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Cake day: October 6th, 2023

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  • Technically, the F-8B was the last, since from the C variant onwards they all had missiles.

    The F-8A even had a special slot for a 32 unguided “Mighty Mouse” rockets, which were so useful and effective, they welded the slot shut on the B. So without rockets and missiles, it was truly the last gunfighter.

    You can Google “the battle of Palmdale” for numerous hilarious retellings on the amazing use of the Mighty Mouse rocket. It’s an event where 208 rockets were fired at a runaway radio controlled F6F Hellcat. And they all missed. They did manage to burn down 400 hectares of countryside and struck a nearby town, also without killing anyone thankfully.












  • Wow, either your pets have been extremely unlucky, or you live somewhere VERY expensive. Considering those are dollars, I can guess it’s a probably at least a bit of the second.

    My Dutch vet has a “kitten package” which is 550 euros for spay/neuter, first year of (three rounds of?) vaccines and one seperate checkup. I probably spend something like 500 euros on food/grit per cat. Maybe a bit less, it’s cheaper if you have two. That doesn’t include complications of course, or food/toys.

    On the other hand, my wedding ring doesn’t exist because neither of us like rings, so it’s never going to beat that.