How in the heck can one confuse a 3 for a 7!

That could have been brutal. Even though you were in the right, John,
it was still your fault. LOL!


John H. wrote:
On Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:09:23 -0000, Tim wrote:

On Sep 7, 7:20 am, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:42:00 -0700, Tim wrote:
On Sep 6, 6:39 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
I b'leve my old Nissan is gonna soon go to old truck paradise but i'll
get another 25K miles outta her (it'll read 333,333 then) first. So,
what then? I need a tow vehicle for my boat and as you see I like to
keep my trucks waaaaay past any reasonable retirement age. However, I
loathe gadgets and power crap and ANYTHING that can get broke. Simple
is best, no power seats, no fu**&*g lights that dont turn off till I
go back to make sure the door isnt open, no built in GPS, no damned
radio, just SIMPLE transportation. Reliability and ease of fixing is a
major issue as is longevity. So, what is there?

A hi tek luddite

Just what the Dotcor orderd.

a Kaiser/Willys M-715

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.p...r&type=file&fu...

http://www.olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_m715.php3

ask JohnH or Tom Shortwave for details.....

Well, not that one exactly, but my first job in the Army was in an
Artillery Battalion in Fort Devins, Mass. I was chief of the Fire Direction
Control (FDC) section for a 105mm Howitzer Battery. The FDC section had the
M37, 3/4 ton as its primary mover. The thing had the most underpowered
straight six ever made!

http://www.olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_m37.php3


Oh I know, John, thats why I sugggested the m-715 The 37 was a bull
of a truck, just no power.

Thanks for the post. Brought back some good memories, like the time we
almost shelled Ayer, Mass.- Hide quoted text -



Now THAT would have been interesting.

I told the XO over the phone, "Charge 3". He yelled to the gunners, "Charge
7". I could hear him through the tent. You've never heard anyone yell,
"Cease Fire!" so loud in your life. It made one of the visiting general's
jump back, lose his balance, and fall backwards out of his chair.

My LT started to jump in my ****, so I told him to go check the guns, see
what charge was loaded. Sure enough, it was charge 7, which would have put
six 105mm HE rounds in downtown Ayer. That probably would have been a big
loss though, now that I think about it!