Recent content by kiwilrdg

Das Boot was a great movie. It is the only submarine movie that I have ever seen that the actors act like a submarine crew.

The rsdwatches post for the website that I assume is his own shows a nice non-Rolex bezel and face without a Rolex band.

When you have a love for a certain type of item it is best to vow that you will give one to someone else who will love it (or sell at a reasonable price) if you get another rather than say you will not get another. That way you can move up without losing more storage space.

It is a black Model 1. Several young kids had no idea what it was and it was guys in their late 20s who thought it was for crypto work.

https://flic.kr/p/nn7Zc7 This weekend I was at a WWII event and several visitors thought my Underwood was an enigma machine.

what position did Nguyen play? (please read that with Vietnamese pronunciation.)

A garden is, and was the best way to have fresh vegetables. The metal for tins (cans) being the critical material is illustrated very well by a small tag/pamplet that I picked up at an antique store explaining how to replace canned coconut with boxed dried coconut with a promise that canned...

Much of the wartime rationing was really done to reduce tire wear on trucks. Interesting how the appearant goal is not always the true purpose.

I just realized that KA114 is the plane that was discussed at the start of this thread. May 17 and 18 are the days of the airshow this year. If any FL members go, drop by the LRDG camp and say hi.

I am not usually into aircraft but I love it when I see Mosquito KA114 in the air at Warbirds Over The Beach in Virginia Beach

Timesavers.com is where I usually get my watch display items.

I have been getting all my watches fixed and serviced as it is so hard to find a real watchmaker. The fellow who does my work is well into his 80s and I doubt I will ever meet a better watchmaker.

I am sure General MacArthur would have no trouble with people eating Japanese rice since he was the governor who rebuilt the country and enacted so many reforms in Japan. He stayed in Japan two years after he turned over control of the country.

As for quality of equipment I heard a vet say something like Germany had the finest target rifle US had the finest hunting rifle England had the finest military rifle Russia had the finest club.

There is a unit that I have seen at couple of events that alternates between Japanese and Phillippine armys. Reenacting should be about education, not making a political statement.