tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post8236356572464598695..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: AntiquityOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1664130333202491902021-12-08T18:26:27.242-08:002021-12-08T18:26:27.242-08:00I can always do without the drama.I can always do without the drama.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69011056368195534972021-12-08T17:29:55.803-08:002021-12-08T17:29:55.803-08:00The Ludovisi! Austerlitz! The Battle of the Falkla...The Ludovisi! Austerlitz! The Battle of the Falklands! And Christmas candles. This is a great post. And I'm with Beans, please, Lord, drive drama outta the business.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35160668231245830202021-12-08T17:19:10.713-08:002021-12-08T17:19:10.713-08:00Ah yes, that is the name for that type of base. I ...Ah yes, that is the name for that type of base. I wanted to go LED, but couldn't find any that looked right. Not the shape, but the light emitted was weak as Hell. Didn't have that problem with the bigger LED bulbs, which work and look great.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46295199599556727872021-12-08T17:08:39.253-08:002021-12-08T17:08:39.253-08:00Those candles for the windows tend to have " ...Those candles for the windows tend to have " candleabra " bases to them. When my folks were alive, I was in charge of decorating their house. I would install 21 of those candles every year. One in each window, front ,sides, and back. Until the advent of LED bulbs, I bought the bulbs you bought, by the train car load.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55965282620141652942021-12-08T16:32:03.175-08:002021-12-08T16:32:03.175-08:00Interesting!Interesting!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15910937124579132462021-12-08T16:04:59.255-08:002021-12-08T16:04:59.255-08:00(Don McCollor)..."green" is for the youn...(Don McCollor)..."green" is for the youngsters that have forgotten older methods. My (former) house in GF was built in 1936 - I know because the walls were insulated with newspapers from that year. About 3/4 inch of flat stacks of papers folded and nailed to the studs. (Fire? Ever try to burn a tight stack of paper?) Seemed to insulate as well as the new fancy stuff...Don McCollorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028324869570493102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43551296947965283432021-12-08T13:34:09.638-08:002021-12-08T13:34:09.638-08:00Dang but I'm out of touch, I had to look up &q...Dang but I'm out of touch, I had to look up "Café lights." At least now I know what those are. (Wow, you can change the colors? Awesome!)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50982383527962590112021-12-08T13:32:42.133-08:002021-12-08T13:32:42.133-08:00I think you're right!I think you're right!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-89525177404751215592021-12-08T13:26:48.209-08:002021-12-08T13:26:48.209-08:00Designing lamp bases may be one of the things that...Designing lamp bases may be one of the things that occupy slow days in the engineering department. Ritchienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46168360569652208102021-12-08T13:23:52.767-08:002021-12-08T13:23:52.767-08:00You're doing well, at least you're getting...You're doing well, at least you're getting the lights up. I turned our Cafe lights into the multicolored Christmassy light display at the touch of a remote control button, but that's about the extent of itTunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43303956691969189332021-12-08T11:45:44.210-08:002021-12-08T11:45:44.210-08:00Very true, when a fact is unpalatable, it must be ...Very true, when a fact is unpalatable, it must be examined even more closely.<br /><br />SMS Goeben, now there's a story!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-35798044463487259382021-12-08T11:35:15.707-08:002021-12-08T11:35:15.707-08:00The battle of the Falklands came after the battle ...The battle of the Falklands came after the battle of Coronel on the 1st of November 1914. Coronel was the first defeat of the RN since the battle of Lake Champlain in the war of 1812. Von Spee and his squadron were part of the German East Asia squadron. In reality it was a matter of 'if not when' they were caught and dealt with. Churchill described them as 'a cut flower in a vase, fair to see yet bound to die'. The decision by the RN Admiral Cradock to engage a superior force with his obsolescent armoured cruisers puzzles historians, one reason was that a contemporary of Cradock, Admiral Troubridge was awaiting court martial for failing to engage the enemy. Cradock felt that as the Admiralty had told him he had 'sufficient' forces he was duty and honour bound to offer battle. His ships were outgunned as their 6" casemate guns could not be used in rough seas and Scharnhorst and Gniesenau were 'crack' ships.<br />The Falklands avenged Coronel, however the confidence of the British public in the RN had been severely dented by that time. The German Battle Cruiser Goeben had evaded the RN and made its way through the Dardanelles and three armoured cruisers (Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy) had been torpedoed with heavy loss of life off the Dutch coast in September 1914. This was in addition to the loss, by mining, of a dreadnought and a pre dreadnought to a magazine explosion.<br />We forget history at our peril and we sometimes need to come to terms with facts that we may find unpalatable. For myself I try to look at multiple sources if that is possible, the other sides perspective is always useful.<br />Retired<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24306032058213340862021-12-08T11:13:11.577-08:002021-12-08T11:13:11.577-08:00Most people are content to live their day to day l...Most people are content to live their day to day lives without thinking of what went before, I have no problem with that. It's when the so-called world leaders ignore the past thinking that things will be different, "this time." They are invariably wrong, the current Ukraine-Russia thing concerns me.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-60893652213299943052021-12-08T10:25:15.899-08:002021-12-08T10:25:15.899-08:00It is odd how these things fade Sarge. Partially ...It is odd how these things fade Sarge. Partially it is driven by the memory of those that were there or lived through it (at this point I think I have no living relatives that would remember the event), but also because the event itself comes to lose significance in a changed world. Austerlitz eventually meant nothing in Bismarck's Europe and the European Union, even as the shape of world alliances and the Pacific have come to change as well (Japan as close ally; who could have foreseen this in 1937?).<br /><br />The thing that we really should take away, the underlying principles and causes for how and why we got there, is what we should remember - and usually forget (see our current kerfuffle along the Ukraine/Russian Border for our most recent version thereof).<br /><br />I wish we remembered such days as the Battle of Thermopylae or the Fall of Constantinople, which although they did not impact our country directly, none the less had significant impacts on the world. Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-42857902504462360482021-12-08T09:33:26.363-08:002021-12-08T09:33:26.363-08:00Freeze national borders? Might as well command the...Freeze national borders? Might as well command the tide not to come in.<br /><br />Silly politicians.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-70815106063293691182021-12-08T09:32:27.428-08:002021-12-08T09:32:27.428-08:00Variable as it can be.Variable as it can be.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55083350180910480362021-12-08T09:31:53.038-08:002021-12-08T09:31:53.038-08:00Bear in mind, "green" is a buzzword with...Bear in mind, "green" is a buzzword with no meaning in the modern world. Otherwise yeah, it would be built of cob.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81273378963670020852021-12-08T09:30:34.332-08:002021-12-08T09:30:34.332-08:00As usual, drama of one sort or another is delaying...As usual, drama of one sort or another is delaying the decoration of the place. Sigh. What's life, without drama?<br /><br />Lots of anniversaries every day, as you said. A small one is coming in January 30th (Invasion of Kwajalein Island) but there are so many others, especially in the Pacific. And not one of them being taught in modern schools at all. Not even the ones from the Revolutionary War that formed this country. <br /><br />As to The Falklands, well, the Argies haven't been able to get their hands on them for over a century, so it sticks, right? Wasn't that one of the things behind founding the UN was that it froze all national borders (except for communist/socialist countries, of course)?Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-73045496477357328172021-12-08T09:26:49.268-08:002021-12-08T09:26:49.268-08:00What? It's made out of cob? (cow poop and st...What? It's made out of cob? (cow poop and straw, to be exact, with other things added, now that's GREEN!) <br /><br />Have a problem with green buildings. They're usually built so tight that they turn into perfect breeding grounds for all sorts of noroviruses and coronaviruses and other things like Legionaire's and such. Systems need some fudge room.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34650374845442104222021-12-08T09:11:21.849-08:002021-12-08T09:11:21.849-08:00I was 33 when my daughter was born.
She was thirty...I was 33 when my daughter was born.<br />She was thirty-three when her oldest was born.<br />MB was nineteen when her oldest was born (only 25 for #3).<br />That oldest has the potential for being a grandfather before he's 45.<br />So, yeah, a generation isn't a constant.<br /><br />I've a friend in Cornwall who was a participant at the last Falklands battle.<br /><br />I think maybe our outside lights may go up today.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2087968026226532472021-12-08T08:52:36.612-08:002021-12-08T08:52:36.612-08:00Built "green"? Not a good sign, ever.Built "green"? Not a good sign, ever.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2559967416713116382021-12-08T08:47:19.600-08:002021-12-08T08:47:19.600-08:00My building, now three years old, was built "...My building, now three years old, was built "green". The special light bulbs don't screw in. Rather, they have two pins you insert and twist. Need a replacement? Good luck, Lowes and Home Depot don't carry them. Amazon to the rescue. I don't want to talk about the cost as it hurts my cheapskate heart.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69930253024305702842021-12-08T07:01:32.793-08:002021-12-08T07:01:32.793-08:00😁😁OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-52007876857427570102021-12-08T06:49:21.640-08:002021-12-08T06:49:21.640-08:00I was wondering what all that extra light was comi...I was wondering what all that extra light was coming from, making me squint. Can we call you Juliet now? ;) My family that served in WW2 are all gone. My old neighbor, Mr. Marvin, was in Patton's army for the end of the war and occupation. His younger brother is still around, too. He was in Korea. Mr. Perry. Good men. Both are getting on up there in age.<br /><br />Every day is an anniversary of something, no doubt. Tomorrow is the anniversary of a couple of immigrants coming to American through Ellis Island. I try and remember that every year. One was old Sam, a Chinese man that owned a laundry up in my neck of the woods. He came in behind a big Swede. When immigration asked his name the Swede said, "Yonnie Yohnson". When the Chinese man was asked his name he said "Sam Ting". And that's how Yonnie Yohnson's Chinese Laundry came to exist in my old home town.<br /><br />Lift a cup of tea to remember him tomorrow with me.STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-8307795652766775332021-12-08T05:40:26.488-08:002021-12-08T05:40:26.488-08:00Oh no!
Five to six with ice on top, ankle killer ...Oh no!<br /><br />Five to six with ice on top, ankle killer snow, you walk on it, break through the crust, which then chops up your ankles. Don't like it, not at all!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com