Pacific Slope

Engineer, train nerd, and history buff.

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@johnkonrad Have you read "Price of Glory" by Alistair Horne? Highly recommend it if you have not.

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Pyrocumulus cloud, forming from a fire near the Great Salt Lake. Seen from southeast. @SLCScanner

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@TwoRulesOfWar The salvage of the port of Massawa as described by Edward Ellsberg in his book Under The Red Sea Sun. Great story of can-do on a shoestring soon after Pearl Harbor.

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This photographer captures some truly amazing photos. Well worth a follow.

[Dan the Man @danschyk]

Lake Louise

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@ClayTravis He's a clown. Check out his "reporting" during the 2002 WInter Olympics.

[Brightline @GoBrightline]

Introducing the Freedom Express Train. 🇺🇸🚄

In partnership with @America250, this special 10-coach train celebrates 10 defining moments in U.S. history as we head toward America’s 250th anniversary in 2026.

From the Declaration of Independence to one small step on the moon, this train is a moving tribute to the moments that shaped our nation and the connections that keep us moving forward.

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@TomcatJunkie You're going to get him killed.

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@cosmopterix Even better, as Gandalf.
(Look up his scenes as Marc Antony from Julius Caesar.)

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@OliverJia1014 You can occasionally find them them in US grocery stores, sold by Meiji as "Chocorooms."
Haven't seen the bamboo shoot versions.

[Railfan & Railroad Magazine @railfanmag]

The fate of Yakima, Washington’s famed interurban railroad will be the subject of a city council meeting on January 20 https://t.co/qb9T5M8s5x

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@LandsknechtPike Any idea how much they would acquire locally? Or did that garrison bring everything in?

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@AandGShow
"It's the lack of appreciating the irony that offends me."

*That* needs to be on a T-shirt.

[John R Bruning @JohnRBruning]

One day last December, I went down into my film archive in search of footage that might show some of the men I'd written about in Fifty-Three Days on Starvation Island. I found a Marine Corps reel from 1943 that did exactly that. I sat stunned, watching this footage of Henderson Field, the planes and pilots of VMSB-232 and VMF-223. It shows the ruggedness of the conditions that August, how bombs were dispersed, the ways the ground crews worked on their aircraft, and some of the flight operations.

Happy 250th Marines. Here's some of that remarkable footage:

[Marcus Cribb @mcribbHistory]

Happy St Crispin's day to all who celebrate it.

Agincourt, 25 Oct 1415

"...we in it shall be remembered
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me, Shall be my brother..."

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@walterkirn The political leadership determines the length of the war, not the weapons.

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@LadyDemosthenes I recommend Weathering With You and Suzume by the same director as well.

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@gran1te_mtn How about Bullitt?

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@OscarVReuenthal He is absolutely hilarious in Maverick.

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@planefag What's your scenario?
Just perusing Wikipedia, it looks like her longest operational deployment was around 4-5 days.
So, I would guess combat deployment would be around 7 days. Not because of physical limitations, but they didn't have experience with longer missions.

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@TwoRulesOfWar @TrickettRobert https://t.co/CwBJNcvMFo

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@TwoRulesOfWar @TrickettRobert https://t.co/ii3PMlIHNY