The Official Status Update Thread: Part 152 - Snowmageddon vs. Snowpocalypse

[mom45]

 

[Sylvain]

bonjour

Bonjour Madame.

 

[MrsGungho]

how are you Sylvain?

 

[MrsGungho]

Mom, how are you doing?

 

[Sylvain]

how are you Sylvain?

Hungry?

I just had a sandwich 5 minutes ago though.

 

[MrsGungho]

Hungry?

I just had a sandwich 5 minutes ago though.

I'm munching on chips and salsa... OMG the salsa is hot. From one of my favorite Mexican joints close to the house

 

[mom45]

Mom, how are you doing?

Okay but tired. Getting ready to call it a night. I hope your day wasn't too crazy.

 

[MrsGungho]

Okay but tired. Getting ready to call it a night. I hope your day wasn't too crazy.

crazy doesn't begin to describe it.

it's all good though

 

[mom45]

crazy doesn't begin to describe it.

it's all good though

Good to hear. I'm heading to bed...night.

 

[actaeon277]

DANG IT
DANG IT
DANG IT

I missed "Men of Honor".
At least I get to see the last 7 minutes. The best part.
Gooding and DeNiro.

 

[MrsGungho]

night mom

evening act

how ya doing?

 

[actaeon277]

oops. '

language warning. it is a navy movie. at least one curse

[video=youtube;QhCISxbO7rg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhCISxbO7rg[/video]

 

[actaeon277]

night mom

evening act

how ya doing?

Still lazing around

 

[actaeon277]

how are you mom?

 

[actaeon277]

oops. '

language warning. it is a navy movie. at least one curse

[video=youtube;QhCISxbO7rg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhCISxbO7rg[/video]

Nine! The Navy Diver is not a fighting man, he is a salvage expert.
Ten! If it is lost underwater, he finds it. If it's sunk, he brings it up. If it's in the way, he moves it.
Eleven! If he's lucky, he will die young, 200 feet beneath the waves, for that is the closest he'll ever get to being a hero. Hell, I don't know why anybody would want to be a Navy Diver. Now you report to this line, Cookie!

 

[MrsGungho]

been a busy, busy day.

some days you're just glad they came to an end

 

[MrsGungho]

I think I've seen that movie before

 

[actaeon277]

I think I've seen that movie before

I like to see movies about someone struggling and winning against the odds.

The story is based on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Brashear
Master Chief Petty Officer Brashear became a navy diver when only whites were navy divers. And he wasn't.
Navy Divers aren't like EOD or SEALS. They are salvage men. Hard and dangerous work. No glory.
It's a movie worth watching.
A story worth reading.

 

[actaeon277]

As if that wasn't hard enough, he lost his leg.
RECERTIFIED as a diver. That was the movie clip I showed.

NOTHING stopped him.


During the bomb recovery operations on March 23, 1966, a line used for towing broke loose, causing a pipe to strike Brashear's left leg below the knee, nearly shearing it off.[SUP][5][/SUP] He was evacuated to Torrejon Air Base in Spain, then to the USAF Hospital at Wiesbaden Air Base, Germany; and finally to the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. Beset with persistent infection and necrosis, his lower left leg was eventually amputated.
Brashear remained at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Portsmouth from May 1966 until March 1967 recovering and rehabilitating from the amputation. From March 1967 to March 1968, Brashear was assigned to the Harbor Clearance Unit Two, Diving School, preparing for return to full active duty and diving.[SUP][6][/SUP] In April 1968, after a long struggle, Brashear was the first amputee diver to be (re)certified as a U.S. Navy diver.[SUP][7][/SUP] In 1970, he became the first African-American U.S. Navy Master Diver, and served ten more years beyond that, achieving the rating of Master Chief Boatswain's Mate in 1971.[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][8][/SUP] Brashear was motivated by his beliefs that "It's not a sin to get knocked down; it's a sin to stay down" and "I ain't going to let nobody steal my dream".

 

[MrsGungho]

I like to see movies about someone struggling and winning against the odds.

The story is based on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Brashear
Master Chief Petty Officer Brashear became a navy diver when only whites were navy divers. And he wasn't.
Navy Divers aren't like EOD or SEALS. They are salvage men. Hard and dangerous work. No glory.
It's a movie worth watching.
A story worth reading.

yep, I have seen it. The story line was the trigger. The scene triggered some, just not enough


I am off Act

I need sleep.

have a good night