Subj : Re: welcome
To   : POINDEXTER FORTRAN
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Tue Dec 10 2024 09:03 am

> I went to a US naval museum somewhere in Virginia when I did the 8th grade
> Washington DC trip. They had a submarine periscope on display, with the
> business end pointing out the roof. You could drape your arms around it like
> the wiley submarine commander in war movies and turn around to look outside.

> The resolution was amazing to me as a kid.

To kid me, that sounds would have been a lot of fun to try out.

> They also had a moving Bofors 40mm AA gun - lots of fun as kids with a friend
> of mine, one trying to traverse, the other trying to elevate the gun in some
> coordinated fashion - and failing miserably.

Yeah, I can imagine.  ;)


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