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Shoxthemonkey

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  1. I think you are right, BB. It can't get back in the air soon enough for folks around here. The recent layoffs at Spirit Aerosystems are going to really hurt the Wichita economy if it drags out to mid summer. I deal with several of the small shops that make piece parts for the Max and Spirit and it's certainly going to be a hardship for them. ETA, but don't cut any corners getting there.
  2. Having grown up in a Boeing town, I suppose I have a bit more trust than many folks do but I won't hesitate to board a Max flight if that's the horse they give me to ride. This in no way means that I don't think Boeing fucked this up royally. I also believe they weren't the only player to blame. The first time I flew in a Max was to attend my niece's wedding. My brother was the CTO for the NH company that makes the fan blades for the LEAP engines so all members of the team that designed those were there. They were all jealous that I had flown on a Max and they hadn't yet. Careful what you wish for, I guess.
  3. I flew on a Max several times between KC and Boston when Southwest was using them for that non-stop route. I travel that way 4-5 times a year so if SWA puts them back on, I will. I suppose @immamac can figure out where to send the wreath but I doubt that he would need to.
  4. Hookem' You should be ashamed
  5. Tell that to my Mom (RIP).
  6. If brains was leather, he couldn't saddle a bug.
  7. Holy shit, the memories! I was a last minute replacement Ambassador from El Salvador to the Model UN in Wichita, freshman year, 1966. We stayed at the Broadview Hotel and I bought that book from the lobby book and magazine shop. My very first porn purchase. I was able to smuggle it into the house in one of my Dad's hand-me-down attache cases that also held everything there was to know about El Salvador that could be found in Encyclopedia Britannica.
  8. It's great to be in a league that provides this kind of matchup more often than once a decade. The rematch in Memphis should be must-see tv. Btw, @Underdog, there is a reason MVC fans have the phrase "Evansvilled" trademarked. They are now 0-3 in the Valley. Every year they take down a top team and then shit in their kitchen.
  9. Showed up on my Spotify weekly list. Really liking these guys.
  10. I thought the Trout for Merrifield trade was on.
  11. I'm more curious about a fury dump.
  12. ^^^^ I have an assortment of pnuematic strokers and thrusters on the shelf. We can probably hang it from your shoulders like a bass drum or make a belt of some sort. The compressed air thing will be cumbersome or we could design some sort of servo unit with a battery pack. Be a lot more expensive. Figure out which way you want to go and I'll get a quote worked up.
  13. All of the stores in our downtown locked their doors last Friday morning so that everybody could attend the funeral of a longtime resident. That's small town.
  14. One of several Massive Attack tunes that can lead to me getting laid. Teardrop and Protection are equally effective. Mrs Monkey approves.
  15. No big deal. You're in the shower, right? Right?
  16. I have always said there are better ways to make your hands stink than to grab a catfish.
  17. @CHIEF, I witnessed the same thing in Wichita in 1969. I was in HS but otherwise it was exactly the same shit with exactly the same result. I don't have any idea how much involvement the Black leadership had with the policy or implementation but I'm guessing that it was minimal. I'm also not sure what would have been a better way to bring integration about but it seems that the approach chosen by the Wichita BOE was ham-handed.
  18. Hah. Might have to do that. Son in laws folks play in a Wahoo league in FW. I've been exposed to some cut throat competition. I've been in Kyle for the last few days. Had a Strait Plate at Maudie's on N Lamar and had Hays Co BBQ. Saw the lights in Fredericksburg and Johnson City. Climbed Enchanted Rock. Won a Wahoo tourney. It's been a full week. I hope everybody had as much Christmas as we did.
  19. My daughter and her husband, my wife and I play Wahoo and the winner gets a ceramic teepee ashtray. We play 15 games. I won the first game and then 5 of the last 6, 4 in a row to take this year's trophy. Feels good, man
  20. Clever of the Beechcraft engineers to put props on a private jet.
  21. Well, you know a Chik-fil-a card won't work.
  22. OU down 12 with 4:00 left
  23. Kansas City kid. I saw her a lot at Knuckleheads bar when she was on her way up. She puts on a hell of a show. I really like her work on the cigarbox guitar.
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