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Postby Barry Jive » Sun Apr 29, 2012 04:01:09

might buy the Law and Order theme on iTunes for a buck
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Re: Random?! Damn near killed 'im! Thoughts

Postby kruker » Sun Apr 29, 2012 04:04:08

Worth posting again..

Link

I'm putting this here. Crazy.

Sixty-eight years ago today, the Allies launched a massive dress rehearsal for the invasion of Normandy — the famous D-Day landings that would happen five weeks later. But that rehearsal turned into one of the war's biggest fiascos.

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"The torpedoes tear into these vessels and literally blow them apart," Milton says. "They all catch fire and there's complete carnage, pandemonium. Men on fire, tanks on fire, the ships on fire. And of course, the ships starting to sink."

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"Now, the idea was that the shelling would stop very, very shortly before the American soldiers came onshore, so that the wreckage of war would still be around," Milton said. "The smells of war, the sounds, the shell-blasted beach would be there. But there was a terrible mixup of timings, which meant that as the American soldiers came onto the shore, the British were still shelling the beach. [This] meant the Americans came under devastating friendly fire from the British."

Within minutes, 300 more American troops were dead. Gerolstein helped ferry some of the wounded to the hospital.
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Re: Random?! Damn near killed 'im! Thoughts

Postby Luzinski's Gut » Sun Apr 29, 2012 07:10:34

http://www.npr.org/2012/04/28/151590212 ... -rehearsal

Slapton Sands. Been there, back in 85 or 86. The local British authorities had just pulled a Sherman tank off the seafloor and turned it into a monument for the soldiers and sailors killed by the German E-boats that infiltrated the landing force.

Brutal - but it showed the difficulties associated with training for an amphibious landing. The force has to be defended from three directions, and with a ton of depth in all directions. The orchestration of indirect fires is also extremely important...with lethal results when performed incorrectly.
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Postby PrattRules » Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:58:15

Hear about the old lady who backed up into the fan? It was a dis-asster.
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Postby smitty » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:44:09

Dieppe was another "dress rehearsal" disaster. That time with Canadians. Those guys got hosed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_Raid
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Postby PrattRules » Sun Apr 29, 2012 18:34:53

At Chester today, I saw they were having Lynyrd Skynyrd there in a week or two. Thought they all died in that plane crash. Apparently, not all of them. Cannot believe I didn't know that.
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Postby jerseyhoya » Sun Apr 29, 2012 18:47:00

PrattRules wrote:At Chester today, I saw they were having Lynyrd Skynyrd there in a week or two. Thought they all died in that plane crash. Apparently, not all of them. Cannot believe I didn't know that.




Maybe they should have died rather than make this song after 9/11

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Re: Random?! Damn near killed 'im! Thoughts

Postby smitty » Sun Apr 29, 2012 21:05:05

There have been a boatload of members of that band over the years (which is fairly common I guess). Three were killed in the plane crash. Ronnie Van Zandt was a founding member. Cassie Gaines was a backup singer and her brother Steve Gaines recently joined the band.

The plane ran out of gas which seems kinda stupid.

I remember seeing the real Leonard Skinner on some TV show. That was kinda kewl.
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Re: Random?! Damn near killed 'im! Thoughts

Postby Bill McNeal » Sun Apr 29, 2012 21:05:53

Just discovered that my trip to Myrtle Beach this summer, coincides with Black Bike Week.
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Re: Random?! Damn near killed 'im! Thoughts

Postby 1 » Sun Apr 29, 2012 21:14:09

Bill McNeal wrote:Just discovered that my trip to Myrtle Beach this summer, coincides with Black Bike Week.

Try not to pisss off any members of the Grim Creepers

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Re: Random?! Damn near killed 'im! Thoughts

Postby The B1G Piece » Sun Apr 29, 2012 21:29:59

Bill McNeal wrote:Just discovered that my trip to Myrtle Beach this summer, coincides with Black Bike Week.

I heard they kindnap babies.

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Postby Rev_Beezer » Sun Apr 29, 2012 21:38:06

stay the hell out of their way. I'm serious. that was a scary time for me.
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Postby drsmooth » Sun Apr 29, 2012 21:48:17

ek wrote:Most are dead now. just rossington is left.


I bet Neil Young don't remember
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Re: Random?! Damn near killed 'im! Thoughts

Postby TenuredVulture » Sun Apr 29, 2012 22:17:02

smitty wrote:There have been a boatload of members of that band over the years (which is fairly common I guess). Three were killed in the plane crash. Ronnie Van Zandt was a founding member. Cassie Gaines was a backup singer and her brother Steve Gaines recently joined the band.

The plane ran out of gas which seems kinda stupid.

I remember seeing the real Leonard Skinner on some TV show. That was kinda kewl.


They didn't all die, but the Little River Band you might catch live today doesn't have a single member in common with the Little River Band of the 1970s.
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Re: Random?! Damn near killed 'im! Thoughts

Postby pacino » Sun Apr 29, 2012 22:21:58

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Re: Random?! Damn near killed 'im! Thoughts

Postby phatj » Sun Apr 29, 2012 23:10:04

pacino got laid again
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Re: Random?! Damn near killed 'im! Thoughts

Postby 1 » Sun Apr 29, 2012 23:46:04

phatj wrote:pacino got laid again

You never forget your second time

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Re: Random?! Damn near killed 'im! Thoughts

Postby Bakestar » Mon Apr 30, 2012 00:08:40

Bill McNeal wrote:Just discovered that my trip to Myrtle Beach this summer, coincides with Black Bike Week.


Tight dick, playa.

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Postby my cousin mose » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:13:11

soft golf clap here in the office for the thread title. well done
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Re: Random?! Damn near killed 'im! Thoughts

Postby my cousin mose » Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:14:04

Bill McNeal wrote:Just discovered that my trip to Myrtle Beach this summer, coincides with Black Bike Week.

after a while i've started to question when isn't it a bike week in MB
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