Lighten the mood
- Thread starter rholbrook
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ID Bronco
Registered User
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- Idaho Falls, ID
I have personally experienced both uses for this exact bowl. I love it. This might belong in the "back in my day" thread.
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- Eagle Mountain, Utah
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- Bountiful, land of rocks
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- Bountiful, land of rocks
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- Bountiful, land of rocks
Thursty
Well-Known Member
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- Green River
Interesting story about Chinese spy balloon and a WWI ace and MOH recipient.
From Historia Obscurum FB page:
The recent bizarreness with U.S. Air Force jets shooting down a balloon this week made me think of this man, 2nd Lieutenant Frank Luke, Jr., an American fighter pilot during the First World War who received the Medal of Honor for shooting down 14 enemy observation balloons.
Apparently I wasn't the only one who made that connection because, according to U.S. Air Force General Glen D. VanHerck (Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command), the two flights of F-22 Raptor fighters sent to shoot down the balloon this week were given the call signs "Frank01" and "Luke01" after the World War 1 ace, who was nicknamed "The Arizona Balloon Buster."
During the First World War, observation balloons were a hazard because they gave the enemy a bird's-eye view of troop movements and helped guide artillery onto targets. Shooting them down saved lives on the ground.
Lieutenant Luke was shot down and killed near Murvaux, France, five weeks before the war's end. He was only 21 years old.
Luke Air Force Base in Arizona is named for him.
From Historia Obscurum FB page:
The recent bizarreness with U.S. Air Force jets shooting down a balloon this week made me think of this man, 2nd Lieutenant Frank Luke, Jr., an American fighter pilot during the First World War who received the Medal of Honor for shooting down 14 enemy observation balloons.
Apparently I wasn't the only one who made that connection because, according to U.S. Air Force General Glen D. VanHerck (Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command), the two flights of F-22 Raptor fighters sent to shoot down the balloon this week were given the call signs "Frank01" and "Luke01" after the World War 1 ace, who was nicknamed "The Arizona Balloon Buster."
During the First World War, observation balloons were a hazard because they gave the enemy a bird's-eye view of troop movements and helped guide artillery onto targets. Shooting them down saved lives on the ground.
Lieutenant Luke was shot down and killed near Murvaux, France, five weeks before the war's end. He was only 21 years old.
Luke Air Force Base in Arizona is named for him.
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- Grand Junction, CO
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- Vehicular limbo
I didn't come here to be called out like this.
I think our bowl was green. But it was totally that specific bowl.
glockman
I hate Jeep trucks
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- Pleasant Grove
We had the exact one pictured used for the same purposes.
johngottfredson
Threat Level Midnight
- Location
- Alpine
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- Bountiful, land of rocks
johngottfredson
Threat Level Midnight
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- Alpine
Zombie
Random Dead Guy
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- Sandy Utah
I can smell the offgassing from the tupperware plastic of that bowl.
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- The Land Northward (Bountiful), Utah
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- Grand Junction, CO
STAG
On my grind
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- Pleasant Grove
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- Grantsville, Utah
