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Armybrat

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  1. The RAF pilot’s story: RIP Alan Pollock, RAF Hawker Hunter pilot who in 1968 famously flew through Tower Bridge in protest at defence cuts. This ended up being his last flight as an RAF pilot and ended his Air Force career. It is now the stuff of Legend. Rest in peace Sir, we salute you. The first time I heard the Alan Pollock Hunter story was from a friend who was working as a RAF flight line mechanic at West Raynham on the day this happened 57 years ago. As the pilots landed they were arrested by RAF police who were initially unsure who the culprit was. The last pilot to land was Alan Pollock who arrived in style with an inverted low pass over the hangars. He also happened to have an AA street map of London in the cockpit. Well and truly busted out the RAF 'the Tower Bridge Incident' has gone down as a legendary piece of RAF history. Interesting fact not often mentioned about the incident, the 1 Squadron ground crew at Tangmere who dispatched the aircraft packed toilet roles behind the airbrake at Flt Lt Pollock’s request so he could drop them over Parliament! He buzzed the Houses of Parliament creating a mini-sonic boom just as MPs were debating the problem of aircraft Jet noise!
  2. Bitcoin Korth - preorder for only $84,000…..
  3. Probably drank up all their inventory.
  4. Arlo Guthrie 2.0? Made me laugh though….
  5. One of my parents’ friends from Fort Worth (a TCU grad) was talking quite a bit 60 years ago about Kerrville being a great place to retire. It had that reputation then. One of my nephews (a UT grad) recently retired from the Kerrville PD with about 35 years service. He was the tallest cop on the force. He lives out of town in the county somewhere. His handcuffs were well acquainted with Johnny Foosball.
  6. US firearms manufacturing numbers - (long report): https://shootingindustry.com/discover/u-s-firearms-industry-today-report-2025/
  7. That was in 1968 and the pilot who did it and got into trouble for it, has just passed away
  8. Some of us don’t hang at the same level as others.
  9. Like the German pilot a few years ago in Europe.
  10. My Brit friend was very impressed with it when he visited there last year.
  11. 196 1969….when I still could.
  12. Mea culpa.
  13. Interesting article about the 50 year history of the North American Arms Mini revolvers. https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/wheelgun-wednesday-fifty-years-of-hideout-guns-44821585 And just what fer…to help illustrate it, the Minis I bought over the past 35 years:
  14. Yes it did. Coaches got a lot of well deserved grief too.
  15. Why, over a small potatoes thing?
  16. What, no OU (sucks)?
  17. Like yesterday to me.
  18. My cheapo 50% off 15 year old $40 Seiko watch works just fine. Mrs.Brat can weat the bling….
  19. They did well in Austin 26 years ago…. Final) 1999 University of Texas Football North Carolina State vs Texas (Aug 28, 1999 at Austin, Texas) North Carolina State (1-0) vs. Texas (0-1) Date: Aug 28, 1999 Site: Austin, Texas Stadium: Royal-Memorial Attendance: 82252 Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score ----------------- -- -- -- -- ----- North Carolina State 7 2 0 14 - 23 Texas............... 10 7 0 3 - 20 Scoring Summary: 1st 10:04 UT - Applewhite, Major 2 yd run (Stockton, Kris kick) NCSTATE 0 - UT 7 07:42 UT - Stockton, Kris 48 yd field goal NCSTATE 0 - UT 10 04:50 NCSTATE - Robinson, R. 25 yd run (Passingham, K. kick) NCSTATE 7 - UT 10 2nd 06:03 NCSTATE - Leak, E. safety NCSTATE 9 - UT 10 04:31 UT - Ike, Victor 80 yd pass from Applewhite, Major (Stockton, Kris kick) NCSTATE 9 - UT 17 4th 12:01 NCSTATE - Scott, T. 25 yd blocked punt return (Barnette, J. pass failed) NCSTATE 15 - UT 17 07:28 UT - Stockton, Kris 26 yd field goal NCSTATE 15 - UT 20 03:06 NCSTATE - Leak, E. 35 yd blocked punt return (Coleman, C. pass from Barnette, J.) NCSTATE 23 - UT 20
  20. 20 other relatives were in on this 240 acre mineral tit. 3 sold their shares years ago, the rest of us are in for the long haul. 1 was in jail somewhere but can’t be found now.
  21. That certainly would create a Critical Mass situation.
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