tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post8486274618699618848..comments2024-03-28T15:33:37.338-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Train Stations and Bunkers, Sort Of...OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44334222391995282962014-03-12T16:08:06.998-07:002014-03-12T16:08:06.998-07:00Heh. I had to take a closer look at the photo. The...Heh. I had to take a closer look at the photo. Then I saw what you meant. He IS moving more sand than ball isn't he?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-89098632998477316172014-03-12T15:49:44.418-07:002014-03-12T15:49:44.418-07:00The guy in the bunker, looks like he's got my ...The guy in the bunker, looks like he's got my technique down pat. Move a lot of dirt a long way and the ball about 6 inches. Rinse, then repeat.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9517836075247829152014-03-12T11:47:04.377-07:002014-03-12T11:47:04.377-07:00Most interesting post. I'll see what I can do....Most interesting post. I'll see what I can do.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-28205798475093250112014-03-12T10:53:08.852-07:002014-03-12T10:53:08.852-07:00OT, but... This might interest you. I think you c...OT, but... <a href="http://flightclub.jalopnik.com/i-spent-24-hours-on-board-a-us-navy-aircraft-carrier-at-1541114300" rel="nofollow">This might interest you.</a> I think you can do better.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79253122204199947482014-03-12T10:47:07.501-07:002014-03-12T10:47:07.501-07:00You weren't supposed to be able to discern whe...You weren't supposed to be able to discern where the 16" guns are mounted. I fear I have revealed too much!<br /><br />(I was kind of hoping you'd be distracted by the <em>Flakturm</em>, er, I mean "clock tower".)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-42384633261187170322014-03-12T09:56:29.365-07:002014-03-12T09:56:29.365-07:00Aha!
It is a bunker
A camouflaged bunker
The dome ...Aha!<br />It is a bunker<br />A camouflaged bunker<br />The dome retracts and 16" guns appear to take out the Confederacy's ironclads ...right? IT (aka Ivan Toblog)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07484236901066944983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-76208124738454171532014-03-12T05:07:19.440-07:002014-03-12T05:07:19.440-07:00Lately I seem to be caught up in a stream of succe...Lately I seem to be caught up in a stream of successive Mondays. Even on the weekends!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-25934310974080226422014-03-11T18:04:40.040-07:002014-03-11T18:04:40.040-07:00OH well, can't win em all, and yes yesterday A...OH well, can't win em all, and yes yesterday AND today are both Monday... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-38875086120476516242014-03-11T15:30:05.286-07:002014-03-11T15:30:05.286-07:00Heh, I got some of them right.
Actually I wanted ...Heh, I got some of them right.<br /><br />Actually I wanted to give you a target-rich environment today. Of course, that's kinda "fish in the barrel" around here innit?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-82258234479387679782014-03-11T14:50:48.670-07:002014-03-11T14:50:48.670-07:00What Conan the Grammarian has to say about this &q...<i>What Conan the Grammarian has to say about this "I have no ideer." So to speak.</i><br /><br />Nothing wrong with that. But we do have to heave a big-ass sigh over this: <i>"As you can see in this overhead view from Google Maps, the train station still looks kind of blocky but not quite as<b> "bunkery".</b> "</i> And this... <i>I'm still thinking "bunker", </i><br /><br />Buy 'em books, send 'em to school, yadda, yadda.<br /><br />Oh, well. We're just checkin' the box, yanno? One and done, sorta like some folks we know.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.com