that’s a fair assessment of the yooper attitude, what follows are examples of what I speak of
Down the road that way, waves the hand, the town of Iron River can be found. Bigger than a village yet smaller then a city, bout 2000 plus a few people live there.
How many of you have given any attention to the Winter Olympics of 2022?, myself, less than zero, there is a figure skater who gave up her American citizenship and became a CHINA CHINA CHINA citizen, she fell, what a LOSER. She’s coming back to attend school. If I was in charge of stuff, she would be DENIED entry into America,
At 40 years of age doing construction
Iron River’s Nick Baumgartner, along with Lindsey Jacobellis, set a record at the Winter Olympics’ first ever mixed team snowboard cross competition.
40-year-old Baumgartner and 36-year-old Jacobellis are also among the oldest snowboarders to medal during the Winter Games.
Baumgartner says being a veteran comes with its advantages.
He says his years of experience have made him comfortable riding very close to other competitors to use their draft, which may scare younger racers.
“People are so amazing,” said Baumgartner. “I love that I’m from the Midwest, even more that I’m from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Yoopers are so awesome.
When something’s good, ” they back you so hard”.
In this journey they’ve had my back in everything, and I owe this to every single one of you guys for picking me up and helping me get through that.”
“This reception was one of the most emotional things I’ve ever been through but so many good feelings,” said Baungartner. “So many good people and… wow. I was just surprised I was able to talk when it became my time to speak and yeah it was awesome. I’m happy and glad I was able to share this with the community and we’re going to keep having fun, we’re going to keep celebrating this.
This is a big win for us.”
Translation:
Iron river will have Nick day to beheld outside with food, music, beer and of course Women!
there was boat full of yoopers that also can be filed under
” we are there, you just don’t see us “
the Battle of Leyte Gulf
It was yoopers who fired the first shots
“This is why we are here boys, turn this bitch into the wind & get those bastards”.
Of course the Navy don’t speak like Marines, that part don’t matter
Under McClintock’s command, the Darter and Dace formed a two-sub “wolf pack” patrol at two approaches into Leyte Gulf. Picking up radio reports of MacArthur’s landing, McClintock correctly guessed where his patrol might intercept Japanese naval forces coming from Singapore. The Darter made radar contact with three large Japanese warships, but couldn’t catch up to torpedo them. During the ensuing rendezvous with the Dace, radar contact indicated that they had intercepted the Japanese Imperial Second Fleet: five battleships, a dozen cruisers, and 15 destroyers. Its location hadn’t been known for a week.
The Darter tracked down the fleet, and the Darter and Dace fired the first shots in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. They sank three heavy cruisers, including the Vice Admiral’s flagship (killing half his communications staff who devised and broke military codes). Another ship was so badly damaged that it headed back to Singapore under escort, taking the Japanese vice-admiral and half of his remaining communications staff with it, out of the action. (It was a mistake to head back, made by the vice-admiral’s lack of sleep for days.) The Darter and Dace tracked the crippled Japanese cruiser by day, and by night made an “end-around” maneuver to get ahead of it in order to attack it with their remaining torpedoes.
Dave McClintock insisted that the Dace crew and its commander, Captain Bladen Claggett, share the honors. At the gala dedication in September, 2001, over 300 attended, despite the air travel shutdown caused by 9-11. Honored guest Nori Yoshida, a survivor of a heavy cruiser sunk by the Dace.