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Battery H
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Great Games Played Poorly. #TwitchAffiliate (https://t.co/JDlOTdJC27), 10 year fundraiser for @manfamchildrens & @ExtraLife4Kids, [email protected]
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This weekend, I kick off my 11th (and probably final) year of fundraising for @ExtraLife4Kids. This weekend's streams are below (in Central Daylight Time)
Fri: 4-6pm
Sat: 1-3pm
Sun 9-11am
Current schedule always available at twitch.tv/battery_h/sche…
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@history_dame of Japan's surrender. He got a 24 hour pass, and they hit the town. 2 months later they married, and 7 months after that, they had one of those "wedding night miracle babies". They named her Valerie June (VJ), and that story about my Mom didn't come out for years after he passed.
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@history_dame Who would have thought. My grandfather was also a FA in Europe. Although, he didn't have enough points after the campaign, and was slated for the invasion of Japan. He was refitting and involved in more training, with his girlfriend nearby, when the news came /cont.
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Today was my Grandfather’s birthday, and while he passed away some time ago, I thought it was a good day to highlight his service during WWII.
My grandfather served as a forward observer, officially enlisting in 1940 and serving in the European Theater until 1945.
Forward Observers are the eyes of the artillery. Positioned far ahead of friendly lines—sometimes alone, sometimes with a small team—they climbed trees, crawled through mud, and exposed themselves on ridge lines. All to see the enemy first.
With nothing more than binoculars, a map, and a field radio, they would call in coordinates:
“Add 200… left 50… fire for effect.”
Moments later, artillery miles away would answer.
They didn’t just report what they saw; they adjusted every shot with deadly precision.
A well-directed barrage could:
• Break an enemy advance
• Silence machine gun nests
• Clear the way for infantry to move
My grandfather, pictured below, never discussed his service in great detail. His memoirs, while insightful, do not highlight the dangers he faced or the horrors he saw.
What I do know is that he never wanted to return to Europe again.
Here’s to you, grandpa, thanks for your service and thanks for being mine!

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Wild Card Wednesday is a fun one this week.
These famous companies didn’t start how you think!
Wells Fargo
Started as a stagecoach & shipping company in 1852. They delivered gold, mail, and packages across the Wild West.
American Express
Started as a freight delivery service in 1850 and transported goods, specifically high-value items.
Nintendo
Started in 1889, selling playing cards!
3M
Started as a mining company in 1902. When that failed, they moved to sandpaper before becoming one of the most innovative brands
Samsung
Started as a small grocery trading store in 1938.
Macy’s
Before becoming a retail giant, it began as a small dry goods store in 1858.
All of these companies are some of the biggest companies in the world but start off what they are today.
They adapted. Pivoted. Reinvented. History is full of stories like this and I find it super interesting!

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Going live with Sunrise Simulation! Back in the USA, driving our big rig, and starting off in Louisiana - where it all ends up, who knows!
twitch.tv/battery_h
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@DorkingWDRS I mean ... what took him so long? Kids these days, all slackers. 🤣
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@cds242424 @ChrisMartzWX Eliminating futures markets would only increase price volatility by eliminating any long-term pricing contracts. Ever buy a plane ticket other than the day of your flight? That's a future market. And if an airline can't contract long term for fuel they sure won't sell tix ahead.
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@ChrisMartzWX Maybe we need to eliminate the futures speculation of the commodity. If you buy it you have to physically take it. The only buyers and sellers should be the ones that actually take the oil…
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Oil is a globally traded commodity.
When there are supply chain disruptions around the globe, it affects the wholesale (and thus retail) price of oil and gasoline everywhere else. Prices are based on a futures market, so traders speculate as to whether or not future supply will be less than demand.
There are also different grades of oil that are used for different things. Middle Eastern oil, for example, is thicker than U.S. oil, so it’s better suited for diesel and jet fuel. Venezuelan oil is even thicker, so it’s often used for asphalt.
So, the U.S. cannot really operate on an independent oil market, as nice as that would be in utopia.
I do have some issues, though, with how the price of gas will rise suddenly if crude oil prices spike (despite the fact that the gasoline stored underground has already been refined and shipped), but they stay high even when crude oil prices fall. That all has to do with replacement cost and profit margins.
Carl Higbie@CarlHigbie
I’m struggling to see why don’t we stop selling oil to everyone and just supply ourselves and let the rest of the world deal with their own oil needs until Iran gets sorted out… AMERICA FIRST
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@fearlessidzine We should give them a little grace. After all, they are going to have their nose in the air after getting kicked in the ass.
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Going live with Two Point Museum. Can we get that elusive 5th star today? Let's give it a whirl.
twitch.tv/battery_h
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@Wolfmots @Hunter7___ @opry Still mad that Bavarian Creme and Apple Fritter didn't make the short list!
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@Hunter7___ @opry Jelly Roll became an early member because he goes along great with coffee.
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@woods_jus @werecontinental @ChrisMartzWX And the cost for building nuclear plants has gone down while coal and NG have gone up (former project management who built power plants.) Polition control can be expensive to run as well.
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@werecontinental @ChrisMartzWX 1) all of those disasters were as much design and human error- that have been mitigated in modern reactors- as anything else and people’s fear is irrational;
2) it doesn’t have to be. Much of the cost is overregulation.
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The waste!!
What are we going to do with the nuclear waste?!
Nuclear waste byproducts can be easily stored in steel-lined concrete casks until the fission products decay. They are compatible and they take up little space.
The photo below shows what 45 years’ worth of waste looks like stored at the North Anna Nuclear Generating Station in Louisa County, Virginia.
In fact, all of the waste generated in the U.S. since 1950 would take up no more than an area the size of an American football field stacked to up to a depth of 10 yards.
Your fear is irrational.

Shades@RoS_Shades
@ChrisMartzWX As long as they store the nuclear waste in your house I'm good with that.
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@GrahamSmyth @hbrooks_coach They give Marc grief about his attitude towards the players before and during a match. Somehow, I dont think if down by a goal at the half, that Pep has ever walked around the room and given each of his players a hug.
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@hbrooks_coach Found myself grinning through the clips of his team talks on Instagram. A 'character' but evidently knows exactly what he's doing with a football team.
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He actually doesn’t get anywhere near enough credit due to what a big character he is for the achievements Marc White has had.
Your local park team…with mates. Turning it into a pro team in 20 years.
At one point they had 9 promotions in 14 years.
Founder, owner, chairman, manager and a million other roles.
And my favourite thing is he gives a big middle finger to the status quo who try to make you believe it should only be done a certain way, or you need certain qualifications or experiences etc.
It’s one of footballers greatest ever achievements.
Enterprise National League@NL_Enterprise
🥁 Introducing your Enterprise National League South monthly awards winners for February... 🏆 Marc White @DorkingWDRS 🏆 Lyle Taylor @OfficialClarets
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@Vandrax2 @SandyofCthulhu @CyberdyneC it wouldn't have mattered. But the German gamble was that both countries would be so paralyzed by fear of another trench war they wouldn't move. France kept their generals in Paris to keep an eye on them - their general political upheaval engendered distrust in the military.
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@Vandrax2 @SandyofCthulhu @CyberdyneC The other thing not really understood was that Germany didn't have a great logistical chain either. Their oil supply was limited, and the armor would have been rendered fairly useless by a similar line of defense. In the end, had France & England advanced in Sept 39 ...
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One of the problems I always had while being the "history guy" for the Age of Empires series was that everyone always made jokes about how terrible the French were at war. Whereas in fact, France was such a force to be feared that during the 1600s and 1700s all of Europe usually had to band together to stop her.
It all goes back to France's shameful performance in World War 2 (which was pathetic). That humiliating loss has echoed through the years. But I had to explain it again and again and again to people. Then they would say something like, "Well Napoleon lost." Even the somewhat historically literate, who knew of Agincourt and Crecy, were surprised when I explained that France not only won the 100 years war, but they won it stunningly, laying waste to British Continental pretensions.
I blame France's abysmal performance in the Franco-Prussian War, WW2, and Dien Bien Phu. Get your act together France. Be the France that terrified all of Europe and fought literally every other nation to a standstill in 1697.
Daily Roman Updates@UpdatingOnRome
Stop the French hate.
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