The 'What I'm Seeing Today' thread. (Page 7/51)
maryjane MAY 20, 07:10 PM
I considered burning it in place, but the heat would ruin the wire
blackrams MAY 20, 07:35 PM

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Originally posted by maryjane:

I considered burning it in place, but the heat would ruin the wire



Saw that done once, I got paid to help rebuild that fence. Told them not to do it before they spread out the kerosene. They didn't listen.

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Ron

Isn't it strange that after a bombing, everyone blames the bomber, his upbringing, his environment, his culture, his mental state but … after a shooting, the problem is the gun?

Definition of a home owner, "see the door threshold, without my permission, there and no futher.......

My Uncle Frank was a staunch Conservative and voted straight Republican until the day he died in Chicago. Since then he has voted Democrat. Shrug

maryjane MAY 21, 12:42 AM

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Originally posted by blackrams:


One should consider the question, was this trip really necessary?

My BIL works for Cummins and spends a lot of time in China and the far east, he has some sinus sensitivities. Always comes back messed up and can't breath for weeks, then turns around and goes back,


I'm not Hudini, but I'll try to answer in his absence.
Probably pretty necessary for Hudini to present for the trip, considering he's the driver of the plane. (Commercial airline pilot)
Hudini MAY 21, 01:37 AM
I'm very lucky in that I've never had any issue with asthma or other breathing problems. I quit smoking about 6 years ago so I don't have that added to my burden. I wear my PM2.5 mask most times I'm out and about, especially if it's a bad day.

I wish I had my camera ready yesterday. I saw a purple convertible Bentley and a beautiful dark blue Lamborghini. The Bentley was laughable but the Lambo was awesome. The heat radiating off that thing was amazing.
williegoat MAY 21, 03:24 AM
So, I was sitting in the bar, listening to the band and in walks Batman.....
Marvin McInnis MAY 21, 04:35 AM

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Offset course. (6 nm?) Way cool!

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Hudini MAY 21, 11:12 AM
It's routine to offset 3nm right of track because the airways are so congested they need lateral separation to see us all. In this particular ATC control area of Dalian they use 6nm quite a bit. Maybe their radar resolution is less than other areas?

As a side note: I just watched a cool video where foreign journalists were flown around North Korea on their state airline Air Korya. Other than the 50's tech Soviet aircraft the video showed a couple places they visited briefly. Did you know the USS Pueblo is still in North Korea? It's in Pyongyang as a museum piece on a river. And it's still a commissioned US Navy ship.
E.Furgal MAY 21, 12:22 PM

Life, it seems, will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters, no one else

I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me free

Things not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this can't be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel

Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now he's gone

No one but me can save myself, but it's too late
Now I can't think, think why I should even try

Yesterday seems as though it never existed
Death greets me warm, now I will just say goodbye

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Hudini MAY 23, 09:56 PM
So I was working Monday night flying to Sanya. This is on Hainan Island just off the southern tip of China close to Vietnam. You might remember Hainan as the landing spot of the US Navy EP-3E ELINT aircraft after it collided with a Chinese fighter over the South China Sea in 2001. So as I'm getting close I remember our Dear Leader is visiting nearby Vietnam. Since my iPhone takes crappy night pictures and you can't see much anyway, here is a shot of my nav screen. VVNB is Ha Noi, VVDN is Da Nang, and VVPB is Phu Bai.



Now this one surprised me. While on the ground in Sanya I saw this after it was unloaded from the forward cargo bay. (We haul lots of cargo) Any guesses what the Chinese words say?


It says "Made in America". Ha! And you only thought we import Chinese stuff.
jonrev MAY 24, 04:22 AM
I did an outdoor exhibit the other night for a local art walk, selling prints. Most of my work is from photographing abandoned buildings, and the building I set up in front of is one of them - part of the gig is trying to advocate for its restoration.