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Guardian Unlimited ^ | April 12, 2007 | ERIC GORSKI (AP Religion Writer)

[Dead Corpse]

I'd still like to get my hands on an AirScooter or a PAL-V.

Having a nice Cessna Turbo Skylane or even an older Beechcraft Queen Air would be awfully nice too...

With the advances in ballistic recovery systems even for larger business jets, the probability of high speed dirt poisoning from engine failure is mitigated quite nicely.

[Dead Corpse]

You’ve obviously never been on Minnesota lakes during the 4th of July madness... ;-)

[Dead Corpse]

I’m hoping their offspring will eat their geriatric class... Maybe if we stopped feeding them, they’d turn on each other that much more quickly...

[Dead Corpse]

Tech talk killed the thread again...

In that case...

Last Post? ;-)

[Monkey Face]

...I am more the brown wren type.

Maybe as you see yourself. However, others see more of the real you than you realize. Obviously, Mr. Bear sees you as something to be cherished. So do I!

[Monkey Face]

Nah...just slow...

[Dead Corpse]

Slow I can handle. It's Friday and I don't want to work too hard.

Ok, amend that... at this point, I'm coming down with some serious "short timers" attitude.

[Monkey Face]

LOL!

Reminds me of the military!

(I get that way when it’s time to move, only not quite so much any more. :o| )

[rottndog]

Probably be slow all weekend...

Already a mad rush out of town on the local freeways. It’d be nice if everybody else left, and I could have SoCal to myself this weekend.

[Dead Corpse]

I need to finish packing up Ana's room and the computer room. Shampoo carpets in both of those rooms plus the upstairs guest room. Finish emptying the attic storage. And keep on boxing stuff up.

I've got my wife's laptop that I'll leave up and running until the 1st when I take back my Time-Warner modem and cable TV box. Then I'm pretty much off line unless the one or two hotel stops my Dad and I plan on making have free internet access.

[rottndog]

Packing....Have fun with that!

Gotta go—another mission this morning. };o(

[Monkey Face]

My son always asks, “If everyone leaves town on holidays, where do they go?” It makes sense in a twisted sort of way...

I’ll be here all weekend, too.

[Monkey Face]

It sounds like you have it all under control. Half the battle is getting organized. Is your Dad with you now, or is he coming later?

[Monkey Face]

Hang tough, rottie.

If it weren’t for men like you, other men would not be honored. I appreciate you and what you do.

{{{{{rottie}}}}}

[HKMk23]

You might be surprised at what little it can take to compromise bouyancy...

Ah, yes, well, in my case, that would be the loss of about 15 pounds. :-0

[HKMk23]

I like the PAL-V, in concept; we’ll have to wait and see what reality makes of it. An unnamed bureaucrat somewhere doubtless has a spanner in their desk drawer with which to foul up the works.

Now, if we can find him in time, we can blast him before he can do any damage.

Obviously, my position is that bureaucrats ought to be listed as a game species.

[Dead Corpse]

Game species? Sure, but trophy only. I don't think you could smoke the meat enough to get that gamey taste out of it.

I like the PAL-V concept and it's Earth-bound cousin the Carver. Seems to be a lot more feasible as a commuter solution than the Air-Scooter, Trek Aerospace's Sprintail, or the Moller Skycar.

[HKMk23]

Sure, but trophy only.

Oh, yeah, absolutely. And, hey, ya gotta consider that, with yer average bureaucrat, it wouldn't matter which end you actually hung on the wall; nobody'd know the difference. Heck, you could hang BOTH ends and claim you'd bagged two.

[sionnsar]

I’ll be here all weekend, too.

We will too. It's Northwest Folklife time!

[Monkey Face]

I’m going to try and get some more stuff sorted and into tubs on the patio in the morning, and after that, I’m going to veg out on movies for the rest of the weekend.