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Old January 13th 07, 04:17 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,sci.space.history,sci.space.shuttle
Rand Simberg
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Default Why does the shuttle throttle on ascent?

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:12:42 -0600, in a place far, far away, Pat
Flannery made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:



Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:

He only snapped chalk? You're lucky.

I had a Latin teacher that would throw it... very quickly... at the
blackboard behind your head.

THAT got your attention.



The nuns were fond of throwing erasers _at_ your head, and some of them
were made partially of wood.


Was your head one of those? It would explain much.