Stop whining, America!

("john smith" wrote)
Paul,
How was the MN state fair this year?
Aviation activity there???


I've been out of the loop this fair season - been re-couping at home from
some surgery ...I'll be back up to 90% next, next week. Hey, jets don't even
run at 90% ...or do they? :-)

Meant to call this week and see if Golden Wings Museum sent a plane over to
the MNDot - Aeronautics and Aviation Dept tent this year.

MNDot site doesn't mention any plane I'm familiar with, so looks like I'll
be buying a ticket this year - if I go. MN State Fair runs through Labor Day
....and I just know it's a much, much better fair than that glorified corn
feed they had down in Iowa a week ago! g

http://wcco.com/specialreports/local...238095829.html
From the lame-o link:
In 1901, then-Vice President Teddy Roosevelt stood on a platform at the
Grandstand and at our fair, he is believed to have first uttered his famous
line, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." [Sept 2, 1901 ...Four days later
he was President]

Nine years later, in 1910, the first airplane flight in Minnesota history
took place at the fairgrounds.

[Me again. What did they do? Ship the plane in on the train, then assemble
it on the grounds???]


Montblack

As was the California Republic (which our state flag has as the motto to
this day).


Jim


"Montblack" wrote in message
...

Hard to be just another state when you started out as a nation - The
Republic of Texas.

("RST Engineering" wrote)
As was the California Republic (which our state flag has as the motto to
this day).

Hard to be just another state when you started out as a nation - The
Republic of Texas.


California is from a different planet/ solar system/ alternate universe :-)


Montblack

"RST Engineering" wrote in news:11h7sdu1mfp8f26
@corp.supernews.com:

As was the California Republic (which our state flag has as the motto to
this day).
Snipola

How about "The Peoples Republik Of Kalifornia"?

We've already got the red star on the flag!

Brian
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"Skywise" wrote in message
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"RST Engineering" wrote in news:11h7sdu1mfp8f26
@corp.supernews.com:

As was the California Republic (which our state flag has as the motto to
this day).
Snipola

How about "The Peoples Republik Of Kalifornia"?

We've already got the red star on the flag!


And a Bear

"Earl Grieda" wrote in message
nk.net...
Before the war was started what I was hearing was that it was about the
oil.
Not in the sense of cheap oil for the consumer, but to make life better
for
the oil companies. Obviously, that theory was wrong since oil is
basically
free now, and the oil companies are filing for bankruptcy.


Nice 180 there, Earl. It's amazing you can see the monitor with your head so
far up your ass (or at least the MSM's ass).

"Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message
news:3cZQe.6667$7f5.2130@okepread01...

"Skywise" wrote in message
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"RST Engineering" wrote in news:11h7sdu1mfp8f26
@corp.supernews.com:

As was the California Republic (which our state flag has as the motto to
this day).
Snipola

How about "The Peoples Republik Of Kalifornia"?

We've already got the red star on the flag!


And a Bear


Which was supposed to be a Pear...

http://www.snopes.com/lost/bearflag.asp

;O)

Jay B

"Scott Migaldi" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:


I'm almost afraid to ask WHY these places would want to be British
territory but NOT part of the United Kingdom? Tradition, I presume?

The Channel Islands have the queen as their head and arrived within the
sovereigns domain in 1066 when William, Duke of Normandy took the English
throne. The islands were part of the Normandy estate. That's long gone but
the Islands are still under the Crown and have a curious mix of a very
localised French and English,

The islands were the only part of the British Isles occupied by the Germans
during the war and were ordered to surrender to protect the lives of the
islanders.
The Germans built some enormous defensive formations on the islands with
slave labour from Eastern Europe (most of whom did not survive),which are
still there.

Jersey is now it is a major financial centre with low income tax but it is
impossible to get permanent residency unless one is very rich or born on the
island.

Interestingly the island also gave its name to New Jersey. A former governor
of Jersey ( Sir George Carteret) was given a large chunk of what was New
Netherlands and he named it New Jersey.


Sir George Carteret (1615 1680) came of old French stock on the Channel
island of Jersey, which he held for King Charles I as the last Stuart
stronghold to surrender to Cromwell. He was a distinguished naval officer,
though rather careless in business and without much education. He died just
too soon to receive the patent of nobility the king had intended for him.
Carteret and Lord Berkeley were for a while Lords Proprietors of New Jersey,
which he named for his home island.

"Montblack" wrote

I've been out of the loop this fair season - been re-couping at home from
some surgery ...I'll be back up to 90% next, next week.

Sorry to hear that. When, and what kind of surgery?

BTDT,GTTS.
--
Jim in NC

("Morgans" wrote)
I've been out of the loop this fair season - been re-couping at home from
some surgery ...I'll be back up to 90% next, next week.

Sorry to hear that. When, and what kind of surgery?


Two weeks after OSH (scheduled in May.) Four-day hospital stay, then home.
Feet are up as I type this :-)

17 staples. Many daily walks around neighborhood - some up to 3 miles.
Dropped 25#'s so far since Monday, August 15th.

Basically, incision under belly button, a foot of intestine snipped out,
both sides sewn (stapled!) back together, bladder repaired. Vicodin.

From WebMD

http://my.webmd.com/hw/brain_nervous...m/hw251746.asp
Diverticulitis ...hit the Next arrow for more info. Oh boy.

http://my.webmd.com/hw/digestive_problems/hw252327.asp
Partial colectomy for diverticular disease - in addition ...an abnormal
opening (fistula) that has formed between the large intestine and an
adjacent organ, most commonly the bladder


So, no colostomy bag, but I do need a bladder/catheter (**** bag) for two
weeks while the bladder heals. - I carry it around in my red flour sack book
bag (I used it at OSH for free brochures, scanners, camera, and water
bottles) ...catheter comes out in 14.75 hours!!


Montblack
"Do you have a message for your mother?"
"Yes, tell her... I feel fine."