Parrothead Jeff

London was bad enough. Now they’ve attacked the Glasgow airport.
A couple of jerks decided that they’d make a car into a weapon with some gasoline and a few other things, set it ablaze, and crash it into a crowded airport terminal. See the whole story on Yahoo news here. Reports say that there were [...]

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Lots of stuff in this crazy world of ours has me thinking. Things like the London attempted bombings for example.
For those who live in a cave and don’t have have access to the plans for these events, two cars were found yesterday in London which were loaded with explosives (wrapped in nails) and gasoline. The [...]

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I’ve started another blog called “Shaping Up Jeff.” Why? I think the subtitle for that blog says it quite well:
It’s simple. I’m fat. I’m entirely too fat. It’s time to change that. Again.

Yep, I did it before and it’s time to do it again. So far there’s only one post, but that will change [...]

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Wooo Hooooo!!! I’ve got subscribers!!!
Or should that be something closer to Oh ^%$# !!! I’ve got subscribers!!!
I checked my Feedburner statistics and I’ve got 8 subscribers!
Just kidding about the oh ^%$#, of course - subscribers are good. Very good. It’s great to know that there are actually people out there who read what I write! [...]

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It’s new, it’s cool, and it’s finally in Iraq. “It” is Honeywell’s new Micro Air Vehicle (MAV). The MAV looks like a flying saucer, and even moves somewhat like one, too.
Using a small two cylinder engine and a remote control, the MAV allows troops on the ground to get a closer look at anything within [...]

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Very few, if any, will notice that I haven’t posted anything in the past few days. I do have an excuse. No, I wasn’t harassing the Cammo Dudes at Area 51. No, I wasn’t geocaching my way from here to Brazil. No, I wasn’t out at Nellis for an incentive ride with the Thunderbirds, nor [...]

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This is the first of many stories to bear the label “Adventures With Dad.”
As I might have mentioned before, I’m a BIG fan of airshows, airplanes, and aviation in general. I blame Dad for this. Not that I hold it against him, because I don’t. I just hold him responsible.
From the time I was about [...]

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THUNDER OVER THE INLAND EMPIRE

April 2006
Every two years, March Air Reserve Base hosts an open house and airshow and I wasn’t about to miss it if I could help it! Directly across the runway from the actual air base’s flight line is the March Field Air Museum - one of the best I’ve seen. Both [...]

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Yet another new feature has been added to Parrothead Jeff.
Some say that I am an encyclopedia of (mostly) useless knowledge. Some say that I share entirely too much of this information. Some even go so far as to say that I have a tendency to share this information in verbose mode as it were.
They say [...]

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Nellis AFB Threat Training Facility
OUR ENEMIES HAVE NO SECRETS

February, 2006
There’s a small piece of Nellis Air Force Base that holds many secrets… Our enemies’ secrets! The Threat Training Facility on Nellis AFB officially did not exist until just a few years ago, but now anyone who can get on the base can see the weapons [...]

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