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Cross Wind Jumbo Landing
I’m not a pilot
but this video looks real to me.
However, a number of people within the
aviation community
feel that this landing may be faked.
Some of the reasons given are that there are
no visible navigation nor
landing lights,
the crosswind component appears to change significantly
between
the two final segments shown in this video,
and braking appears to be too
sudden.
I’ll leave it up to you to decide.
A few days ago was the 237th Independence Day in the United States of America
Hope you all had a memorable celebration
In 1873, a team of German explorers
and
their three dogs decided to penetrate
the heart of the South American jungle.
After twelve years, they had set up a fort in an Incan town,
the centerpiece of
which was a large idol with a huge ruby for an eye.
The German church had sent out their
best man,
Friar Wilhelm Werks three times to check on the progress of the fort,
and each time the appearance of the idol
had sent him into fits of screaming,
complete with shouts,
curses, and rending of garments.
Each time, he screamed so loud that he
sent the dogs running for cover.
And each time, he left with a warning that the
next time he visited,
the idol had better be torn down.
The commander of the fort, Hans
Brickner,
received a message that Werks would be
coming to visit again in a
fortnight.
He quickly called a meeting with his top
commanders.
All five agreed that the Friar would explode
when he saw the idol
still standing.
"But," said Commander
Brickner,
"there's nothing to be done.
If we take down the idol, we will
anger the local tribe,
and without their cooperation we're dead."
His second-in-command, Herr Kommandant
Wagner said,
"In that case, we'd better make sure we put the dogs
away."
"Why?"
"You know how scared the dogs get
when
Friar Werks goes off on the Fort of Jewel Eye."
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Meanwhile CANADA remains a bundle of fun
Canadian Penny
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Elsewhere!!!
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Those Funny Animals
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thanks Kitty L
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A
woman approached her husband with the news
that they needed new drapes
throughout the house.
After two weeks of debate on the real need for new
drapes,
the husband gave in grudgingly.
The two of them then advised their
daughter
they were going to the fabric warehouse to select material.
Once
at the warehouse, the couple embarked on a growing disagreement as to color and
design.
No matter what one selected,
the other didn't like it
. It turned into a
nightmare
. It became a clash of wills just as their daughter had known it
would.
While
they were gone, their son returned home from an afternoon at the movies.
He
asked his sister where the parents were.
"Oh,
nowhere special," she answered.
"They are simply trampling through
the warehouse
where the drapes of wrath are stored."
Fred
Smith had been a jazz clarinetist for years
, famous the world over for his
virtuosity on the licorice stick
. His fame was well deserved because of the
beautiful tone
he was able to get out of his instrument.
He had played concerts
to packed houses in all the major capitals of the world.
At
about the time he turned 60, tragedy struck.
Late one night during a jam
session while he was playing
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow," one of his
favorite pieces,
he collapsed right in the middle of the song.
He
was rushed to the local hospital as quickly as possible
where he was placed in
the intensive care unit.
After all the tests had been run,
it was determined he
had suffered an extensive stroke
on the left side of his brain.
Because
of the quick response of the paramedics
who transported him to the hospital,
the damage was minimal.
There was some loss of motor control on his right side
and his speech was somewhat slurred,
so he spent several weeks undergoing
therapy.
Several
days after the stroke,
when he was finally able to pick up his clarinet again,
he, of course, started to play his favorite song,
"Somewhere Over the
Rainbow."
Some-where
o-ver he rain-bow, way up high,
There's a
land that I heard of once, in a hill-a-bye.
At
that point, for the life of him,
he could recall neither the notes nor lyrics
for the remainder of the tune.
With a sense of dread, he started again:
Some-where
o-ver the rain-bow, skies are blue,
And the
dreams that you dare to dream, real-ly do come true.
Once
again he stopped without a trace of memory of what should follow.
During the
succeeding weeks of therapy,
he often played the clarinet for small groups of
friends,
often with the same virtuosity he had shown before the tragedy.
Never, though, did he attempt his favorite piece except when alone in his room.
After
finishing his rehabilitation,
he was invited to Paris to play a series of jazz
concerts.
While there, his problem with his favorite song continued to haunt
him.
At all hours of the day and night,
he would pick up his clarinet and begin
the song
but was never able to finish it from memory.
One
day, during the late afternoon, while watching the sunset
from the balcony of
his fifth floor hotel suite,
he seized his clarinet and tried to play his
favorite song,
but again he couldn't get past the first 16 bars.
He
was gripped with panic when no more of the song would come.
In his panic he
fell from the balcony to the street below.
Quickly, someone called for an
ambulance.
As
Fred lay dying the tune kept running through his mind.
Then, in the distance,
he heard the static sing-song wail
of the approaching European ambulance.
He
cried out, "That's it:
Dah-Da,
Dah-Da,
Dah-Da,
Dah-Da
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The construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge
thanks Geoff C
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A motorcycle police officer stops a
driver
for shooting through a red light.
The driver is a real bastard,
The driver is a real bastard,
steps out of his car and comes striding toward the officer,
demanding
to know why he is being harassed by the Gestapo!
So the officer calmly tells him of the red light violation.
So the officer calmly tells him of the red light violation.
The motorist instantly goes on a tirade,
questioning the officer's ancestry, sexual
orientation, etc., in rather explicit offensive terms.
The tirade goes on without the officer saying anything.
When the officer finishes writing the ticket
orientation, etc., in rather explicit offensive terms.
The tirade goes on without the officer saying anything.
When the officer finishes writing the ticket
he puts an "AH" in the
lower
right corner of the narrative portion of the ticket.
right corner of the narrative portion of the ticket.
He then hands it to
The 'violator' for his signature.
The 'violator' for his signature.
The guy signs the ticket angrily, and
when presented with his copy points to the "AH"
when presented with his copy points to the "AH"
and demands to know
what it stands for.
The officer says,
what it stands for.
The officer says,
"That's so when we go to court, I'll
remember that you're
an asshole!"
Two months later they're in court.
an asshole!"
Two months later they're in court.
The 'violator' has a bad driving record
with a high number of points and is in danger of losing his license,
with a high number of points and is in danger of losing his license,
so he
hired a lawyer to represent him.
On the stand the officer testifies to seeing the man run through the red light.
Under cross examination the defense attorney asks;
On the stand the officer testifies to seeing the man run through the red light.
Under cross examination the defense attorney asks;
"Officer is this a reasonable facsimile
of the ticket that you issued to my client?"
Officer responds,
Officer responds,
"Yes, sir, that is the defendant's
copy, his signature
and mine, same number at the top."
Lawyer: "Officer, is there any particular marking
Lawyer: "Officer, is there any particular marking
or notation on this ticket
you don't normally make?"
"Yes, sir, in the lower right corner of the narrative
you don't normally make?"
"Yes, sir, in the lower right corner of the narrative
there is an "AH," underlined."
"What does the "AH" stand for, officer?"
"Aggressive and hostile, Sir."
"Aggressive and hostile?"
"Yes, Sir.
"Officer, are you sure it doesn't stand for asshole?"
Well, sir, you know your client better than I do.
"What does the "AH" stand for, officer?"
"Aggressive and hostile, Sir."
"Aggressive and hostile?"
"Yes, Sir.
"Officer, are you sure it doesn't stand for asshole?"
Well, sir, you know your client better than I do.
~~~~ How often can one get an attorney to convict his own client~~~~
thanks Shelagh N
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PHUN PHACTS
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There are numerous versions of
"Amazing Grace"
on You Tube and elsewhere
Do you have a favourite????
This is mine
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Fun with Words
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What a few years difference makes
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Robot Golf
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POSTERS
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A woman walked into a vet’s waiting room.
She’s dragging a wet rabbit on a
leash.
The rabbit does not want to be there.
“Sit, Fluffy,” she says.
Fluffy glares at her,
and sopping wet, jumps up on another customer’s lap,
getting water all over him.
“I said sit, now there’s a good Fluffy,” says the woman,
slightly
embarrassed.
Fluffy, wet already,
squats in the middle of the room and
urinates.
The woman, mortally embarrassed, shouts,
“Damn it, Fluffy, will you be
good?!”
Fluffy then starts a fight with a Doberman
and pursues it out of the
office.
As the woman leaves to go after it,
she turns to the rest of the
flabbergasted customers and says,
“I’m sorry,
I’ve just washed my hare,
and
can’t do a thing with it!”
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Floyd Cramer...Last Date
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Another favourite of mine
Dire Straits
"Walk of Life"
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Super Cool Sporting Pictures
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Summer Fails
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Waldo!!!!!
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Look Twice.....what do you see
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A sailor, while bringing flowers to a cemetery,
noticed an old
Chinese man placing a bowl of rice
on a nearby grave.
The sailor walked up to the man and asked,
"When do you expect your friend
to come up and eat the rice?"
The old Chinese man replied with a smile,
"Same time your friend comes up
to smell the flowers."
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Miscelleaneous
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Vodka Advert
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This Weeks Signs
must have been some party!!
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PHILS PHILOSOPHY
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3 comments:
Good ones this week Phil. I stole the motorcycle cop one and the I think to Myself video. I gave you credit for both.
Have a terrific day. ☺
A particularly good crop Phil!
Good post Phil!
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