racehorse.
Ella Grasso was elected in her own right to be a state governor in 1974.
In 1937, Connecticut became the first state to issue permanent license plates for cars.
The World Wrestling Federation or the WWF is headquartered in Stamford.
Bristol, CT is considered the "Mum City" of the USA because of the many Chrysanthemums grown and sold to various states and Canada
In 1784, New Haven was incorporated as a city.
Danbury, An important military depot for the American Revolutionary armies was burned and looted in April 1777 by the British under Major General William Tryon.
The first blast furnace in Connecticut was built in Lakeville in 1762.
The Submarine Force Museum in Groton is home of the historic ship Nautilus (SSN 571). It is the official submarine museum of the United States Navy.
Connecticut State insect is the Praying Mantis.
Connecticut's most important crops are dairy, poultry, forest and nursery, tobacco, vegetables and fruit.
Connecticut's motto is Qui Transtulit Sustinet -- "He Who Transplanted Still Sustains".
In colonial New Haven cut pumpkins were used as guides for haircuts to ensure a round uniform style. Because of this fashion, these New Englanders were nicknamed "pumpkin-heads."
The name Middlebury derives from the central position the Town's meetinghouse occupies, six miles from three older neighbors, Waterbury, Southbury, and Woodbury.
The first human inhabitants of present-day Burlington were members of the Tunxis Tribe, who belonged to a confederation of Algonquian Indians. Legend holds they used the area as a hunting ground.
The first English settlers of Connecticut arrived in 1636, settling the plantations of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield.
The Monroe Town seal is in the form of a circle with the words "Town of Monroe Connecticut" written in the outer rim of the seal. Inside this outer circle is a profile of a bust of James Monroe, who was the fifth President of the United States, serving from 1817-1825.
Originally, Montville, along with Groton and Waterford, was a part of New London. New London was settled in 1646 under the name of Pequot, so called after the Pequot Indians, the name changing to New London in 1658.
B.F. Clyde's Cider Mill is the only steam-powered Cider Mill in the United States and is located in Mystic.
7-year-old James Thorsell designed the New Hartford "Town Bicentennial Emblem".
New Milford's worst disaster struck in 1902 when the main business section centered on Bank Street was almost completely leveled by the "Great Fire".
Named in 1724 for the stony character of the hilly countryside, North Stonington was incorporated in 1807.
To register to vote in Connecticut you must:
Be a U.S. citizen;
Be a resident of a Connecticut Town;
Be at least 18 years old on or before the next election
Not be convicted of a felony
The manufacturing of the first safety fuse started in Simsbury in 1836.
In 1728, the first steel mill operating in America was located in Simsbury.
Wallingford has earned a worldwide reputation for the production of silverware.
The first expert in the treatment of Asiatic cholera was Dr. Henry Bronson in 1832. He was a professor at Yale Medical School.
The first golf tournament in Connecticut for women only was held in Waterbury on June 12, 1917.
West Hartford is the birthplace of Noah Webster, the author of the first dictionary published in 1807.
Although West Haven is Connecticut's youngest city, being incorporated in 1972, it is a community that dates back over 360 years, making it one of the oldest settlements in the country.
PEZ® Candy is made in the city of Orange.
Thomas Sanford made the first friction matches in Beacon Falls in 1834.
Some of the world's most famous cloth is woven in the Stafford textile mills.
The town of Washington was incorporated in 1779, being named in honor of General George Washington.
Hartford has remained the capital city of Connecticut since 1875
I thought about going after the hamburger, but decided to opt for the helicopter.
First helicopter flights in the US were in 1922. It was built under a US Army contract by a Georges de Bothezat. By 1924, the French had an operating machine. By 1930, Italy and Belgium had joined in.
By 1935, the French were flying over an hour and covering over 25 miles.
And the Germans, of course, began to work on the problem as soon as they were able. FW had a sucessful machine by 1936. (Over 11,000 ft in altitude; it set a distance record of almost 150 miles. (This is the craft that is best known for the famous indoor flight by Hanna Reitsch)
The Germans had two different helicopers in production (1940) before the Americans did (1941).
Primary source here: http://www.enae.umd.edu/AGRC/Aero/history.html
I see flat sheets used in between can layers for tensile members. Cheat, cheat, cheat! I think it can be done with friction alone in a sort of medieval stoneware approach.
Just think of how well you look Iris7 :-)
And here is todays teaser pic and a bump for the Friday Freeper Foxhole.
off to work I go 6 out of the next seven days. Also only 6 days left on "TDY" OOOORAH
Regards
alfa6 ;>}
| January 27, 2006
Fellow Workers
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When it came time for Moses to strike the rock in the desert to get water for the thirsty Israelites, his part was very small—just strike the rock. Anyone in Israel could have done it. The main thing was what God was doing in the heart of the earth to provide a bountiful river of water.
But the two worked together: Moses before the people; God in the hidden depths of the earth. Moses and God were fellow workers.
There are always two agents in every fruitful work: willing workers and a faithful God. The human part is to do whatever God has asked us to do—strike the rock. God's work is to make the water flow.
Was Moses weighed down with anxiety that day as he approached the rock, thinking that he might fail? I doubt it. He had only to follow the Lord in obedience. God had promised to do the rest. And Moses had seen God work mighty miracles in the past.
Are you anxious about the task God has given you to do today? Do you believe that everything depends on you? Just strike the rock. God is working in secret to pour out rivers of water for every man, woman, and child. And when living waters begin to flow, praise Him.
Just do your part and He'll do His. —David Roper
"Apart from Me, you can do nothing." —Jesus
On Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo program when a flash fire occurred in Command Module 012 during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle being prepared for the first piloted flight, the AS-204 mission. Three astronauts, Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom, a veteran of Mercury and Gemini missions; Lt. Col. Edward H. White, the astronaut who had performed the first United States extravehicular activity during the Gemini program; and Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee, an astronaut preparing for his first space flight, died in this tragic accident.
Howdy Sarge
Morning!
I'm no expert on the subject but perhaps the key word left out of the "FAQ" is "practical" or "successful" helicopter flight as noted below:
From Airscooter.com
It was not until Sikorsky came along that the first practical helicopter, the single rotor VS-300, came into existence. The VS-300 was first flown on 14 September 1939 with Sikorsky himself as the test pilot. The original VS-300 was powered by a 75 HP engine. The aircraft's body was nothing more than an open cockpit with a welded steel tubing frame.
From the History of The Helicopter
scroll down to Sept. 14, 1939
And from National Helicopter Museum, Stratford, Conn.
Indeed, the 15-year-old museum is the only institution in the country devoted solely to the helicopter. Igor Sikorsky made helicopter history when he developed the first practical, and then the first production, helicopters in Stratford.
SAM! Where the hell are you?
oh dear...
bittygirl's new favorite game...
We call it 'baby slam dance.' She takes her baby doll and slams it onto the floor (or down the stairs) and then dances around to pick it up for more 'dancing.' Of course, as she does this she squeals with delight, in rhythm to her 'dance.'
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