Skipper Duke

Hoss....you ought to be in Mensa!   

Here's a video about a decisive day near the start of World War II. British pilots, along with help from others from Poland, allies and Commonwealth nations, saw off the Luftwaffe and indefinitely postponed the German invasion of Britain. 

Among the commenters are actor/presenter Nicholas Parsons, former Member of Parliament Tony Benn, "Forces Sweetheart" Dame Vera Lynn, art critic Brian Sewell and comedy writer Jimmy Perry (who co-wrote the much-loved WWII sitcom 'Dad's Army' about the Home Guard). Some of them were young children at the time, and tell how their view of war went from excitement to horror, but also how a lot of mundane activities continued despite everything going on around them. There are also interviews with pilots and the people plotting the battles. 

This is "World War II: The 13 Hours That Saved Britain". It's 48 minutes long, but well worth it.
 

Enos mentions of couple of unseen Hazzardites in 'Enos Strate to the Top' when he's listing the important crimes he's solved: 

"All I could put down was rescuing Mrs. Finster's cat from a telephone pole and finding Abner Peabody's long-johns after the hurricane of '72."

I'd never heard of this before. Adrian IV, the only English pope, allegedly gave King Henry II permission to rule the island of Ireland, probably to impose Catholicism on the population. However, it's still debated as to whether the papal decree ever existed.

Yummy! 😋 

We used to take Buttermilk and make biscuits from scratch. You put in the flour,  and mix in all the ingredients and some Buttermilk and....WOW! A great tasting biscuit....like sausage and biscuits, etc.....

Do you mean biscuits as in biscuits and gravy, because if you do we don't have them here. They seem to be a US and Canada thing. The nearest we have are scones, which tend to be sweet and often contain dried fruit. What we call biscuits are what you guys call cookies.

Same here! That's how I came to like it. In second grade the teacher asked who likes Buttermilk and everybody's like ugh! ...and I was the only one to raise my hand!

The more I see it....the more jealous I get! LOL!  ...you got it good cousin!!  

try it like that for biscuits....it's great!

I've only ever bought buttermilk for making soda bread, and I haven't done that for a few years.

Not many people are into buttermilk anymore. My grandma liked it and always had some in her fridge. 

I'm a buttermilk guy myself.  

All of my photos on here are posted using an external image hosting site. There are many to choose from, and most offer a limited amount of free hosting.

I got some more great pictures of the boars nest, plus the General Lee got to check it all out  unfortunately I can’t post the photos as it says the size is too large.
@Meadowmufn y'all got your ears on? Should I add them to an external url or my photo album on here?  
 
Also big news, big news. Not sure if shared this yet but found myself a girlfriend and she’s actually joined this site. Trying to get her into Hazzard, one jump at a time.
 
Yee Haw!  

No problem Roger, always happy to share. It’s honestly a pretty good place to hang, country music playin, cold beer, (soda if you don’t drink) and some great people. 
 
Sounds a lot like Hazzard don’t it? 
 
- Tom 

Never ended up getting that cold because we never had real high winds. Looks like the big storm is done. Hopefully that will be the last one of the winter but probably not. 

You started it, Hobie. It's here.

We've had another week of rain here, although not too bad where I live. I don't think I've ever been close to experiencing wind chills of -30F (that's about -34.5C).

At least you've got the coolest day of the year to look forward to - cool!

come on down to the lord's country and you wont have that problem! If it gets 30 degrees, we're concerned! It's unbearable!!

Could have wind chills as low as 30 below zero tomorrow. I'm so lucky to have a wood stove in the basement. That way our pipes won't freeze if we lose electric. Supposed to be the coolest day in 3 years. 

It was a rough January. The weekend is supposed to be bad here on Lake Erie but a major warm up is on the way for the entire eastern US! Yeeehaww! 

Wow! 😮 

I've mentioned a few British shows that have been remade in the US, but here's a little video listing several more. There's even a cheeky Dukes reference halfway through.
 

I think something like 30 people have died so far in Tennessee. NES ( Nashville Electric Service) was  not able to keep up with the damage to the lines and a lot of people lost power. Some haven't had any power or heat for right at 2 weeks! The governor is even stepping into it! NES is in some deep...  Rhubarb Pie!