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Gabe1

Gabe1

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Goofyernmost said:
Yea, Veterans Day has the same impact on the public that Columbus Day currently does. That's OK though, because many of us went in the service and really didn't expect any great appreciation. My time was so many years ago that any alleged appreciation really doesn't come across as anything much more then forced gratitude. We now are being used to justify bigotry when in reality we served to support and defend things like free speech, freedom of religion, the right to peaceful protest and the ever famous American dream of equality for all. That has been kicked to the curb really hard lately.
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I can't like this post enough. Not that I like any of it but for your ability to state is very eloquently.

I've spoken in the past about two gentleman on my block that were also Vietnam Veterans. Both died this year. Both had severe post traumatic stress disorder. Nobody did a dang thing for that for these men when I moved onto our road even 30 years ago. Both evenutally got treatment but it was too late. Those many years later kinda useless to them. I never thanked either of them for their service 'cause given their temperament they would have likely went into a nasty meltdown. One took shrapnel kinda stuff to his face leaving him with very little vision, he most of the years I knew him guarded his home like a fort, curtains closed and watched the History channel all day. He was so smart yet in a disturbing way. The other one I understand was a POW, he was just beyond insane. His sister took him in but was disruptive to her and her young daughter at the time that ultimately she sold her house and he moved into a facility. His obit was sad.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Goofyernmost said:
It occurred to me that I never did a trip report on my visit to Myrtle Beach. Being a man of few words (yea, right) I'm going to sum it up with two pictures.

Myrtle Beach at Sunrise....
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Myrtle Beach in the afternoon...
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Did you go swimming? I like swimming in the ocean, although it's been quite a while since I've done that.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MinnieM123 said:
Did you go swimming? I like swimming in the ocean, although it's been quite a while since I've done that.
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For one thing, and I'm blaming old age for this, I forgot to bring my swim trunks and I am to cheap to spend more money on something that I hardly ever use. Secondly, I wasn't even able to do my favorite thing of just walking on the beach. Just before I left to go there I had something happen, still don't know what, that caused me to get sharp pains in what seemed like my left hip joint. The one attempt I made to walk on the beach was cut extremely short due to the intense pain aggravated by attempting to walk on the uneven, unstable sandy surface of the beach.

I saw my doctor when returned and she had no idea what it might me other then perhaps a little sciatica. Anyway it is much improved now, though still slightly there, but, it didn't allow me to do what I drove to Myrtle Beach to do. Walk the beach and reconnect with myself and my desires for what is left of my fortunate life.
 
Pixieish

Pixieish

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Goofyernmost said:
For one thing, and I'm blaming old age for this, I forgot to bring my swim trunks and I am to cheap to spend more money on something that I hardly ever use. Secondly, I wasn't even able to do my favorite thing of just walking on the beach. Just before I left to go there I had something happen, still don't know what, that caused me to get sharp pains in what seemed like my left hip joint. The one attempt I made to walk on the beach was cut extremely short due to the intense pain aggravated by attempting to walk on the uneven, unstable sandy surface of the beach.

I saw my doctor when returned and she had no idea what it might me other then perhaps a little sciatica. Anyway it is much improved now, though still slightly there, but, it didn't allow me to do what I drove to Myrtle Beach to do. Walk the beach and reconnect with myself and my desires for what is left of my fortunate life.
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That is such a bummer! I'm glad your leg is feeling better though. I can totally understand the hip thing...I strained my sacroiliac joint once and holy mega sharp shooting pains all the way down to my foot...couldn't even pick up my toddler while standing for months.
 
ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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I saw some talk about Veteran's Day. We never have it off but our school puts on a Vet's Day program every year. Our band director and library aide plan it and the VFW attends as well. It is open to the public. There is an essay contest and some of the students then read their essays, the band plays, choir signs, and the head of the VFW says a little piece. It is quite nice.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MinnieM123 said:
I saw the report on TV, not sure what station. But I did just do a quick Google search, and here is a paragraph below from Forbes (Sept. 13, 2017) . (Also, not stated in this paragraph is that even though commercial carriers are retiring the 747s, they are sought after for cargo planes, and that will continue on.)

Another tidbit I heard the other morning was that the engineers who designed the plane were pleased and astonished that it continued on 40 years after they figured it would have been replaced by something else! :) How's that for good work?!!

P.S.: I don't know about any overseas carriers that use the 747--have no info. on that.

From Forbes --

Boeing's 747 jumbo jet has been a staple of long-haul flight for more than 50 years, but as new, more efficient aircraft have reached the market, the onetime Queen of the Skies is slowly being replaced. This year, both Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are retiring the aircraft within their liveries, effectively winding down the entire commercial fleet of 747s owned by domestic, commercial carriers. On Sept. 7, Delta flew its last commercial domestic flight with the aircraft. Now, United has scheduled its own final flight -- and it's going to be a party.
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Thanks for the response, Minnie! :)

Those engineers, at the time, probably thought all those long international flights were gonna' be soon be taken over by SSTs...!!!!! :hilarious:
And, we know how that turned out. The American version was cancelled before two prototypes were ever even finished, the Russian version was only in passenger service for about six months, and even the Concorde has been long retired. Just way too inefficient, thus, way too expensive to operate, and ticket prices out the wazoo for your average passenger.
When my SisIL used to fly for American Airlines (I forget what the circumstances were) she flew from Paris to New York on a Concorde, and said it was a hoot...such a quick trip compared to subsonic flight...! :)

I would have loved to have flown on one! :happy:
I'm actually surprised Concorde was in service as long as it was. Though much slower, the high-bypass turbofan engines of today are so much more efficient and cost effective than supersonic turbojets.
Just a bit of trivia...
The Concorde could carry up to 128 passengers at a cruising speed of around 1,200 mph, the American (Boeing) SST was being designed to carry up to 277 passengers at a cruising speed of around 1,800 mph...!!!!! :eek: :joyfull: ;) :)

And, here I sit, still waiting for my hovercar... :bored: :cyclops: ;)
 

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