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Shuttle Press Release Drinking Game.
Rules: one shot of spirits for every use of the word "final"
in a NASA press release regarding Shuttle. I'll have an awful hangover next week. |
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Shuttle Press Release Drinking Game.
From Fevric J. Glandules:
Rules: one shot of spirits for every use of the word "final" in a NASA press release regarding Shuttle. I'll have an awful hangover next week. To really get blotto, it would have been one shot for every "God Bless America" during this final flight. Heh. I was disappointed that NASA did not have a more inclusive attitude about the broader scope that thirty years of shuttle spaceflights had over the entire human race (let alone the direct contributions from outside the country that brought success to the shuttle program from things like the Canadarm to international crew members). When Fergie and the others kept focusing on America with their verbal tributes, I couldn't help but think of that Chris Rock movie Head of State where he repeated the campaign catchphrase, "God bless America, and no one else". Sure, America is properly credited for the vast majority of conceiving, designing, paying for, building and executing the Space Shuttle program. This was also true of Apollo. Now imagine if, back in 1969, Neil Armstrong had stepped off the LM, put that first bootprint into lunar soil and said: "That's one small step for a man, One giant leap for Americans." I for one am certainly glad that Neil gave recognition to the broader nature of what he was accomplishing. And this morning's landing was a huge accomplishment in its own way. I just wish that more recognition had been given to what shuttle has meant to people across the entire planet over these past 30 years. When I wonder in amazement at Hubble photos, I don't think to myself "It is excellent for America to have produced this image". My awe is in the depth of how such images help to shift the consciousness of all of humanity. The Space Shuttle has been a blessing to the Whole Earth. ~ CT |
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Shuttle Press Release Drinking Game.
Fevric J. Glandules wrote:
And if the USA *is* slightly introspective - here's a question. (Which I CBA to google the answer for). From the borders of the continental US, how far is it to the next-but-one neighbouring *major* country? That depends on one's definition of major doesn't it? For example, going South past Mexico, would you consider Columbia or Venezuela major, or would that have to be Brasil? Right there I've already assumed you would not consider anything from Panama on North to Mexico to be "major" though at times Panama or Nicaragua have had a "major" mind share. rick jones -- the road to hell is paved with business decisions... these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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Shuttle Press Release Drinking Game.
Stuf4 wrote:
From Fevric J. Glandules: Rules: one shot of spirits for every use of the word "final" in a NASA press release regarding Shuttle. I'll have an awful hangover next week. To really get blotto, it would have been one shot for every "God Bless America" during this final flight. Heh. I was disappointed that NASA did not have a more inclusive attitude about the broader scope that thirty years of shuttle spaceflights had over the entire human race snip good points Indeed. It is perhaps worth adding that a great many naturalised US citizens, as well as foreign 'guests', have been aboard. In the UK's case, I believe that one or two of them have had quite a distinguished flying career. And if the USA *is* slightly introspective - here's a question. (Which I CBA to google the answer for). From the borders of the continental US, how far is it to the next-but-one neighbouring *major* country? |
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Shuttle Press Release Drinking Game.
Fevric J. Glandules wrote:
Rick Jones wrote: Fevric J. Glandules wrote: And if the USA *is* slightly introspective - here's a question. (Which I CBA to google the answer for). From the borders of the continental US, how far is it to the next-but-one neighbouring *major* country? That depends on one's definition of major doesn't it? For example, going South past Mexico, would you consider Columbia or Venezuela major, or would that have to be Brasil? Right there I've already assumed you would not consider anything from Panama on North to Mexico to be "major" though at times Panama or Nicaragua have had a "major" mind share. I deliberately left that open - but I would think that most people would not consider e.g. the Bahamas to be 'major'. Was my ass-u-me-ption that "next-but-one" meant "not the immediate neighbor" but a country beyond that? IE that you were not looking for Russia, Canada or Mexico or any country like that? rick jones -- oxymoron n, Hummer H2 with California Save Our Coasts and Oceans plates these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway... feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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Shuttle Press Release Drinking Game.
From Rick Jones :
Fevric J. Glandules wrote: And if the USA *is* slightly introspective - here's a question. (Which I CBA to google the answer for). *From the borders of the continental US, how far is it to the next-but-one neighbouring *major* country? That depends on one's definition of major doesn't it? For example, going South past Mexico, would you consider Columbia or Venezuela major, or would that have to be Brasil? *Right there I've already assumed you would not consider anything from Panama on North to Mexico to be "major" though at times Panama or Nicaragua have had a "major" mind share. Lessee... Alaska, last I checked, was still part of the North American continent, and part of the US. Russia counts as major. The Bering Strait is 50 something miles wide. And there are those islands in the middle, the Diomedes. Therefore... 2.4 miles apart. Final answer. Heh. And I've got Sarah to back me up on this. She can see those islands from Wasilla! ~ CT |
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Shuttle Press Release Drinking Game.
Rick Jones wrote:
Fevric J. Glandules wrote: And if the USA *is* slightly introspective - here's a question. (Which I CBA to google the answer for). From the borders of the continental US, how far is it to the next-but-one neighbouring *major* country? That depends on one's definition of major doesn't it? For example, going South past Mexico, would you consider Columbia or Venezuela major, or would that have to be Brasil? Right there I've already assumed you would not consider anything from Panama on North to Mexico to be "major" though at times Panama or Nicaragua have had a "major" mind share. I deliberately left that open - but I would think that most people would not consider e.g. the Bahamas to be 'major'. |
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Shuttle Press Release Drinking Game.
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:01:13 +0000 (UTC), "Fevric J. Glandules"
wrote: Rick Jones wrote: Fevric J. Glandules wrote: And if the USA *is* slightly introspective - here's a question. (Which I CBA to google the answer for). From the borders of the continental US, how far is it to the next-but-one neighbouring *major* country? That depends on one's definition of major doesn't it? For example, going South past Mexico, would you consider Columbia or Venezuela major, or would that have to be Brasil? Right there I've already assumed you would not consider anything from Panama on North to Mexico to be "major" though at times Panama or Nicaragua have had a "major" mind share. I deliberately left that open - but I would think that most people would not consider e.g. the Bahamas to be 'major'. I'd have to look at a globe. But if we restrict it to, say, permanent members of the UN security council, I wonder if it would be closer over the North pole from the US-Canadian border to Russia than it would be across the Atlantic to Europe? |
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Shuttle Press Release Drinking Game.
On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:02:54 +0000 (UTC), "Fevric J. Glandules"
wrote, perhaps among other things: Stuf4 wrote: From Fevric J. Glandules: Rules: one shot of spirits for every use of the word "final" in a NASA press release regarding Shuttle. I'll have an awful hangover next week. To really get blotto, it would have been one shot for every "God Bless America" during this final flight. Heh. I was disappointed that NASA did not have a more inclusive attitude about the broader scope that thirty years of shuttle spaceflights had over the entire human race snip good points Indeed. It is perhaps worth adding that a great many naturalised US citizens, as well as foreign 'guests', have been aboard. In the UK's case, I believe that one or two of them have had quite a distinguished flying career. And if the USA *is* slightly introspective - here's a question. (Which I CBA to google the answer for). From the borders of the continental US, how far is it to the next-but-one neighbouring *major* country? In 1,000 years, only history geeks will remember "The United States of America." I imagine more than that will remember that humankind left the Earth in the 20th century. -- "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell." -- Ed Abbey |
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Shuttle Press Release Drinking Game.
Stuf4 writes:
From Fevric J. Glandules: Rules: one shot of spirits for every use of the word "final" in a NASA press release regarding Shuttle. I'll have an awful hangover next week. To really get blotto, it would have been one shot for every "God Bless America" during this final flight. If I needed to get drunk fast, I'd drink on every "historic" out of NASA PAO. |
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