Why is Obama giving the speech on Tuesday? I know that other parts of the country start school earlier, but in the NYC area, most schools are starting Wednesday.
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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.
Hil R. - Sep 04, 2009 11:36:41 am PDT #6929 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Gudanov - Sep 04, 2009 11:38:33 am PDT #6930 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Why is Obama giving the speech on Tuesday? I know that other parts of the country start school earlier, but in the NYC area, most schools are starting Wednesday.
The kids in NYC don't need to be indoctrinated into the new socialist world order, it's NYC.
msbelle - Sep 04, 2009 11:54:34 am PDT #6931 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Mac dr appt #1 is complete, pain free and no increase in meds. Now mac and grandad are playing at a playground as I chill on a park bench.
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2009 11:59:06 am PDT #6932 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Wasn't he the Last Samurai?
Yeah, that was cool. Especially the part when he opens a brothel in his parents' house when they're gone.
And then shoots down the MiGs.
tommyrot - Sep 04, 2009 12:03:42 pm PDT #6933 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
While shouting, "Respect the cock!"
Gudanov - Sep 04, 2009 12:08:21 pm PDT #6934 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
And then shoots down the MiGs.
For some reason I had to look up what kind of planes they fought in Top Gun. It says MIG-28s. There are no MIG-28s. There are MIG-27s (though that's more of a ground attack plane) and MIG-29s which would have been cool but I'm not sure they were in service yet when Top Gun came out, it would be awfully close. Oh well, they probably used F-5s with a commie paint job and called them MIG-28s, I guess that makes as much sense as any alternative.
tommyrot - Sep 04, 2009 12:11:04 pm PDT #6935 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
For some reason I had to look up what kind of planes they fought in Top Gun. It says MIG-28s. There are no MIG-28s. There are MIG-27s (though that's more of a ground attack plane) and MIG-29s which would have been cool but I'm not sure they were in service yet when Top Gun came out, it would be awfully close. Oh well, they probably used F-5s with a commie paint job and called them MIG-28s, I guess that makes as much sense as any alternative.
I haven't even seen Top Gun, but I think they used some European military jet trainer. Weren't they really small?
I think for some reason the Russians give their fighters only odd-numbers.
eta: But Gud is right in that the F-5 seems to be the most widely used stand-in for Russian fighters.
Steph L. - Sep 04, 2009 12:12:02 pm PDT #6936 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
While shouting, "Respect the cock!"
You know, I'm so simultaneously BTVS-oriented and also full of bitter loathing for Magnolia that for a long moment, reading your post, I thought, "Wait -- it's 'respect the cruller,' isn't it?"
Polter-Cow - Sep 04, 2009 12:19:38 pm PDT #6937 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Steph, I have good news and bad news.
Good news: I also went there.
Bad news: I love Magnolia.
Gudanov - Sep 04, 2009 12:20:48 pm PDT #6938 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
the F-5 seems to be the most widely used stand-in for Russian fighters.
It seems to be the popular choice. There was one airplane movie I saw that was seemed kinda bizarre because they were fighting aircraft that were supposed to be from some Arab country, but they were distinctively IDF Kfirs. I mean they are closely related to Mirage IIIs which are operated by several Arab nations, but the canards marked them as Kfirs and . . .
I'm letting my aircraft geekitude show a little too clearly I think.
Edited because I made it sound like Kfirs were operated by several Arab nations and I meant Mirage IIIs.