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- January 27, 2013 8:05 pm
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- Topic: Grissom, White and Chaffee . . .
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Grissom, White and Chaffee . . .
46 years ago today (Jan 27, 1967) NASA astronauts Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, Edward White II and Roger Chaffee were lost in a capsule fire during a ground test of the Apollo systems. http://www.apollo1.org/TheCrew.aspx It especially bothers me that Grissom's place in history is marred by writer Tom Wolfe...
- September 3, 2012 6:24 pm
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- Topic: Sail on Neil Armstrong.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2927
Re: Sail on Neil Armstrong.
You were a class act, Neil, and an inspiration.
Sail on . . .
Sail on . . .
- October 5, 2010 7:03 pm
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- Topic: House next door burned to the ground...
- Replies: 55
- Views: 4769
Re: House next door burned to the ground...
I don't necessarily agree with it, but I think there is another side to this story. Folks who live in cities and towns that provide fire protection services pay for them through their taxes. They have no choice and this makes perfect sense to me. I wouldn't want my home or place of business put at ...
- October 5, 2010 4:20 pm
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- Topic: House next door burned to the ground...
- Replies: 55
- Views: 4769
Re: House next door burned to the ground...
I don't necessarily agree with it, but I think there is another side to this story. Folks who live in cities and towns that provide fire protection services pay for them through their taxes. They have no choice and this makes perfect sense to me. I wouldn't want my home or place of business put at r...
- September 22, 2010 11:33 pm
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- Topic: Open Enrollment...aka Open Season
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2587
Re: Open Enrollment...aka Open Season
I feel your pain and I don't want to get political either but REAL health care reform was thwarted by some very powerful interests. The package that finally passed through the legislative process was very watered down and a far cry from what this country really needs, which is single payer, universa...
- September 13, 2010 9:25 pm
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- Topic: Sail on Kykuit and Skibo
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2274
Re: Sail on Kykuit and Skibo
They were beautiful animals and good friends I'm sure. We have an eight year old Golden named 'Sam'. Sorry for your loss, Skibo.
- September 10, 2010 8:46 pm
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- Topic: Things You Can Do to Make Life Smoother
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1251
Re: Things You Can Do to Make Life Smoother
1) That's what we do in the airline business. Hauling too much extra fuel is a waste of fuel. However, I am committed to surviving the Zombie Apocalypse so I always fill 'er up. 2) I never use half the buttons on my dishwasher (or microwave). You have inspired me to change my ways. I used to save th...
- August 24, 2010 9:25 pm
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- Topic: TSA Full Body Scanners
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4225
Re: TSA Full Body Scanners
These things are very expensive but they aren't foolproof. There is already a very obvious way of getting something past a TSA full body scanner without detection - enclosed in a small container placed up the rectum. Fluids, knife blades and many other items can be carried in this fashion and the fu...
- August 14, 2010 8:42 am
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- Topic: want to limit the carry-ons for airplanes??
- Replies: 72
- Views: 3228
Re: want to limit the carry-ons for airplanes??
Most airlines cater to business travelers because business travelers pay the big bucks for seats . I am an unabashed carry-on flyer. My wheeled carry-on fits just fine in the overhead without a struggle. When I get somewhere for work I have to have appropriate business clothes and I can't just hope...
- July 28, 2010 11:04 am
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- Topic: Airline looses bag but refuses to refund baggage fee
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2766
Re: Airline looses bag but refuses to refund baggage fee
I think there should be a system in place to refund the baggage fees of people whose bags are truly "lost" as in never seen again. Late bags? No. Most airlines undertake to deliver your late bag to you even if you live at the end of a dirt road in Upper Bugtussel. If you want to go back to...
- July 27, 2010 1:17 am
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- Topic: Terrorists win again
- Replies: 97
- Views: 8837
Re: Terrorists win again
I don't find this kind of talk very convincing. All three Abrahamic religions continue to produce extremists who think they know just what God wants and are willing to act on His behalf even including violence if necessary. The guy in this video has deliberately slanted the debate in his favor by pa...
- July 23, 2010 9:10 am
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- Topic: I'm confused?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1745
Re: I'm confused?
Uh . . . it's a 'guidette' on the left and a 'guido' on the right.
Don't you guys know anything?
Don't you guys know anything?
- July 6, 2010 12:03 pm
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- Topic: Old Spice commercials
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2174
Re: Old Spice commercials
It's true. My wife made endless fun of me back then when we were dating, for smelling like "an old man". She married me anyway.Glorfindel7 wrote:It's interesting how a much maligned product in the 70's/80's is now one of the hottest scents out there
- July 1, 2010 8:07 am
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- Topic: The Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
- Replies: 143
- Views: 12772
Re: The Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
What would you like him to do? Stand up and say "I screwed up and it's all my fault".
Aside from PR, which some folks think he isn't doing enough of, how do you know he isn't giving this problem all the attention it deserves?
Aside from PR, which some folks think he isn't doing enough of, how do you know he isn't giving this problem all the attention it deserves?
- June 24, 2010 8:38 pm
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- Topic: Education run amuck?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1711
Re: Education run amuck?
We caught two 4th graders "playing nekkid doctor". Elementary age kids do know about things. America has one of the highest, if not the highest teen pregnancy rates. Other countires who talk openly about birth control, etc have fewer kids getting pregnant. Why do we try to keep in the dar...
- June 23, 2010 4:14 pm
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- Topic: Corporate Buzzwords!
- Replies: 89
- Views: 6446
Re: Corporate Buzzwords!
I know this thread is fading but I finally found an online version of a newspaper clipping that I'd had tucked away in my desk for years.
It still makes me laugh . . .
http://www.spectator.co.uk/politics/all ... uage.thtml
It still makes me laugh . . .
http://www.spectator.co.uk/politics/all ... uage.thtml
- June 23, 2010 1:33 pm
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- Topic: How "Manly" is your city?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1177
Re: How "Manly" is your city?
Manly Categories / Criteria* Sports Manly Lifestyle Concentration of Manly Retail Stores Manly Magazine Subscriptions Salty Snack Sales --- Total sales for the “Salty Snack/Cracker” retail category were measured for each city. Combos is a product in this business category. COMBOS® – the hearty, pre...
- June 22, 2010 4:24 pm
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- Topic: I want this for my
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1858
Re: I want this for my
Nice!
It's missing a fireplace and a liquor cabinet full of single malts.
It's missing a fireplace and a liquor cabinet full of single malts.
- June 18, 2010 10:35 am
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- Topic: What do you think you know about drowning?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1509
Re: What do you think you know about drowning?
Good info. I learned a lot from that.
Thanks for posting.
Thanks for posting.
- June 17, 2010 6:54 pm
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- Topic: Now the PC people are jackin' with history!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1419
Re: Now the PC people are jackin' with history!
It's somewhat Orwellian.