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Abilene Slim SASS 81783
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26 minutes ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said:
This guy does a lot of that. very interesting!
Stunning work!
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2 hours ago, Alpo said:
Niagara falls?
I think so.
Abbot & Costello did a similar bit with the Susquehanna Hat Company being the trigger word(s).
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1 hour ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said:
...Slowly I turned...
…step by step…
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28 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:
Showing my age a bit, but I recall the Spitfire Mark 1s were a two blade version, while succeeding Marks had three and eventually four blade props as Rolls Royce developed better engines.
Loved that Spit 9
Yup. The earliest were fixed pitch and made of wood. Variable pitch were added shortly.
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2 hours ago, DocWard said:
And then of course...
The cool thing about counter rotating props is they eliminate a lot of the torque acting on the airframe. Many pilots were killed in training because they mishandled it.
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6 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
He was on a bicycle.
Did they have bicycle speedometers in 1899?
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Just now, J-BAR #18287 said:
I thought beer, pizza, and chocolate were the basic food groups!
They are.
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1 hour ago, sassnetguy50 said:
Same as airplanes do today, time it between two points of a known distance.
Must’ve had a lot of time on his hands, given the dearth of cars then. Or maybe he clocked carriages and other 4-legged conveyances too.
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8 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:
…and adjusted the antenna.
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In 1899, how could the cop determine 12 mph?
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I don’t know how that would work with a buscadero rig, which is required by the category. Never seen or heard of it done.
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Cost of a few nights in a Holiday Inn Express would have bought that Model T!
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Good on ya John. Hope your treatment continues to go well!
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34 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:
SLIM,
that's a good plan. Something else to do during your recovery...... DON'T watch any stupid news channels
or anything that might perk up your blood pressure.
1. watch The Andy Griffith Show with Barney.
2. watch comedy movies or good Christmas movies. Watch reruns of the Love Boat.
3. watch a lot of the Duke in Westerns.
4. watch some good Clint Eastwood movies.
5. Listen to some good ole 50's, 60's and 70's music on YouTube. These are good feeling songs.
6. AND...always keep your heart pillow with you and use it for sneezing, coughing and even little
laughs you may have.
Do things that help you relax, get your mind off anything troubling, and things that help you
smile..... but don't over laugh.
..........Widder
Thanks Widder!
No cable at this house so I can’t watch any news channels. Haven’t watched national or local news in eons. Have lots of DVDs to catch up on though, including ones you mentioned!
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11 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:
No, but Dad said his flight suit needed cleaning - inside and out!
They landed back at Kapuskasing, jury rigged and patched the nose Perspex and flew back to Ottawa for permanent repair and to have the NRC repair and re-calibrate the three camera mounts and the cameras.
Scary part he said was that in the nose, operating the cameras, he couldn't wear his parachute and things were a little............interesting before the pilot got the plane back on the ground.
He had a number of interesting things happen on that assignment, but when the cameras were running properly and didn't need attention, it was boring; flying from the Canada/US border to the Arctic Circle in strips 30 miles wide. Very precise navigation was required, to produce the photos from which detailed maps could be made.
When things were quiet and the cameras operating smoothly, the pilot, knowing Dad flew privately and had a Super Cub, parked at Rockcliffe), taught him how to fly the Mitchel.
Canadian flag icon needed here.
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I’ve had several encounters with turkey buzzards and flocks of seagull-like birds that inhabit the central plains of Kansas and Nebraska. You don’t see ‘em until just before impact, or they whizz by inches away. Fortunately the only impact was by a small bird on the leading edge of the wing. Left a baseball size dent though that required grounding of the plane until repaired.
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Can’t get the bunkhouse boss to watch Quigley more than once in 18 months. However, when I get home and am convalescing week after next, I’m gonna watch it over and over — since I won’t remember anything I watched!
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Wow. Last movie I saw him in was Mars Attacks.
RIP
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7 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:
Unlike a Democrat, Charlie Brown is learning from experience!
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Apparently the news of his passing was exaggerated?
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23 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:
Had to pull the motor in my old 88 GMC. The bell housing bolts were bolts with a stud on the head for clamps for plumbing etc. Now I don't remember which was which, the nut on the stud was 9/16ths and the bolt head was 17mm! The irritation came with needing 2 extensions and swivel to get on the top ones! Then get your hands up in there to hold on to the unwieldy apparatus.
And then there are lug nuts like those on my Jeep. There’s a decorative covering on an ordinary nut, which takes a 19mm socket, also the same as emergency wrench that came with car. When that comes off - and it will, you need and 18mm socket. Arghh!
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Thanks, pards. I'll be following the results. See y'all next year!
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1 hour ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
Shortest poem ever:
"Fleas"
Adam
Had 'em.
Shortest blues song ever:
"I didn't wake up this morning..."
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bear creek bullets
in SASS Wire Saloon
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