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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 10:30:01 AM

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 11:21:24 AM

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G'night, y'all...

You Europeans go to bed SO early...

But you Americans awake so late

Only some of us...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 11:24:32 AM

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Time to make the coffee...or should I go to Dunkin Donuts and really piss off the endcrinologist...decisions.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 12:19:26 PM

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Pancreas, schmancreas. Who needs 'em?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 12:29:34 PM

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 12:30:21 PM

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Time to make the coffee...or should I go to Dunkin Donuts and really piss off the endcrinologist...decisions.

Why would your endocrinologist object to coffee?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 2:04:48 PM

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Good Monday morning - Tithe.

(Brother Mynok is on vacation this week, so he shouldn't take offense)

Dream on....anytime the work phone rings on vacation is grounds for a sucky Monday.

Although in balance I have to confess it was a gorgeous day here at the coast. Sat out on the deck this evening with a good cigar, a nice tumbler of Bushmills and a brilliantly clear night. The stars were rocking! I could see most of the 7 sisters, Jupiter was bright in the SSE, and I swear I could see Andromeda.

It is truly sad that two generations of kids have grown up without the stars thanks to the awful light pollution. If you think it is irrelevant, just ask a kid if he's seen the Milky Way.

Sounds like a great start to the week, minus the work call.

I know exactly what you mean about the stars. The first time I saw, really saw, the Milky Way was the first night out to sea in the Navy. Amazing. It's pretty much like that down in the Turks, and I was sure to point it out to Alex and his cousin last trip. His cousin is going with us again this year. She's a year older than Alex and they get along great, so mom and I don't have to entertain him all the time.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 2:06:23 PM

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Good morning - Tithe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 2:25:20 PM

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Good morning guys.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 2:38:33 PM

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And a DivePac88 rocks good morning tithe to you as well!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 2:40:22 PM

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Good morning all

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 3:44:40 PM

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-50...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 3:58:31 PM

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I just took a trip to the local used book store.� Picked up a great condition copy of Janes Fighting Aircraft of WWII for $6.00. �

Just glanced inside the cover, but it is apparently a reprint of the '46/47 edition that used the latest known information at the time.� Should be a blast to read and browse.�

Ebay is a great source for Jane's . I've built up quite a collection over the years. But unfortuanately the best source is the UK and shipping makes it unaffordable.

Talking about Janes, I have a quite horrendous story to tell. Four years ago, the Swedish National Defence College moved a couple of kilometers within Stockholm to new facilities. I was a student at the college at that time. One evening, going home from school, I passed the college parking lot where they had set out some garbage containers to throw away unwanted literature, documents etc. I glanced into it, and found to my horror that the college library had culled an older, formerly archived AND complete collection of Janes Fighting Ships from 1912 to 1949 in pretty good condition (judging from the covers). Being culled, they had ripped off the covers and mutilated the pages ...

Oh the horror! WHY, OH WHY COULDN'T THE LIBRARIAN IDIOTS JUST *ASK* IF SOMEBODY WANTED THE BOOKS!?!? They did exactly that with most of the other literature about to be culled ... I've never wanted to hit a librarian more in my life than then.

Also, it would have been fun to have checked how much you could have got from an antiquarian. Not that I would've sold them if I had them.

I still get upset when I think about it. With that sad note, I'm off to bed . G'night gentlemen

What a waste. I've never understood the 'scorched earth' philosophy of libraries in that situation.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 4:16:56 PM

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So stupid.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 4:36:50 PM

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I know exactly what you mean about the stars. The first time I saw, really saw, the Milky Way was the first night out to sea in the Navy. Amazing. It's pretty much like that down in the Turks, and I was sure to point it out to Alex and his cousin last trip. His cousin is going with us again this year. She's a year older than Alex and they get along great, so mom and I don't have to entertain him all the time.

The clearest I've ver seen them was down in the Falklands. If I knew anything about astronomy I probably would've been impressed by the fact they were different to what I was used to. But actually they just looked like the same old stars but much clearer

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 4:41:20 PM

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Time to make the coffee...or should I go to Dunkin Donuts and really piss off the endcrinologist...decisions.

Why would your endocrinologist object to coffee?

I don't think he would object to the coffee. I do think he would object to the sugar in the doughnuts......

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 4:41:37 PM

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 4:41:56 PM

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Hello all

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 4:42:28 PM

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All seems fairly normal in the thread

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 4:47:41 PM

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I've caught some sort of man-flu. And Mrs Dixie is out tonight, what's the point in feeling slightly crappy if I can't complain so much that my nearest and dearest think I've got real 'flu? Or maybe whatever is on tonight's episode of House...

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 4:55:11 PM

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Turn on the way back to you, mein Britischer foe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 5:06:06 PM

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I know exactly what you mean about the stars. The first time I saw, really saw, the Milky Way was the first night out to sea in the Navy. Amazing. It's pretty much like that down in the Turks, and I was sure to point it out to Alex and his cousin last trip. His cousin is going with us again this year. She's a year older than Alex and they get along great, so mom and I don't have to entertain him all the time.

The clearest I've ver seen them was down in the Falklands. If I knew anything about astronomy I probably would've been impressed by the fact they were different to what I was used to. But actually they just looked like the same old stars but much clearer

I've got agree with Mike , the brightest stars I've ever seen were at sea. Even brighter than those in isolated spots like Guam, Greenland, and Deep in the wilderness. Strangely enough , at sea is where I saw the green flash both times. I say strangley , because I've twice been on land when others around me say it, but missed it myself. At sea (or even over the sea) you can't miss it.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 5:10:28 PM

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I just took a trip to the local used book store.� Picked up a great condition copy of Janes Fighting Aircraft of WWII for $6.00. �

Just glanced inside the cover, but it is apparently a reprint of the '46/47 edition that used the latest known information at the time.� Should be a blast to read and browse.�

Ebay is a great source for Jane's . I've built up quite a collection over the years. But unfortuanately the best source is the UK and shipping makes it unaffordable.

Talking about Janes, I have a quite horrendous story to tell. Four years ago, the Swedish National Defence College moved a couple of kilometers within Stockholm to new facilities. I was a student at the college at that time. One evening, going home from school, I passed the college parking lot where they had set out some garbage containers to throw away unwanted literature, documents etc. I glanced into it, and found to my horror that the college library had culled an older, formerly archived AND complete collection of Janes Fighting Ships from 1912 to 1949 in pretty good condition (judging from the covers). Being culled, they had ripped off the covers and mutilated the pages ...

Oh the horror! WHY, OH WHY COULDN'T THE LIBRARIAN IDIOTS JUST *ASK* IF SOMEBODY WANTED THE BOOKS!?!? They did exactly that with most of the other literature about to be culled ... I've never wanted to hit a librarian more in my life than then.

Also, it would have been fun to have checked how much you could have got from an antiquarian. Not that I would've sold them if I had them.

I still get upset when I think about it. With that sad note, I'm off to bed . G'night gentlemen

What a waste. I've never understood the 'scorched earth' philosophy of libraries in that situation.

It's a power/ego game . I've seen museums do it too! It got a lot worse when librarians became known as "media specialists". Old time librarians would rather give up one of their children than a book. But the younger generations (last 40 years or so) often consist of burned out teachers. The books don't hold the same sort of santicity. I still freak when my wife writes in a cook book and had a hard time bringing myself to write or high-light my text books in college.!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 5:11:20 PM

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Time to make the coffee...or should I go to Dunkin Donuts and really piss off the endcrinologist...decisions.

Why would your endocrinologist object to coffee?

I don't think he would object to the coffee. I do think he would object to the sugar in the doughnuts......

Oh....never mind.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 5:12:15 PM

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Turn on the way back to you, mein Britischer foe.

Not had enough then Fritz? Your sausage munching fliers will find their cabbage crates shot from around them

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 5:13:02 PM

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I've caught some sort of man-flu.� And Mrs Dixie is out tonight, what's the point in feeling slightly crappy if I can't complain so much that my nearest and dearest think I've got real 'flu?� Or maybe whatever is on tonight's episode of House...

I hope that you feel better. Pity that you don't drink. Scotish tea always makes me feel better!

(Hey, when is someone going to come up with a "drunken smiley"?).

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 5:14:21 PM

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Turn on the way back to you, mein Britischer foe.

Not had enough then Fritz? Your sausage munching fliers will find their cabbage crates shot from around them

At least "sausage munching" sounds more dignified than "banger-munching".

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 5:15:49 PM

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At least "sausage munching" sounds more dignified than "banger-munching".

That is something entirely different

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 5:18:07 PM

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There will be much more ka-boom dropping on your head shortly.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/20/2009 5:18:55 PM

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At least "sausage munching" sounds more dignified than "banger-munching".

That is something entirely different

That's right! Bangers are Bland sausages! You call the spicy ones.......errr sounds like a bundle of sticks. Or a mig-15. Fa--ot munching sounds much more dignified!

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