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Offline Baumer

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Perk the Schwinn!
« on: December 16, 2008, 01:08:26 AM »
Man I'm glad they invented computers!   :rofl



see the large version at;
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=spitfire+source:life&imgurl=8e454148ff8afb67

They've really been adding to the Life images at Google, but some of the search results are interesting! Not quite what I was expecting when I searched for Spitfire.
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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2008, 01:10:50 AM »
They had a nice bit in the movie "Deep Blue World" showing how they used bicycles to train pilots. Good movie and well worth picking up...

edit: do they give a year for that picture? It looks like they are using a modified 'Finger Four' formation and likely after BoB.
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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2008, 01:11:27 AM »
CRAP!  If we had them on AH, all the gv's dont stand a chance.
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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2008, 01:15:01 AM »
Furballers unite !!! woooohooo
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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2008, 01:24:48 AM »
The date on the page is 42 but it could be suspect.

this is near the end of the engagement  :)



Man they had good smoke effects in the analogue days!
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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2008, 01:33:40 AM »
I'm not sure how he made the guy smoke but it looks like he isn't pulling enough lead for a good shot.

Hey, am I the only guy who has tried to aim at another car with a peice of bird dropping on the windshield?
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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2008, 01:35:59 AM »
I corked the wiper fluid nozzles around so they shot straight ahead on my dad's company car.. I think wetrat used to get evasives reflexes when mustangs trailed him.  I used to 'see' ack sprites chasing me in slo-mo from the corner of my eyes when rolling onto highway entry ramps.
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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2008, 02:17:53 AM »
Hey, am I the only guy who has tried to aim at another car with a peice of bird dropping on the windshield?

No.  :eek:

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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2008, 07:08:25 AM »
Yes but how many of you have wifes that actually call incoming bogeys for you?  Grin

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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2008, 07:41:48 AM »
while looking at the photo's a song popped in my head....that song from the Wizard of Oz when the twister picked up Dorthy's house and the wicked witch was riding by the window on the bike....
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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2008, 08:20:42 AM »
Yes but how many of you have wifes that actually call incoming bogeys for you?  Grin

Mine will, and she will even use compass coordinates.      :aok

If I had a .50 cal mounted on the Wrangler, she would probably man it, too.     :devil

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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2008, 08:28:55 AM »
Haha.

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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #12 on: December 16, 2008, 08:37:37 AM »
Mine will, and she will even use compass coordinates.      :aok

If I had a .50 cal mounted on the Wrangler, she would probably man it, too.     :devil



Rat Patrol comes to mind lol
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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #13 on: December 16, 2008, 10:27:28 AM »
I corked the wiper fluid nozzles around so they shot straight ahead on my dad's company car..

I turned my passenger side nozzle 90deg, perfect for giving those pesky cyclists a quick squirt :D
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Re: Perk the Schwinn!
« Reply #14 on: December 16, 2008, 10:30:56 AM »
Here in Texas a bicycle is to be treated just as another vehicle on the street. When you pass him your supposed to clear his lane entirely. While some cylist are jerks, most are not.
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