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Subdeacon Joe

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  1. I'd swear that Traffic Engineers do their surveys of traffic patterns at 0300 on Wednesdays. "Yeah, this proposed 200 unit apartment complex will have no effect on the traffic here. I saw we approve it. No need to upgrade the roads, either."
  2. One stretch off of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on the Richmond side you can be on !-80 West, I-580 East, something else South, and a State Route East. Looks like you get to the ramp for 9 East in one direction and for 10 East in the other. I like those RR Crossing arms.
  3. I'll sometimes make a half batch, which isn't quite enough. Usually we don't have anything else with waffles other than coffee.
  4. Sounds really good, Forty. My wife and I both like waffles. But they are a pain in the butt to make. Not difficult, just time consuming. 4 or 5 minutes per bake, most batter receipts make 6. That's half an hour. Every now and then it's worth it. That crisp exterior and soft interior...mmmmm. Another problem is finding an affordable waffle iron that gets hot enough.
  5. Found on FB. Menu from the Fred Harvey Dining Room and Coffee Shop. El Paso, Texas in c1910. You may need to zoom in to see everything. From the Culinary Institute of America, Conrad N. Hilton Library, Archives and Special Collections http://ciadigitalcollections.culinary.edu/digital/collection/p16940coll1/id/7010/
  6. Perspective. The spacing and lack of women and children on foot are what make me suspect a commercial supply train of some sort.
  7. Two of whatever side by side, hidden by the wagons. Oregon Trail
  8. I was thinking the same, but not more than maybe 10 years off. My guess is that this is a commercial supply train.
  9. Old Historical Photos,Ads,Articles,etc · Join Natives United · · A wagon train following the California Trail across Nevada during the 1860's. The Bartleson-Bidwell Party were the first wagon train to take the California Trail across Nevada in 1841. By 1869 there had been an estimated 450,000 people who had taken a covered wagon along the California Trail in Nevada. The 40 mile desert between Lovelock, and Fernley was the worst part of that trail because there was no water. In Fallon during the 1930's you could still find a lot of debris from the wagon trains that had crossed that stretch of desert.
  10. DUH! I read that and it didn't click. Like the SEC logos on those fields. Thanks for making me feel like an idiot.
  11. Thanks. I thought what JB wrote would be of mild interest here. Did you go to the blog to read the entire post?
  12. What are the connected block letters MW on The Blue?
  13. 1932 Auo Union prototype. From Flickr: 32 Audi (Auto Union) (Ugly Duckling) Prototype 1933 Audi (Auto Union) (Ugly Duckling) Prototype (1933) Production 1 Registration Number LU 3956 AUDI SET www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623635550501... Audi's first car was built in 1910, they merged with three other companies (DKW, Horch and Wanderer) in 1932 and became Auto Union. The four rings on the badge represent the four founder companies, this car was built by Auto Union that later went on to become Audi, so technically it’s not an Audi, But was used as an Audi in the Ugly Duckling advartisement announcing the new Audi A5. Audi's first car was built in 1910, they merged with three other companies (DKW, Horch and Wanderer) in 1932 and became Auto Union. The four rings on the badge represent the four founder companies, this car was built by Auto Union that later went on to become Audi, so technically it’s not an Audi, Designed as prototype by engineer Paul Jaray as an aerodynamic exercise, the car was way ahead of its time, but its unconventional styling, deemed it unsuitable (to ugly) for production and that it simply would not sell. Emphasised by its high stature and narrow wheels, sharply sloping lines and shark fin spoiler reminiscent of the much larger Tatra.designed under Hans Ledwinka, It’s a shame that no originals have survived,but this reconstruction shows a vehicle that was ahead of its time. The Swan or Ugly Duckling www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcOpfqEamrY advertisement was aired in 2012 for the lauch of the streamlinned Audi A5. The advert has the sound track of the 1952 Danny Kaye hit, The Ugly Duckling, and features the Paul Jaray car in black and white as the misunderstood vehicle driving through a small Bavarian village, were local residents mock and scowl at it. The sad Audi finally retires to a nearby forest, where (film switches to colour) it is transformed into a white, streamlined 2012 Audi A5 version of itself, whose exterior hints at the lines of the original concept car but is a lot less visually jarring. Thanks for 14.8 million views Shot taken 05:08:2012 at The Shugborough Classic Car Meeting. Ref: 93a-32
  14. One time about 35 years ago, on Hwy. 20 between Willits and Ft. Bragg, must have been about 0730, in very pretty Redwood Country, nice winding road , my wife (girlfriend at the time) was dozing. I saw a squirrel in the road 50 yards or so ahead. Being in a playful mood, I tapped the brakes,pointed like Donald Sutherland in "Invasion of the Bodysnatchers" and yelled "What's that?!?!" She came abruptly awake screaming and scanning around frantically. Then she heard me laughing. Started to hit me. "Hey! I'm driving! You can't hit me!" MAN! She was looking daggers at me for MILES! All this time later it's still one of our running gags.
  15. "Old Faithful geyser in Yellowstone National Park at sunrise with partially obscured sun behind steam."
  16. The first time I called in an order to Jack's Powder Keg to order 50 pounds of Fg powder I got a real shock. "Hello, office of Judge (Name)!" (pause) (pause) From receptionist. "Hello?" Me: "Ah....I may have the wrong number....I'm trying to reach Jack's...." Receptionist cutting me off, "(hearty chuckles)That's us! The Judge also runs that." Me: "I bet you get a lot of those pauses from people calling the first time and thinking 'Oh, lordy! What did I do wrong!" Receptionist, with an outright laugh, "Oh, honey, you have no idea how many times people calling for Jack's just slam down the phone." After another minute or two of us joking about my initial discomfort, I gave her my particulars to get the forms I needed to fill out to buy the powder.
  17. Yep! That way when it's offloaded and stacked the last used will be on the bottom.
  18. Obviously offered by imposters using store bought, frozen pierogi. Everyone knows that the singular is pieróg.
  19. https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/immersive/galaxy-of-horrors/ Galaxy of Horrors Take a tour of some of the most terrifying and mind-blowing destinations in our galaxy … and beyond. After a visit to these nightmare worlds, you may never want to leave Earth again! You can also download our free posters — based on real NASA science — if you dare. As HD 80606 b approaches its star from an extreme, elliptical orbit, it suffers star-grazing torture that causes howling, supersonic winds and shockwave storms across the planet.
  20. That's still an attack on an aircraft. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/32 18 U.S. Code § 32 - Destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities U.S. Code Notes prev | next (a)Whoever willfully— (1) sets fire to, damages, destroys, disables, or wrecks any aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States or any civil aircraft used, operated, or employed in interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce; (2) places or causes to be placed a destructive device or substance in, upon, or in proximity to, or otherwise makes or causes to be made unworkable or unusable or hazardous to work or use, any such aircraft, or any part or other materials used or intended to be used in connection with the operation of such aircraft, if such placing or causing to be placed or such making or causing to be made is likely to endanger the safety of any such aircraft; (3) sets fire to, damages, destroys, or disables any air navigation facility, or interferes by force or violence with the operation of such facility, if such fire, damaging, destroying, disabling, or interfering is likely to endanger the safety of any such aircraft in flight; (4) with the intent to damage, destroy, or disable any such aircraft, sets fire to, damages, destroys, or disables or places a destructive device or substance in, upon, or in proximity to, any appliance or structure, ramp, landing area, property, machine, or apparatus, or any facility or other material used, or intended to be used, in connection with the operation, maintenance, loading, unloading or storage of any such aircraft or any cargo carried or intended to be carried on any such aircraft; (5) interferes with or disables, with intent to endanger the safety of any person or with a reckless disregard for the safety of human life, anyone engaged in the authorized operation of such aircraft or any air navigation facility aiding in the navigation of any such aircraft; (6) performs an act of violence against or incapacitates any individual on any such aircraft, if such act of violence or incapacitation is likely to endanger the safety of such aircraft; (7) communicates information, knowing the information to be false and under circumstances in which such information may reasonably be believed, thereby endangering the safety of any such aircraft in flight; or (8) attempts or conspires to do anything prohibited under paragraphs (1) through (7) of this subsection; shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years or both. (b)Whoever willfully— (1) performs an act of violence against any individual on board any civil aircraft registered in a country other than the United States while such aircraft is in flight, if such act is likely to endanger the safety of that aircraft; (2) destroys a civil aircraft registered in a country other than the United States while such aircraft is in service or causes damage to such an aircraft which renders that aircraft incapable of flight or which is likely to endanger that aircraft’s safety in flight; (3) places or causes to be placed on a civil aircraft registered in a country other than the United States while such aircraft is in service, a device or substance which is likely to destroy that aircraft, or to cause damage to that aircraft which renders that aircraft incapable of flight or which is likely to endanger that aircraft’s safety in flight; or (4) attempts or conspires to commit an offense described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection; shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. There is jurisdiction over an offense under this subsection if a national of the United States was on board, or would have been on board, the aircraft; an offender is a national of the United States; or an offender is afterwards found in the United States. For purposes of this subsection, the term “national of the United States” has the meaning prescribed in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. (c) Whoever willfully imparts or conveys any threat to do an act which would violate any of paragraphs (1) through (6) of subsection (a) or any of paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of this section, with an apparent determination and will to carry the threat into execution shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (Added July 14, 1956, ch. 595, § 1, 70 Stat. 539; amended Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 2013(b), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2187; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7016, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4395; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(O), (S), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 104–132, title VII, §§ 721(b), 723(a)(1), A
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