My father is an organist, and also owns a harpsichord made by Willard Martin in PA. As a child, I used to help him tune the Casavant at our church. Hours of holding notes. However, it was good ear training for a young musician. The real tough part was not falling asleep. "Next!"

Except that I drive a VW.

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3rd gear:

That probe is a little bit too long. We need to shorten it.

Excellent!

The C-97/B-377 was made by putting a second, larger tube for passengers on a B-29 airframe.

Good call.

So it's kind of like a giant theremin. I'm intrigued. Not sold, but intrigued.

Endeavour, STS 134.

Front row seat.

Good one. Thanks.

My wife knows a woman at her work whose son died from drinking gasoline. A mechanic left a soda bottle full of gas in the car. The mom watched from the outside of the car as her son picked it up and drank it.

Rule #5: Prepare to be Arrested

Because it goes to 11.

After watching his shot out of the woods on the playoff, I figure he can drive whatever he wants.

With the length of that runway, and the hills at the other end, departures spool the engines up with the brakes on, then release the brakes. I wonder if the pilots, knowing that people are doing just such things outside the fence, sit there just a little longer than necessary. Or get closer to the fence than…

When Oceana NAS was built, VA Beach was much more sparsely populated, much more rural.

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