Jeep humor waiting room ( ** NO POLITICS ** )

[obwahn]

That is pretty funny. I'm on the Wikipedia page of the Lexington now. It took an hour and a half to execute abandon ship, and she was on an even keel when she finally sank an close to an hour and a half after the Captain stepped off the deck.

That's plenty of time for someone to raid the galley and grab some Ice Cream.

If memory serves they actually had to shoot her to get her to actually sink. A very gallant Lady for sure.

I have my Dad's license plate hanging in my workshop. Says LEX CV2.

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[Sean L]

If memory serves they actually had to shoot her to get her to actually sink. A very gallant Lady for sure.

I have my Dad's license plate hanging in my workshop. Says LEX CV2.

Yep, 5 torpedoes from the USS Phelps were used to scuttle her. She was originally a Battlecruiser so she was meant to take some serious hits.

That licence plate is pretty cool. I should get something like that.

 

[ResponsibleAdult]

And just what do the Canadians have to be thankful for?

Our awesome and humble neighbour.
You know, just like Scotland.

 

[ResponsibleAdult]

Let’s start with this.

This is such an awesome photoshop mashup.

:cwl:

Just so unnecessary though, when you have this:

 

[ResponsibleAdult]

Mornin Jeep Peeps! I'm waiting to hear from the home care service on whether or not they have located a temporary replacement for today. Seems our regular care giver has come down with shingles. UGH!

Sorry to hear that!

 

[obwahn]

Sorry to hear that!

Thanks RA, and good morning!

 

[ResponsibleAdult]

Thanks RA, and good morning!

Morning!!

Caught up now, time to go adult!!

 

[Sean L]

Our awesome and humble neighbour.
You know, just like Scotland.

Interesting that you compare us to Scotland lol, as North Carolina was largely settled by the Scots (Including my family on Father and Mother's side). There's lots of bagpipers here and we regularly hold Highland games.

 

[J.R. Quimby]

Good morning Jeeples! Big ol nasty appointment at the dealership for Jumper tomorrow because jeepers, 11,000 miles!? Poor boy is not only a haggered trail rig, but a wounded road warrior too! Not only did I break a muffler mount, there is a separate clunk when I start rolling in reverse So hopefully not too serious and while hes there, oil, air filter and tire rotation

 

[cedxc2005]

Allow me to retell his story that he always told us about her sinking during the Battle of the Coral Sea. I'll have to be honest that I'm not sure just how much of this is "sailor lore" and how much really happened.
So Lady Lex is sinking and the crew is ordered to abandon ship. There are other ships in the fleet near by to assist in recovering the sailors. According to dad, she was not in too bad of shape considering all the strikes she sustained, so he and who knows who else decided that they could go down to the mess hall and snag some ice cream while they waited to leave the ship. Mind you she's on fire and all that kinda good stuff. So, they get the ice cream and then station themselves on the flight deck and just sit there eating ice cream watching all kinds of crazy fools jumping into the ocean. Dad was determined to NOT get wet even tho he did know how to swim. Eventually some smaller ships come along side and there are cargo nets hanging down the side. Dad finally goes down the net and steps onto the deck of the rescue ship. Dry as can be.

Like I said, I have no reason to believe my dad was lying, but it is quite the tale. He never started telling this with the words "now this is no shit", cuz that is a true giveaway that the story you are about to hear is BS. So I have to assume truth.

 

[Sean L]

Good morning Jeeples! Big ol nasty appointment at the dealership for Jumper tomorrow because jeepers, 11,000 miles!? Poor boy is not only a haggered trail rig, but a wounded road warrior too! Not only did I break a muffler mount, there is a separate clunk when I start rolling in reverse So hopefully not too serious and while hes there, oil, air filter and tire rotation

wow, did the muffler mount break on a trail?

 

[J.R. Quimby]

wow, did the muffler mount break on a trail?

Yeah, I slammed the back end down hard off of a two foot tall rock shelf...

 

[Sean L]

wow! normally I don't get too upset over trail damage... but that was a good hit.

 

[J.R. Quimby]

wow! normally I don't get too upset over trail damage... but that was a good hit.

Gobs of approach angle, glided the middle over the shelf, but came up short on departure angle

 

[Sean L]

One thing I've noticed about Prime Minister Trudeau, he really dives in the deep-end of whatever he's doing.

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