I'll make sure i weep for you next time you complain about kids or who kows what stupid thing you'll complain about next
I'll make sure i weep for you next time you complain about kids or who kows what stupid thing you'll complain about next
Well, in all fairness, you can't fly this B-17 either.Originally Posted by Goldenboko
You can't fly a scrapbook.
The stupidity of the younger generation is something that affects us all.I'll make sure i weep for you next time you complain about kids or who kows what stupid thing you'll complain about next
Therein lies the point of the thread.Well, in all fairness, you can't fly this B-17 either.You can't fly a scrapbook.
in 2100, someone painstakingly recreates the original Turn of the Millennium hardware needed to run the internet, which doesn't exist anymore because everyone is all in the cloud in 2100, shlup's head, preserved in amniotic fluid a la Richard Nixon will laugh when the guide to cyberspace encounters a General Protection Fault, short circuiting the rebuilt cpus, and causing it all to go down in flames.
Then, when everyone else has exited the building, she realizes that she was forgotten, and the electrical fire creeps closer to her living glass coffin...
Last edited by rubah; 06-16-2011 at 04:56 AM.
Why would you even say that?!
I want a robot body. Someone start working on my robot body!
xD
But I like your human body.
Me too, but it apparently will not save me from having my head boiled.
But now we're completely off the topic, and, despite rich-man toy tragedies not being my personal forte, that is rude of us, so I shall insist we stop this tangent and return to the original topic. /responsible
Shlup insists that this is nothing more than some rich guy with too much time and money losing a useless, pointless toy. (A rich guy who apparently has made millions running an auto body repair shop in Ga. I own and run an auto repair shop and I'm by no means rich. I must have missed that seminar.....) Even so, I thought there might be some people who'd be interested in learning about this plane.
The link gives a little history of this plane, it's condition when found by the guy, and it's restoration. It also gives a history of the B-17 in general. This was a labor of love made possible by the sponsorship of some cool avionics companies, and tons of time, sweat, and money of many many interested people. (Or maybe all those individuals were false identities made by the one weird rich recluse so he could move money around freely to avoid taxes and also make it look like he had friends who cared. Rich people do that. He makes a number of small bank accounts and a few fake LLC's. He takes money from them and donates it to the "Liberty Belle Foundation". Obviously it's a fake foundation, and when all the money is there he sets the plane on fire and walks away with the insurance claim. So evil, but so brilliant. Touche, rich bumpkin from Georgia. Touche.) Either way it's a neat site.
I saw this plane at an air show once, and there was a veteran there who was crew on a different bomber. Still, seeing the plane really made him happy and he told me about some of the missions he went on. They were interesting (and scared the hell out of me). I know he wouldn't tell a complete stranger like me all the details, but I enjoyed listening and he enjoyed talking. If it makes those gentlemen and ladies who served during that time happy to see it in the air, it seems like a good enough reason to me. These things are really impressive in the flight. If you like this sort of thing, and get the opportunity to see one you should definitely try to make it out.
Here's the site. Liberty Belle.
P.S. I'm not trying to pick a fight with Shlup. She gave her opinion (several times
Don't worry sharky! Next time put your thread in EoEo, see, there anyone questioning you is flaming and wrong, whereas in GC anyone agreeing with you is them being non-funny and lame! It's just the cycle of things here, an endless cycle, repeating over time if you will. You'll get a hang of things eventually! I believe in you.
I don't feel like you're trying to pick a fight with me.You're entitled to be interested in things I think are lame, as I'm sure is the case in reverse. xD
First thing the website says: "Many folks are asking how they can help. The best help we could get right now is for you to buy merchandise, join the foundation, and/or donate." I'm going to do you a favor and refrain from giving my opinion on that idea. Ha
Nah, it's all fine. If lives had been lost I'd have put it in the important discussion thread. This was just a bummer because it's a neat piece of history. Not important enough to go anywhere besides GC I figured.Don't worry sharky! Next time put your thread in EoEo, see, there anyone questioning you is flaming and wrong, whereas in GC anyone agreeing with you is them being non-funny and lame! It's just the cycle of things here, an endless cycle, repeating over time if you will. You'll get a hang of things eventually! I believe in you.
The blimp crash was quite a bit sadder.
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