I can relate anything to WWII

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    I have been travelling up and down on the Overground train with sand and clay in my kecks tied at the ankles

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  2. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    You're right. The story wouldn't have caught my attention but the first picture in it made me immediately think of Charles Bronson on his trolley when the tunnel caved in on him.
     
  3. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Picnic bunkers

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  4. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Artillery Shell

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  6. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

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  7. Little Friend

    Little Friend Senior Member

    Cool Jerk ! By the Capitols. Every time I hear this record, which I just have, I think of those on the receiving end, the lyrics say.. ''Now give me a little bit of bass with those 88s, aw now you're cooking, Baby Hmm you're smokin''..... the mind can wander.. !
     
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  8. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    MV Ever Given being stuck in the Suez Canal made me think of the USS Missouri running aground in Chesapeake Bay. It took two weeks to get her off and she's a bathtub toy compared to Ever Given

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  9. Owen

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  10. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Not a photo post but I'm reading a book on the artwork of 'Canaletto in Venice' by Martin Clayton.
    One drawing of his features the Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo.
    Canaletto (Venice 1697-Venice 1768) - Venice: Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo (rct.uk)
    There is an equestrian monument to Bartolomeo Colleoni.
    Bartolomeo Colleoni Monument | World Monuments Fund (wmf.org)
    Looking him up and I ended up in WW2.
    Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni - Wikipedia
    On that page is a photo of the ship in Venice.
    I've gone full circle .
     
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  11. Owen

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  12. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Just picked daughter up from railway station & saw a VW T5 with this on the back .
    Which I instantly recognised & told my Mrs.
    :)

    116th Panzer Div.

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  13. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Peenemunde ?

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  14. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Did she say, "That's nice, dear " and keep looking in another direction? :)
     
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  15. 4jonboy

    4jonboy Daughter of a 56 Recce

    Hi Dave

    I think Owen's wife is quite used to it by now. I'm sure her eyes glaze over every time he speaks:D:-P.
    (Sorry O, couldn't resist).

    Lesley
     
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  16. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Anti tank blocks
    Edit thanks Dave
    Dragons teeth

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  17. Owen

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    Trying to think of the WW2 connection to the view I'm looking at now.

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    Ah , this may help.... :)

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  18. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Just realized P-47 R-2800 engine had the same displacement as this beast

     
  19. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    My oldest friend just got a new kitten in the household. His wife let him name her Peaches.

    "Action in the North Atlantic" is his favorite WWII movie.



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  20. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    I'm not sure why this name was chosen but my neice had her first child yesterday.

    He is called Monty.
     
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