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Changed my avatar...
« on: January 30, 2007, 01:58:18 AM »
As much as I like the pic of the old Buch going down, I got this one today and like it better for now.  grin

here's the big version...

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Re: Changed my avatar...
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2007, 03:01:20 AM »
I enjoyed the cool shot of the Oriskany (Essex-class carriers kick ass), but we all make choices!
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Re: Changed my avatar...
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2007, 05:34:17 AM »
DOGS RULE

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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2007, 05:37:25 AM »
Quote from: peteinct on January 30, 2007, 04:34:17 AM
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Zeke, that was an Adams class destroyer, but they kicked ass too! It'll be back, eventually.  grin
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Re: Changed my avatar...
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2007, 06:45:41 AM »
Do you have a bigger shot just for my interest?
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Re: Changed my avatar...
« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2007, 06:56:44 AM »
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Re: Changed my avatar...
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2007, 07:03:24 AM »
There is a barn on HWY 30 between Tama and Cedar Rapids, IA that has a big red wooden cut of Iowa that states "Stay Home Hillary" it has been up since 2004. I need to snap a picture of it the next time I travel that way.

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« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2007, 07:05:16 AM »
The area underneath the big hole in the fantail was where I worked
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« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2007, 07:08:18 AM »
A pic of her in better days...

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Re: Changed my avatar...
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2007, 07:33:50 AM »
"Intense."

There are some great, similar, shots of the USS Oriskany going down that -- in avatar size -- looked similar.  (I'd attach here if I knew how.)

My father's Vietnam carrier is preserved in NYC, and I've walked the decks of the USS Hornet and USS Lexington.  It is preferable that good ships meet good ends, but such doesn't always occur.

Damn.  Sad
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2007, 08:14:44 AM »
Well, her "final mission" was to help train todays Navy people so we're kinda proud of that.

You can read about it, it's a good story.  grin

http://sinkex.uss-buchanan-ddg14.org/
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