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Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:02 pm
by tjmurphy
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:11 am
by jerryd6818
A fellow Marine made this and sent it to me. You can't tell from the picture but the stripes stand proud of the background. The crossed rifles feel like a decal. Pretty doggone cool. Had I made Sergeant before I got out, I would have had to find a different place to hang it because it sure wouldn't have fit there.

Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:16 am
by tjmurphy
Pretty cool Jerry

Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:51 am
by orvet
Cool Jerry!
I never made Sgt either, but the Corps doesn't promote very well when you spend your last 10 months in the hospital & outpatient treatment.
I picked up Cpl when I first got to the hospital after being medevaced. Two warrants for promotion, one each from my last two commands, caught up with me in the hospital. That was nice because my pay records caught up about then too!
Awesome stripes Jerry!
I bet someone could make those and sell them!
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:24 am
by jerryd6818
I made Corporal 40 days before I got out. It was a re-enlistment carrot that didn't work but what do I care. Better than getting out as a L/Cpl which I fully expected to happen.
I was a PFC E-2 for 31 months and Lance Cooley for 13 months so the promotion to Corporal was a big surprise.
I really appreciate Chuck making that and sending it to me. You have to see it in person to appreciate how nice it really is.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:03 pm
by jerryd6818
Any of you can collectors ever see one of these?
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:59 pm
by Just Plain Dave
Not REALLY miscellaneous but:

Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:45 pm
by Owd Wullie
My ride from '68 to '70
Had a hot 283 and a 3 speed. Had several different rear end ratio's over time. LOL
Spent as much time under it as I did in it. Blew more than few tranny's and clutches. Fri night and Sat night street drags were the deal. Good thing I had a part time job at a wrecking yard.
Wish I still had it.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 7:12 pm
by Knife Nut
'57 Chevs are such classics.
Bet you wish you still had it!
Paul
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 7:22 pm
by jerryd6818
Just Plain Dave wrote:Not REALLY miscellaneous but:

Dave, that's just about as miscellaneous as you can get.
For a while, they were giving away something similar at Harbor Freight (I call it China Town) with any purchase. That looks like a better one though.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 7:26 pm
by jerryd6818
Willie, the only thing better than a '57 Chevy is a 789 Kanter Concept Muscle Car.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:55 pm
by Just Plain Dave
The 4 sevens light is an order of magnitude better than those dollar LED lights!
.2 lumes/20 lumens/80 lumes/120 lumens/260 lumens/SOS/Strobe/Beacon
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:53 pm
by jerryd6818
Just Plain Dave wrote:The 4 sevens light is an order of magnitude better than those dollar LED lights!
.2 lumes/20 lumens/80 lumes/120 lumens/260 lumens/SOS/Strobe/Beacon
There was no doubt in my mind yours is better than those Chinese freebes.

Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:22 am
by Owd Wullie
A gracious wrecker company owner gave me two of these the other day (he sells Streamlights and I got him out a bad bind he had going on at wreck). A blue one for me and a pink one for the wife.
http://www.swps.com/73002.html
That little SOB is BRIGHT!!
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:17 pm
by gino
jerryd6818 wrote:Willie, the only thing better than a '57 Chevy is a 789 Kanter Concept Muscle Car.
Jerry, that car is so cool it looks like a hot wheel !

Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:34 pm
by Just Plain Dave
That 789 is too fancy to actually DRIVE! A '57 not QUITE so much....
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:51 pm
by IMBand
Its been really cold here lately.......-25ish with wind. Makes for a nice sunrise on the clear days.
Had to open the dining room window (brrrrrrr) for this pic and it did not really capture the nice
red on the mountains. These peaks are just behind the Mendenhall Glacier.
IM

Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:13 pm
by Just Plain Dave
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:39 pm
by gino
I thought this was cool so I picked it up for a buck.
Nifty brand USA can opener w/corkscrew
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 2:03 am
by singin46
Here's a few more pics of some of my other passions.
Trade Stimulators, anything Coca Cola and 1974 Williams pinball machine, WORKS! And other Coke signs.
Yeah, there's a little bit of everything in here. In pic 2, my Grandfather's WW1 Tunic he wore.

This Trade Stimulator is a 1940s Daval Marvel, these were the kind you played by inserting a penny, just like a slot,
then if you got 3 of a kind, you got a free pack of smokes. gave you a gumball with every play.

Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:13 am
by Just Plain Dave
Kewl stuff Singin!!!
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:43 am
by singin46
Hey thanks Dave!
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:59 am
by Iron Hoarder
I love that Gum Ball machine. Too Cool!
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:57 pm
by singin46
Thanks Iron Hoarder, one of about 6 or 7 I have.
Re: Pictures of Miscellaneous Stuff & Things
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:08 pm
by TripleF
Perry, that's some cool memorobilia!
Is that the Man Cave?