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Happy 4th of July to all!
Be careful with those fireworks.
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Right back at you Doug! I had to work all weekend, which pretty much shot any travel plans so today the wife and I are just hanging around the house doing some small chores and man is it ever hot. Later on we're going to walk down to the beach for the shuttle launch and then cook up some game hens along with some black beans and rice which will be topped off with key lime pie ... maybe a brew, or two. Yum Yum. Maybe watch some fireworks later. Like Doug, I'm wishing everybody a great holiday and be careful!
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Yea, Happy 4th to those of us in the USA. For me, fireworks were last night, and what a show! If ever someone is in the midwest for the 4th of July, you really should see the fireworks and airshow in Dubuque, Iowa on July 3rd each year. Small town (about 60,000 people normal population) feel with big city show (just as good as St. Louis show according my relatives that live there)...
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Wishing all a happy, sane, and safe 4th of July.
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God Bless this country. Hope you all have a great Independence day!
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How about this for an Independence Day fireworks display, from 60 miles away ... What an impressive sight!
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Is that the shuttle? How far off the beach is my guest room Rick? I’m thinking that you are about to get a permanent house guest if the beach isn’t too far away.
My 4th is a ‘recovery’ day. I shouldn’t have brought out the Don Julio last night. I’m not feeling so good today………and to top it all off, one of the girls that brought food over last night played a cruel joke on me. She made an absolutely wonderful curry dish, but put friggin pee’s in it….and lot’s of them. So I’m sitting here feeling like crap, hungry and frustrated trying to dig these ******* pees out of my lunch…….I’m going back to bed….
Happy Independence Day folks!
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………and to top it all off, one of the girls that brought food over last night played a cruel joke on me. She made an absolutely wonderful curry dish, but put friggin pee’s in it….and lot’s of them. So I’m sitting here feeling like crap, hungry and frustrated trying to dig these ******* pees out of my lunch…….I’m going back to bed….
Mike,
Pees? Eeeewwww. Is that why the curry was yellow?! That was a cruel joke! I'd recommend peas next time.
Funny, I had a Don Julio "day after" a couple of weekends ago. Still not all that excited about drinking tequila.
Happy 4th to all!
Rich
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For me, fireworks were last night, and what a show!
TMI, you braggart, you!
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If ever someone is in the midwest for the 4th of July, you really should see the fireworks...
I knew these forums were full of friendly people, but hey, nothing like taking it up to the next level! Attaboy Nick!
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>>> Is that the shuttle? How far off the beach is my guest room Rick? I’m thinking that you are about to get a permanent house guest if the beach isn’t too far away.Sure was Mike, STS-121 headed for the International Space Station, which I believe is the first launch in history on the 4th of July. We're about 60 miles south and your guest room is a block and a half off the beach ... come on down! Have you fully recovered?
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A few years back, Mrs. medic8r and I were on I-95, on the way to Orlando for our annual Disney fix, when we caught a view very similar to your photos. It was really awesome; gave me that warm feeling where the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Thanks for sharing!
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A few years back, Mrs. medic8r and I were on I-95, on the way to Orlando for our annual Disney fix
You go to the world annually as well?
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Happy 4th of July... Quote:
Is that the shuttle?
I hope it is, I don’t think North Korea has such pretty beaches
That’s a pretty impressive sight you capture there, I would love to see the Space Shuttle taking off. A few years back I was in Orlando,FL... I was in my hotel room watching the news late at night; the news was reporting live that they were waiting on the Space Shuttle to land. Shortly after, I heard a huge sonic boom that rocked the room; I didn’t connect the dots at first, I was like 'what the heck!' , then I realize it must have been the Shuttle... pretty cool; I didn’t see it but sure heard it... ~Jaime
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You go to the world annually as well?
Yeah, or nearly so: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005. Now we have a 10 month old, so it may be a little while before we get back. Emphasis on little, as I'm hoping Nolan will be able to appreciate it at an early age. Like next week? LOL ...
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I would love to see the Space Shuttle taking off.
Methinks you think too small. I'd love to pilot the shuttle. More of a doer than a watcher.
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true! Thought, Is there any manual flying performed by the pilot ehmm, co-pilot? I bet it's all automated... dunno
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>>I don’t think North Korea has such pretty beaches
My understanding is that it does have some pretty nice beaches, although the water is colder than at the south tip of South Korea.
Then again, I'm still glad it was a shuttle and not a REALLY big test launch from NK. I wonder if their BM test launches were timed for 4th of July as well ?
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Have you fully recovered?
No....takes me a couple days anymore. I've cut way back on drinking these days as hang overs just hurt too damn much. Gave up heli-skiing for the same reasons last year as well (plus a few fractured vertebras). But I did hit the gym this AM. Half assed work out, but something anyway. I think it's really true.....I'm really in my 40's now……..
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>>> No....takes me a couple days anymore. Same here brother! Any of you Disney folks ever get down to the Disney Vero Beach Resort give me a shout, we live just a few blocks away. The night shuttle launches are extremely cool, even from 60 miles away you can see the second they light off the engines on the pad. The old Atlas rockets were even brighter!
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I'll never forget my first launch-witnessing - there's nothing like it. My aunt is a snowbird and spends her winters in Cape Canaveral, and I happened to be down one spring break when there was a launch. Friends of hers took us to the Navy limits in a boat and the experience was beyond words. Some people laughed, some people sobbed, some people applauded - all of us were just awed in the truest sense of the word. I would just love to be in the on-site stands for a launch one day - that must put an even finer edge on the experience. Ian's with BrenR - he'd love to go up.
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Amie it's also neat to be in Port Canaveral whenever the ships tow in the solid rocket boosters, I've spent many days and nights fishing those docks inside the port.
Count me in on a shuttle ride as well, I couldn't imagine the feel of all of that power. Must be absolutely tremendous.
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Ian's with BrenR - he'd love to go up.
Well, he can fly... I'll sit in the passenger seat and adjust the mirrors and reach behind me and swat BrotherBob and threaten that if he doesn't stop goofing around, we're turning this shuttle around and going back to Earth.
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I had an interesting 4th. After the normal hometown parade thing, we headed off to Living History Farms. For those that live in the midwest, LHF's is a large area of land that a rich farm family from the 1800's donated for historical purposes. They actually have an old town just like the movies with bank, newspaper, church, drug store, etc... Sometimes I think I'm in an old Clint Eastwood movie. Anyway, LHF has a traveling baseball team that is based on baseball of the late 1800's. Our church played them in one of their friendly practices. We had to wear the old wool/cotton uniforms, could not wear gloves, and had to wear these shoes with no tread on the bottom. In addition, we had to follow 1800's rules. For ex., if you caught the ball after one bounce, the person is out. It was very interesting, and I discovered how out of shape I was.
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Yeah, or nearly so: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005. Now we have a 10 month old, so it may be a little while before we get back. Emphasis on little, as I'm hoping Nolan will be able to appreciate it at an early age. Like next week? LOL ...
Yeah the sooner the better:). I went 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 will be twice. lol
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The family and I took a short (2.5 hr) road trip to Delaware to visit my wife's relatives. She has an uncle in Middletown with kids about the same age as ours. He took us out on the Chesapeake in his boat, with our kayak in tow. We swam and paddled a bit and then headed back to the house in time for their annual block party. I joined in the volleyball tournament just as some thunder storms were making their way through. We kept playing through the downpour and the muddy, slippery grass certainly added another element to the game. It's going to be a year at least until the grass grows back on that area.
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Just returned from vacation last night, my sister called and told us to look up in the Southwest sky at 9:16 P.M., we got the treat of seeing the shuttle docked with the station going overhead heading Southeast. Boy that baby really moves
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