75 years ago and 3 years ago

Today was the last normal day aboard the USS Indianapolis.   Tonight just after midnight in 1945 Mel my FIL was sleeping on deck as below deck the temperature was near 115 degrees when 2 torpedoes hit the flagship of the Pacific Fleet blowing the bow off the ship.

of the company of 1,197 880 made it off the ship but only 317 survived 5 days in shark infested waters as the navy decided the sinking was a japanese hoax and refused to investigate, even though an SOS was received.

And thus began one of the most covered-up and incompetent handling of a disaster in Navy history.  The ship sank in 12 minutes. 

Three years ago today Mel, a Marine on the ship who's job was to protect a crate that held parts of the atomic bomb, was set in the ground.  He was one of two  Marine's survivor.  We had lunch with Ed a number of times and what an amazing story teller he is.

I learned a lot about how to pass away from Mel as he was cracking jokes to the very end.  I pray when I pass I will he half as awesome as he was.  Thank you Mel.

If you have some time this will keep you riveted with the story.

https://youtu.be/tslQHkZt7dI


 Miss you so very very much Mel.
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We made many great friends during the filming of Public Enemies and one was Susie. 

I am FURIOUS as Susie was diagnosed with cancer and her husband decided to leave her a few weeks ago. 

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I have never seen one inning in MLB that had both teams FREAKISHLY inept.   The Pittsburgh Pirates decided to give the game to Milwaukee and Milwaukee decided to give it back. 

I believe in one inning   9 walks, 4 hits,  a couple of base running fails and I believe 2 errors?   IN ONE FREAKING INNING!

sigh

Side note - I LOVE the Extra inning rule AND the pitcher must face 3 batters rule.

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I cannot believe what I assumed  an intelligent business owner in Columbus spewed and spread anti-mask propaganda on Facebook.  I would not take my child to any business that does not believe Covid19 is real and believes masks cause more harm than good.   Period. 

WHAT! - we are a rural community and Covid19 won't come here? 

But the good news is that the latest spike is relaxing it's grip a LITTLE.    The odd thing is on 4 of the last 7 days there has been exactly 13 deaths.   It's an odd number to pick satan.

The CDC expects these 9 states to explode in deaths

Alabama - GOP Governor
Florida - GOP Governor
Georgia - GOP Governor
Idaho - GOP Governor
Nevada - DNC Governor
Oklahoma - GOP Governor
South Carolina - GOP Governor
Texas - GOP Governor
Utah - GOP Governor

What do these all have in common - just sayin'

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 Took this shot of Gus yesterday on a walk 

remember the good ol days ? 

Have a great Wednesday - weekend is almost here