It’s the Season of Giving
It’s not going to end well. She’s about to snag her stockings on the train tracks and get a run!
Bullet Points:
** (The Bee) U.S. — The thousands of babies alive today because of the Dobbs ruling have apologized to Republicans for contributing to their lackluster midterm results.
“We are so sorry that our not being murdered may have cost Republicans a few seats in the House,” said the babies in a joint statement. “We know it can’t make up for it, but perhaps ten thousand children escaping a violent death will somehow ease the blow.”
** Stop complaining about your crappy life. There are people literally living in California.
** (REPORT) Cost of Illegal immigration is greater than the annual gross domestic product of 15 States.
** Housekeeping Stats – total comments on Virtual Mirage (historical) are approaching 125,000. Thank you.
When the She-Devil was a newer Machine
In the Days of Fighting Sail
Time
During the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, the standard time zones were in the future. All times were local, which made time at sea difficult.
The sea day began at noon – defined as the time when the sun reached its highest point in the sky. Unlike today, this time was always midway between sunrise and sunset or, at a ship’s speed, so close to midway between sunrise and sunset that it made no practical difference.
The Midshipmen try to determine noon with the help of their octants.- Master and Commander
Daylight saving time or meridian shift did not yet exist. Sunrise and sunset at sea occur when the center of the sun is six degrees below the horizon. For the man on the lookout, dawn began when he could spot a greylag goose, gull, or other landmark, such as a rock or something else, at a distance of one nautical mile.
The Duffle Coat
It gets cold, and that was also a big problem on the Navies’ ship. There were large overcoats, but these were mainly for the officers. The ordinary sailors also had warm jackets but nothing resembling an overcoat, so the duffle coat came into play at the end of the 19th century.
Sailors of HMS King George V in WW1 in warm Duffle Coats
The most widespread myth about the origins of the duffle is that the coat is of Belgian origin. The Belgian town of Duffel in the province of Antwerp was known in the 15th century as a cloth-making town that exported its fabrics throughout Europe. The “duffel” fabric itself was a black, coarse woolen fabric, after which the duffle coat was named, but it was never made in the city that gave it its name, nor was it made from duffel fabric. It was probably initially English wool that was used for it.
Many claim that the English borrowed the Belgian term to create the duffle coat as we know it today. In 1820, John Partridge, a British outerwear merchant, began designing and offering the duffle coat for sale. At that time, it looked very different from today, although it was already equipped with the characteristic wooden buttons as the Polish frock coat, the so-called Bekiesza, inspired it.
Walter Luyken as corporation Student in Bonn (Germany) wearing a Bekiesza, 1928/29
A few years later, in the 1890s, the Royal British Navy was looking for a hard-wearing, seaworthy coat, so the British Admiralty commissioned the duffle coat, which proved to be a great success and was worn on military ships all over the world from then on. Just like the modern duffle coat, it was fitted with a hood and a horizontal toggle fastening. Of course, there were no pockets on a coat back then, and it was cut tighter than the bulky cut of the British navy, but there is still a great similarity.
No Guess Required
The A7M Reppu – A Japanese fighter developed in the mid-1940s by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Development of the aircraft began as early as 1942 when the IJN realized they would need a new aircraft to replace the A6M Zero, as it was quickly becoming obsolete. The new aircraft would need to be faster and better armed while also retaining the Zero’s outstanding maneuverability. They finished the aircraft in 1944, but the Japanese industry was already at its limit. Only nine A7M aircraft were built.
Identify the Aircraft
1
2
125 of these aircraft were produced
3
It might be tough to ID. Surly is an AI, so maybe not. 11 were produced, and it was an operational military aircraft.
4
33 were produced.
Hint: VF-5A flew these aircraft.
Number 4 is an FJ-1 Fury
Number 3 is a Gotha G2
German bomber
#3 No. Hint: Not German
Identify the Aircraft:
1. Mitsubishi G4M Betty
2. Mitsubishi B5M Mabel
3. Mitsubishi 3MT5
4. North American FJ-1 Fury
Excellent
Back in the day, when women stayed home and kept house, and housework was done without machines, a gift of a vacuum, washing machine or anything that lessened the daily load, was highly appreciated. Though the best gift in those days was a maid/ cook.
Larry, when you take a lady like the She-Devil out, you need to dress the part. She deserves the respect. I’m thinking black leathers would be appropriate.
Black leather, Old Glory on the right shoulder and a red bandanna are a must. She-Devil deserves respect!
Oh, brother.
The Ducati riders that I encountered in Southern California (ripping along all of the twisty Ducati roads there) looked homosexual in their leathers. No, not for me. I take my own road.
You have no need to dress like Billy Bad Ass?
Gucci leathers. God help us all.
Perhaps this Christmas gift would make her happier.
https://www.americas1stfreedom.org/media/woxldtlg/357.jpg
A 1911 with a suppressor? What you don’t want to wake the kids?
Let ’em sleep.
X2
A womonpersyn with a discernible waist?
How dare you promulgate unrealistic and harmful body images? How DARE you!
Today womyn like being portrayed by tranny men who are voted Woman Of The Year or by ample POCs. I can’t deny that. They seem to prefer high-estrogen beta males as well. Good for them.
Some of them even wore codpieces under their leathers. I don’t want to ride in that sort of company or be associated with them.
I like the one armed posture.
That’s how I shoot.
The two buttheads meme is epic! I’ll never be able to unsee that
There’s another around with Brandon as Butthead. Just imagine it so you won’t have to see it.
Hunter Biden makes a fine butthead, too…just saying.
What an excellent closing infographic.
Nice She Devil photo. Must go faster!