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AUinHsv

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  1. I was at that game and darn near died from the heat.
  2. This..... It's the same as dealing with upper management that wants to "add value" to a situation. Not going to turn out well and they are gone when it implodes
  3. I did 30 years with IBM. You would not believe the number of rules and guidelines I had to follow in terms of using that logo. And since I was customer facing I dealt with it for years. In addition, at one point, we were required to proof check all our presentations for trademark and registered trademark designations. My main presentation was over 1000 (yep 1000 charts) since I used hotlinks to jump around. Customers never saw but 50-70 charts but I had a lot of them to check
  4. Dang - figured the offseason was over.. I didn't mind it until i saw the view on the helmet. Warming up the torch and looking for a pitchfork
  5. Burger King was my high school summer job so I still like them. Plus here in North Alabama I get tons of coupons for buy one get one free so it's also a price performer. No idea on nuggets but I still like the Whopper.
  6. I had a lot of WW2 planes and ships but also had a balsa wood biplane that took a huge amount of time to build. It had some sort of paper that covered it and you had to cut and paste every bit of it. probably took 2-3 weekends to do the whole plane and house smelled like glue
  7. and if you didn't bundle a gazillion useless channels I might care. Give me ala carte now and let me pay only for the 20-30 channels I want.
  8. Not correct on the lifetime part. Growing up in Huntsville I knew several families affected by a NASA layoff. May have been true in Houston but everywhere.
  9. I like some of the retro styling like Mustang and especially Challenger - however I really wish someone would scrap the idea that the front and rear have to be plastic and go full retro with chrome bumpers. And i know it ain't gonna happen because of CAFE and pedestrian safety but I absolutely hate plastic ends on cars.
  10. It was also cool to order what you wanted not what they wanted to sell. A lot of under 30 folks might not know/realize that you could take the order list and pick and choose what you wanted. Dad didn't do this on his early 70's Camaro but someone wanted a V8, white seats, auto with shifter on column, AC and I think something like power locks and vinyl top.
  11. More - I spent too much time arranging and could not edit Yep - it was related to NASA The British came strong This was the an MGA similar to mine except it is almost perfect. Also the first one I have seen in Dove Grey b Several others Mustangs Chevy's Just for Mother Mopar and finally I mentioned the NASA bumper decal required to get on post and how people held onto cars with low numbers
  12. I mentioned there was a Saturn V Rocket nearby. This is actually a replica- the real one is inside The British came strong
  13. test I mentioned there was a Saturn V Rocket nearby. This is actually a replica- the real one is inside http://1962mgacom2.ipage.com/Apollo Car Show/Apollo Car Show Misc/7.jpg Yep - it's related to NASA http://1962mgacom2.ipage.com/Apollo Car Show/Apollo Car Show Misc/1.jpg The British came strong http://1962mgacom2.ipage.com/Apollo Car Show/Apollo Car Show British/16.jpg This was the an MGA similar to mine except it is almost perfect. Also the first one I have seen in Dove Grey http://1962mgacom2.ipage.com/Apollo Car Show/Apollo Car Show British/14.jpg
  14. test http://1962mgacom2.ipage.com/Apollo Car Show/Apollo Car Show Misc/7.jpg Yep - it's related to NASA http://1962mgacom2.ipage.com/Apollo Car Show/Apollo Car Show Misc/1.jpg
  15. Well here goes - sorry (not really) for the bandwidth but I did shrink the pics. This was the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11 Car Show at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. Probably 75-100 cars and it was hot as blazes. As an aside the director of the Space and Rocker Center gave a little speech about a car she had bought from a NASA manager. It was a family that my parents knew since the 60's. They lived together on same neighborhood in Ft Worth and moved the Huntsville with NASA at the same time in early 60's. I grew up knowing them forever. The manager also was one of the longest serving at NASA that I knew - I think he was there for almost 50 years. Pictures- I mentioned it was in shadow of Saturn V - this is actually a replica. The real one is inside
  16. Heading out the 50th anniversary of Apollo car show in Huntsville. It will literally be in shadow from the Saturn 5 at Space and Rocker center. Supposed to be a sampling of cars from that era - which is much better than a sampling of cars driven by the actual rocket scientists. Most of them gave the nice car to the wife and their selection was always a little odd because they were engineers. Plus it was a pecking order with original NASA access badges that were like bumper stickers on the front and rear bumpers. Early employees had very low numbers (like 000010) and some people kept cars for years because they had a very low number access badge.
  17. Can we turn it off? Way too busy
  18. Is there a way to not have the ticker? Too much info
  19. This is correct. I knew some people who have separate passports for different Middle East coountries for this reason. And no idea how easy it is now to get a faked passport but I suspect if you have a lot of money it is not difficult
  20. Just looked at the cast and noticed they also have another one of the unsung heroes - Richard Best. IIRC the US sank the four carriers with around 12-15 bombs. This guy was credited with dropping two of those. Pretty good record to hit two carriers in one day. Unfortunately he never flew again - something went wrong with his oxygen system and messed up his lungs.
  21. Also wondering if they could could get Chevy Chase to play Miles Browning. Probably too old but it would be appropriate
  22. I'll up the bid with Wade McLuskey - you could make the case his decision to change directions was one of the turning points of the Pacific war
  23. or Larry Csonka? he actually had a line or two in the orignal
  24. One thing I just saw a news blurb on and remembered. Most people don't realize that several versions of the Saturn were tested in Huntsville ( and with no warning I might add - we lived five miles as the crow flies from the test area and all of sudden your house started shaking and you would hear the rocket motor in the distance). They then had to be shipped to the Cape and that involved a lot of barges and river transport. Dad always had a boat and we passed the transport barge on the Tennessee River a couple of times with various large sections of rockets. Interesting article on how a dam lock failure caused lots of problems and shows some of the transport barges with components. Several versions of this story say 1961 but it seems odd that something in 1961 would affect 1969 launch. Plus I think it was the Saturn I which became the IB and was used for low earth orbit and not the Saturn V. Still it shows the challenges of getting a rocket to the Cape https://www.waaytv.com/content/moon-landing-stories/How-a-Collapse-at-Wheeler-Dam-Almost-Delayed-the-Apollo-11-Launch-507425731.html
  25. I have a recording from I think the 20th anniversary. Called something like Moonwalk as it Happened. It is basically a rebroadcast of one of the networks feeds. I think it also has the network feed of the launch
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