One Hundred Years Ago

[WOTR]

BBC News - German WWI wreck Scharnhorst discovered off Falklands
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-50670743

Ok, 105 years ago, but still a cool find.  The Battle of the Falklands Islands was the first major naval victory for the Royal Navy since Trafalgar.

It looked remarkably intact for a century under salt water. It also looked like a really heavy duty hull from the "before" picture...

[Rix Gins]

The great science and sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov was born on this day 100 years ago.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov

[Rix Gins]

https://youtu.be/dLG6OCtbu8A

[Kidnostad3]

Good to see you posting again Rix.

[Dr. MD MD]

https://youtu.be/dLG6OCtbu8A

Apparently, early cars including the Model T were designed to run on any old fermentation until Rockefeller got involved. He was the main funder of the Temperance League. He wanted alcohol banned because it was competing with his investment in petroleum and he didn’t believe in competion, only in eliminating it. I saw a decent video on this awhile ago but I can’t find it right now. It might have been someone on Rogan who laid out the historical case for this theory.

[Dr. MD MD]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q0qcDn5ePI

[swordpoint9]

Damn Haven't been here in that many Years . Hope all is well Folks.

[Rix Gins]

Good to see you posting again Rix.

Thanks, Kid.

[Rix Gins]

Recorded on January 19, 1920.

https://youtu.be/tIpFsThBYlM

[Rix Gins]

Bones was born 100 years ago today.

https://youtu.be/_K5a5m386ps

[Rix Gins]

January 21, 1920.  Public Domain

[Rix Gins]

January 22, 1920.  Public Domain

[Rix Gins]

January 23, 1920.  Public Domain

[Rix Gins]

January 24, 1920.  Public Domain

[Rix Gins]

January 25, 1920.  Public Domain

[Rix Gins]

January 26, 1920.  Public Domain

[WOTR]

Bones was born 100 years ago today.

https://youtu.be/_K5a5m386ps

Nice to see this thread getting a bit of love again. I really did not think he was that old...

[Rix Gins]

Nice to see this thread getting a bit of love again. I really did not think he was that old...

Interesting to note that DeForest Kelley got his start playing in westerns, among them, the 1957 film, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.  One of the final episodes in the original Star Trek had him playing as outlaw Tom McLaury, one of the Clanton gang, who fought it out at the original OK Corral.  The episode was called Spectre of the Gun.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_of_the_Gun     

[Rix Gins]

https://youtu.be/hfnFerJjWr0

[Rix Gins]

January 27, 1920.  Public Domain

[Rix Gins]

January 28, 1920.  Public Domain

[Rix Gins]

Gasoline Alley.  January 29, 1920.  Public Domain

[pate]

Something inexplicably tells me that Fred enjoyed Gasoline Alley!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc77Vlb-yAE

Apogees, Rix!

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[Rix Gins]

Something inexplicably tells me that Fred enjoyed Gasoline Alley!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc77Vlb-yAE

Apogees, Rix!

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No apogees necessary, pate.

[Rix Gins]

A professional wrestling match exactly 100 years ago.   The match was filmed by pioneer cinematographer Freeman Harrison Owens, and is currently the oldest surviving film of a professional wrestling match.  I advise fast forwarding to the fifteen minute mark, when the footage becomes a little easier to view.  Earl Caddock vs Joe Stecher.  Stecher won the match.


https://youtu.be/18wMsQsLMGI

[Rix Gins]

January 30, 1920.  Public Domain

[WOTR]

https://youtu.be/hfnFerJjWr0

Cool footage. Not a single hard hat to be found. Beams wrapped with a strap and an open "S" hook. No high visibility vests.

[pate]

A professional wrestling match exactly 100 years ago.   The match was filmed by pioneer cinematographer Freeman Harrison Owens, and is currently the oldest surviving film of a professional wrestling match.  I advise fast forwarding to the fifteen minute mark, when the footage becomes a little easier to view.  Earl Caddock vs Joe Stecher.  Stecher won the match.

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https://youtu.be/18wMsQsLMGI

An ARMY/NAVY match, go ARMY...  doh!

[pate]

What is it about the "Gasoline Alley" comic that reminds me of the "Zippy the {zika-virus baby}" comic?



Nautical Shore...

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[Rix Gins]

January 31, 1920.  Public Domain