Or is it a really, really late one? At any rate, I have decided it is time to get healthier, eat better, lose weight, start exercising, the 9 yards!
LiveStrong.com is a fabulous online fitness resource! You always read about the importance of keeping a food diary -- well LiveStrong.com helps you do just that -- and then some! This site provides you with the tools to track everything from calories burned in your daily activities, to fat, carbs, protein, sodium, etc., to the amount of water you drink! It is FABULOUS!! Check it out today! (Join as a Gold Member and you get a breakdown of your vitamin and mineral intake as well.)
Planning a consultation with a nutritionist? Start right now and take your diary with you to your consultation. You can either print or download your food diary to an Excel spreadsheet.
And, while I've got the fitness bug, I found this video to help motivate me to be more mindful of what I eat:
And, of course, sometimes you just need external intervention:
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Dear Mr. Obama . . .
An Iraq Veteran has a personal message for Barack Obama:
Thank you for all those have served and serve and to their families for their courage, commitment and sacrifice.
Thank you for all those have served and serve and to their families for their courage, commitment and sacrifice.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Here's To You - Mr. Way Too Proud of Texas Guy
True Texans know that this is, in reality, an oxymoron -- it is simply impossible to be too proud of Texas!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
G-Wiz "Car" vs Table
The guys at Top Gear are at it again! Here we have a race between an electric car and a table! Yep! You won't want to miss the stunning conclusion!
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Top Top Gear Race!
Top Gear is a BBC (aired on BBC America) "car show" -- but as with most British stuff -- It's got a twist and a wicked sense of humor! If you've never watched it (even if you don't care for car shows) -- check it out!
Top Gear's version of a "green car" is a chartreuse Ferrari!
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Top Gear's version of a "green car" is a chartreuse Ferrari!
(If the video doesn't play - re-load this webpage. It should reload the correct link for Youtube. Or paste address into your browser: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bs4jBguC9DU
Thursday, May 29, 2008
The Key to Effective Camouflage . . .
The key to effective camouflage is to blend in with your surroundings!
Monday, May 26, 2008
Extreme Sports Dog
I'm a sucker for great dog videos! Look at this guy go! What a multi-talented athlete!!
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Purses, Shoes & Belts?
There may be some dispute as to the location, actual size of this alligator, etc., but clearly -- if he can swim with a deer (even a small one) in his mouth -- he is a good-sized gator!!
That log in the water -- may not be a log!
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/brittoncrocs/csp_amis.htm
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/gatordeer.asp
That log in the water -- may not be a log!
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herpetology/brittoncrocs/csp_amis.htm
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/gatordeer.asp
Friday, May 16, 2008
Redneck Phillosophy of LIfe
Wear that redneck with pride!
You might be a redneck if: It never occurred to you to be offended by the phrase, "One nation, under God."
You might be a redneck if: You've never protested about seeing the 10 Commandments posted in public places.
You might be a redneck if: You still say " Christmas" instead of "Winter Festival."
You might be a redneck if: You bow your head when someone prays.
You might be a redneck if: You stand and place your hand over your heart when they play the National Anthem.
You might be a redneck if: You treat our armed forces veterans with great respect, and always have.
You might be a redneck if: You've never burned an American flag, nor intend to.
You might be a redneck if: You know what you believe and you aren't afraid to say so, no matter who is listening.
You might be a redneck if: You respect your elders and raised your kids to do the same.
You might be a redneck if: You'd give your last dollar to a friend.
God Bless Texas!
God Bless the USA !
You might be a redneck if: It never occurred to you to be offended by the phrase, "One nation, under God."
You might be a redneck if: You've never protested about seeing the 10 Commandments posted in public places.
You might be a redneck if: You still say " Christmas" instead of "Winter Festival."
You might be a redneck if: You bow your head when someone prays.
You might be a redneck if: You stand and place your hand over your heart when they play the National Anthem.
You might be a redneck if: You treat our armed forces veterans with great respect, and always have.
You might be a redneck if: You've never burned an American flag, nor intend to.
You might be a redneck if: You know what you believe and you aren't afraid to say so, no matter who is listening.
You might be a redneck if: You respect your elders and raised your kids to do the same.
You might be a redneck if: You'd give your last dollar to a friend.
God Bless Texas!
God Bless the USA !
Men - God Love them - Somebody has to!
As much as I love my husband - I think we have all had days (or at least moments) like these --
One day my housework-challenged husband decided to wash his Sweat-shirt Seconds after he stepped into the laundry room, he shouted to me, "What setting do I use on the washing machine?" "It depends," I replied. "What does it say on your shirt?"He yelled back, "University of Oklahoma."And they say blondes are dumb...
A couple is lying in bed. The man says,"I am going to make you the happiest woman in the world." The woman replies, "I'll miss you..."
"It's just too hot to wear clothes today," Jack says as he stepped out of the shower, "honey, what do you think the neighbors would think if I mowed the lawn like this?" "Probably that I married you for your money," she replied.
Q: What do you call an intelligent, good looking, sensitive man?
A: A rumor
Dear Lord,I pray for Wisdom to understand my man; Love to forgive him; And Patience for his moods. Because, Lord, if I pray for Strength, I'll beat him to death. AMEN
Q: Why do little boys whine?
A: They are practicing to be men.
Q: What does it mean when a man is in your bed gasping for breath and calling your name?
A: You did not hold the pillow down long enough.
Q: How do you keep your husband from reading your e-mail?
A: Rename the mail folder "Instruction Manual."
God Bless Texas!!!
1. Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.
2. Let's get this straight; it's called a 'gravel road.' I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you're going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
3. They are cattle & oil wells. That's what they smell like to you. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don't like it? I-20 and I-10 go east and west, I-35 goes north and south. Pick one.
4. So you have a $60,000 car. We're impressed. We have $250,000 cotton strippers that are driven only 3 weeks a year.
5. So every person in every pickup waves. It's called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.
6. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of doves are coming in, we WILL shoot it out of your hand. You better hope you don't have it up to your ear at! the time.
7. Yeah, we eat catfish. You really want sushi & caviar? It's available at the corner bait shop.
8. The 'Opener' refers to the first day of deer season. It's a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November.
9. We open doors for women. That is applied to all women, regardless of age.
10. No, there's no 'vegetarian special' on the menu. Order steak. Or you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham & turkey.
11. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and Picante Sauce!! Oh, yeah, we don't care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat. IT AIN'T REAL CHILI!! Chili was born and bred in San Antonio and real chili never met a bean!
12. You bring 'coke' into my house, it better be brown, wet, and served over ice.
13. College and High School Football is as important here as the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.
14. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don't hit the water hazards -- it spooks the fish.
15. Colleges? Try Texas Tech, Texas A&M or University of Texas They come outta there with an education plus a love for God and country, and they still wave at passing pickups when they come for the holidays.
16. We have more folks in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, than any other state, so 'Don't Mess with Texas .' If you do, you will get whupped by the best.
17. Always remember what our great governor Sam Houston once said: 'Texas can make it without the United States , but the United States can't make it without Texas !'
Texas is the greatest state ever!!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Southern Fried Charm
Southern women know their religions:
Baptist
Methodist
Football
Southern women know their country breakfasts:
Red-eye gravy
Grits
Eggs
Country ham
Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jelly
Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
Chawl'stn
S'vanah
Foat Wuth
N'awlins
Addlanna
Southern women know their elegant gentlemen:
Men in uniform.
Men in tuxedos
Rhett Butler
Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon
Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food
More Suthen-ism's:
Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.
Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."
Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."
Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, . as in: "Going to town, be back directly."
Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.
All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.
Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin!
Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.
No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.
A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.
Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and when we're "in line," . we talk to everybody!
Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.
In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural.
Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.
When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.
And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say, "Bless her heart"
... and go your own way.
To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness:
Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!
And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, ... bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!
And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."
Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah !
Now...... Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South or wish they had been!
If you're a Northern transplant, Bless your little heart, fake it. We know you got here as fast as you could.
Baptist
Methodist
Football
Southern women know their country breakfasts:
Red-eye gravy
Grits
Eggs
Country ham
Mouth-watering homemade biscuits with momma's homemade jelly
Southern women know their cities dripping with Southern charm:
Chawl'stn
S'vanah
Foat Wuth
N'awlins
Addlanna
Southern women know their elegant gentlemen:
Men in uniform.
Men in tuxedos
Rhett Butler
Southern girls know their prime real estate:
The Mall
The Country Club
The Beauty Salon
Southern girls know the 3 deadly sins:
Having bad hair and nails
Having bad manners
Cooking bad food
More Suthen-ism's:
Only a Southerner knows the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption fit, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.
Only a Southerner knows how many fish, collard greens, turnip greens, peas, beans, etc., make up "a mess."
Only a Southerner can show or point out to you the general direction of "yonder."
Only a Southerner knows exactly how long "directly" is, . as in: "Going to town, be back directly."
Even Southern babies know that "Gimme some sugar" is not a request for the white, granular sweet substance that sits in a pretty little bowl in the middle of the table.
All Southerners know exactly when "by and by" is. They might not use the term, but they know the concept well.
Only a Southerner knows instinctively that the best gesture of solace for a neighbor who's got trouble is a plate of hot fried chicken and a big bowl of cold potato salad. If the neighbor's trouble is a real crisis, they also know to add a large banana puddin!
Only Southerners grow up knowing the difference between "right near" and "a right far piece." They also know that "just down the road" can be 1 mile or 20.
No true Southerner would ever assume that the car with the flashing turn signal is actually going to make a turn.
A Southerner knows that "fixin" can be used as a noun, a verb, or an adverb.
Only Southerners make friends while standing in lines, ... and when we're "in line," . we talk to everybody!
Put 100 Southerners in a room and half of them will discover they're related, even if only by marriage.
In the South, y'all is singular, all y'all is plural.
Southerners know grits come from corn and how to eat them.
Every Southerner knows tomatoes with eggs, bacon, grits, and coffee are perfectly wonderful; that red eye gravy is also a breakfast food; and that fried green tomatoes are not a breakfast food.
When you hear someone say, "Well, I caught myself lookin'," you know you are in the presence of a genuine Southerner!
Only true Southerners say "sweet tea" and "sweet milk." Sweet tea indicates the need for sugar and lots of it -- we do not like our tea unsweetened. "Sweet milk" means you don't want buttermilk.
And a true Southerner knows you don't scream obscenities at little old ladies who drive 30 MPH on the freeway. You just say, "Bless her heart"
... and go your own way.
To those of you who are still a little embarrassed by your Southerness:
Take two tent revivals and a dose of sausage gravy and call me in the morning. Bless your heart!
And to those of you who are still having a hard time understanding all this Southern stuff, ... bless your hearts, I hear they are fixin' to have classes on Southernness as a second language!
And for those that are not from the South but have lived here for a long time, all y'all need a sign to hang on y'alls front porch that reads "I ain't from the South, but I got here as fast as I could."
Southern girls know men may come and go, but friends are fahevah !
Now...... Shugah, send this to someone who was raised in the South or wish they had been!
If you're a Northern transplant, Bless your little heart, fake it. We know you got here as fast as you could.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Butchering the Language
I recognize that English is a very dynamic, constantly changing language. English adds as many new words in a single decade as some language use altogether.
But, what is the deal with incorrect, improper, erroneous and downright wrong word usage?
My current pet peeve is "infamous" -- It is CONSTANTLY misused! "Infamous is NOT "super famous"!! It is not correct to say that a person is so famous they are really "infamous"! No! No! No! Not even the History Channel is above butchering this word!
Infamous = Having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil; causing or bringing infamy : disgraceful! (Merriam Webster Dictionary)
Thus - Bonnie and Clyde, Hitler, Castro, etc., are "infamous" -- George Washington is NOT!
While I am on the topic -- "Irregardless" is not really a word!
"Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead." (Merriam Webster Dictionary)
Perhaps with sufficient mis-use these words will be added/changed in the dictionary in the future -- but get it right now!
My accent may be thick enough that some people can't understand what I am saying -- but at least I usually use the correct word, and use a word correctly!
But, what is the deal with incorrect, improper, erroneous and downright wrong word usage?
My current pet peeve is "infamous" -- It is CONSTANTLY misused! "Infamous is NOT "super famous"!! It is not correct to say that a person is so famous they are really "infamous"! No! No! No! Not even the History Channel is above butchering this word!
Infamous = Having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil; causing or bringing infamy : disgraceful! (Merriam Webster Dictionary)
Thus - Bonnie and Clyde, Hitler, Castro, etc., are "infamous" -- George Washington is NOT!
While I am on the topic -- "Irregardless" is not really a word!
"Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead." (Merriam Webster Dictionary)
Perhaps with sufficient mis-use these words will be added/changed in the dictionary in the future -- but get it right now!
My accent may be thick enough that some people can't understand what I am saying -- but at least I usually use the correct word, and use a word correctly!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Age and Skill!
A wealthy old Gentleman decides to go on a hunting safari in Africa , taking his faithful, elderly Jack Russell named Killer, along for the company. One day the old Jack Russell starts chasing rabbits and before long, discovers that he's lost.
Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch. The old Jack Russell thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep doo-doo now!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the old Jack Russell exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder, if there are any more around here?" Hearing this, the young leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!", says the leopard, "That was close! That old Jack Russell nearly had me!"
Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So, off he goes, but the old Jack Russell sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard . The young leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back and se e what's going to happen to that conniving canine!
Now, the old Jack Russell sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?", but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old Jack Russell says..."Where's that damn monkey? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard !
Moral of this story... Don't mess with the old dogs... age and skill will always overcome youth and treachery!
Monday, May 5, 2008
Military Wit & Wisdom
'If the Enemy is in range, so are you.' - Infantry Journal
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'It is generally inadvisable to eject over the area you just bombed' - U.S. Air Force Manual
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'Aim towards the Enemy' - Instructions printed on U.S. Rocket Launcher
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'When the pin is pulled, Mr.Grenade is not our friend.' - U.S. Marine Corps
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'Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed always to hit the ground.' - USAF Ammo Troop
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'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.' - General MacArthur
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'Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.' - Infantry Journal
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'You, you, and you. Panic. The rest of you come with me.' - U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. (Mgysgt5)
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'Tracers work both ways.' - U. S. Army Ordnance
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'Five second fuses only last three seconds' - Infantry Journal
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'Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything.' - U.S. Navy Swabbie (NAVY = Never Again Volunteer Yourself)
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'Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.' - David Hackworth
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'If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush.' - Infantry Journal
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'No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection.' - Joe Gay
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'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.' - unknown
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'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.' - Unknown Marine Recruit
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'Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you.'
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'If you see a bomb technician running, follow him.' - USAF Ammo Troop
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"Initial success or catastrophic failure" -- US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit Informal Motto
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'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.' - Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)
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'The only time you have too much fuel, is when you're on fire.'
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'Blue water Navy truism: There are more Planes in the Ocean than Submarines in the Sky.' - From an Old Carrier Sailor
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'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a Helicopter -- and therefore,unsafe.'
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'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have enough power left, to get you to the scene of the Crash.'
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'Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying club.'
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'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a Pilot screws up, the Pilot dies; If ATC screws up.... The pilot dies.'
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'Never trade Luck for Skill.'
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The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are: 'Why is it doing that?', 'Where are We?' And 'Oh SH*T !'
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'Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.'
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'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to complete the flight successfully.'
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'Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we've never left one up there!'
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'Flashlights are tubular metal containers, kept in a flight bag to store dead batteries.'
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'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground who is incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.'
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'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.' - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
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'A pilot who doesn't have any fear, probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum.' - Jon McBride, astronaut
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'If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing, as far into the crash as possible.' - Bob Hoover (renowned aerobatic and test pilot )
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'A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire, when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit.' - Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.
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'Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.'
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'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.' - Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970
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'If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.'
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Basic Flying Rules: 'Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.'
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'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.'
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'It is generally inadvisable to eject over the area you just bombed' - U.S. Air Force Manual
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'Aim towards the Enemy' - Instructions printed on U.S. Rocket Launcher
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'When the pin is pulled, Mr.Grenade is not our friend.' - U.S. Marine Corps
--------------------------------------------------
'Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed always to hit the ground.' - USAF Ammo Troop
---------------------------------------------------
'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.' - General MacArthur
---------------------------------------------------
'Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo.' - Infantry Journal
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'You, you, and you. Panic. The rest of you come with me.' - U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. (Mgysgt5)
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'Tracers work both ways.' - U. S. Army Ordnance
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'Five second fuses only last three seconds' - Infantry Journal
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'Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything.' - U.S. Navy Swabbie (NAVY = Never Again Volunteer Yourself)
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'Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.' - David Hackworth
-----------------------------------------------------
'If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush.' - Infantry Journal
----------------------------------------------------
'No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection.' - Joe Gay
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'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.' - unknown
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'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.' - Unknown Marine Recruit
-------------------------------------------------------
'Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you.'
-----------------------------------------------------
'If you see a bomb technician running, follow him.' - USAF Ammo Troop
-------------------------------------------------------
"Initial success or catastrophic failure" -- US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit Informal Motto
-------------------------------------------------------
'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.' - Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)
-------------------------------------------------------
'The only time you have too much fuel, is when you're on fire.'
------------------------------------------------------
'Blue water Navy truism: There are more Planes in the Ocean than Submarines in the Sky.' - From an Old Carrier Sailor
-----------------------------------------------------
'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a Helicopter -- and therefore,unsafe.'
------------------------------------------------------
'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have enough power left, to get you to the scene of the Crash.'
------------------------------------------------------
'Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying club.'
------------------------------------------------------
'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a Pilot screws up, the Pilot dies; If ATC screws up.... The pilot dies.'
------------------------------------------------------
'Never trade Luck for Skill.'
------------------------------------------------------
The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are: 'Why is it doing that?', 'Where are We?' And 'Oh SH*T !'
-----------------------------------------------------
'Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.'
------------------------------------------------------
'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to complete the flight successfully.'
-----------------------------------------------------
'Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we've never left one up there!'
------------------------------------------------------
'Flashlights are tubular metal containers, kept in a flight bag to store dead batteries.'
------------------------------------------------------
'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground who is incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.'
-------------------------------------------------------
'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.' - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
--------------------------------------------------------
'A pilot who doesn't have any fear, probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum.' - Jon McBride, astronaut
--------------------------------------------------------
'If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing, as far into the crash as possible.' - Bob Hoover (renowned aerobatic and test pilot )
--------------------------------------------------
'A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire, when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit.' - Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.
-------------------------------------------------------
'Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.'
------------------------------------------------------
'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.' - Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970
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'If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.'
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Basic Flying Rules: 'Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.'
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'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.'
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Spam's Away
The only place we love to see SPAM! SPAM! SPAM! is on Monty Python! It isn't so funny in the Inbox.
http://www.10minutemail.com/10MinuteMail/
Ever visit one of those very annoying websites that wants personal information before they will even let you look at their site, but you likely will never visit their site again and don't want to give them your e-mail address?
This gives you a legit e-mail address for 10 minutes. You don't have to register, you don't have to sign up for anything. It is completely temporary.
Then -- Poof!! It's gone!!! It has a couple of google ads and my internet connection blocked a couple of cookies (which is not that unusual for a lot of sites)! This is Great!
http://www.10minutemail.com/10MinuteMail/
Ever visit one of those very annoying websites that wants personal information before they will even let you look at their site, but you likely will never visit their site again and don't want to give them your e-mail address?
This gives you a legit e-mail address for 10 minutes. You don't have to register, you don't have to sign up for anything. It is completely temporary.
Then -- Poof!! It's gone!!! It has a couple of google ads and my internet connection blocked a couple of cookies (which is not that unusual for a lot of sites)! This is Great!
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