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@Erin Potter 99089 wrote:

SPAM be gone! And I’m trying really hard not to make a grate/great pun.

Aw, I wouldn’t mind a good/perfectly dreadful pun of any kind.

P.S. Found and reported one more of his…

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[looking up at sanimirza’s post] Guys, we got some SPAM here…

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@Dickie 98697 wrote:

Me: Bummed
You: Missing Fun Forum I used to love

lights too bright, too many ninjas, blinkies, not enough trails, too many runners, headphones, snow removal, bollards, poor signage, no warnings, too many warnings, bells, no bells, passing too close, intersections of doom, cops doing nothing, tax money wasted….. and now Kitties are a menace…

Lions and tigers and bears, oh MY!

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Using Root Boy Slim’s voice:

“Guardian Angel- workin’ hard for you!”

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Copy that. Will be there for at least some of it!

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Sue saw the S’Mores part…

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From last weekend (Oct 25), these are pics from the Arlington Park Rangers’ first bike tour:

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With thanks to Ranger Scott Haines for providing these photos.

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Thank you for sharing this. At first appearance, the first stage motor blew apart, and down it went.

Blunt reminder that we’re only making a dangerous thing *look* routine.

Meanwhile, some sailboat, probably out of Chincoteague, is in big trouble.

Found a slightly better NASA feed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHMmMgdcOSU

And this one, decidely rawer, from the press site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ0SgAU9LXI

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Found it! English language explanation of StVZO: http://swhs.home.xs4all.nl/fiets/tests/verlichting/stvzo/index_en.html

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Got myself what I *thought* was a good vantage point. Saw ISS easily and tracked it until it vanished from illumination, down low on the horizon. Didn’t see the launch, darn. Perhaps behind the trees… Keep trying, keep missing.

At this point, the only place I can guarantee seeing a launch is by going to Chincoteague… (There’s a bonus to that- my reference standard for B&Bs- http://www.channelbassinn.com/)

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A *maybe* for Thursday at the Pike. If I can, great…

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Aha! They serve Mexican Coke! (No smart-a jokes- the stuff is for real.)

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Thank you!

From Arlington, viewing toward the SE?

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[Sigh] It is now time for me to add a story to this thread…

The setup- Yours truly has just finished up his last service call of the day and is going to pick up his wife from Ft. McNair at about 7pm. Traveling southbound on South Capitol St, 2 blocks from my turn at M St, I notice a reasonably bright flashing headlight in that direction. On the far right of the road? Yes. But going which direction? Unknown. (mindful that I have seen riders *reverse* their lights & reflectors). Approaching my right turn at M. Signal, initiate my turn-in… NOW I see the bike attached to the light- going opposite direction in the crosswalk. Shit. Straighten up, brake, both parties avoid each other. Was a guy, dark hair, no helmet, on a dark bike with minimal if any reflectors.

Dude, if you’re on the forum, I was the dark red Saturn S who almost hit you. I AM SORRY.

Now, on multiple threads elsewhere, we were talking about how hard it is to judge speed and distance of a flashing light? That’s *exactly* what happened to me!

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(Insert lyrics from a Manfred Mann song covered by Springsteen here)

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