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Just Sven
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19 days ago

What? Everyone is sleeping in?

Thread pic: Sad. Very sad.

Paddy O'Furnijur
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19 days ago
Reply to  Just Sven

Good morning, Sven.
I hope you and Mrs. Sven are doing okay, all things considered.

Just Sven
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19 days ago

Hi, Paddy -- we’ve run into some problems -- unexpected side effects from previous procedures -- need to push out a couple of things. Other than that, the power is on and everything else is as good as can be expected right now.

Paddy O'Furnijur
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19 days ago

Sure Happy It’s Thursday just doesn’t seem right today.

From what I’ve seen and read, the mid-air collision between an AA regional jet and a H-60 helicopter was entirely avoidable. ATC asked the pilot of the Blackhawk if he saw the jet and received both an affirmative and a request for visual separation. ATC instructed the helicopter to turn behind the jet. Real-time data from ADSB Exchange shows the Blackhawk turning into the CRJ and hitting it broadside.

Prayers for all of those who have lost loved ones, and for the first-responders who are working diligently in what is now a recovery effort.

Just Sven
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19 days ago
Reply to  Mac

That’s not whining, Mac. Sorry about the tranny issue -- no way to rebuild the old one?

Thoughts and prayers for both you and Mrs. Mac.

Just Sven
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19 days ago

Cats. After almost 9 years, Jack Tatum had learned to keep his claws in while playing with me. Are all cats such slow learners? Likely.

Just Sven
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19 days ago

This won’t seem like much, but it’s kind of a big deal for me. Since I was a child, books and reading have been an important part of my life. Once my vision started going wonky, I found that reading was difficult -- even with a whole slew of glasses -- and I switched primarily to audio books. Yesterday I finished my first book in what has to be at least two years. It was one that I had read many years before: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara. I began bringing it with me while sitting in waiting rooms to pass the time and just got wrapped up in the whole story again.

Many years ago, a friend from Ireland told me he was interested in learning about the American civil war, but was having a hard time wading through all the historical accounts. I told him to read The Killer Angels for a fictional account of Gettysburg that was historically accurate. He loved it.

The pleasure of sitting in a quiet room in a comfortable chair reading for a couple of hours is something that I’ve missed quite a lot.

Paddy O'Furnijur
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19 days ago
Reply to  Just Sven

It’s a big deal, Sven. I need to gift myself more time to read.

Just Sven
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19 days ago

More winning.

5th Circuit Panel: 18-20 Year-Olds Among Those Whose ‘Right to Keep and Bear Arms Is Protected’

Paddy O'Furnijur
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19 days ago
Reply to  Mac

Excellent!

Paddy O'Furnijur
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19 days ago

I’m amazed that it was a unanimous decision.

Just Sven
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19 days ago

Dana White -- good for him -- still a free speech absolutist.

https://x.com/i/status/1885074367949746449

Paddy O'Furnijur
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19 days ago
Reply to  Just Sven

Well said. I hope it gives people who heard his statement something to think about regarding what it means to support free speech.