I of course knew about the "jump the shark" but had never actually seen the scene.
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On this day in history.
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Trebuchet
Penultimate Amazing
It was the equinox, some year or other. Or so I believe. But not this year.
Axxman300
Philosopher
Happy Nathan Hale Day.
September 21, 1776 - Nathan Hale was captured while sailing Long Island Sound en route to American-controlled territory. He was executed the next day for spying.His last words before being hanged were purported to be "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country".
Today he'd blame Joe Biden.
September 21, 1776 - Nathan Hale was captured while sailing Long Island Sound en route to American-controlled territory. He was executed the next day for spying.His last words before being hanged were purported to be "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country".
Today he'd blame Joe Biden.
What's astonishing to me is that I can remember that advert for Jones sewing machines - they were still running it in the 70s!
Andy_Ross
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Jones were the British Singer.
They became part of Brother Industries in 1968 but a Brother machines were sold in to the 89s when they were renamed as Brother.
Brother overlockers and embroidery machines are probably the best you can buy.
When we lived in London Sue worked for Brother at their concession in John Lewis on Oxford Street.
There was one sewing machine department with several concessions. Staff were there to demonstrate the machines.
Jones were a big player in industrial machines and still are under the Brother name.
Jones would also badge their machines up with your own company name if you ordered a hundred or more.
They became part of Brother Industries in 1968 but a Brother machines were sold in to the 89s when they were renamed as Brother.
Brother overlockers and embroidery machines are probably the best you can buy.
When we lived in London Sue worked for Brother at their concession in John Lewis on Oxford Street.
There was one sewing machine department with several concessions. Staff were there to demonstrate the machines.
Jones were a big player in industrial machines and still are under the Brother name.
Jones would also badge their machines up with your own company name if you ordered a hundred or more.
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
Greatest hits?
Axxman300
Philosopher
On October 3, 1993, Operation Gothic Serpent had a bad day in Mogadishu.
After the second Blackhawk are shot down, snipers Gary Gordon, and Randy Shugart volunteered to be put on the ground to defend the crew with no guarantee of reinforcements.
The Pentagon and US Government moved on from this incident. The problem is Gothic Serpent marked a turn from the successful doctrine of limited and measured intervention that had made Panama and Desert Storm successful. There were few white-papers written about the 10/3 raid in military publications, and it wasn't until the book, Black Hawk Down , by Mark Bowden was publsihed, and later made into a movie directed by Ridley Scott that this battle received the attention it deserved. The problem was that Al Qaeda studied the 10/3 raid, and Saddam Hussein made Black Hawk Down required reading for his officers. Delta made massive changes in how missions were conducted, and how first aid was applied. USASOC spun up it's own intelligence unit (The Activity or Orange) because it no longer trusted the CIA to pass along information in a timely manner.
The "Big Army" responded by commissioning the Striker APC, expanding MOUT training, and updating first aid procedures. But there was little change in doctrine. This opened the door to our performance in Afghanistan, and Iraq. Gothic Serpent was a result in "Mission Creep" of Operation: Restore Hope. The US, with the UN, had been in Somalia far too long by that October in 1993, the White House had changed hands, and the Clinton Administration was looking for an easy answer to a complex problem.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
After the second Blackhawk are shot down, snipers Gary Gordon, and Randy Shugart volunteered to be put on the ground to defend the crew with no guarantee of reinforcements.
The Pentagon and US Government moved on from this incident. The problem is Gothic Serpent marked a turn from the successful doctrine of limited and measured intervention that had made Panama and Desert Storm successful. There were few white-papers written about the 10/3 raid in military publications, and it wasn't until the book, Black Hawk Down , by Mark Bowden was publsihed, and later made into a movie directed by Ridley Scott that this battle received the attention it deserved. The problem was that Al Qaeda studied the 10/3 raid, and Saddam Hussein made Black Hawk Down required reading for his officers. Delta made massive changes in how missions were conducted, and how first aid was applied. USASOC spun up it's own intelligence unit (The Activity or Orange) because it no longer trusted the CIA to pass along information in a timely manner.
The "Big Army" responded by commissioning the Striker APC, expanding MOUT training, and updating first aid procedures. But there was little change in doctrine. This opened the door to our performance in Afghanistan, and Iraq. Gothic Serpent was a result in "Mission Creep" of Operation: Restore Hope. The US, with the UN, had been in Somalia far too long by that October in 1993, the White House had changed hands, and the Clinton Administration was looking for an easy answer to a complex problem.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
Gulliver Foyle
Penultimate Amazing
Little did they know that they'd just have to wait 49 years and they'd find him elected leader of the Tories.