The Czickness LIII….CZing into the summer with friends near and far.

[Firehawk]

We haven't been since we got a new 'vette in 2004. Twenty years ago...wow... I got old...

Mine is the yellow one...

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Your brand new C5 is in the historical section of the museum now

 

[mcapo]

Your brand new C5 is in the historical section of the museum now

Glad to see you are volunteering for the position of "young punk" since "adult in the room" is still being contested.

 

[Firehawk]

They have a whole section of the Corvette museum dedicated to the 2014 sinkhole cave in. The sinkhole opened up to 30’x40’ hole inside the museum that swallowed 8 corvettes. They had several exhibits 3D mapping the sinkhole and how the cars landed. They pulled the cars and filled in the sinkhole with concrete. They left a window in the floor and a locked tunnel through the concrete so people can see the bottom of the sinkhole. The whole ordeal is mind blowing.

 

[MindfulMan]

One of you gangsters with a Sig P320 should pick this up !
Hogue makes good knives, and you'd be stylin'.

 

[DadSmith]

One of you gangsters with a Sig P320 should pick this up !
Hogue makes good knives, and you'd be stylin'.
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Does it stab you on its own?

 

[DadSmith]

Good morning INGO.
You all have a great day.

 

[wtburnette]

Morning all...

 

[patience0830]

Does it stab you on its own?

Only if you're a purple pachyderm.

 

[Born2vette]

 

[ditcherman]

Does it stab you on its own?

Ooohhhhh!! Shots fired!

(Yes, I just dropped my gun on the floor)

 

[rkwhyte2]

Morning

 

[Bennettjh]

Good Morning.

 

[bcannon]

Good morning fellas :bgoOJ:

 

[bcannon]

The new P10C came in last week and yesterday I finally installed the front NF sight, Apex trigger, and Talon grip. Back to my normal SNAFU. Yes it's set up identical to my first one but I like what I like.

 

[mcapo]

…but I like what I like.

Huh, never noticed….

 

[gmcttr]

Huh, never noticed….

He doesn't like loose loudeners though.

 

[mcapo]

He doesn't like loose loudeners though.

how about sloppy suppressors?

 

[bcannon]

how about sloppy suppressors?

Not fond of sloppy anything .. well maybe joes.

 

[bcannon]

He doesn't like loose loudeners though.

I truly despise loose loundeners.. they tend to cost me money..

 

[88E30M50]

Happy Memorial Day folks!

We will be toasting the memory of two uncles that gave all today. I've told their stories here in the past, so forgive me for repeating them. One of them was my grandmother's brother. He was christened Joseph Smith but everybody called him Bill. Nobody can remember why. He was a nice guy that loved to play the guitar. He served with the 47th Infantry and was severely wounded during the battles around Hurtgen Forest in November 1944. He rejoined his unit in January 1945 and continued fighting. In April 1945, he was killed in the battles around the Remagen Bridge over the Rhine.

The other family member is more distant and records are vague concerning his family connection. Anthony 'Tony' Piscitelli was from Brooklyn, NY. I'm told that the Piscitelli family in Brooklyn hailed from the town of Isernia in Italy. Isernia is where my family comes from as well, so we assume that Tony was a nephew of my grandfather. There were 15 children in my grandfather's family and we've had trouble tracking the family tree accurately. Tony was a fighter pilot with the 55th fighter group, flying P-38s with the 343rd fighter squadron. His aircraft was a P-38J coded CY-B. He flew with the 343rd from January 1944 until he was killed in April 1944. He was shot down by anti-airfraft fire while strafing the airfield of Columeres in France. Other members of his flight reported that after he was hit, he kept strafing at extremely low altitude until his aircraft crashed and burned just off of the airfield.

Both are remembered today. I encourage everyone to dig into their past to make sure that family members that gave all are not forgotten. Time passes but the sacrifice they made should not fade into history. It's as relevant today as it was when they made it.