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« Reply #826 on: July 06, 2022, 09:55:25 AM »
did all the elephants get out alive???
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« Reply #827 on: July 06, 2022, 10:15:16 AM »
This one probably did:


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« Reply #828 on: July 06, 2022, 10:41:12 AM »
I made a D in freshman chemistry.
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« Reply #829 on: July 06, 2022, 10:43:31 AM »
weird
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« Reply #830 on: July 06, 2022, 10:54:09 AM »
I made an A in freshman chemistry at UT.  My high school chemistry teacher was a bad-arse, and college chemistry was much easier. 

  
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« Reply #831 on: July 06, 2022, 10:57:08 AM »
I had two years oif chem in HS and placed out of the first quarter at UGA, which probably was a mistake.  It was not like HS.
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« Reply #832 on: July 06, 2022, 11:09:40 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 06, 2022, 10:57:08 AM
I had two years oif chem in HS and placed out of the first quarter at UGA, which probably was a mistake.  It was not like HS.
Yeah I specifically chose not to place out of chemistry, because I wasn't certain how much more/less advanced the college course was, and I didn't want to miss something that I might need later.  Turned out okay for me because it was an easy A, and those became VERY hard to come by as I advanced through the electrical engineering curriculum toward my degree.

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« Reply #833 on: July 06, 2022, 02:27:29 PM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1775
July 06
Congress issues a “Declaration on the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms”
On July 6, 1775, one day after restating their fidelity to King George III and wishing him “a long and prosperous reign” in the Olive Branch Petition, Congress sets “forth the causes and necessity of their taking up arms” against British authority in the American colonies. The declaration also proclaimed their preference “to die free men rather than live as slaves.”



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« Reply #834 on: July 06, 2022, 10:04:10 PM »
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-story-of-robert-lee-scott-the-p-40-pilot-who-waged-a-one-man-war-against-imperial-japan-and-became-avg-commander-when-the-unit-became-the-23rd-fighter-group/


Flying Tigers: From AVG to 23rd Fighter Group.
On Jul. 4, 1942, the American Volunteer Group (AVG), which had achieved worldwide fame as the “Flying Tigers” officially ceased to be. Instead, the newest Fighter Group in the US Army Air Force (USAAF) was established, with a small cadre of AVG pilots providing a core for the unit while it stood up as a combat unit. The vast majority of AVG pilots had already left, including Greg Hallenbeck/Boyington. Others had stuck things out till their year long contracts had expired. A few agreed to remain to help the new unit gain the benefit of their hard-won experience. They had retreated from Burma, seeing that corner of the British Empire fall, yet remaining intact as a unit despite the inevitable losses they had taken.
The behind-the-scenes machinations of various commands to take over the AVG is beyond the scope of this account, suffice to say it was a strategic matter discussed at the highest levels of US Military command. In many ways the AVG was embarrassment to the Military. Ostensibly Civilian, yet with higher pay than the military, the AVG had managed to achieve some of the only combat Victories scored by US Flying forces. Now that the war was over 6 months old, they remained an anomaly, a unit of Civilians in a War fought by a nation mobilizing its resources and people to fight around the world. The sooner they were inducted as a regular unit, the better.
Unfortunately, this pragmatic command view from Washington failed to take into account realities on the ground, where Major General Clayton Bissell and Brigadier General Claire Chennault clashed over control over a unit which at peak strength prewar never numbered more than a single Pursuit Group. Regarded prewar as a Maverick who refused to toe the Air Force’s Party Line that Bombing was the wave of the future, the hierarchy of the Air Force was now able to impose its will and induct the AVG into its organization. Unfortunately, General Bissell managed to alienate the pilots in his new command to such an extent by threatening to draft them upon their return home, that the vast majority left in disgust.
[img width=730 height=589.475 alt=The story of Robert Lee Scott, the P-40 pilot who waged a one-man war against Imperial Japan and became AVG commander when the unit became the 23rd Fighter Group]https://theaviationgeekclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/P-40s.jpg[/img]Famous En Echelon photo taken by AVG Pilot RT Smith, showing the 3rd Pursuit Squadron of the AVG, nicknamed the “Hells Angels” after the famous Howard Hughes film, something which inspired many of these future fighter pilots when they were kids fascinated by flight.[/size][/color]

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« Reply #835 on: July 06, 2022, 10:14:25 PM »
I enjoyed Chem Lab in college.  Chem, not so much.  But the lab was at like 8pm.  Made for long days.
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« Reply #836 on: July 07, 2022, 11:01:33 AM »
Alan Reed, Fred
Jean Vander Pyl, Wilma
Bea Benaderet, Betty
Mel Blanc, Barney, Dino and many others..


May be an image of 3 people, people standing and text
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« Reply #837 on: July 07, 2022, 03:55:23 PM »
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« Reply #838 on: July 07, 2022, 06:47:52 PM »
Not sure if the Niekro's thru over 65mph
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« Reply #839 on: July 08, 2022, 07:18:56 AM »
Joe threw around 70 mph, abouut a HS fastball on average.
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