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Mysterious Dancing Lights In Afghanistan
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| July 30, 2013 1:28 PM
| Robert Krulwich
Posted on 07/31/2013 5:19:23 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Graewoulf
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posted on
07/31/2013 8:29:51 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Once a Republic, since then a State in the US, but it is Still Texas where I live.)
To: Pan_Yan
Go out tonight in the dark and run your lawnmower in a sandy spot. Look through the chute opening, carefully.
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posted on
07/31/2013 8:59:43 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: SWAMPSNIPER
But lawnmowers aren’t nearly as cool as helicopters.
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posted on
07/31/2013 9:12:08 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
(I believe in God. All else is dubious.)
To: knarf
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posted on
07/31/2013 10:30:00 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: Pan_Yan
Quartz has long been known to have electrostatic properties. What is sand? Powdered quartz. This is is a really cool effect that I’ve not seen before. I’ll need to look for vids.
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posted on
07/31/2013 11:08:48 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Be a truechimer, not a falseticker!)
To: Conspiracy Guy
oldER , CG ... oldER
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posted on
07/31/2013 12:53:47 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: Pan_Yan
27
posted on
07/31/2013 1:38:16 PM PDT
by
MCH
To: knarf
I’m oldER than dirt. I’ll be 60 in January.
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posted on
07/31/2013 4:16:06 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: Conspiracy Guy
got’cha’ by 5 .. I AM the dirt
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posted on
07/31/2013 5:17:37 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: ArrogantBustard
"St. Elmos Fire on the rotor tips."
BINGO.
We have a winner!
30
posted on
07/31/2013 5:21:57 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: knarf
When I was a child dirt had not been developed yet. We only had dust.
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posted on
07/31/2013 5:23:44 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(To stay calm during these tumultuous times, I take Damitol. Ask your Doctor if it's right for you.)
To: BwanaNdege
Fuselage. Sling load crews also use a grounding rod to dissipate accumulated static electricity prior to hooking the external load. You DO NOT want to be the grounding source as the sling load crew. The charge will knock your d*ck in the dirt.
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posted on
07/31/2013 5:37:52 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: TADSLOS
Tell me about it!
I once had a cocky HST (Helo Support team) Sgt who declined the static wand (broomstick with about 10ft steel cable taped to it.) I offered him. We were lifting a practice 11,000# concrete block.
“I’ll just slap the hook. That’s all it takes.” he said while standing on top of the block.
Static knocked him off that block.
Another time we were lifting a crashed Cobra out of the swamps near Camp Lejeune. Due to the height of the trees, we had a 70 foot pendant. 30,000# in a high hover, cold January day. One of the Cobra squadron pilots was doing the hookup, standing knee deep in swamp water. He tried to grab the hook.
The static jolt caused his biceps to contract so violently that he whacked his chest hard enough to leave a huge bruise.
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posted on
07/31/2013 6:04:22 PM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
To: BwanaNdege
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posted on
07/31/2013 6:06:12 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: BwanaNdege
LOL. Yep, you won’t make that mistake twice.
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posted on
07/31/2013 6:06:54 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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