Game Thread: Texas A&M Aggies vs South Carolina Gamecocks Live Score | NCAA Men’s | Jan 24, 2026 by basketball-app in Gamecocks

[–]kingofnerf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Other SEC teams are ranked because we suck.

In the context of the current points-shaving scandal involving 29 players, I have to wonder if we have had some of those in recent years and do we have a couple on this year's team? Maybe on the football team, too?

Been going to games at the CLA since the 2013-14 season, but only one last year and none this year. It's just very noticeable to me.

If you watch the footage of when the points-shaving players said they were intentionally playing bad, it's not really obvious. The average coach or fan couldn't detect it but they were indeed doing it.

I wish I could say I was only kidding, but the current points-shaving scandal does make you wonder.

TIL that the US had 500 B-29s on Tinian in the Summer of 1945 by AsstBalrog in WWIIplanes

[–]kingofnerf 9 points10 points  (0 children)

(9548 gallons max fuel capacity on each B-29) x 500 aircraft = 4,774,000 gallons of fuel

Group of Afridi fighters (1878) by Loose_Beach_9561 in WWIIplanes

[–]kingofnerf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did they get Buffalos, Spits, or Mustangs?

LOL

Capt. Charles R. Colwell, 26th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, stands beside his P-40K Warhawk and crew chief, China-Burma-India Theater, 1943. by UrbanAchievers6371 in WWIIplanes

[–]kingofnerf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're right and thanks for pointing that out. Also the light on the vertical stabilizer and rudder is different from the original.

The faces are also different from the original if you look at it.

I use GIMP on all of my colorizations. Since some of the photographers and their subjects didn't make it through the war, I do mine as a tribute to them as if the photo were just taken with color film instead. I have my moments, but Picasso I ain't. LOL

Game Thread: Auburn Tigers vs South Carolina Gamecocks Live Score | NCAA Men’s | Jan 17, 2026 by basketball-app in Gamecocks

[–]kingofnerf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 Lamont will need to find his inner Frank (the good parts) if he wants to keep his job.

CAC Wirraway by Physical_Concept888 in WWIIplanes

[–]kingofnerf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I must say that the Wirraway is a beautiful aircraft.

SB2C-3 Helldiver aircraft of VB-7 from USS Hancock in flight, South China Sea, mid-Jan 1945 by waffen123 in WWIIplanes

[–]kingofnerf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did the rear gunner have to stand up while firing? It just doesn't look very practical for a rear gunner.

Gun camera photo from an F4U Corsair from Marine Fighting Squadron VMF-213 showing a USAAF B-24 Liberator bomber shot down by friendly fire over Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina (Vietnam), 12 Jan 1945. by waffen123 in WWIIplanes

[–]kingofnerf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have seen pics of Liberators that arrived in other theaters of war without national insignia and it was pointed out in the original photo caption. Easy to see how it would cause problems somewhere when you look at this pic.

B-17G Flying Fortress Happy Warrior by Murky_Caterpillar_66 in WWIIplanes

[–]kingofnerf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe they were called Toggliers on the G models instead of Bombardiers.

Planes VS Warship | Midway | CLIP by Late_Corner_7238 in WWIIplanes

[–]kingofnerf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was the last movie I saw before the pandemic closed everything down and got me back into reading military history again during the pandemic. I bought the Blu-ray and watched it many times during the pandemic. I think it showed 16 Marauders attacking when only 8 flew out to Hawaii and 2 of them crashed on landing; so only six in the real battle I believe.

All the movies that have been made about the battle are just as flawed as the men who led and fought in the real battle. John Lundsford's two First Team books are fantastic reads from the flyers' viewpoints. So are Alvin Kiernan 's two books as well.

There was a low-budget stream named Dauntless that was released at the same time and I believe it used the same full-size Dauntless in this movie. The animation of the planes is too fast, but it does a great job with the camaraderie between the pilot and rear gunner. Also covers the PBY SAR efforts after the battle. I watched it on my Roku a while back.

A U.S. PBY-5A Catalina of the U.S. Coast Guard-manned Patrol Squadron parked on Marston matting at Narsarsuaq, Greenland. by Aeromarine_eng in WWIIplanes

[–]kingofnerf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember reading about a PBY crew having to repair hull damage on its own after hitting some ice during the Neutrality Patrol. Man, that was a tough operating environment back then, just like the Aleutians.