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Thursday, October 24, 2024

Away Message....29 Hour Notice....

 

 

  Sooner or later it was going to happen.  I have the opportunity to get away for a long weekend

up North.  Things have been very busy and I ran out of runway this week as far as posting.

I will let you all down easy with a 29 hour notice the FFFF will not be posting for the first time

in many week.

 

Now that you're done b.inge sad and pouting, I promise to make it up to you.

 

Thanks for being there and being fans of the blog.

 

It means a lot!

 

I just need a retreat.

 

Stay safe, I'll be lurking when I can.

 

Irish

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

UPDATED: From Kiel to Kwajalein

          H/T to reader John who sent a link to a very good article with lots of good information and photos pertaining to the USS Prinz Eugen .  LINK           


                                   The German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen at Boston Harbor 1946

The ship was laid down in 1936. In May of 1941, with the Bismarck, sank the mighty HMS Hood. The ship saw extensive service during WW2 and near the end of the war Prinz Eugen was used in assisting with the transport of German soldiers from the bad side of 'ol Mother Russia. Surrendered in May of 1945, the heavy cruiser eventually ended up being manned by a crew of 600 Germans and 88 Americans and sailed to Boston. From there the ship was used in early atomic tests near the Bikini Atol. Read more of about ship and its naval history, click  HERE and HERE.





Tuesday, October 22, 2024

IYKYK…

 


"Why show them any compassion?"

 

Birmingham Mass Shooting Suspect Appears In Chilling Documentary

This is a follow up to a story from a few weeks ago when a shooting occurred outside an "establishment" in downtown Birmingham where four people were shot and killed and another seventeen wounded. The video was in the STORY. Look for bias as these two sources are as left leaning as sources appear. If nothing else, take heed before visiting the "Magic City". This window into a darkness that people seem to ignore or at least chose to tolerate cannot be camouflaged. Do this necessary prep work. There will be an exam.

                                                 
                                                                       




Friday, October 18, 2024

Friday Femme Fatale Farrago.... Perfecting Landing Spot For The End Of The Week.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

(H/T to RK for the gif)

 

 

Reader Submitted Photo of Comet Tsuchinshan and a couple others from social media.

  

A fan of the blog sent this note earlier :

Hi Irish, 

I shot photos of the comet on M,Tu,Wed evenings..... It was barely visible to the naked eye and faded away in less than an hour. Having a nearly full super moon shining brightly didn't help either. 

This particular photo was shot at 6:44 pm PDT 10/15/24 at 1.3 sec exposure, ISO 5000 at F/4 using a Nikon 600mm F/4E lens and a Nikon Z9 camera. 

I am located in the California foothills at about 2100' elevation.  CW


 
 

 Beautiful! CW. Thanks!!



Speaking of comets,
Early today I found these on the book of face.....  surveillance social media site...... there are some funny people out there...
Irish













Thursday, October 17, 2024

Tsuchinshan Comet

We had been seeing it off and on but decided to ride to this vista last night about eight o'clock. It was dark but the photo looks as if it was taken at twilight. The comet was not visible to the naked eye for me, but as seen in the photo below, there was plenty of light for the comet to be captured by an IPhone camera. I could see it with binoculars too.