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Matthew

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GoneA said:
five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes. how do you measure, measure a year. in daylight, in sun...
(oh, don't mind me. rent just happens to be MY FAVORITE MUSICAL OF ALL TIME!!!) (but gosh it's soooo sad)
GoneA, heterosexual men must not quote lyrics from musicals.

Actually, you're a young, bohemian new yorker, no? You could be a character in Rent.
 

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Matthew said:
GoneA, heterosexual men must not quote lyrics from musicals.

Actually, you're a young, bohemian new yorker, no? You could be a character in Rent.

yup, I could be a character, but me being healthy and all dissolves my chances greatly.

and I am a bohemian new yorker, that's why everyone in the world is madly in love with me.
 

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ClaireTalon -
"Don't wait for the undertaker, just ignite the Martin-Baker" --- insider joke.

ahhhh you're an aerospace engineer! Gotcha ..... I recognize an Engineer anywhere!
 

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Geo said:
ClaireTalon -
"Don't wait for the undertaker, just ignite the Martin-Baker" --- insider joke.

ahhhh you're an aerospace engineer! Gotcha ..... I recognize an Engineer anywhere!

Well, there were enough clues... this insider joke being just one of them, though I'm no longer on a rocket seat.

Some more amusing stuff (you might know some of these...)

Claire's Piloting Manual

Dictionary
Airspeed: Speed of an airplane. Deduct 25% when listening to a Navy pilot.
Bank: The folks who hold the lien on most pilots' cars.
Cone of Confusion: An area about the size of New Jersey, located near the final approach beacon at an airport.
Crab: The squadron Ops Officer.
Dead Reckoning: You reckon correctly, or you are.
Engine Failure: A condition which occurs when all fuel tanks mysteriously become filled with air.
Firewall: Section of the aircraft specially designed to let heat and smoke enter the cockpit.
Glide Distance: Half the distance from the airplane to the nearest emergency landing field.
Hydroplane: An airplane designed to land on a 20,000 foot long wet runway.
IFR: A method of flying by needle and ripcord.
Lean Mixture: Nonalcoholic beer
Nanosecond: Time delay built into the stall warning system.
Parasitic Drag: A pilot who bums a ride and complains about the service.
Range: Usually about 30 miles beyond the point where all fuel tanks fill with air.
Rich Mixture: What you order at the other guy's promotion party.
Roger: Used when you're not sure what else to say.
Service Ceiling: Altitude at which cabin crews can serve drinks.
Spoilers: The Federal Aviation Administration.
Stall: Technique used to explain to the bank why you car payment is late.


Verbal lapses
The three worst things to hear in the cockpit:
The second officer says, "Oh shit!"
The first officer says, "I have an idea!"
The captain say, "Hey, watch this!"


In case you need a plane...
High-performance jet fighter, fully armed with missiles, guns. ECM equipment, fresh paint (stars and bars painted over), single seat, 97% reliability rate, will outclimb, outturn F-16, outrun F-14, low fuel burn (relatively), all digital avionics, radar, terrain following, INS, GPS, Tacan, used only for testing and sales promotion. Now in storage.
Contact Northrop Corp. Will trade for Mig-25 and home address of Air Force Acquisition officer.
 

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the central red graphic on those team uniforms looks rather phallic doesn't it?

they ought to have red hoods to pull over their helmets to complete the effect.
 

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This shall replace any funny movie, animation or picture I don't own... you know that the correct form of address when you talk to our beloved, honored and great President is "Hello George, how are you-you?"... there's a double-you in his name, after all