Parrothead Jeff

Yes, Aviation Nation 2008 has come and gone and I’m still recovering. I seriously need to quit driving a desk so much
The performers were great as were the static displays. Communications broke down now and again with the whole volunteer gig, but I had a wonderful time overall.
I promise to write [...]

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Yep, it happened again. Not 15 minutes after I finished my last post, they hit again. The side door was covered with wood from Friday night/Saturday morning’s break-in, so they broke the front door. All four panes of tempered glass. I don’t think I should say what they did or did [...]

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Ya know, losing someone you know always sucks in a big huge way. I’ve lost one person I know in the past year - Cindy’s dad who passed away after a long fight with infection following heart surgery - and that was bad enough. A couple of years ago, I lost a co-worker, [...]

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Saturday was a day of traveling for Cindy, her mom, her niece, and yours truly. Vegas may be a great place, don’t get me wrong, but sometimes you just want to get away. We loaded up into the HHR for a trip up north in search of fun and all and we surely [...]

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Author’s note - This was all pretty much finished on Sunday, but it’s taken a while to get the pics uploaded and properly edited. I’ll try to get the video up soon.
Yeah, it was a busy weekend, but it was worth it all around :thumb: ! This is a bit of a long [...]

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This is going to be a very busy weekend indeed, but a very good one as well !
Today will see me leave work at noon, drive directly to Fontana, and hang out with one of my very best friends - Adrienne! Tomorrow morning (weather depending) will find us at the Planes of Fame [...]

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So this is the New Year. 2007 is past and 2008 is still ahead - all 365 days, 22 hours, and 50 minutes of it as I write this. 2007 was a heck of a ride and I’m hoping to make 2008 my best year yet !
So much happened in 2007, both [...]

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The gifts are all wrapped, soon to be opened and enjoyed by all.
We do have a Christmas tree here at the Parrothead Jeff aviary, entirely thanks to my roommate Cindy She went out and bought a tree that wouldn’t make her break out (that would be a non-natural tree) set it [...]

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I wrote a post yesterday about my birthday plans and just look what showed up in the comments section from David Kervinen - the owner of Team Toucan !!!
David // Dec 1, 2007 at 20:17
Hey Jeff,
We got some new small little clips up of the Toucan we thought you’d like. High speed pass [...]

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I know there are some people out there who actually read this, and I would like to apologize for failing in my blogging lately. The truth of the matter is that I’ve been just too run down to come up with any sort of quality product. Between the stress of work and some [...]

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FOXNews.com - Federal Officials Suspend Utah Mine Search After Cameras Fail to Provide Information - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
I really feel for the families. The world seems to be telling them that their loved ones are lost and will never be seen again. Nobody thought that [...]

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FOXNews.com - Utah Mine Boss Vows to Punch Sixth Hole Into ‘Evil Mountain’ - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
Families of 6 Trapped Utah Miners ‘Waiting for a Miracle’ in Final Rescue Attempt
No fancy post tonight, just a summary and a bit of an explanation.
Summary:
The owner of [...]

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ThinkGeek :: The ThinkGeek Chain Mail T-Shirt

The ThinkGeek Chain Mail T-Shirt is honest-to-goodness real metal chain mail hand forged by dwarfs in forbidden mines near the center of the earth and delivered to the ThinkGeek warehouse by shrieking black apparitions in the dead of night. Its bright shine and relatively light-weight comes from its anodized [...]

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TSA: Permitted and Prohibited Items
A good friend of mine and the author of Random Ramblings mentioned the TSA’s Permitted and Prohibited Items list in one of her posts today and some of the strange things on it. I decided to go and have a look at the list for myself. Some of the [...]

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FOXNews.com - Utah Mine Official: ‘It’s Likely Miners May Not Be Found’ - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
“Thursday night we had an awful tragedy here,” he said. “I can’t say with certainty we will be able to continue the underground efforts. The risk is too great. We just simply [...]

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FOXNews.com - Cave-In Kills 3 Utah Mine Rescuers, Injures 6 Others - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
It was a shocking setback on the 11th day of the effort to find six miners who have been confined at least 1,500 feet below ground at the Crandall Canyon mine. It’s unknown [...]

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I’ve got to say that I had a grand old time telling this story at the rehearsal dinner for the Corvette owner’s wedding.
So there I was, cruising along behind my friend’s 1975 Corvette Stingray roadster in my 1988 IROC Z/28. The Corvette’s top was down and the IROC’s T-tops were off as we cruised back [...]

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