Steve C.

To paraphrase someone in my past: if you could trade problems with someone else, you'd probably want your own problems back.

Great experience for them.

The Brits build some of the most beautiful aircraft ever, and they also built some of the most - unusual - ones. This one was rather unusual.

Nah, if he'd done that, the cow would have ended up wearing goggles, and a had a scarf around her (?) neck.

Thought some of you guys would appreciate this:

Probably put coil overs or some other suspension mods to raise it up. That's actually a fourth gen '95- '99 Nissan Maxima SE. It's front wheel drive with independent rear suspension. My favorite lady has one with 288,000 on it and she wants nothing else. Great cars that look, run, drive, and handle really well. That is, until you completely bastardize them with less that useless crap like this one. What a shame.

Oops. Sure wish we could delete posts. Oh well.

Them's some dandies, Zach.

"worker falls to death after grabbing for dropped hard hat..."

Looks like the bumper was holding up the tailgate.

It must be horrible to be scared stupid.

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That would be my guess too, especially way out from any large airports. They used to fly low-level training missions out of Rosecrans Field in St. Joe, MO. It appeared as though they were using our house as a landmark. I was running the planter one day, cap pulled down, headphones on, ROPS canopy overhead, D360 talking through a straight pipe, watching what I was doing, when a great big shadow went right over me. I looked up and there was a big ol' C130 going right over me. Don't know his altitude but I'd guess well under 500 feet. Gave me quite a start.

This would be quite an experience.

The Confederate Commemorative Air Force will be in St. Louis the last part of August. This is about 30 minutes from where I live. Anyone that thinks they might make it, let me know. Next best thing to a tractor pull. They're bringing Fifi (B-29), Diamond Lil (B-24). Gunfighter (P-51), a Stearman, a Texan, and an Expediter. They're offering tours and rides in all the planes. If you click on "Schedule" on the page linked below, it'll tell you the other locations of the tour. National Air Tour of Historic WWII Aircraft https://www.airpowersquadron.org/st-louis-mo?fbclid=IwAR02QhiuiRynALrk0iLI_jsMKktC3xxXvlgd8bTQOPYkDKd_32A3S7Lzbe8

Now that's a thought.

I understand. Been there, done that.

I've never had anyone explain the mechanism that would cause this to happen. I'm skeptical about the 470 million years, too. Seriously, I used to believe in the theory of evolution (natural selection is a whole different animal, no pun intended), and not God. So as not to highjack the thread, send me a p.m. if you want and I'll explain why I believe what I do.

Outstanding documentary on the P-47. Lots of new-to-me footage, including launching them off of a carrier.

Excellent.

Boy, that hits the nail on the head.

Did you know that each cocklebur has two seeds in it? One of the few things I learned in college. The first seed to germinate immediately starts producing a substance that keeps the second one from germinating. As soon as the first one dies, the second seed can germinate. That's why they've always been so stinkin' hard to get rid of. And I'd love to hear someone explain how evolution created such an ingenious system.