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Good morning. poundingheadache

There have been a number of good tv progs in the last couple of days and included the prelude and reason why , where and when this grotesque battle was fought. The top German general, Falkenhayn, had designed the battle of Verdun purely to kill Frenchmen and hopefully knock them out of the war. He anticipated a kill loss ratio of 5 Frenchmen for every 2 Germans. After 5 months the meatgrinder of Verdun had not produced anything like that ratio, but the French army was on the verge of mutiny. The Somme Offensive had been in the planning stage for a year but slated to start in August of 1916. However, because of the perceived iminent French collapse, the date was moved up to July 1. The Somme Offensive grinded on until November and achieved little tactically or territorially. Twelve days into the battle the Germans called off their Verdun Offensive and retreated before the French advancig army and with a kill-loss ratio of 1:1, not the 5:2 envisioned by Falkenhayn. Falkenhayn was relieved of duty and replaced by Hindenburg. In terms of the primary objective, the Somme Offensive was a success. In that light the lives of the Allied soldiers were not given in vain. Verdun was relieved, France fought with renewed vigour and the Germans would not go on such an offensive again until it's desparate and ill fated Spring Offensive of 1918. S!

Mornin all. Storms. Stormy weather. Big ones, small ones, flashy ones, noisy ones. Storms.

Awe, but it's a dry heat.

Good morning. Hot and muggy. Severe storm warnings already being issued.

Holly molly!! I knew there was something I was forgetting about. It just hit me. My Birthday Babe. I went out and got myself the 2-disc set of the ole "Battle of Britain" flick and the 4-disc set of "Kingdom of Heaven" that I think was the best done sword and sandal type movies that have come out since Gladiator.

Good morning all. Looks like a week of rain shaping up.

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G'mornin. After yesterdays full slate of T-storms (6) and twisters (2) it looks like this area is all set for a few days of beach party weather.

Good morn. T-storms all night, all day and probably thru tomorrow too. But we needed the rain.

Good morning. Should be a heck of a lot nicer day than yesterday with T-storms, hail and lightening knocking out power several times. Not a cloud iin sight now.

Mornin. Hot and steamy over here.

Good morning all. Another sweltering day shaping up.

Ummmm, good morning all.

Good morning all. It's really getting to feel like summer. Cloudless and a high of 28C/82F.

Marathon Man. I believe it's against the Geneva Convention to use tooth nerves as a means of torture. In all the pains I've experienced in life, none compare to an absessed tooth. It can literally drive you mad.

Good morning. Beautifull morn although a tad cool.

S! Lord Snaggletooth.

Morning all.....................sunny skies...........no rain for 5 days..............yeah!!!

Squeeze harder ..... harder ..... HARDER. NO not you Donster.

Mornin. Kinda muggy up here.

Cool lesson in basic chemistry. Acid (Coke) + base/alkaline (Mentos) = salt + water + energy. Both Coke and Mentos are pretty lightweight. As a kid I used vinegar and baking soda to propel model boats and torpedoes, but the action was a little too vigourous sometimes. Use baterry acid (hydrochloric) and lye (sodium hydroxide) and those guys would need to be wearing kevlar.