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Remember this isn't even an aircraft carrier. It's an amphibious assault ship. Replaced my old ship the USS Belleau Wood LHA-3.

Now that is a sentimental sight. Grampa on my mom's side flew Corsairs as a plank owner on the original Essex. He took AA fire on a mission over Tokyo, but I like to think he would be happy to see three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren thriving in a long period of (relative) peace.

Pics like this make me proud to pay my taxes.

Shortly after a local track closed in FL some regulars were involved in a wreck like this but that only paralyzed 2 people. The track closure was noise related, the track owners complained after the wreck but never succeeded in reopening.

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Yeah, all of that time and effort to get kids off from the street and on to the track is wasted if there is no track to go to. Where are the Munsters supposed to race? (I think this was Lions)

I don't know dude. If I suddenly, out of the blue realized that my life and dreams were over and I was going to jail for a very long time I think I'd need a day or two to adjust. Sure the guy did something wrong, but he didn't go out that day thinking he was going to kill anyone. I don't condone his choices and

Lions: closed, Orange County: closed, LA County: closed. This is what happens.