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Offline Swoop

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« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2008, 10:58:55 AM »
:lol


Funny thing is we really are downsizing. Big time.
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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2008, 11:22:58 AM »
That thing must have a real mean cat.

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« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2008, 12:08:15 PM »
love to see the lift and trhe hanger bay............whos got the majik shrinking power?
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« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2008, 12:09:52 PM »
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whos got the majik shrinking power?


Our budget. And congress. :D
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« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2008, 12:12:49 PM »
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whos got the majik shrinking power?



the cold..... it can cause shrinkage

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« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2008, 12:53:09 PM »
Ahhh, I see you have located the infamous USS Clinton :confused:
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« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2008, 02:06:58 PM »
I wonder if that is the F-14 at the Hornet Museum, being barged across the bay from SFO?

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« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2008, 02:20:27 PM »
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I wonder if that is the F-14 at the Hornet Museum, being barged across the bay from SFO?


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« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2008, 04:11:17 PM »
other downsized carrier

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« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2008, 04:22:42 PM »
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 And I thought I saw this as the "" USS Bill Clinton"

 ( if i was any good at Phototchop... it'd  say so on the bow)
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« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2008, 04:38:02 PM »
http://www.rossputin.com/blog/index.php/a/2006/12/09/the_uss_reagan_and_the_uss_clinton

article about the USS Clinton. Scroll down to about mid-page

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« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2008, 05:07:20 PM »
:aok

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« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2008, 05:25:12 PM »
Weird. I saw this same photo today. :confused:

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