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Armybrat

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  1. And this is what I ran around with while playing pirates with my buds…
  2. Can’t help, but you might find this link interesting: http://npplan.com/parks-by-state/puerto-rico-national-parks/san-juan-national-historic-site-park-at-a-glance/san-juan-national-historic-site-castillo-san-cristobal/san-juan-national-historic-site-dungeon-of-castillo-san-cristobal/#:~:text=In the San Cristóbal dungeon,where the galleons are drawn. When my Dad was stationed at Fort Brooke (on the grounds of Castillo San Felipe del Morro) in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico during the early 1950s, we kids explored the 16th-18th century Spanish fortifications allthe time. In the neighboring fort of San Cristobal there were some creepy dungeon chambers that had centuries old drawings & scratched etchings on the walls that fascinated me. The colorful Hollywood pirate movies that were shown at the post theater were especially enjoyable since we were living in the middle of where it all happened in real life. I was actually thrilled to discover the above website link today, because those sailing ship drawings on the dungeon walls are the very same ones I saw firsthand when we played pirates in those tunnels without supervision 71+ years ago.
  3. My other SP is the 3” in .327. I can’t imagine how loud the muzzle blast would be with the shorter 2.25” barrel from such a high pressure round. Maybe stick with the Federal AE 85 grain loads instead of the 100 grain. My Single Seven .327 is a fun gun.
  4. That Orban asshole is nothing but a commie stooge traitor to his own people. Props to Newt - the last republican with any balls (tainted as they are).
  5. The flex on those wings is amazing
  6. I told him he should drop the paper clips more often for her to pick up.
  7. My English friend’s secretary in their London office…
  8. A bit of trivia from your 7th Grade Texas History class?
  9. My oldest son’s last at bat in Babe Ruth League, he hit a 3 run triple - right after another dad casually mentioned to me that “your boy is a really good ball player, but weak on hitting”. Instant schadenfreude on my part, complete silence from the dumbass. After dropping baseball, son went on to play high school tennis & soccer (1st team All District 2 years in a row). Best years of our lives as parents.
  10. I don’t like the “lane drift” warning that tugs at the steering wheel on my Civic. I’d like to disable it, but the confusing owners manual is thicker than Webster’s dictionary. To replace the feature I think a rear window sticker that says “Caution - Octogenarian Driver Aboard” should suffice.
  11. So, the Ukes have regained air superiority over the occupied territories?
  12. I did a lot of that out on the family land near Briggs 40 years ago with each of my three boys.
  13. Mrs. Brat was 5’2” when we married. Now she tops out at 5’ even. I used to be 6’ even. Gravity lowered that to 5’10””.
  14. Seems like somebody fucked up bigtime.
  15. <Mark Cuban taking notes gif>
  16. 73 years ago my oldest brother hit a hole in one here in the moat at San Juan, Puerto Rico’s El Morro fortress when it was a 9 hole golf course on the grounds of the US Army post of Fort Brooke. The tee box was at the upper far end, and the golfer had to drive the ball over the bridge - doglegging left (towards the right in the picture) to the sand “green” which was out of sight. The caddies would sit on the bridge to signal to the golfer how well he/she had done. My brother’s caddie got so excited yelling & waving his arms that he almost fell off the bridge. In the 3.5 years we were stationed at Fort Brooke, it was the only hole in one scored on that particular hole. General Bathers’ (the commanding general of the Caribbean Antillies Command) wife, an avid golfer herself, painted a nice water color picture of my 14 year old brother’s feat….and it included the Puerto Rican caddie waving excitedly on the bridge. The picture still hangs in Brother’s home office.
  17. Samsung’s $15 Billion chip plant between Taylor & Hutto nearing completion. That has caused skyrocketing land prices locally, and is why we paid $311 to spend one night at the new Holiday Inn Express for Mrs. Brat’s Taylor Duck high school reunion a few weeks ago….
  18. Austin area?
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