Parrothead Jeff

OK, so I’ve finally gotten around to writing up my piece on Aviation Nation 2007 To sum up the entire airshow is very difficult, but I think it’s best said that it was one of the best airshows if not THE BEST I’ve been to in many years, possibly the best ever [...]

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Oh yeah, I’ve been meaning to post about this for a while, but life gets in the way sometimes .
I’ve realized lately that I really do love living in Las Vegas for a whole bunch of reasons . It’s not just having a Margaritaville a short distance away, even though that is [...]

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My roommate and I have so many slot club cards now it’s almost getting rediculous. We don’t really gamble much, but they give you some pretty good free stuff just to get you back into the casino, so it makes sense.
We don’t go down to the Strip all that often, but being at the [...]

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I hope you and yours all had a wonderful Thanksgiving !
My Thanksgiving was wonderful, but this post is a little long, so hit the jump for all the details and even some pictures .

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OK, I’ve been a bit slow in posting - and I apologize to the loyal readers I’m sure are out there ! Aviation Nation took a whole lot out of me and I’ve been working on getting the images from the digital camera tweaked just right (rotate to level, crop to make it [...]

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ThinkGeek :: Sonic Bomb Alarm Clock with Bed Shaker

The Sonic Bomb Clock has an adjustable volume alarm with a maximum loudness of 113 decibels (just for reference, a jackhammer is about 100 decibels!) And the bed shaker does just that. Slip it under your mattress and your ears will bleed and your bed will shake, [...]

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I’m off to go back to the air show up at Nellis, but first I just have to write and say a big THANK YOU to all those who have served and who continue to serve !
Happy Veterans’ Day, y’all !!!

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Well, I wasn’t feeling too good this morning, so I was running a bit late - showed up in the parking lot around 0930. Boarded the bus at about 1030. Arrived at chalets at around 1100. At least there were a couple of cool planes flying over - the WWII bombers [...]

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Well, I finally got a ride to the flight line - with airshow narrator Gordon Boman Jones
Lots of working with bicycle fence, also lots of cool stuff in the air and on the ground. I’m only posting a few pictures right now as I’m in a hurry, but there will be more [...]

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Well, I arrived at the welcome center for the volunteers, got my credentials, and was promptly left behind while I was in disposed when the last bus left.
Thankfully, I’ve got good access to a computer here and was able to find the proper phone numbers .
Now I’m just waiting on a ride - it’ll [...]

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