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Stealhead · 06-13-14, 11:56 PM

I bet they did not need to order washers at Cecil for a decade or so.

Peter Cremer · 06-14-14, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Stealhead

I bet they did not need to order washers at Cecil for a decade or so.

Yeah; that was about 45 years ago and I still have a small supply of those washers (along with some nuts, bolts, and cotter pins).

Stealhead · 06-14-14, 11:20 PM

What was always funny to me was the stuff just sitting around that obviously at some point just got forgotten about.

There was a hanger at Ramstein AB like this.My unit used it to store 6 ton aircraft jacks (For C-5s they are about 8 feet tall 6 or 7 feet around at the legs) they took up most of the hangar but there was still and good 40 or 45% space not used part of this was taken up by the seats that they can mount on the floors of KC-135 the rest was just boxes.

I got curious one day and wondered "what is in these boxes?" Tons of stuff was the answer.All manner of unused chem gear MOP suits,various filters even gas masks still in the plastic seals never opened.That was just the top layer of boxes. Mostly stuff stored up for the Fulda Gap battle I recon but never needed so it just sat.I am sure there are places like that all over Germany.A buddy in the Army told me that there where old bunkers all over the place filled with the same type equipment.All part of a bunker system started in the 70's that was never completed what was just became storage.In some places you can find sections that where prefab but never put into the ground they just took sections and placed them on the ground in the woods most of them are just on public German land now.

Aktungbby · 06-19-14, 10:04 PM

How about this $125 million OOPS! a classic for the ages! http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02/

so much science;so little math!

Armistead · 06-19-14, 10:57 PM

I got an IRS refund once for over 3K. I had no idea why, called them, looked at my taxes, but the lady on the phone said it was mine....so I cashed it. Turns out it was my my ex wife and the business we had when we were married, but I signed it over to her a few years previous....Not only did I have to pay it back, had to pay interest and penalties on it as well.....and did I try to argue to no avail...

06-14-14, 11:20 PM	#3
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	What was always funny to me was the stuff just sitting around that obviously at some point just got forgotten about. There was a hanger at Ramstein AB like this.My unit used it to store 6 ton aircraft jacks (For C-5s they are about 8 feet tall 6 or 7 feet around at the legs) they took up most of the hangar but there was still and good 40 or 45% space not used part of this was taken up by the seats that they can mount on the floors of KC-135 the rest was just boxes. I got curious one day and wondered "what is in these boxes?" Tons of stuff was the answer.All manner of unused chem gear MOP suits,various filters even gas masks still in the plastic seals never opened.That was just the top layer of boxes. Mostly stuff stored up for the Fulda Gap battle I recon but never needed so it just sat.I am sure there are places like that all over Germany.A buddy in the Army told me that there where old bunkers all over the place filled with the same type equipment.All part of a bunker system started in the 70's that was never completed what was just became storage.In some places you can find sections that where prefab but never put into the ground they just took sections and placed them on the ground in the woods most of them are just on public German land now. Last edited by Stealhead; 06-14-14 at 11:31 PM.

06-19-14, 10:04 PM	#4
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,064 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	How about this $125 million OOPS! a classic for the ages! http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02/ so much science;so little math! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

06-19-14, 10:57 PM	#5
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I got an IRS refund once for over 3K. I had no idea why, called them, looked at my taxes, but the lady on the phone said it was mine....so I cashed it. Turns out it was my my ex wife and the business we had when we were married, but I signed it over to her a few years previous....Not only did I have to pay it back, had to pay interest and penalties on it as well.....and did I try to argue to no avail... __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

06-13-14, 11:56 PM	#1
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I bet they did not need to order washers at Cecil for a decade or so.