situation

Eddie and the Cruisers - On the Dark Side

Warrant - Cherry Pie

blabber

They shoot Horses, Don't they?

I'm 6'4", so I tend to prefer taller women. I also like darker brown, or raven hair. If she knows the difference between an allen wrench and a crescent wrench.. I could fall in love..

Well, I found an answer for #1, but the plane I saw this morning was much higher than this:

Per Wikipedia-
Exhaust vapour trails or contrails usually occur above 8000 meters (26,000 feet), where the temperature is below -40°C (-40°F).

9 years in the military, and 30+ years of living near Midway and O'Hare airports taught me a little bit about how high planes are flying. The plane this morning was roughly 35,000 ft.

water

Cars - Shake it Up

Primal Fear

(Richard Gere movie partially filmed at my old job, Cook County Jail)

I was watching an airplane go overhead a few minutes ago, and it brought to mind some questions.

1) At what height do contrails happen? I assumed they happen for most large jets at crusing altitudes, but saw none on a plane this morning. It seemed to be at about it's maximum altitude.

2) Say you're in a Harrier jet (hover capabilities), and it has a nuclear reactor instead of normal fuel. If you were to hover completely motionless for 24 hours, would the earth make one complete rotation under you? As in, would you actually fly (hover) over the entire planet?

3) If you were to fly straight over the equator from one airport to another. Say that they're 5,000 miles apart. Would the flight be shorter in one direction than the other? I'm taking into account the earth revolving at the same time.

Pretty deep thoughts from a math kinda guy when out for a 6am smoke, right?

Mannix

I was stationed in Germany for over 2 years. In that time, I went to England 5 times, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Austria, and East Germany (6 months before the wall came down). But, with as much Irish blood that runs through my veins, I have never been to Ireland. It just wasn't economically feasible as a soldier back then.

A friend and I are now starting to plan a trip to both Germany and Ireland in 2013 or so. I'd love to go there around Christmas time, and see all the markets decked out again.

I heard "Thank You" from my dearest friend when I showed up at her work to help her out with inventory late Wednesday night. I got there at about 10:30, and we didn't get out of there until 3:30.

As she's the manager, it was all well and good that after her last paid employee left, I broke out a bottle of SoCo. It made counting more fun...

BTW.. How come they never said drinking helps with counting on Sesame Street??

crazy

Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein

parade

Yes, Dear

tv show

War of the Worlds

Uncle Buck