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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 12435403)

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Thanks for the memories...I think.:cool:

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Speaking of random pics.

Here is ‘Portrait of the Artist’s Mother’ by Picasso age 16, in 1896:

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I didn't really get Picasso until we went to a little museum somewhere in Spain (I forget where) where we saw a bunch of his early paintings. There were none of his later famous masterpieces, just early work like above. It's viewing all the paintings he did as a child that helps you understand how he ended up where he did. He matched or surpassed the previous masters at a very young age.

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If someone said I could just have either car, I would pick the first one. It says 1974, maybe that was when Europe got it. 1976 for the USA, and one of my friends bought one. It seemed super fast. It is a slug compared to many cars of today.

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My daughter houses foreign students when Interlochen Center for the Arts is not in session, like for Spring Break or whatever.

The young lady in the photo is a concert pianist not well accomplished in the English Language. The boys are my grandsons, Ambassadors of American Culture and good will.

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Originally Posted by David (Post 12435433)

It's viewing all the paintings he did as a child that helps you understand how he ended up where he did.

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There was a Picasso French restaurant in the Bellagio in Las Vegas from 1998-2024 that had quite a few of his paintings and some of his ceramic work. I ate there maybe 20-25 years ago and it wasn't grossly overpriced and the food was very good. I remember the quail appetizers. Sad to hear it closed last year after the chef passed away.

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Homme et Enfant

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"Greetings! You've probably heard of my famous bank robber brother, Clyde."

LOL ... he prolly shoulda been the "wheel man" on that fateful day!

You crack me me up all the time ... no yoke :)

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The South Pacific Ocean Uninhabited Area – a region in Polynesia, more specifically the southern Pacific Ocean east of New Zealand – is where spacecraft that have reached the end of their usefulness are routinely crashed. The area is roughly centered on "Point Nemo", the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, the location farthest from any land.
The defunct space station Mir and six Salyut stations are among those that have been ditched there. Other spacecraft that have been routinely scuttled in the region include various cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, including Russian Progress cargo craft, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-II Transfer Vehicle, and the European Space Agency's Automated Transfer Vehicle. A total of more than 263 spacecraft were disposed in this area between 1971 and 2016. The International Space Station is slated to end up in the “spacecraft cemetery” upon being deorbited.

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Spring of 2021, I had a wren that was determined to turn my car into its home. I ended up with Al foil in the side vents and both front vents. I haven't had that issue since, until today... I drove it yesterday, so he must have started this morning. I popped the side vent out, took all of the crap out, and then covered it with foil. I'll be checking the front several times this weekend. I probably need to pull the front bumper and clean the radiators. Lots of folks seem to do that is a semi regular maintenance. Now that I'm starting to accumulate miles, I should probably start doing it. 50000 miles Aug 2020. I started driving it to work regularly in 2023, I think. I think these days I'm accumulating 17-20k/yr.
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Maybe I need to look into something like chicken wire. Just enough obstruction to keep a wren out, but not enough to obstruct airflow. Fortunately, the other side is blocked, although I would kind of like to do some sort of "desnork" to it.

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It's surprising to learn that while SR-71 Blackbird tires were designed to last for roughly 15 full-stop landings, they were routinely changed after just 10 takeoffs. According to a display at the Kansas Cosmosphere, these unique tires were manufactured with powdered aluminum to raise their flash point, enabling them to handle the immense heat generated during high-speed landings. They were also inflated with nitrogen at a staggering 415 psi to further prevent fires. Each of these $2,300 tires, capable of about 15 landings, was replaced early due to the intense wear and tear experienced during takeoff, as former pilot Colonel Ken Collins pointed out. The stress at the point of rotation during takeoff was so significant that it prompted the practice of taking off with a half fuel load and immediately refueling in the air to lessen the burden on the tires. This was in the context of extreme operational temperatures, where the cockpit windshield could reach a blistering 650°F.

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When I toured the Intrepid at NYC, they had a Blackbird on the flight deck. I asked our tour guide why it had white tires, but he didn’t know. But, I do now.!

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 12436890)

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It's surprising to learn that while SR-71 Blackbird tires were designed to last for roughly 15 full-stop landings, they were routinely changed after just 10 takeoffs. According to a display at the Kansas Cosmosphere, these unique tires were manufactured with powdered aluminum to raise their flash point, enabling them to handle the immense heat generated during high-speed landings. They were also inflated with nitrogen at a staggering 415 psi to further prevent fires. Each of these $2,300 tires, capable of about 15 landings, was replaced early due to the intense wear and tear experienced during takeoff, as former pilot Colonel Ken Collins pointed out. The stress at the point of rotation during takeoff was so significant that it prompted the practice of taking off with a half fuel load and immediately refueling in the air to lessen the burden on the tires. This was in the context of extreme operational temperatures, where the cockpit windshield could reach a blistering 650°F.

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– August 17, 1945 – The Midwest City Douglas Aircraft Company Plant officially closed.
Beginning in March 1943 through August 1945, the Douglas plant constructed more than half of the 10,000 C-47 Skytrain U.S. Army cargo planes (nicknamed “Gooney Birds”) that were manufactured during World War II. Approximately 38,000 Oklahomans worked at the Douglas plant, and more than half were women!

My grandmother was one of them, she worked in the office, not the assembly line. Glen

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 12436925)

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– August 17, 1945 – The Midwest City Douglas Aircraft Company Plant officially closed.
Beginning in March 1943 through August 1945, the Douglas plant constructed more than half of the 10,000 C-47 Skytrain U.S. Army cargo planes (nicknamed “Gooney Birds”) that were manufactured during World War II. Approximately 38,000 Oklahomans worked at the Douglas plant, and more than half were women!

My grandmother was one of them, she worked in the office, not the assembly line. Glen

Mine was a Rosy the Riviter
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Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson. Briançon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, 1951

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Photo by James Jarché, Southwark, London. 1930sPhoto by James Jarché, Southwark, London. 1930s

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Great work with the pressure washer! :eek:

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 12437465)

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All that and the wrench looks like something you'd buy for 50¢ at the register in the dollar store.

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Originally Posted by masraum (Post 12437478)

All that and the wrench looks like something you'd buy for 50¢ at the register in the dollar store.

I noticed that as well. That, and it’s not a 10 mm, because he still has it.

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I am guessing he is single! :eek:

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Capturing a unique Then & Now at Ouren, Belgium, thanks to Joey and Footsteps Researchers! Sitting where American soldiers once observed this village.

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