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    OT: USS Truman Collides Off Egyptian Coast | Bulk Carrier and US Aircraft Carrier

    I remember crossing from FL to the Bahamas over night in a friend's boat. We watched the radar blips - us & BIG Boat - for a long time. We could see w/o corrective action a collision could be possible. Then we heard - "BIG BOAT to Little Boat". US Navy carriers have to have systems better...
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    Red Maples are turning in State College

    In the Seven Mountains area enough maple leaves have fallen to think about raking. And at home here in the Poconos the maple leaves that have fallen are covered with Maple Tar Spot - a fungal disease caused by heat & humidity
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    Eclipse question

    Should be dark enough for a free drop for a lost ball.
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    What made you a Penn State fan, assuming you are one?

    I grew up in the Chicago suburbs (Bears fan, White Sox fan, no college football). Met a girl in Lancaster PA on the job. I got the girl only after convincing her dad that I could be a Penn State fan. Since then it has been 40 + years of PSU football. Unfortunately her dad's generation of fans...
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    Anyway, the University of Chicago…

    My nieces & their friends (all west suburban Chicago people) love & live in the city. Maybe as we get older we don't want to parallel park.
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    And then there is New Jersey ...

    I talked to my brother in Oregon yesterday - he said commercial businesses (he is a funeral director & coroner) could always get a card that would allow them to fill up themselves at certain stations. But he said he would prefer not to leave his climate controlled vehicle to fill up with gas...
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    OT: The Blizzard of '93 (Has it REALLY been 30 years?!) Where were you?

    On our way back to the Poconos from Killington VT. Made it as far as Middletown NY. We got the last room in the hotel. But we had a cooler full of food, beer, and wine and a big window to watch all the commotion outside.
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    OT: anyone have experience fighting a commercial development?

    It is happening in the Poconos right now. Upwards of 10 huge truck depots are in the works - hundreds of acres of woods will be gone. Most are adjacent to high quality streams. Unless the townships get ahead of the developers with zoning overlays, not much can be done. People here realized a...
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    Really? REALLY?

    A lot of people, my mom included, do not have passports. In the past she could visit Mexico, Canada, places in the Caribbean w/o one. She has no desire to travel to those places now. And no desire to go through the steps to get a REAL-ID. But I worry if she ever has to fly (from AZ) to one of...
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    RIP Christine McVie

    I only went to more Greatful Dead concerts than Fleetwood Mac. They were magical concerts back in the day.
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    PSU vs Miami Fiesta Bowl

    My wife was pissed as all we could find was Miami #1 fingers after the game. And I had told her we would buy our stuff after the game so we did not have to hold all game. Definitely a different time in college football. We drove into one of the parking lots & told the guy we did not have...
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    What was your favorite Penn State road trip or Bowl game you attended?

    # 1 Fiesta Bowl - We bought scalped tickets at the game. Sat amonst all Miami fans (and my wife was PSU loud). Game down to the wire & our section was empty - I guess they were used to winning by 3 TDs. Only the quiet couple in front of us was left at the end of the game - Penn State fans who...
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    Find the Nittany Lion

    My wife gave up after a search at work, and then when she went to find the send button (I had emailed her the pix) to forward to home - she spotted it immediately. It would be a great poster (with key on the back). Or a 1,000 piece puzzle.
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    OT Ok @Lionjim (or even @IrishHerb) I need some math help

    Definitely a calculus problem and that part of me is long gone. But using Excel, and assuming you could go 100 mph for the entire time it took to go 1 mile, then 99 mph for the time it took to go 1 mile & summing the 100 times (ie time in minutes= 60*1 mile/mph) you get 311.2427 minutes, with...
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    Guess who are the great grandchildren of a Famous Mobster of the Chicago Outfit?

    Big Tuna. At that time (early 70s) I worked for the west suburban section of the Chicago Tribune. It was an interesting time to be working for a newspaper.
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