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~~~~ThE oFfIcIaL fRiDaY sIlLiNeSs ThReAd~~~~

Posted on 08/21/2009 6:01:18 AM PDT by Lucky9teen

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To: Disambiguator

Most of the posts there note that it’s faked. Looks awesome to me!


101 posted on 08/21/2009 8:12:41 AM PDT by new cruelty (Shoot your TV. Torch your newspaper.)
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To: Daffynition

Quick facts about the General, most of you may know them already:

1) He named every plane he flew after his wife.

2)He was shot down over France and escaped. He had to beg all the way to Eisenhower to get to fly combat again.

3) He fell off a horse the night before he broke the sound barrier. His buddy helped him rig the door so he could close it with cracked ribs.


102 posted on 08/21/2009 8:12:43 AM PDT by Pan_Yan (Really?)
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To: Lucky9teen

103 posted on 08/21/2009 8:20:20 AM PDT by new cruelty (Shoot your TV. Torch your newspaper.)
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To: new cruelty

Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.

;^)


104 posted on 08/21/2009 8:21:15 AM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: PureSolace


105 posted on 08/21/2009 8:22:04 AM PDT by new cruelty (Shoot your TV. Torch your newspaper.)
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To: Pan_Yan

He is also the only person in the short history of the USAF to obtain the rank of Brigadier General without a college degree.

In the early days of WWII the Army started a program of enlisted pilots, then dropped it. The best flyers were awarded commissions so they could remain pilots. Chuck was one of them.

I’ve read his autobiography, although it was years ago.


106 posted on 08/21/2009 8:22:08 AM PDT by fredhead (Liberals think globally, reason rectally, act idiotically.)
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To: Disambiguator

HOLY SMOKES!!


107 posted on 08/21/2009 8:33:26 AM PDT by sunny48
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To: All

Gangsta treadmill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YJc-0t526Q
I love it when his flip flops fly off


108 posted on 08/21/2009 8:38:15 AM PDT by sunny48
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109 posted on 08/21/2009 8:38:25 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barry Falsewitness is proud of his "healthy skepticism" of organized religion. He's a deceiver.)
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110 posted on 08/21/2009 8:40:17 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barry Falsewitness is proud of his "healthy skepticism" of organized religion. He's a deceiver.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Joke without a dirty word in it


It is hard to find a joke today without a dirty word or two in it, but here is one:

Two tall trees, a birch and a beech, are growing in the woods.
A small tree begins to grow between them, and the beech says to the birch,
‘Is that a son of a beech or a son of a birch?’
The birch says he cannot tell, but just then a woodpecker lands on the sapling.
The birch says, ‘Woodpecker, you are a tree expert.
Can you tell if that is a son of a beech or a son of a birch?’
The woodpecker takes a taste of the small tree and replies, ‘It is neither
a son of a beech nor a son of a birch.
It is, however, the best piece of ash I have ever poked my pecker into.’
Now wipe that smile off your face


111 posted on 08/21/2009 8:51:27 AM PDT by fredhead (Liberals think globally, reason rectally, act idiotically.)
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To: fredhead

Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, and every year Morris would say, “Esther, I’d like to ride in that helicopter.” Esther always replied, ‘I know Morris, but that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars’.
One year Esther and Morris went to the fair, and Morris said, “Esther, I’m 85 years old. If I don’t ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance.” To this, Esther replied, “Morris that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars.”
The pilot overheard the couple and said, “Folks I’ll make you a deal. I’ll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and not say a word, I won’t charge you! But if you say one word, it’s fifty dollars.”
Morris and Esther agreed and up they went. The pilot did all kinds of fancy maneuvers, but not a word was heard. He did his daredevil tricks over and over again, but still not a word. When they landed, the pilot turned to Morris and said, “By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn’t. I’m impressed!”
Morris replied, “Well, to tell you the truth, I almost said something when Esther fell out, but you know, fifty dollars is fifty dollars!


112 posted on 08/21/2009 9:14:59 AM PDT by sunny48
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To: Lucky9teen

Abu Dhabi crew crashes $230 million Airbus:





Air Force One fail:



Speaking of airplane crashes, Iran has banned passengers from flying on Russian airlines after three Russian planes crashed over Iran. Imagine a Russian-built Airbus commanded by a crew from Abu Dhabi flying over New York. Epic fail!
113 posted on 08/21/2009 9:15:05 AM PDT by G8 Diplomat (To err is human, to think is Vulcan)
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To: fredhead
What an incredible icon!


114 posted on 08/21/2009 9:20:44 AM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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115 posted on 08/21/2009 9:22:00 AM PDT by G8 Diplomat (To err is human, to think is Vulcan)
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To: Pan_Yan
General Chuck Yeager taxis North American P-51D Mustang, NL334FS Red Dog XII.


116 posted on 08/21/2009 9:22:39 AM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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To: Daffynition
Fine. Almost all his planes.
117 posted on 08/21/2009 9:26:13 AM PDT by Pan_Yan (Really?)
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To: Pan_Yan

Hehehe .... was about the first image that came up when I searched .......maybe it was a *borrowed* plane. LOL ;-D


118 posted on 08/21/2009 9:28:59 AM PDT by Daffynition ("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
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To: Daffynition
This is the other gentleman.


119 posted on 08/21/2009 9:31:29 AM PDT by fredhead (Liberals think globally, reason rectally, act idiotically.)
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To: MikeWUSAF

Fed’s only got him for four years wait till Indiana ( Hamilton County gets done with him) He will be put away for a long time.


120 posted on 08/21/2009 9:33:43 AM PDT by handy old one (If you play in nature be prepared to be played with!!)
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