Rush!

VH1C ran a Rush @ 30 special last night... I rolled tape while doing other things. This came in handy when Cam ran a few seconds of the children singing for O-get-a-real-name-bama. About the same time I took a stack of pictures off the shelf, this also fell onto the desk: My ticket stub from Rush's Moving Picture Tour - June 6, 1981.

Only $7.50. IIRC this was about the standard rate for a concert back then (27 yrs ago). Prices today boggle my mind! I looked at a couple has been bands earlier this year, prices started at $55 in the nosebleeds.

Not sure what to make of this...

On a day when everything is down (Google down 11%, Apple down 22%, etc). At one point today, the only two in the green on my watch list were Smith & Wesson (SWHC) and Sturm Ruger (RGR). Even those ended in the red, but only slightly compared to the 5-25% the others are down.

Debate...

I'll nominate Jim Lehrer as "Most irrelevant".

The candidate's answers were obviously pre-written. JL's claim that the questions have not been shared not withstanding... Quite frankly Jim could have asked "What is your opinion of the three toed mountain goat in Afganistan" and the candidates would have spewed the same blather.

I'm believe the questions weren't shared. But it doesn't take a seer to divine the hot issues of the day and formulate answers. Then the candidates regurgitate the memorized lines in a Pavlovian response like trained monkeys.

Item #14, Check.

Checked item #14 off the "to do this life" list Monday. "Visit USAF museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton OH." We arrived around noon local (having had lunch) and they kicked us out at 5pm. We barely covered it. Here's a couple pics (click on pics for zoomation).

Piper PA-48 Enforcer ground attack prototype. The sign notes it's a 1980's take on the P-51 with gas turbine power.













BockScar - The B-29 that dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.










P-82 Twin Mustang













Allison V-3420 engine. 24 cylinders, 3420 CID, 3000HP. It's effectively a pair of Allison V-1710's in a single engine block. Each side has it's own crankshaft. The power is merged through a gearbox at the prop hub.

Miracle at FL360

We witnessed several truly miraculous recoveries today.

You see, flying home on SWA, there must have been 15 people in wheelchairs lined through the boarding area and spilling out into the hallway needing special assistance to board. They took up about the first seven rows of the plane.

We spent the next 3 1/2 hours at FL360 (36,000 ft). Reaching the gate however most of these first 7 rows were up and out of their seats with out any "need for special assistance". Some were practically elbowing each other to be the first off the plane. It's a miracle! No more wheelchairs! Even though the flight attendant asked them to wait until they had enough wheel chairs, they had none of it and made a bolt for the door.

National Institute of Health really ought to investigate this miracle!

Tony Packo's

Family events have required a temporary relocation to the Toledo area. While out and about we made the required pilgrimage to Tony Packo's.

Packo's has been on location serving Hungarian hot dogs since 1932. They've become an institution. Celebs of any stripe make it a point to visit and sign hot dog buns which are displayed on the walls. Actors, musicians, heads, politicians, and heads of state are all represented (President Ford's and Nancy Reagan's were spotted on the way in).

Charleton Heston's was on display above our table.

*Spank*

House passes the NRA sponsored DC gun bill to allow residents to protect themselves

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