Interesting photos I have run across.

[Eneto-55]

Speaking of saving money on haircuts, the only time I was ever in a barber shop was when I was a carpenter, and we were finishing it out before it opened up for service.  Back home my mom always cut my hair, then in college it got longish (afro, since my hair is kinky), and so other than my mom & my wife, there are only a few people that have ever cut my hair.  Cut it once myself before the afro, then trimmed it myself after that, just around the eyes, so I could see out.  Then my sister-in-law cut it once, and my former room-mate's wife did once too.  But now my wife is threatening to stop (she has macular degeneration, and limited sight in one eye), so I am threatening to go back to cutting it myself again.  

[knuckleharley]

3 hours ago, Plymouthy Adams said:

Kept my hair pretty much trimmed for many many years...military service and such..so on retirement from the Air Force 2003 I decided to grow a beard. 

Why did you wait so long?

I grew a beard while on active duty in the army in VN. Here is the photo that proves it.

[Plymouthy Adams]

well I was never in Nam...but in Germany US Army my hair was fairly long....to the point one of the cadre followed me out of barracks asking why I was in his building....all in how you combed your hair....one NCO asked me this...don't you think you  need a haircut...my reply, thanks for leaving it up to my thinking....NO!!!!

[knuckleharley]

5 minutes ago, Plymouthy Adams said:

well I was never in Nam...but in Germany US Army my hair was fairly long....to the point one of the cadre followed me out of barracks asking why I was in his building....all in how you combed your hair....one NCO asked me this...don't you think you  need a haircut...my reply, thanks for leaving it up to my thinking....NO!!!!

I have to admit,I hated the regular army with a passion beyond belief. I would have never re-enlisted if I hadn't found a home in Special Forces.

 

I was never one to wear red and march in a straight line just because some fool told me to do so.

 

Being in the regular army was like serving time in prison while being innocent of committing any crimes. I have no idea how or why anyone was willing to put up with it or the Navy.

 

I could have made it ok in the Air Force,though. Was around those guys a LOT,and they all seemed like adults,not reform school children wearing NCO stripes.

[Plymouthy Adams]

last two years in the army, never stood formation, never did PT and no duties within the company...wore the uniform but three times...twice a COQ and once when my CO was stripped of his Nam battlefield commission...he was a great guy, felt bad for him and felt proud to be in uniform in support of him.  All in all though, if I knew I could have stayed doing the job I was doing working the equipment I had entrusted to me...I would have stayed in....but I knew this duty was special and would be short lived.  I got out in 75, the unit disbanded in 77  I eventually went on with 32+ years accredited service and a paid retirement.

Edited November 19, 2020 by Plymouthy Adams

[knuckleharley]

1 hour ago, Plymouthy Adams said:

last two years in the army, never stood formation, never did PT and no duties within the company...wore the uniform but three times...twice a COQ and once when my CO was stripped of his Nam battlefield commission...he was a great guy, felt bad for him and felt proud to be in uniform in support of him.  All in all though, if I knew I could have stayed doing the job I was doing working the equipment I had entrusted to me...I would have stayed in....but I knew this duty was special and would be short lived.  I got out in 75, the unit disbanded in 77  I eventually went on with 32+ years accredited service and a paid retirement.

I got medi-evaced from VN several months after that photo was taken. On my last recon mission into Laos my back started itching and burning like it was on fire,and I couldn't stay still or quiet,so they whole team got extracted the next morning. The medics in our dispensary sent me to Nha Trang to see a dermatologist there,and he took one quick look and told me he was sending me to see a USAF doc at Cam Rahn Bay "that specializes in tropical diseases".It was several years later that I made the connection between "USAF Dermatologist" and "Agent Orange". In my defense,I was too busy running missions to be reading many US newspapers.

Anyhow,the USAF doc told me he was cutting orders to medi-evac me to the states "because your condition will never get better as long as you are here and running around in the jungle." I tried to protest since I was only 2 months into my first extension,and hadn't even taken my "free vacation" in England yet,but he said I didn't have any choice.

 

I wasn't really all that worried about it. I had already been briefed on the upcoming mission,and there was no way they could replace me with someone that knew the mission,had combat experience,was used to working with my yard squad,and had their trust,

 

Boy was I wrong! I was met at the airport in Kontum by my company commander,and he handed me the orders sending me back to Bragg. They put a new E6 in as squad leader to replace me who had never heard a shot fired,and I later found out he didn't last 15 minutes on the ground before being shot in the head. No experience,had no idea what was going on,so he stood up to look around. If he had been experienced,he wouldn't have had to do that.

 

Anyhow,I was sent back to Bragg and couldn't stay in SF because I wasn't allowed to wear a parachute harness or be deployed on field exercises,so they promoted me and sent me to a conventional signal battalion there because my first MOS when I enlisted was "communication center specialist." Never mind the fact I hadn't even been near a com center in 6 years and that I couldn't be deployed on any field training or actual missions with that company either because of my profile.

 

So they gave me a 45 ACP pistol and made me night motor pool guard. I spent my last 5 or 6 months in the army riding around the motor pool at night on my Harley,trying to catch anybody that was breaking in to steal stuff from the parked cars of guys that lived in the barracks and were deployed somewhere. They didn't know what else to do with me,so that was what I did.

 

I  think I mentioned earlier that I flat HATED the regular army. Almost as much as they hated me. Still,I was offered another promotion if I would re-enlist. I turned them down. Worse damn mistake I ever made in my life,but in my defense,I had no idea about Agent Orange at the time.

 

If I had known anything back them about "Operation Ranch Hand" and all the USAF people that were involved in spraying it over the Ho Chi Minh Trail being eaten up with and dying from cancer,I would have surely re-enlisted so the army would pay for my medical problems. I didn't know though,so I took the discharge.

Edited November 19, 2020 by knuckleharley

[pflaming]

Can you identify the cars!

[knuckleharley]

20 minutes ago, pflaming said:

Can you identify the cars!

I see what I think is a 40-41 Willys,a couple of Plymouths,a 37 Ford,and MAYBE the last two are late 30's GM.

[TodFitch]

1 hour ago, knuckleharley said:

I see what I think is a 40-41 Willys,a couple of Plymouths,a 37 Ford,and MAYBE the last two are late 30's GM.

 

The middle car looks like a '39 Plymouth with a sealed beam headlight conversion.

[Young Ed]

1 hour ago, TodFitch said:

 

The middle car looks like a '39 Plymouth with a sealed beam headlight conversion.

Certainly a 39 can't tell on the headlights. They don't exactly look square but they also don't seem to protrude like all the aftermarket conversions I'm familiar with.

[Dan Hiebert]

The car just this side of the 39 Plymouth is a 40 or 41 Hudson.

[casper50]

This happened a few years ago.

 

Fairbanks, Alaska. Crews were laying new power cables which were strung on the ground for miles. The moose are rutting right now and very agitated. He was thrashing around and got his antlers stuck in the cables. When the men (miles away) began pulling the lines up with their big equipment, the moose went up with them. They noticed excess tension in the lines and went searching for the problem. He was still alive when they lowered him to the ground. He was a huge 60 inch bull and slightly teed off! — in Fairbanks, Alaska.

[knuckleharley]

8 hours ago, casper50 said:

This happened a few years ago.

 

Fairbanks, Alaska. Crews were laying new power cables which were strung on the ground for miles. The moose are rutting right now and very agitated. He was thrashing around and got his antlers stuck in the cables. When the men (miles away) began pulling the lines up with their big equipment, the moose went up with them. They noticed excess tension in the lines and went searching for the problem. He was still alive when they lowered him to the ground. He was a huge 60 inch bull and slightly teed off! — in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Yeah,I can hear that discussion now.

 

"Cut him loose!"

 

"No,YOU cut him loose!"

 

"No,YOU cut him loose! I have seniority!"

 

Etc,etc,etc.

Edited November 20, 2020 by knuckleharley

[casper50]

Most likely called Fish and game and they tranq'ed it.

 

[pflaming]

Photos from  a wave whisky still build video. A very interesting video. 

[Los_Control]

[knuckleharley]

On 11/24/2020 at 5:02 AM, pflaming said:

Photos from  a wave whisky still build video. A very interesting video. 

And it's not even a Model A. It's a Model T.

[Ulu]

After aging, tastes the same, and nobody notices.

[Plymouthy Adams]

junk truck, dirty overalls, scraggly beard and wha-la regional expert....run upon two stills in operation in the woods as a youngster....one I spotted in the back room of a small house...common stuff in the day...actually built one legally in the early 80's

Edited December 8, 2020 by Plymouthy Adams

[T120]

While not an actual photo of the event...Had a cousin here on the prairies in Canada that had the  reputation of being a successful farmer, some claimed due to having acquired the sections of farmland he farmed  from profits dealing in illegal alcohol... I can't confirm this and certainly won't judge, but he had a large family to support as well. ?..Every family has one.☺️

 

 

 

[T120]

Maybe got distracted...

 

[Plymouthy Adams]

looks like he is simply fueling up, business as normal...

[linus6948]

I saw this old snow tire ad and it made me nostalgic as I used to get to drive those Oshkosh snow plow/spreaders at the two NYC airports back in the 80`s and 90`s. They were tons of fun to drive

 

 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/bYqx6bKH5728BLxF7

Edited January 8, 2021 by linus6948

[linus6948]

Very true

 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Wzf2WM6o16i4B9228

Edited January 8, 2021 by linus6948

[Plymouthy Adams]

IF you folks want to use the google accounts...they should not be to where a viewer would have to create an account....or at least provide your log in....