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biff,
advancements come out of necessity. much of our greatest acheivements have arisen from our worst tendencies like war and conflict.
much medical research and advancement comes out of conflict, sad to say,
Lister made his greatest discoveries on anti-sepsis from battle field observation,
the first world war experiences provided much of the basis of plastic surgery advancements used today.
look at it this way, the money will be spent one way or another, isn’t it better to spend in pursuit of an ultimate answer? at least before the next gamma ray burst blows our atmosphere away. 2012 is only 3 years away. lol.
“We didn’t go to the moon for the advancement of science, we went to the moon because we wanted to get there before the Soviets…We are of course just talking about manned space exploration here – ie throwing tons of metal and people into orbit or beyond just to be there.”
OMFG, I think I just developed a man-crush on lechacal! Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Thank you for saying this so much more concisely and eloquently than I.
Can’t disagree with any of that biff. Still my heart soars with every Hubble picture I see. But I find it inappropriate for fighter jets to do flyovers at sport events. Takes some of the meaning out of it- and it shouldn’t.
Biff – I am a HUGE sucker for combat aircraft. I go to airshows at every possible opportunity. I freakin’ love those things. Watching an F-15 take off and go ballistic is one of the … shit gotta go meeting right now
Hi Guys!
Thanks so much – yeah it’s a nice feeling to have $20 in my pocket again – it was rough for awhile there
anywhoo – did I miss anything outrageous?
biff,
advancements come out of necessity. much of our greatest acheivements have arisen from our worst tendencies like war and conflict.
much medical research and advancement comes out of conflict, sad to say,
Lister made his greatest discoveries on anti-sepsis from battle field observation,
the first world war experiences provided much of the basis of plastic surgery advancements used today.
look at it this way, the money will be spent one way or another, isn’t it better to spend in pursuit of an ultimate answer? at least before the next gamma ray burst blows our atmosphere away. 2012 is only 3 years away. lol.
Spangled canes! Great idea. Perhaps we can have “Snarkettes” emblazoned on said canes in red, white and blue glitter 🙂
Biff??:? You getting curious *before* the six beers???
“Biff – I am a HUGE sucker for combat aircraft. I go to airshows at every possible opportunity.”
Man-crush is officially over. 🙂
I don’t like the fly-overs – such a waste of money that could be better spent on choir robes & spangled canes.
“We didn’t go to the moon for the advancement of science, we went to the moon because we wanted to get there before the Soviets…We are of course just talking about manned space exploration here – ie throwing tons of metal and people into orbit or beyond just to be there.”
OMFG, I think I just developed a man-crush on lechacal! Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Thank you for saying this so much more concisely and eloquently than I.
Can’t disagree with any of that biff. Still my heart soars with every Hubble picture I see. But I find it inappropriate for fighter jets to do flyovers at sport events. Takes some of the meaning out of it- and it shouldn’t.
Biff – I am a HUGE sucker for combat aircraft. I go to airshows at every possible opportunity. I freakin’ love those things. Watching an F-15 take off and go ballistic is one of the … shit gotta go meeting right now
Hi Guys!
Thanks so much – yeah it’s a nice feeling to have $20 in my pocket again – it was rough for awhile there
anywhoo – did I miss anything outrageous?