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OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the US... - 4/27/2012 10:47:47 PM   
Keifer


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Status: offline 		I don't care what anybody says, this is a great country when we can fly space shuttles on the backs of 747's around our major cities just for fun and photo ops!

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/27/2012 11:16:20 PM   
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It is. You Americans don't even remotly know how lucky you are!

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/27/2012 11:52:20 PM   
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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 12:53:28 AM   
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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 1:09:32 AM   
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Didn't you know what the old Troll hunting book "En Slik Bjørn Dritt" says? On Page 369 it says:
quote:

"Jeg er smart nok til å bruke oversetteren på nettet, men det er fortsatt en bjørn for å være så negativ dritt!"

Meaning: To attract a troll, there's nothing better than to shoult out loud: "warning, trolls will come!"

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 1:11:05 AM   
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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 1:33:01 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Historiker

funny, how you come in just to tell you go out

Didn't you know what the old Troll hunding book "En Slik Bjørn Dritt" says? On Page 369 it says:
quote:

"Jeg er smart nok til å bruke oversetteren på nettet, men det er fortsatt en bjørn for å være så negativ dritt!"

Meaning: To attrackt a troll, there's nothing better than to shoult out loud: "warning, trolls will come!"

Nah,
Just need a bridge and 3 goats, actually only 2 as T is already here.

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 5:51:24 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Historiker

funny, how you come in just to tell you go out

Didn't you know what the old Troll hunding book "En Slik Bjørn Dritt" says? On Page 369 it says:
quote:

"Jeg er smart nok til å bruke oversetteren på nettet, men det er fortsatt en bjørn for å være så negativ dritt!"

Meaning: To attrackt a troll, there's nothing better than to shoult out loud: "warning, trolls will come!"


Thats not what it says at all!

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 9:18:01 AM   
ilovestrategy


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Status: offline 		I think it's pretty awesome. I was a kid when the space shuttle program started and it's been here all my adult life. I'm glad to see a send off like this.

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 12:35:59 PM   
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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 1:21:35 PM   
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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 1:24:20 PM   
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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 1:35:20 PM   
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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 1:41:35 PM   
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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 3:39:15 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Keifer

I don't care what anybody says, this is a great country when we can fly space shuttles on the backs of 747's around our major cities just for fun and photo ops!

USA! USA! USA!



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Gotta agree with you 100% there. That is a cool shot, and this is great country. Any country that has restaurants where the condiments are free, and where the toilet paper is nice and thick, is a great country.

Many people born here and have never been anywhere else can be really quite spoiled and have no idea just how well they have it, especially during rough periods.

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 4:57:13 PM   
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Status: offline 		So on one page T has been refered too as a goat, a bear and a troll. Ah, all in a days work. Continue nothing to see here.

Btw Gräfin, i just made dinner to 8 ppl, could u go troll my kitchen for a couple of hours please, on request ofc.


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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 5:31:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's a great country all right, and a cool shot, but failing to let Houston get one of the shuttles is a crime. Johnson Space Center a/k/a Mission Control was kind of important to the space program and stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love New York City, so this isn't a slam of Gotham. A cynic would analyze the politics of the states that got shuttles and the state that didn't and reach certain conclusions about the decision making process involved and the role of politics in said process.

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 6:13:48 PM   
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It's a great country all right, and a cool shot, but failing to let Houston get one of the shuttles is a crime. Johnson Space Center a/k/a Mission Control was kind of important to the space program and stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love New York City, so this isn't a slam of Gotham. A cynic would analyze the politics of the states that got shuttles and the state that didn't and reach certain conclusions about the decision making process involved and the role of politics in said process.


I just thank goodness that you're not a cynic, nor would you be able to identify with one.

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 6:49:18 PM   
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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 7:23:06 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Cribtop

It's a great country all right, and a cool shot, but failing to let Houston get one of the shuttles is a crime. Johnson Space Center a/k/a Mission Control was kind of important to the space program and stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love New York City, so this isn't a slam of Gotham. A cynic would analyze the politics of the states that got shuttles and the state that didn't and reach certain conclusions about the decision making process involved and the role of politics in said process.


I just thank goodness that you're not a cynic, nor would you be able to identify with one.


A cynic? Perish the thought! I have always found my fellow man to behave honorably so long as it was in his own self interest.

PS My Texas based grumpiness on the issue aside, it is a seriously cool photo.

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 7:24:08 PM   
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I rolled a 1 to hit..... I fumbled my longsword!

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 8:03:33 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Treetop64


quote:

ORIGINAL: Keifer

I don't care what anybody says, this is a great country when we can fly space shuttles on the backs of 747's around our major cities just for fun and photo ops!

USA! USA! USA!



http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304811304577369602130310414.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLE_Video_Top



Gotta agree with you 100% there. That is a cool shot, and this is great country. Any country that has restaurants where the condiments are free, and where the toilet paper is nice and thick, is a great country.

Many people born here and have never been anywhere else can be really quite spoiled and have no idea just how well they have it, especially during rough periods.



Treetop64 -

Last June, while picking up a rafting trip at Hecla Junction - a major rafting put in and take out on the Arkansas River (which has very nice, clean restrooms maintained by the park service), a European rafting guest commented that the USA was the only country wealthy enough to build restrooms in the middle of nowhere. I am with you Sir...

Mac

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 8:10:41 PM   
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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 8:25:38 PM   
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Treetop64 -

Last June, while picking up a rafting trip at Hecla Junction - a major rafting put in and take out on the Arkansas River (which has very nice, clean restrooms maintained by the park service), a European rafting guest commented that the USA was the only country wealthy enough to build restrooms in the middle of nowhere. I am with you Sir...

Mac

I especially loved the "STATE Welcome Center" along the interstates.

You are really blessed to live in that country!

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 8:40:34 PM   
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So on one page T has been refered too as a goat, a bear and a troll. Ah, all in a days work. Continue nothing to see here.

Kind regards,

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I don't think that T qualifies as any of the above, well maybe an Old Goat, but not today. What he was up-to was stating that this post was going to attract our Trolling personalities.

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 8:41:57 PM   
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RPG!!!

Huh ??? Role playing games ???


I rolled a 1 to hit..... I fumbled my longsword!


And that Sir is Trolling, or fighting talk, whichever comes first.


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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 8:53:11 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Gräfin Zeppelin


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RPG!!!

Huh ??? Role playing games ???


I rolled a 1 to hit..... I fumbled my longsword!

You sure it isn't just a dagger?

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 8:58:28 PM   
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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 9:31:35 PM   
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I don't care what anybody says, this is a great country when we can fly space shuttles on the backs of 747's around our major cities just for fun and photo ops!



Don´t get me wrong, it is a beautiful and memorable sight.

But actually I would have been far more impressed, had NASA been able to get a replacement vehicle ready and operational before flying circles over major cities
showing museum pieces.

As things are, it just makes me sad. Salute, Enterprise.

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RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because th... - 4/28/2012 9:40:26 PM   
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No other vessel killed so many astronauts .




^^ An example of an honest troll. ^^

I'm sure those astronauts wouldn't feel quite the same way...

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