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    Re: Best aviation books

    “Sled Driver” by SR-71 pilot Brian Schul.
  2. Thread: Trump is Toast

    by ron ll
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    Re: Trump is Toast

    You must be watching Fox.
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    Re: Another six Oathkeepers found guilty

    Does anyone really think they will indict him on the day of his choosing?
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    Re: Best aviation books

    Seems to be a lot of books titled “Piece of Cake” that have nothing to do with aviation. Can someone tell me the author please?
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    Re: Best aviation books

    Well,…yeah.
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    Best aviation books

    Had to, right? Didn’t want to mess up the movie thread.

    Maybe more of a young person’s coming of age book, but “Flight of Passage”, non-fiction about the two young Buck brothers and their cross...
  7. Thread: Trump is Toast

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    Re: Trump is Toast

    Now that’s funny right there. :D
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    Re: How to save money.

    Here’s the funny part; the seller in Portland for the $200 item doesn’t have one in stock. But I found one new on eBay for $150, free shipping. But we are off to Oregon tomorrow anyway as we had...
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    Re: Best Aviation Movies

    Flight of the Phoenix. The first one with Jimmy Stewart.
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    Re: Best Aviation Movies

    “Amelia”. Because I like Hillary Swank.
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    Re: Biggest bulls*** aviation movies

    Also the worst movie about afterlife. But…but… Holly Hunter and Audrey Hepburn!
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    Another six Oathkeepers found guilty

    Making it 100%. Every Oathkeeper tried for Jan 6 so far found guilty.
  13. Back when the Grammys used to be kind of fun.

    https://youtu.be/hUlR8jWUKd8
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    Re: Elk herd relocated

    We used to have sea lions eating all the salmon in front of the fish ladders at the locks. So the DNA decided to trap them and truck them to California. The sea lions were back at the locks before...
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    How to save money.

    Need a replacement piece of gear for the boat. Went on line and found it for $200, not a bad price. Except they want $75 shipping. A little checking and I find that the outfit I was going to order it...
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    Re: Biggest bulls*** aviation movies

    I liked Aviator, especially Cate Blanchett playing Katherine Hepburn.
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    Re: Biggest bulls*** aviation movies

    “Flight” with Denzel Washington. Really? A drunk and coked out pilot pulled out of a dive at treetop level by inverting a commercial airliner?
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    Re: Greatest nautical quote of all time

    “Welcome aboard!”
    Cap’n Ron
  19. Re: Overheard 2 15 year olds who were looking at a RatRod parked at the grocers.

    Fart.

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  20. Re: Overheard 2 15 year olds who were looking at a RatRod parked at the grocers.

    I guess “That thing is slap!” is passé.
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    Re: Anybody know anything about plumbing ?

    Paul whatever happened to that beautiful old commercial gas range you had stashed in the barn? (Sorry for the drift Cap’n, but you don’t need Teflon tape. :) )
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    Re: Well Regulated Militia

    Brings back memories. My older sister’s first was born at Madigan while her husband was at Fort Lewis and the convoys were definitely a common sight on Hwy 99 before I-5. My dad did occasional...
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    Tragedy of the Commons

    I’ve always enjoyed Steven Pinker’s take on things.


    https://youtu.be/7N_NNVeKat8
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    Re: What's for dinner

    Yes, welcome back Joe. You are important to this place.
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    Re: What's for dinner

    Okay, before the slab o corned beef was added to the plate. Once it was added, the fork was more important than the camera.

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    Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

    I was gonna post a pic of the corned beef and cabbage but it was down the gullet before I got the camera out. Oh well, you all know what it looks like. Now for dessert, a latte with Baily’s Irish...
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    Re: Hunter Biden Hoohaw

    They desperately need a news distraction right now.
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    Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

    Listening to Maggie Malloy spin classical discs on Classic KING FM. I bet she has red hair with a name like that.
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    Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

    Sacrilege. A German style schwarzbier from Oregon in the corned beef and cabbage. Guinness just doesn’t do it for me.

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    Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

    Do French fries count as potatoes?
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    Re: Was Jesus “woke”?

    Yeah, and the Romans bitched about it. Some things never change. :)
  32. Re: It'll be nice when they quit merely talking about "indictments" and actually

    Doesn’t bother me. Talk to David. :D
  33. Re: State of Texas takes over Houston school system

    It’s not that hard to find the rest of the story. I just don’t happen to agree with it.
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    Re: The Fugue Thread

    Okay Tom, you got me on the technicals. I just don’t know enough music theory to go that deeply into it. But the Maynard Ferguson was great! Long been a fan.
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    Good job lightening the mood. :) Seriously. I’m trying to read what I can about the school situation in Houston.
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    Re: Software problems, is it just me?

    So I guess the Tally Ho thread is just dead now.
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    Re: tRump indictment near?

    Yeah, no.
  38. Re: State of Texas takes over Houston school system

    I would love to hear the other sides. And cw, I didn’t make that up.
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    Re: The Fugue Thread

    Very nice. Thanks.
  40. Re: State of Texas takes over Houston school system

    And a Florida Republican now wants to ban girls from discussing their periods in school. Where are these people coming from? Are they descendants from Salem Massachusetts?
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    Uh oh. Thread proliferation. :D
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    Re: The Fugue Thread

    Bad spacing as in fug ue?
  43. Thread: Fox is toast

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    Fox is toast

    Right behind Dominion, Smartmatic is waiting in the wings with their 2.7 billion dollar suit against Fox News.
  44. Re: State of Texas takes over Houston school system

    Jesus. Save me from your saviors.
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    Re: The Fugue Thread

    It’s just a round on ‘roids.


    https://youtu.be/YLW47a6Jk50
  46. Re: State of Texas takes over Houston school system

    Are they going to start poisoning schoolgirls next?
  47. Re: BROTM Says: If You Are Not Part of the Solution...

    Then you precipitated the problem?
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    Re: The Fugue Thread

    Maybe the most famous (toccata and) fugue, presented a little differently.


    https://youtu.be/eDFFUIGoBUc
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    Re: Bach`s 6th Suite on Cello da Spalla

    Seems to me that it puts his left hand in a more awkward twist, but I’m not a cellist. I have been playing classical guitar again after a many year absence because innovative newer hardware has...
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    Re: tRump indictment near?

    It’s been near for about seven years.
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