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That was a great game (Warriors) they just made a few mistakes at the end. Great report as usual!

Japanese hot dogs are really good.

AussieBob, there's an olde LOS expat saying, "Never be worth more dead than alive".

I have a small library of similar books, just looked don't have that one. Must put it on my shopping list. The Art of Rock was expensive to buy because of all the color photos. In 80's paid about $125 for the hardcover book. A few years later saw it online close out Barnes Noble for $50. Now used hardcover going for $300.

Signe Anderson last Concert with Jefferson Airplane. Poster signed by Signe. Grace Slicks first concert with Jefferson Airplane. Right poster signed by Grace Slick. First two posters on left are posters printed prior to the concert.

Listening to KNBR this morning they had Markie from NY. They were talking about Chase Center. A great place to see Steph Curry and Warriors when he is active. Steph got recognized at the Academy Awards last night, overshadowed by Bitch slap fest. Would love to see a concert there too.

I'm in the process of cataloging my poster collection and verifying my printings. Many reprints do not indicate proper printing. Additionally, there are counterfeit posters too. I discovered that my Zig Zag Man Poster was counterfeit. This poster is highly desirable and scarce ($$$). This is one of my first Posters I bought from the San Francisco iconic Poster Mat. Counterfeit: Printing 2: I just purchased the above poster at auction and paid the most I have ever paid for a poster. The first printing in similar condition would start at $10,000 and could go for up to double that. I have heard stories of a Haight Poster shop that was caught selling counterfeits of the Zig Zag Man Poster. Chet Helm's Family Dog staff went and rubber-stamped counterfeit on the shops inventory. I've seen on occasion the rubber-stamped posters for sale. I may purchase one to add to my collection. Even the counterfeits have fairly good value. I first started buying from Ben Friedman in San Francisco at his Columbus and Green Street shop. On my way home I would always stop by Molinari's Deli and get a great Italian sub or fresh made ravioli to take home. I had Ben Freidman sign his photo in The Art of Rock.

Laz, I think this listing of Mutiple concert events.

Thank you. I'm talking about Home Theater Systems/stereo systems. Incorporating media players, Screen, speakers, surround sound etc.

I don't understand why there are not completely wireless systems utilizing Bluetooth or Wi-Fi (Home Theater System). I looked a few years ago and could not find any at a reasonable price. I finally got one where only the rear speakers are wireless.

After the Hurtgen Forest Battle my father's unit participated in the Battle for Kolin. See newspaper clipping in quote above. Shows the Cathedral and Koln in ruins.

Remarkably interesting, I'll have to go to on demand to watch. There are a lot of YouTube videos of veterans and their War experiences. Some touching, some highly informative and fascinating.

A little touchy there. To clarify for the ignorant one. The topic of the thread is "FARTS". The last time Biden went to Europe he flatulated in the presence of the Pope. It has been reported that it was a wet one requiring a suite change. Then while talking to British Royal Duches Camillia Parker Bowles, Biden let fly with a long and loud fart. Which Duches Camillia Parker Bowles talked about for days after. Beano is an enzyme-based dietary supplement that is used to reduce gas in the digestive tract, thereby improving digestion and reducing bloating, discomfort, and flatulence caused by gas. It contains the enzyme alpha-galactosidase. It was introduced as a liquid, but that has been discontinued and it is now available only as tablets and strawberry-flavored "Meltaways".

Hope Biden takes some Beano prior to his upcoming Europe visit.

Ironic

Again, I do not know when and where this occurred: My father had been on the front for over 30 days. His unit was relieved and moved to the rear. They had to shower in mass and to throw their clothes away at the entrance to the showers. They would be given new clothes after the shower. This was his first shower/bath since arriving on the front over 30 days. Immediately after showering they had to pass through a de-licing station, which DDT powder was sprayed on them from head to toe. Off to get fresh clothes to find out there was none, they had run out of clothes. They had to go to the pile of discarded dirty clothes and find clothes that fit them.

I have visited Koln several times and always stay at the Hilton (Lifetime Diamond) the next street over from the giant Cathedral. Until recently I had not viewed that newspaper clipping. What a stark contrast. That war time photo is a famous photograph and can be found online. The Cathedral is the largest in Europe. The allies used it as a navigational landmark for bombing raids etc. Back to my visits there are some nice FKK clubs in Koln. My favorite I can't find the card, is like a country club with playboy mansion facilities without the classic mansion. Both indoor and outdoor. I go there and spend several hours. I forgot the name of it. I have the business card someplace. This is another FKK Club in Koln. It's pretty good.

This drives me crazy and leaving them on the doorstep for you to slip on. The War Departments got a Walkin closet full stuff, but not shoes! I got piles of shoes inside the front door, garage door and the back door. If that's not enough indoor slippers at the stairwell.

I don't know much more than sometime during the war my dad's unit (I assume the 13th Infantry towards the end of war in Northern Germany) was under the Command of the British Field Marshal Montgomery.

One thing that is mentioned in the 8th Infantry Divisions history is the battle of the Hurtgen forest. I knew nothing and maybe never heard about the Hurtgen Forest much less the battle. I did some brief research and plan to do more. "Battle of Hürtgen Forest The Battle of Hürtgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) was a series of fierce battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hürtgen Forest, a 140 km2 (54 sq mi) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the Belgian–German border.[1] It was the longest battle on German ground during World War II and is the longest single battle the U.S. Army has ever fought.[7] The U.S. commanders' initial goal was to pin down German forces in the area to keep them from reinforcing the front lines farther north in the Battle of Aachen, where the US forces were fighting against the Siegfried Line network of fortified industrial towns and villages speckled with pillboxes, tank traps, and minefields. A secondary objective may have been to outflank the front line.[citation needed] The Americans' initial tactical objectives were to take Schmidt and clear Monschau. In a second phase the Allies wanted to advance to the Rur River as part of Operation Queen. Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model intended to bring the Allied thrust to a standstill. While he interfered less in the day-to-day movements of units than at the Battle of Arnhem, he still kept himself fully informed on the situation, slowing the Allies' progress, inflicting heavy casualties, and taking full advantage of the fortifications the Germans called the Westwall, better known to the Allies as the Siegfried Line. The Hürtgen Forest cost the U.S. First Army at least 33,000 killed and wounded, including both combat and non-combat losses, with upper estimate at 55,000; German casualties were 28,000. The city of Aachen in the north eventually fell on 22 October at high cost to the U.S. Ninth Army, but they failed to cross the Rur or wrest control of its dams from the Germans. The battle was so costly that it has been described as an Allied "defeat of the first magnitude," with specific credit given to Model.[8][9]: 391  The Germans fiercely defended the area because it served as a staging area for the 1944 winter offensive Wacht am Rhein (known in English-speaking countries as the Battle of the Bulge), and because the mountains commanded access to the Rur Dam[notes 3] at the head of the Rur Reservoir (Rurstausee). The Allies failed to capture the area after several heavy setbacks, and the Germans successfully held the region until they launched their last-ditch offensive into the Ardennes.[2][10] This was launched on 16 December and ended the Hürtgen offensive.[1] The Battle of the Bulge gained widespread press and public attention, leaving the battle of Hürtgen Forest less well remembered. The overall cost of the Siegfried Line Campaign in American personnel was close to 140,000.[11]" The Hurtgen Forest was a very dense roadless forest where the usage of tanks was very limited and because of the dense tree canopy air power was limited. My father told me that Germans were well dug in had all their firing lines preset and ranged in. Because of this the Germans dictated the US offensive positions. The Germans set the artillery shells to explode in the tree tops above them, raining metal and wood shrapnel on them. Wood shrapnel was difficult for the medics/doctors to find and remove. They had to dig their fox holes deeper and to cover with tree limbs. During the day you stayed in your fox hole hunkered down. Everything was done below ground level if you wanted to survive, even shitting. The Germans snipers were watching, and they were particularly good. Nighttime was the only time you could move about. I don't know when this happened. An artillery shell exploded in his vicinity and a piece of shrapnel pierced his webbed army belt burning his side. He never went to the medic.

Another story my dad told me: He saw very large formation of US Bombers bombing a German city. Flack was all over the sky, the Bombers were flying at various altitudes. He saw the Bombers open their Bomb bays. One B-17 dropped bombs on another B-17. The wings of the B-17 just Ve'd up and flew away.

That's exactly how the Aerospace Engineer described their feelings too. Luckly, Hitler did not understand how to deploy it and it arrived late in the War. Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" - First Flight Over Berlin after 61 Years, Historical Footage! https://youtu.be/8FA1yCfz9s4 The link could not be embedded because youtu.be does not allow embedding of that video.

maipenrai, your dad entered the war at an early stage of the war. In war nations have utilize all their assets to win and your dad possessed many. Lucky for him and you too. My high school sweetheart's father was born in the US. When he was just past being a baby his mother sent him back to Germany to live with relatives. He was very fond of growing up in prewar Germany. He even had a German accent. But he would say, you have no idea what it is like as 12 year old to only have the clothes on your back, fleeing the Russians. No idea where to stay or eat. He joined the US Air Force and after active duty, was a Colonel in the reserves. He spoke fluent German like a native speaker. He was a Computer System Analyst at the Monterey Defense Institute responsible for computer war simulations. Like your dad he would often disappear for a couple of weeks at a time. His family new he was in West Germany. I once had him buy me a cuckoo clock for me. He said once something about interrogating East German. At the time I did not know what SR71 spy plane was. He essentially described it to me, I did not realize it was the SR71 until it was declassified. I worked in the aerospace industry for well over a decade. An engineer I worked with, who immigrated to the US from prewar Germany as a teenager. Like your dad enlisted in the Army. His job was to interrogate German prisoners. He told me some of the Germans were bragging about a new super airplane the Germans had. Then one day there was this very loud sound they had never heard before and something streaking through the sky like V2 but wasn't a V2.

Above: Orders/Roster/Emergency List? When the War ended in Europe, the US Military created a pointed system that determined when a soldier could return to the US. My father had more than enough points to be one of the first returning soldiers. Upon returning to the East coast of the US. He was assigned to a unit that was charged with transporting German POW's (mainly officers) to a POW Camp in Rupert, Idaho (US West Coast State). Idaho borders his home state Oregon. On the route to Rupert, Idaho they would pass through Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone is famous for its volcanic features. One of the most famous is Old Faithful, a large geyser that erupts every 60 minutes. It was decided that they needed to break at Old Faithful. They backed the trucks a safe distance away and rolled back the canvas canopies so the POWs could see also. The POWs got to view America's majesty firsthand. My father said that the German soldiers were obliging and followed orders. They were not escape threats because there was no place for them to go, great food and good accommodations. Additionally, they were grateful not to be POWs in the hands of the Russians.

Wow, that D7 is really armored up and have to drive it at night.