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  • JonJ Jon

    Interior of a passenger plane, 1930s.

    IMG_0543.jpeg

    George KG Offline
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    George K
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    #1197

    @Jon said in Mildly interesting:

    Interior of a passenger plane, 1930s.

    D1 and I took a ride on a Ford Trimotor back in 1997. The seats were not dissimilar - basically just office chairs bolted to the floor.

    Ford Trimotor Flight 2.jpeg

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      #1198

      George, do you remember what it was like?
      I read that they vibrated hard due to the engine attached to the fuselage and that it was so loud it was hard to hear. Looking at the Harley landing gear, I would imagine some landings were pretty hard. Cool that you were able to take a ride in one!

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        George K
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        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          #1200

          @George-K @Jon
          Re: fluent English - quite interesting. Most make sense, but I was a bit surprised by the Canada number. I did not realize that there were that many French speakers that did not know English. Though I have to say when I visited Quebec City, I did come across a few of them. LOL (But they all were very kind and friendly)

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            #1201

            I think there are probably more recent immigrants that don’t speak English than québécois.

            Probably some First Nations folks too.

            You were warned.

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            • George KG Offline
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              George K
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              #1202

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                Couldn't make up my mind if this belonged here or the Funny pics thread.

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                  jon-nyc
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                  #1204

                  Lol

                  You were warned.

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                    George K
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                    #1205

                    Screenshot-2023-08-06-at-9.jpeg

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • JonJ Jon

                      I think a number of us here would have.

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                      #1206

                      @Jon said in Mildly interesting:

                      I think a number of us here would have.

                      I think several here still would…

                      The Brad

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                        jon-nyc
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                        #1207

                        You were warned.

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #1208

                          b91014e0-650b-4f1a-8d9b-53889f3f3f49-image.jpeg

                          You were warned.

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                            jon-nyc
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                            #1209

                            Lumber drying in Seattle, 1919.

                            See man for scale.

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                            You were warned.

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                              jon-nyc
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                              Suoszowa, Poland. A town of 6,000 where everyone lives on the same street.

                              IMG_0551.jpeg

                              You were warned.

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                                Thanks, Jon. I couldn't help it, I went on GoogleEarth Street View and enjoyed driving and looking around. There is something weird about it. All properties about the same size, all seem to have their own land also the same size, for farming. I wonder if this is a Commie-like result, but the homes seem to reflect the individuality of the homeowner. Someone should find a way to translate text from pictures, it would be interesting to read the signs and postings while driving along in street view.

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                                  jon-nyc
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                                  Don’t know that I’ve ever seen this before.

                                  IMG_9737.jpeg

                                  You were warned.

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                                    No fold, he must have used a large envelope, wasteful government spending.

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                                      Copper
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                                      Nobody gives driving directions in Boston by saying the compass direction - North, South, East, West. The streets just don't work that way. Visitors are easily confused.

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                                        #1215

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                                        • CopperC Copper

                                          No fold, he must have used a large envelope, wasteful government spending.

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                                          #1216

                                          @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                          No fold, he must have used a large envelope, wasteful government spending.

                                          @jon-nyc Why would it have been addressed to the Secretary of State? Why not the VP?

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