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Wacka

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  1. My brother has been a flagman with the Erie County Highway Dept. He said the majority of drivers are total idiots. He's waving a large flag and yelling to slow down and they are oblivious. He almost got clipped many times. He got his license and can now plow in the winter and drive the big equipment. Here in CA, they have a cop sitting before the work truck with his lights on. That didn't even stop a drunk one morning from killing two workers as they were getting their equipment off the back of the truck.
  2. It was me- I checked the web site. They had a major renovation. The building is 40+ years old, so they upgraded the systems, put in a skylight and a central stairway. The Star Spangled banner has its own gallery now. They site also said that the Industry building (old one near the castle) is closed or closing for renovations also. I'm a space nut, so I walked around with my jaw on the floor seeing all the airplanes and rockets at the Air & Space. Would love to see the one at Dulles if I'm ever out there again. If you are into art, there is also something for you. The Da Vinci they have was the most realistic portrait I've ever seen. The hair on the portrait shown like real hair and the laces on the front of her dress looked like those fuzzy shoelaces that were popular years ago-they looked real.
  3. The Japanese internment camps were set up AFTER Pearl Harbor.
  4. Go down to the Mall and see any of the Smithsonian Museums. All free , all open every day except Christmas 10-5:30. American History (with Star Spangled Banner, Fonzie's jacket, Archie Bunker's Chair, etc is closed until fall for renovations. Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial,WWII, Korea and Vietnam Memorials. Too much to see in one day. Take the Metro to one of the stops on the Mall.
  5. Nobody can see those. For the average person standing on the ground, the horizon is 3 miles. for someone 20 stories (200 ft) up it is 16 miles.
  6. That was probably the most realistic battle scenes in any movie and people who were there said that it was no where near as bad as the real thing. I saw Charles Durning on an NCIS episode recently playing a WWII veteran. I started reading up on him. He landed on D-Day and was wounded pretty bad a week later. He recovered quickly and was taken prisoner in the Battle of the Bulge. he was one of the POWs who survived the Malmadey Massacre although getting a chest wound. He received a Silver Star and three Purple Hearts. Also, James Doohan (Scotty-Star Trek), a Canadian, landed on D-Day and was shot in the leg and lost a finger (which he his very well on TV).
  7. $3.72/ gal. Not bad. About 5 cents/gal cheaper than the cheapest place here and about 15-18 cents cheaper than most places. Was in South SF two weeks ago- $3.98/gal.
  8. And that is the point of Operation Chaos. Make it go to a knockdown drag-out cage deathmatch at the convention.
  9. He is the most liberal member of congress. He is a socialist.
  10. I saw him years ago on TV talking about it. I'm cursed with a great memory, but age is screwing me on names. I have trouble remembering them.
  11. He was also on the USS Forrestal when the a misfire of a rocket on a plane across the flight deck statred his plane on fire. In film of the incident, he can be seen barely making it out of the plane before it goes up. He did get injured in that incident.
  12. Candice has a WNY connection-Her sister-in-law is from Cheektowaga!
  13. Yeah, the dems have gotten a lot more racist.
  14. Im loading up on popcorn at convention time. This is 68 all over again. Maybe Dan Rather will show up with a massive electronic backpack and get roughed up by dem goons.
  15. No, the Republicans pushed it through. The % of Republicans voting for the Civil Rights laws wes higher than the % of dems voting for it. Two of teh biggest dems, Gore and Byrd filibustered it.
  16. From what I heard, that is how Sammy davis Jr. lost his eye. He was in a car accident and his face slammed into the steering wheel.
  17. Bingo! Al Gore Sr. and Robert Byrd (KKK-WV) filibustered the Civil ights legislation in the 60s. Obama is a socialist. He was rated the MOST LIBERAL senator . That is why is dislike him.
  18. 18/20 Guessed correctly on several.
  19. Because he's not a marxist, duh.
  20. Your knowledge of trade is trading cards with your buddies in mom's basement.
  21. I can see Molson's post : " I had just got back from cashing my unemployment check and stopping at the comic book store and upstairs I hear Ma come in all mad at someone that cut her off on the way to the WalMart ..."
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