Re: New RR Grade Damage Near THE Palisades . . . 
| September 10, 2017 08:59PM |
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weston1879 Wrote:
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> I was told by some Forest Service employees
> that there was recently another slide near but
> not at the Palisades. Does anybody know
> anything about it?
SkipEgdorf Wrote:
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> I was curious, so a couple of days ago I jumped
> in the airplane and went to see for myself . . .
>
> Sorry for the quality, but I was trying to fly, snap
> pictures, and figure out how to turn around in
> the box canyon ahead all at the same time.
So, Skip -
Instead of steerin' with your knees, you were flyin' by the seat o' your pants . . .
Since you have just added a vertical variant to the definition of the word "foamer",
I hereby nominate you as the NGDF's official "Festus of the Flyways".
(See [ngdiscussion.net] for further information.)
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/10/2017 09:24PM by Johnson Barr.
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> I was told by some Forest Service employees
> that there was recently another slide near but
> not at the Palisades. Does anybody know
> anything about it?
SkipEgdorf Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> I was curious, so a couple of days ago I jumped
> in the airplane and went to see for myself . . .
>
> Sorry for the quality, but I was trying to fly, snap
> pictures, and figure out how to turn around in
> the box canyon ahead all at the same time.
So, Skip -
Instead of steerin' with your knees, you were flyin' by the seat o' your pants . . .
Since you have just added a vertical variant to the definition of the word "foamer",
I hereby nominate you as the NGDF's official "Festus of the Flyways".
(See [ngdiscussion.net] for further information.)
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/10/2017 09:24PM by Johnson Barr.
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