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OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:47 pm
by Keifer
I don't care what anybody says, this is a great country when we can fly space shuttles on the backs of 747's around our major cities just for fun and photo ops!
USA! USA! USA!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... _Video_Top
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:16 pm
by Historiker
[:D]
It is. You Americans don't even remotly know how lucky you are!
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:52 pm
by Terminus
Countdown to flaming: 10-9-8-...
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:53 pm
by crsutton
Yep, backing away very slowly from this one....
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:09 pm
by Historiker
funny, how you come in just to tell you go out [:D]
Didn't you know what the old Troll hunting book "En Slik Bjørn Dritt" says? On Page 369 it says:
"Jeg er smart nok til å bruke oversetteren på nettet, men det er fortsatt en bjørn for å være så negativ dritt!"
Meaning: To attract a troll, there's nothing better than to shoult out loud: "warning, trolls will come!"
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:11 pm
by USSAmerica
Better in here than elsewhere. [:D]
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:33 pm
by JeffroK
ORIGINAL: Historiker
funny, how you come in just to tell you go out [:D]
Didn't you know what the old Troll hunding book "En Slik Bjørn Dritt" says? On Page 369 it says:
"Jeg er smart nok til å bruke oversetteren på nettet, men det er fortsatt en bjørn for å være så negativ dritt!"
Meaning: To attrackt a troll, there's nothing better than to shoult out loud: "warning, trolls will come!"
Nah,
Just need a bridge and 3 goats, actually only 2 as T is already here.
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:51 am
by JocMeister
ORIGINAL: Historiker
funny, how you come in just to tell you go out [:D]
Didn't you know what the old Troll hunding book "En Slik Bjørn Dritt" says? On Page 369 it says:
"Jeg er smart nok til å bruke oversetteren på nettet, men det er fortsatt en bjørn for å være så negativ dritt!"
Meaning: To attrackt a troll, there's nothing better than to shoult out loud: "warning, trolls will come!"
Thats not what it says at all! [:D]
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:18 am
by ilovestrategy
I think it's pretty awesome. I was a kid when the space shuttle program started and it's been here all my adult life. I'm glad to see a send off like this.
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:35 am
by tocaff
Sometimes publicity is needed to get public support for funding of projects. A pretty nifty sight and if I hadn't moved to Brazil I would've shot many pics from a window in my old home. Next trip back to the US, this summer?, I'll visit the Intrepid once more.
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:21 am
by Grfin Zeppelin
Ah I can provide some trolling if it is requested.
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:24 am
by Historiker
You always try very hard, but you're just too funny!
Sorry, Gräfin!
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:35 am
by cristianwj
RPG!!!
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:41 am
by Grfin Zeppelin
ORIGINAL: cristianwj
RPG!!!
Huh ??? Role playing games ???
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:39 pm
by Treetop64
Gotta agree with you 100% there. That is a cool shot, and this is great country. Any country that has restaurants where the condiments are free, and where the toilet paper is nice and thick, is a great country. [:D]
Many people born here and have never been anywhere else can be really quite spoiled and have no idea just how well they have it, especially during rough periods.
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:57 pm
by Walloc
So on one page T has been refered too as a goat, a bear and a troll. Ah, all in a days work. Continue nothing to see here.
Btw Gräfin, i just made dinner to 8 ppl, could u go troll my kitchen for a couple of hours please, on request ofc.
Kind regards,
Rasmus
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:31 pm
by Cribtop
It's a great country all right, and a cool shot, but failing to let Houston get one of the shuttles is a crime. Johnson Space Center a/k/a Mission Control was kind of important to the space program and stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love New York City, so this isn't a slam of Gotham. A cynic would analyze the politics of the states that got shuttles and the state that didn't and reach certain conclusions about the decision making process involved and the role of politics in said process.
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:13 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Cribtop
It's a great country all right, and a cool shot, but failing to let Houston get one of the shuttles is a crime. Johnson Space Center a/k/a Mission Control was kind of important to the space program and stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love New York City, so this isn't a slam of Gotham. A cynic would analyze the politics of the states that got shuttles and the state that didn't and reach certain conclusions about the decision making process involved and the role of politics in said process.
I just thank goodness that you're not a cynic, nor would you be able to identify with one. [;)]
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:49 pm
by crsutton
God bless that troll. He has brought us all together as a community....[:D]
RE: OT - Space Shuttle fly-bys wasting $$$'s because the USA is awesome!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:23 pm
by Cribtop
ORIGINAL: Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Cribtop
It's a great country all right, and a cool shot, but failing to let Houston get one of the shuttles is a crime. Johnson Space Center a/k/a Mission Control was kind of important to the space program and stuff. Don't get me wrong, I love New York City, so this isn't a slam of Gotham. A cynic would analyze the politics of the states that got shuttles and the state that didn't and reach certain conclusions about the decision making process involved and the role of politics in said process.
I just thank goodness that you're not a cynic, nor would you be able to identify with one. [;)]
A cynic? Perish the thought! I have always found my fellow man to behave honorably so long as it was in his own self interest. [:D]
PS My Texas based grumpiness on the issue aside, it is a seriously cool photo. [&o]