THE THREAD!!!

[Dixie]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,


I prefer Irish beer to English ale... [:D]


Leo "Apollo11"

West Country cider.

[Dixie]

I spent today working with a veteran of the aerial ops above Dieppe and Normandy. [8D]

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Watched it on German television, and the commentator kept referring to Gdansk as Danzig and Lviv as Lemberg. I was under the impression that those names went out of style in 1945, but not in Germany, it seems...[:-]

This isn't necessary what you might initially think... [;)]

In Europe many places in different countries have old names referred even now!

For example "Vienna" in Austria is called "Bec" in Croatia and "Dunaj" in Slovenia (both Croatia and Slovenia lived in Austrian-Hungarian Empire for centuries) - at the same time "Ljubljana" in Slovenia is called "Laibach" in German and "Zagreb" in Croatian is called "Agram" in German...


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: Dixie

I spent today working with a veteran of the aerial ops above Dieppe and Normandy. [8D]

Nice Martin! [:)]


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Last night on Euro 2012:

Portugal vs. Czech Republic: 1:0


Portugal advances on...


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Tonight on Euro 2012:

Germany vs. Greece: 4:2


Germany advances on...


Leo "Apollo11"

[BrucePowers]

I have not told you guys where I went on vacation this year, so.....

Guess the fort.

[DuckofTindalos]

Fort Holy Crap That's A Big Photo?

[Nikademus]

Fort Jefferson!

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

I have not told you guys where I went on vacation this year, so.....

Guess the fort.

Bricks'r'us? [;)]


Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Control!


Leo "Apollo11"

[BrucePowers]

Would you believe I cut it to 4 x 6 and 876 KB? i will try better with the next one.

[BrucePowers]

Ok Smart aleck[:D]. What was the purpose of this structure?

[BrucePowers]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

I have not told you guys where I went on vacation this year, so.....

Guess the fort.

Bricks'r'us? [;)]


Leo "Apollo11"

According to the National Park Service, there are 16 million bricks in Fort Jefferson.

[Nikademus]

powder magazine.

Fort Andrews had a similar structure within it's high walls. It was used to store ready ammo.

[BrucePowers]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

powder magazine.

Fort Andrews had a similar structure within it's high walls. It was used to store ready ammo.

No. Take another guess.

[Nikademus]

BBQ smokehouse. Kansas City style.

[BrucePowers]

Fort Jefferson is located in the Dry Tortugas, 70 miles west of Key West, FL. It is a 2 1/2 hour boat ride. The island is called Garden Key which is funny since there is no fresh water in the Dry Tortugas.

[BrucePowers]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

BBQ smokehouse. Kansas City style.

Think WOODEN SHIPS.

[BrucePowers]

Or ships made out of log[:D]