May I present Dick Bong? Who even has a museum named in his honor.
I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Fred Pete - Aug 01, 2006 7:15:27 am PDT #9675 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
§ ita § - Aug 01, 2006 7:17:21 am PDT #9676 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Another mystery muffin. Whatever happened to the humble cranberry? Why do I seem to be finding coconut?
tommyrot - Aug 01, 2006 7:23:42 am PDT #9677 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
When I was in 9th grade, my algebra teacher for some reason lent me a book on the life of Richard Bong. After class, he showed me the book and asked me what the two planes on the cover were (a P-38 and a Betty, IIRC). Once I had correctly identified them, he gave me the book. I'm not sure why - maybe he thought I was too quiet....
Kathy A - Aug 01, 2006 7:30:23 am PDT #9678 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
my times visiting Chicago gave me a much different feeling -- that lake is HYUUUUUUGE, and it isn't even the largest of them.
Growing up next to a Great Lake gives one the usual "familiarity breeds contempt" feeling of "big whoop." But it's always fun to witness a person's first viewing--they're always so impressed and almost always say that they had no clue that a lake could be so much like the ocean.
My favorite time to watch Lake Michigan is during winter storms, when the waves blow onto Lake Shore Drive and can shut down the lanes on the east side. I also think that one of the more interesting trivia items about the lake is that there have been rogue waves called "seiches," one of which (ten feet high!) killed eight men fishing on a dock back in 1954.
And my favorite season is fall, with winter a close second.
juliana - Aug 01, 2006 7:31:15 am PDT #9679 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Who's gonna write the Kumho/Michelin Man slash?
I'm going to a very unfortunate Cayce Pollard-esque place.
Gudanov - Aug 01, 2006 7:31:15 am PDT #9680 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
a P-38 and a Betty, IIRC
P-38 has to be right, he was a P-38 ace.
Aims - Aug 01, 2006 7:33:40 am PDT #9681 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
BTW, I think that the Buffistas are infecting my grandmother. I was telling her that Joe and I have been catching CSI reruns on SpikeTV and that we've become hooked. She asked if we watched "House". I told her no, we didn't. She paused for a minute, and then said, "Well, you are our of your mind. He is WONDERFUL."
Allyson - Aug 01, 2006 7:34:50 am PDT #9682 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I purchased two sheets of DC Comics stamps at the Post Office, yesterday.
I used that bitch the Green Lantern to mail my rent check.
Also, I feel UNBELIEVABLY stupid, today.
me me me me me
tommyrot - Aug 01, 2006 7:35:20 am PDT #9683 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
P-38 has to be right, he was a P-38 ace.
Yeah - actually, I was sure about the P-38. The other I remember was Japanese, but I'm not positive it was a Betty.
Of course, now when I think of "Betty" I think of that Aliens movie.... (Aliens IV, whatever it was called.)
Kathy A - Aug 01, 2006 7:35:40 am PDT #9684 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I still have my Muppet stamps, and I'm not going to mail them to anybody!