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Showing posts with label 1000. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1000. Show all posts
Monday, July 11, 2022

Tank Museum Designed as a Warning: Panzer Museum East, Denmark

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Most military museums, particularly tank museums, display the best and most lethal weapons of their country. Part of the intent of these mus...
Saturday, March 14, 2020

"Go Take a Flying Fuck at a Rolling Doughnut!" -- Kurt Vonnegut

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    In a touching scene in the movie “Ford v Ferrari” Carroll Shelby, a Texan, tells a boy who lost his father in a racing accident, “Y...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Paris Training Race and West Along the Seine

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Today I am back in Paris and riding longer distances getting ready for Israel. I rode 42 miles from the south side of Paris to the daily...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Knee Works Well Enough to Walk: Boarding in an Hour

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Last night, I thought the sudden, painful swelling of my titanium knee could be the end of my trip.  I am still not sure how much I will ...
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Friday, September 6, 2019

Chinook Landing on a Roof in Afghanistan Honored in Original Art

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On 10 November 2003 the crew of Chinook helicopter  Yankee 2-6 made this landing on a cliff in Afghanistan. Artist Larry Selman i...
Saturday, April 27, 2019

Wisdom Tooth Out With A Hammer and Chisel, Hill AFB, 1973

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Dental Hammer and Chisel Hill Air Force Base, Ogden, Utah, was my first duty station after tech school at Lowry AFB.  In the Spring of...
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Saturday, April 6, 2019

"Smoking's Not Going to Kill Us, They Are:" Tobacco on the Cold War Border

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I started watching "Band of Brothers" again, the HBO series about American paratroopers in World War II. At the beginning...
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Accidentally Stumbling into Happiness

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The Declaration of Independence The pursuit of happiness is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, along with Life and Liber...
Friday, October 12, 2018

Marc Abrahams Turned Strange Science into an Event Known Around the World

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Marc Abrahams, Ig Nobel emcee,  Illumination by Human Spotlight Marc Abrahams is the editor and founder of the Annals of Improbable ...