“...like you’ve never seen it before.”

Those scorch marks on the side of the fuselage would seem to indicate otherwise.

I honestly wouldn’t worry about Iowa (I say this as someone who caucused last night.) Iowa is actually a moderate state in aggregate, but has pockets of swing-out-to-the-left Democrats (see: Bernie’s numbers, especially in Johnson, Story, and Linn Counties) and swing waaaay-out-to-the-right evangelicals, mostly in the…

On the non-farming side:

Insurance/Finance (Principal Group and TransAmerica,) aircraft electronics (Rockwell Collins,) and heavy equipment/tractors (John Deere.) Those are among the big hitters.
The three state universities (Iowa, Iowa State, and Northern Iowa) are large employers, as well.

...and that ‘61 El Dorado was AFTER GM said, “you know what? Maybe we should dial it back a notch.”

To be fair, she posted at 9:17 EST. Not everyone lives in the eastern time zone.

Dammit, $kay, it’s too early on a Sunday morning to be hearing rimshots in my head...

My beater e39 on a set General Arctic Altimax (and the DSC button in the “Off” position) is about the most fun I’ve had behind the wheel of a car.

Ballaban/Orlove v. DeMuro: The Dawn of Traction.

Air Force Motto: “At times, you may experience slight inconvenience.”

Not even necessarily aircrew.

I lived better as an Air Force E-4 flightline maintainer than Army officers did.

I had fuzzy bunny ones...I only used them at home station, though. Since bomber units at the time deployed to RAF Fairford, I didn’t want them to get damp.

Might lose their floof; or worse, get a pint of Caffrey’s spilled on them.

They were all contestants in the Robin Olds lookalike contest.

They tested high enough on the ASVAB to score slippers.

As much as I love your (presumably) drunken late night musings, Raph, this is a great little piece of writing. Thanks.

Aw, my old squadron and everything! Thanks.

Huh?

All of them. All the hashtags.

In this thread:

Just go ahead and rename this the Mulsanne Highway, then, I guess.