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    God bless the little children!

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    YBYSAIA!  (in reality, no, but I can't afford to buy the drinks :D)

    A bit on that:

     

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    Historical references

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    During the 1962 Mercury-Atlas 8 mission (part of the United States space program), astronaut Wally Schirra was asked by ground controller Deke Slayton whether he was a turtle. Not wanting to use vulgar language while his communications were being broadcast worldwide, he temporarily stopped transmitting in order to record the required response.[6][7] Later, on board the recovery ship USS Kearsarge, in front of Slayton, Walt Williams and the other astronauts, Walt Williams demanded to know how Schirra replied to Deke's question. Schirra played the recorder. "Hey, Wally, are you a turtle?" followed by the proper response, "YBYSAIA".[5][8]

    In 1968, on the Apollo 7 mission, during seven telecasts which were the first video broadcasts from a spacecraft, Schirra instead asked Slayton, through the capcom, whether he was a turtle.[6] Slayton in turn also recorded his answer.[6] According to the Apollo 7 mission transcript, he also asked if Paul Haney was a turtle, to which Schirra replied that Haney was buying, not talking.[9] The Smithsonian owns a turtle membership card changed to call the organization the "Interstellar Association of Turtles: Outershell Division" signed by Wally Schirra and TRW employee Gerry Morton.[3]

    President John F. Kennedy was also allegedly asked if he was a Turtle at a press conference, to which he replied, "I'll buy you your drink later".[2][6]


     

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    Tacos - Soft or Hard

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    1 hour ago, Will Kane said:

    I'll opt for chalupas or nachos or panchos.

     

    I had to look up "panchos."  They sound like what the Mexican restaurants around here bill as Super Nachos, Nachos Supreme, or Nachos Superior. 

     

    1 hour ago, PowderRiverCowboy said:

    Puffy whether you choose flour or corn tortillas  your choice

     

     

     

     

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    Fry bread tacos?

     

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    Any "goat" people here...?

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    Talking with your hands

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    I think it depends on what the show is.  Local morning news, where they convey actual information, not so much.  The professional prognosticators passionately and pompously pontificating perilous possibilities, pointing out potential problems to a perplexed populous, on the other hand, do a lot of hand waving and hand wringing. 

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    A POW Journal

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    https://powjournal.com/

     

    A POW Journal from WW II

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    This web site is a representation of my father’s the time served as a P.O.W. in World War II.

     

    My dad, Marion Wright Hazard, was shot down in a B-17 over the Adriatic Sea, near Verona, Italy on February 24, 1944. This aircraft was in the 301st Bomb Group.

     

    Several years after his death, a descendant of one of his campmates found this journal and contacted my family and sent this journal to my family. He had left it behind on the day they were liberated.

     

    The book is a collaboration of my dad and his campmates. All images are untouched and unaltered. The books were sent to British POWs. My dad made a trade for the book with a fellow POW. The cost of that trade is detailed early on in the book.

     

     

     

     

    In the journal, Dad dedicated it to those who lost their lives on 42-31872. This web site is dedicated to the memory of my father and to every man and woman who has served our country in the armed forces, as well as all teachers and police officers.

    – Scott Hazard

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    Tacos - Soft or Hard

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    9 hours ago, Alpo said:

    Or a plate and a spoon. You take a bite, and it starts falling apart, and it lands on the plate, and when it's all in pieces you pick up the spoon and eat it.

     

    Just have a soft tortilla under it.  Finish the crisp taco and PRESTO! you have a  soft taco chaser.

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    God bless the little children!

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    1 hour ago, watab kid said:

    some things stay where they are learned or among friends when a little girl is in the room , 

     

    There's always that one uncle with the inappropriate stories,  who also teaches the kids how to make match guns with clothes pins, and matchstick rockets with foil and stick matches.

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    Tacos - Soft or Hard

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    2 hours ago, Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life said:

    I like my tortilla folded and deep fried BEFORE it is filled.

     

    I'm of the fill with meat (or potatoes and onions) before frying school of thought.   The precooked meat gets some nice crisp edges and the hot meat melts the cheese better. 

     

    43 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

    I know I'll get scalded for this but I like Taco Bell's soft tacos. I also like their chicken burritos! 

     

    I like both,  but tend towards the crisp tacos because when I  was a kid that's what they had. Two tacos and a burrito. 

     

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    In the early 1970s, I  think it was, they added the Encherrito.  And the Burrito Supreme. 

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    Tacos - Soft or Hard

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    33 minutes ago, Alpo said:

    IF?????

     

    I never enjoyed tacos, until I discovered soft tacos. Cuz when I bite something and it falls apart in my hands, that's not something I enjoy eating again. And every time - every time - I've had a hard taco, when I take my first bite the taco shell comes apart.

     

    "Shell."  Right there is your problem, a "shell" isn't a tortilla.  A tortilla, either filled with meat, then folded and fried, or folded, fried, and then filled, doesn't fall apart unless you have overcooked it.

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    Tacos - Soft or Hard

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    The most traditional are soft tacos, usually with 2 soft corn tortillas. 

     

    The crispy,  fried version is a Mexican  American invention dating to the late 1800s. 

     

    My preference is for crisp because that is what my mom was taught to make by Mrs. Duran and Mrs. Aguilera.

     

    The "taco shells" in those kits are abominations and should be banned.  The box tastes better. 

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    Remembrance Day

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    1 hour ago, watab kid said:

    always remembered in our home growing up but it was armistice day , we were not much into renaming things in our family , 

     

    The men at my dad's VFW post called it Armistice Day into the early '70s, even though officially it became Veterans Day in 1957.

     

    I think it was out of respect for the Doughboys that were still active. 

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    Who chose your wedding date?

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    "How can we easily let all our friends know?"

     

    We were both very active in the SCA. Almost all our friends were involved in it.  Picked a major event around when we wanted to do it, had the wedding done by a rent a minister in our front yard,  fed everyone,  and made it down to Palo Alto for evening court.

     

    Just happened to also be May 5th. 

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