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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:17:22 AM EST
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:19:47 AM EST
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USS South Dakota (BB-57) was the lead vessel of the four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, the South Dakotas were able to take advantage of a treaty clause that allowed them to increase the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns. However, congressional refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the Washington limit of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t). A requirement to be armored against the same caliber of guns as they carried, combined with the displacement restriction, resulted in cramped ships. Overcrowding was exacerbated by wartime modifications that considerably strengthened their anti-aircraft batteries and significantly increased their crews.
South Dakota saw extensive action during World War II; immediately upon entering service in mid-1942, she was sent to the south Pacific to reinforce Allied forces waging the Guadalcanal campaign. The ship was damaged in an accidental grounding on an uncharted reef, but after completing repairs she returned to the front, taking part in the Battle of Santa Cruz in October and the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November. During the latter action, electrical failures hampered the ability of the ship to engage Japanese warships and she became the target of numerous Japanese vessels, sustaining over two-dozen hits that significantly damaged her superstructure but did not seriously threaten her buoyancy. South Dakota returned to the United States for repairs that lasted into 1943, after which she was briefly deployed to strengthen the British Home Fleet, tasked with protecting convoys to the Soviet Union. In mid-1943, the ship was transferred back to the Pacific, where she primarily operated with the fast carrier task force, contributing her heavy anti-aircraft armament to its defense. In this capacity, she took part in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign in late 1943 and early 1944, the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign in mid-1944, and the Philippines campaign later that year. In 1945, she participated in the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and bombarded Japan three times. Following the end of the war in August 1945, she took part in the initial occupation of the country before returning to the United States in September. She later moved to the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, where she was laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until 1962, when she was sold for scrap.  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:28:43 AM EST
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S&W Model 57 N frame .41 Magnum. I’ve owned several of these
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:30:24 AM EST
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:36:00 AM EST
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:37:04 AM EST
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:38:38 AM EST
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:44:06 AM EST
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The Martin B-57 Canberra is an American-built, twin-engined tactical bomber and reconnaissance aircraft that entered service with the United States Air Force (USAF) in 1953. The B-57 is a license-built version of the British English Electric Canberra, manufactured by the Glenn L. Martin Company. Initial Martin-built models were virtually identical to their British-built twinjet counterparts; Martin later modified the design to incorporate larger quantities of US-sourced components and produced the aircraft in several variants.
The B-57 Canberra holds the distinction of being the first jet bomber in U.S. service to drop bombs during combat.[3] The Canberra was used extensively during the Vietnam War in a bombing capacity; specialised versions of the type were also produced and served as high-altitude aerial reconnaissance platforms (the Martin RB-57D Canberra), and as electronic warfare aircraft. The B-57 Canberra was also sold to export customers abroad; further combat use was seen by the Pakistani Air Force during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. In 1983, the USAF opted to retire the type; the B-57 Canberra's retirement marked the ending of the era of the tactical bomber. The three remaining flightworthy WB-57Fs are technically assigned to the NASA Johnson Space Center, next to Ellington Field in Houston, as high-altitude scientific research aircraft but have also been used for testing and electronic communications in the U.S. and Afghanistan. 403 total built.  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:44:59 AM EST
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:45:45 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: Morning Kitteh Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: Originally Posted By Panther1911: Meow:30 Morning Kitteh CD! |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:46:09 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By grywlf52: Morning y'all whores https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/43734/img_1_1694732542800_2_jpg-2956884.JPG Hello fellow feline enthusiast |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:49:21 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Panther1911: CD! How are you doing? Just put food out for critters and almost dinner for myself. |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:52:07 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: How are you doing? Just put food out for critters and almost dinner for myself. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: Originally Posted By Panther1911: CD! How are you doing? Just put food out for critters and almost dinner for myself. I'm ok. I need more sleep lol What's for dinner tonight? |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:54:24 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Panther1911: I'm ok. I need more sleep lol What's for dinner tonight? Don't know yet. |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:56:04 AM EST
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Im.tired
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:58:20 AM EST
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:59:38 AM EST
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Posted: 9/17/2023 8:59:56 AM EST
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Posted: 9/17/2023 9:01:33 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Freakinout: Im.tired Morning FnO, she wear you out? Headed to dinner. |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 9:10:02 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: Morning FnO, she wear you out? Headed to dinner. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: Originally Posted By Freakinout: Im.tired Morning FnO, she wear you out? Headed to dinner. Got a bit of a workout this morning too Having breakfast need nap What's happening |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 9:28:53 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Panther1911: I'm ok. I need more sleep lol What's for dinner tonight? Spaghetti |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 9:29:55 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Freakinout: Got a bit of a workout this morning too Having breakfast need nap What's happening Nothing at all today. Just cleaned and vacuumed room |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 9:35:48 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: Nothing at all today. Just cleaned and vacuumed room Good to have a day like that. I gotta clear out truck and clean it and get it reloaded before heading west early Wednesday |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:00:08 AM EST
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:00:32 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: M57 firing device for the M18 Claymore mine. aka: The Clacker https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/FF2172F0-9AAE-4866-8E86-3F6B88DD5890_jpe-2956952.JPG I see the light. I see the light. I see the light. |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:22:45 AM EST
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:23:00 AM EST
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:42:03 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: USS Washington (BB-56) was the second and final member of the North Carolina class of fast battleships, the first vessel of the type built for the United States Navy. Built under the Washington Treaty system, North Carolina's design was limited in displacement and armament, though the United States used a clause in the Second London Naval Treaty to increase the main battery from the original armament of nine 14 in (356 mm) guns to nine 16 in (406 mm) guns. The ship was laid down in 1938 and completed in May 1941, while the United States was still neutral during World War II. Her initial career was spent training along the East Coast of the United States until after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, bringing the United States into the war. Washington was initially deployed to Britain to reinforce the Home Fleet, which was tasked with protecting convoys carrying supplies to the Soviet Union. She saw no action during this period, as the German fleet remained in port, and Washington was recalled to the US in July 1942 to be refitted and transferred to the Pacific. Immediately sent to the south Pacific to reinforce Allied units fighting the Guadalcanal campaign, the ship became the flagship of Rear Admiral Willis Lee. She saw action at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of 14–15 November in company with the battleship USS South Dakota and four destroyers. After South Dakota inadvertently drew heavy Japanese fire by sailing too closely to Admiral Nobutake Kondō's squadron, Washington took advantage of the Japanese preoccupation with South Dakota to inflict fatal damage on the Japanese battleship Kirishima and the destroyer Ayanami, while avoiding damage herself. Washington's attack disrupted Kondō's planned bombardment of U.S. Marine positions on Guadalcanal and forced the remaining Japanese ships to withdraw. From 1943 onward, she was primarily occupied with screening the fast carrier task force, though she also occasionally shelled Japanese positions in support of the various amphibious assaults. During this period, Washington participated in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign in late 1943 and early 1944, the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign in mid-1944, and the Philippines campaign in late 1944 and early 1945. Operations to capture Iwo Jima and Okinawa followed in 1945, and during the later stages of the Battle of Okinawa, Washington was detached to undergo an overhaul, though by the time it was completed, Japan had surrendered, ending the war. Washington then moved to the east coast of the US, where she was refitted to serve as a troop transport as part of Operation Magic Carpet, carrying a group of over 1,600 soldiers home from Britain. She was thereafter decommissioned in 1947 and assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, where she remained until 1960 when she was stricken from the naval register and sold for scrap the next year. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/B31567C2-47D0-4DEB-809B-5D333193A564_jpe-2956801.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/C462F6C6-64F7-419A-9DDE-95B739919865_jpe-2956802.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/C91503D1-9E48-4808-9982-6C3AD7E8D9C7_jpe-2956803.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/1352929E-DB7F-4BB7-8DE7-DE10FD1815EE_jpe-2956804.JPG Superb. and good eveningMorn sloats One of the most famous fire support photos of the War, also in color film Her crews had mass wabols |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:43:02 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: S&W Model 56, 2" K frame model 15 made for the USAF. 15,000 made but ordered destroyed by Uncle. Only about 27 survive. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/30716142-8BE9-453D-9592-50CC73113157_jpe-2956805.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/2F67EA43-2E2C-46E6-A275-99513DA7B8C5_jpe-2956806.JPG Uncle can be a prick. Like the Paratrooper autoknives burned in 55 gallon drums... other than a few, hence COST today |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:43:40 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: The M56 "Scorpion" Self-Propelled Gun is an American unarmored, airmobile self-propelled tank destroyer, which was armed with a 90mm M54 gun with a simple blast shield, and an unprotected crew compartment. Manufacturer: Cadillac Motor Car Division of General Motors Produced: 1953–1959 No. built: 325 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/2569235D-348A-4D55-87DA-3E29ADCCCFCF_jpe-2956807.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/7643653D-970A-4737-8EB4-616995527EC1_jpe-2956808.JPG Chute it, Drop it, Fire it |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:44:03 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar (C-56) is a passenger transport aircraft of the World War II era. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/AC9912AA-138F-4607-8D71-9392DED6B0A6_jpe-2956809.JPG Jewel no denial |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:48:01 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/AB658DEF-A943-4F2C-8E41-315B4E40EB62_jpe-2956810.JPG FEMLIN, no Y chromosome clearly |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:48:22 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: Chinese Type 56 Carbine https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/BAE1EEAE-488F-4BD7-85B9-BF283FE7814B_jpe-2956811.JPG early 50's Red Stars |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:49:03 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/7B3721EF-E788-4304-810F-AF60D03BF20C_jpe-2956816.JPG her ass as Amelia Earhardt was epic |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:49:28 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/233C17E2-C837-45D6-A43E-064E8EDA5B28_jpe-2956820.JPG Stacked with Afterburners... |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:57:19 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: Marlin 56 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/52F62528-5311-4FDC-83D5-D19C64FD1F33_jpe-2956821.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/F6A6A45F-B752-4529-850B-8B7E82ABEC35_jpe-2956822.JPGhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/4B50EB7C-59E9-4510-A6C5-23C642EB273A_jpe-2956823.JPG These hundreds of photos elevate thread to a higher plane. Whether generic, copy/paste, personal experiences or historical, there are NONE wasted. They are studied, absorbed and admired, no one can Know All, See All, we need 'em! have done perhaps 100,000 War Posts, associated battles, actions, gear, lore, men and weapons on Land-Sea-Air-Undersea, just scratched the surface of the largest topic of all. |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:57:47 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/C084E48F-100D-4ABA-9DFA-D5C8C9AFDD99_jpe-2956824.JPG Well then! An MGD sammich, they're the breads |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:58:18 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/41F8E429-370A-414A-891D-6D6A85AB8C3A_jpe-2956825.JPG Too delicate for housework! Aye shall call her Mr. Prostitute! |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:58:34 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/EF83BE93-9F74-482C-9F2B-E38B8E6B7145_jpe-2956826.JPG A goodun |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:58:53 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/72A3ECFD-471D-4A97-86E2-F6FC612AF23E_jpe-2956827.JPG Yes.... the melons are crisp! |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:59:11 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/49244939-5577-4F8B-BF3B-CC8711451D42_jpe-2956828.JPG Meat on Bones Good |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 10:59:39 AM EST
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Quote HistoryDo ya remember the black leotard Showtime channel babes? |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 11:00:02 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Panther1911: Meow:30 
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Posted: 9/17/2023 11:00:30 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By grywlf52: Morning y'all whores https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/43734/img_1_1694732542800_2_jpg-2956884.JPG Reminds of a young Barbi B. |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 11:01:17 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WWIIWMD: Superb. and good eveningMorn sloats One of the most famous fire support photos of the War, also in color film Her crews had mass wabols Morning WMD |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 11:05:29 AM EST
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Quote HistoryAnother great peek at maritime war graveyard Frau pipes up last night "They found flagship Akagi!" that she should go from a standing start, adore learning WWII things and the good war movies 1939 and after, that kid is a keeper. Its older news but new to her and a treat to hear. |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 11:06:25 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/B47822DE-EBF8-4967-A0AE-C022697A11E7_jpe-2956890.JPG what... none are men identifying as fake women for mental disease or fraud? splendid! |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 11:06:54 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/409AFFD7-4310-43C4-BC69-513170161A1A_jpe-2956891.JPG Honey, you're in the sand, the whole beach is an ashtray... 
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Posted: 9/17/2023 11:11:27 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By WWIIWMD: Do ya remember the black leotard Showtime channel babes? Didn't watch showtime. |
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Posted: 9/17/2023 11:16:06 AM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/815099AD-1C3E-4DAD-B49C-7CD5616A00BB_jpe-2956894.JPG MM!? Fun Fact: a psycho bag o' female, Abortion Champ of the 1950's, she worked hard periodically to learn acting as she was self-conscious about her skills... even worked with Lawrence Olivier once (The Prince And The Showgirl) who observed her screen persona didn't need any lessons. She married icon Joe D, playwrite Arthur Miller, had demons on her demons... 
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