Picture of the day

[76r]

I'm on Firefox & have never encountered a problem with viewing pics on CGN.

Pics?...You guys see pics?

 

[HuskyDude]

Brave works just fine.

 

[diopter]

 

[grelmar]

Don't stand if you can sit, don't sit if you can lie down, if you can lie down, you better sleep, because you won't know when you'll get another chance.

 

[HuskyDude]

Father & son.

 

[R005t3r]

Churchill suffered with depression his whole life. Called it "the Black Dog". And yet he became Lord of the Admiralty, Prime Minister, a widely published author and successful journalist, and (aside from the whole Gallipoli business, which was a serious farkin' misstep) an inspiration to his people.

Hell of an orator, great motivator, and a capable man with gobs of wonderful English eccentricities. Our species was lucky to have him.

A 'misstep'; guess that makes Dieppe a bit of a BooBoo.

 

[I Dont Care About You]

A 'misstep'; guess that makes Dieppe a bit of a BooBoo.

Dieppe accomplished exactly what it set out to do. Test the German response and give the rowdy Canadians something to do. THAT a whole bunch of Canadians died uselessly in the process was no great concern of the British generals.

 

[grinder08]

Dieppe accomplished exactly what it set out to do. Test the German response and give the rowdy Canadians something to do. THAT a whole bunch of Canadians died uselessly in the process was no great concern of the British generals.

Sad but true. They did learn their lesson for D Day. Not something you can always say.

 

[*lawrence]

 

[diopter]

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

A 'misstep'; guess that makes Dieppe a bit of a BooBoo.

You missed the "serious farkin'" qualifier, did you?

Man was miles and miles from perfect, and his management of Gallipoli was just plain awful. No one's whitewashing that one.

 

[bearhunter]

Amazing how much temperature difference between the days and nights in the desert. Angola wasn't any different.

 

[grelmar]

There really isn't a bad pic of the XB-70.

 

[diopter]

 

[bush1]

I’ve not been to the Wright Pat museum but it’s certainly on my bucket list. This pic shows the size and height comparison to the YF-12A



https://media.defense.gov/2020/Oct/19/2002519160/1200/1200/0/201016-F-IO108-010.JPG

https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/V...Article/195767/north-american-xb-70-valkyrie/

 

[grelmar]

Two of the straight up ###iest, zoomiest, looking planes ever made:

 

[Rob]

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Pretty flash. And the holser kicks ass. Must have been awfully late in the cowboy era. Post 1896, anyhow.

 

[Rob]

Found the whole picture. The cowboy with the Mauser C96 was John Baptista Romo. He worked on the Hearst ranch. The photo was taken at the H & H Bar at 862 Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo, CA. Roma was born in 1876 and died at 86.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Judging by the haberdashery, aside from our flamboyant amigo, I'm guessing 1920's?

Note the egregious stains around the spitoon. Either accuracy is sorely lacking or someone kicked the damn thing over again.