First of all, that caption is incorrect, and it doesn’t show the start of work. Excavation of the site began on 21 January 1930, and construction of the building itself started symbolically on 17 March – St. Patrick’s Day. The ribbon was cut on 1 May 1931. Regardless, that’s an astounding feat, timewise.
Wikipedia claims that the building design was completed in two weeks. That’s an impossibility, unless they’re referring to the schematic design alone. The foundation may have been designed within that span, based upon the calculations of previous high-rise structures, with the rest of the superstructure designed and documented during construction. (That method is called “fast-track design” today.) From Wiki:
The Empire State Building was designed by William F. Lamb from the architectural firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, which produced the building drawings in just two weeks, using its earlier designs for the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and the Carew Tower in Cincinnati, Ohio (designed by the architectural firm W.W. Ahlschlager & Associates) as a basis.
[h/t 1389AD for photos.]
The construction of the Empire State Building was ego-driven, part of a race to see who could build the tallest building in New York City. Although it was the first skyscraper to boast 100 floors, it was blocks away from public transportation, and the owners had a difficult time finding renters. Building it during the Great Depression didn’t help matters, and locals referred to it mockingly as “The Empty State Building.”
The building is a monument to technical ingenuity for sure, but financially it was a boondoggle. It didn’t become profitable until 1950 – almost 20 years after it opened.
By the way, a B-25 bomber crashed into it in 1945.
Fourteen people were killed in the incident, and elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver was injured. After rescuers decided to transport her on an elevator which they did not know had weakened cables, it plunged 75 stories. She survived the plunge, which still stands as the Guinness World Record for the longest survived elevator fall recorded.
Unfortunately, the photos above don’t include foundation work. Click on each image for the awesome size (and, um, those aren’t my inane captions). The images aren’t in any particular order either, because who needs order on
The Overnight Open Thread.
Tags: Construction, Empire State Building, History, Overnight Open Thread, photos
@ Bumr50:
I wish the news had music like that today.
The ‘Obama Trombonist’ would never be short on work…
i was wondering when bunk was going to use this thread.
(have to look at it tomorrow…i iz tired from studying all day.)
night all.
Somebody better show up and start posting or I’m posting more of these…
@ doriangrey:
I really enjoy ur stuff!!
But I’m tired…sorry:-(
I didn’t know all that about the Empire State Building.
@ doriangrey:
OH NO MR BILL!!!!
@ doriangrey:
Heh
I’m still on your Led Dazed and Confused utoobage from a few nights ago.
And, I’m staying there.
Don’t know if ya’ll have seen this or not, but she’s pretty good:
Oops
Ahem,,, On Saturday, July 28, 1945, Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith, Jr. was piloting a B-25 Mitchell bomber on a routine personnel transport mission from Boston to LaGuardia Airport.[2][3] Smith asked for clearance to land, but was advised of zero visibility.[3] Proceeding anyway, he was disoriented by the fog, and started turning right instead of left after passing the Chrysler Building.[4] At 9:40 a.m., the plane crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building, between the 78th and 80th floors, carving an 18 ft (5.5 m) x 20 ft (6.1 m) hole in the building[5] where the offices of the National Catholic Welfare Council were located.
One engine shot through the side opposite the impact and flew as far as the next block where it landed on the roof of a nearby building, starting a fire that destroyed a penthouse. The other engine and part of the landing gear plummeted down an elevator shaft. The resulting fire was extinguished in 40 minutes. It is still the only fire at such a height that was ever successfully controlled.[5] Fourteen people were killed in the incident,[6][7] and elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver was injured. After rescuers decided to transport her on an elevator which they did not know had weakened cables, it plunged 75 stories. She survived the plunge, which still stands as the Guinness World Record for the longest survived elevator fall recorded.[4]
Despite the damage and loss of life, the building was open for business on many floors on the following Monday. The crash helped spur the passage of the long-pending Federal Tort Claims Act of 1946, as well as the insertion of retroactive provisions into the law, allowing people to sue the government for the accident.[8]
they built em good back then.
Muslims designed it…Whatever.
@ AZfederalist:
She sounds just like Adele (the gal who originally does that song)!
Oh wait, they’re only good at destroying stuff. Building it? Leave that to the infidels.
After all, what would they have to do if we didn’t build the shit? Well, other than destroy in the name of their gutter prophet moo-hamed? It would suck to be them, if…Oh.wait, it does suck to be them.
brookly red wrote:
Bet they were able to use coated beams. With that asbestos stuff. Unlike the twin towers where they had to stop using it during construction.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
You changed your avatar!
@ savages_girl:
My daughter just discovered Adele – makes me listen to her tunes over and over again while totting her and friends around town.
She is a wise child. I always take her advice.
savages_girl wrote:
She does, doesn’t she. It is really neat seeing our service men and women and the joy that they show while doing it. What a talented lady.
savages_girl wrote:
Now here’s another oft forgotten factoid about the Empire State Building:
AZfederalist wrote:
The empire state building was actually hit by a plane too, a B-25 bomber to be exact.
AZfederalist wrote:
well to be fair very few if any buildings would survive that… in fact WTC was so well constructed that most people actually were able to evac. before the collapse(s) but yes Green kills no doubt about it especially when it comes to cars.
John Difool wrote:
no shit?
@ John Difool:
Where have you been?
Get with the program, Hokie!
//
brookly red wrote:
LOL, yea, I saw your post after I posted what I did.
@ huckfunn:
Fay Wray! The most famous movie star ever to be born in the little Mormon town of Cardston, Alberta. They have a monument to her there.
I worked for a short time in an agency on the 66th floor… what a wonderful building… black marble & brass fixtures in the men’s room.
John Difool wrote:
when I worked there they would walk us around and show us where the bomber crashed…
my favorite building is still the Chrysler building.
brookly red wrote:
Love the old art deco of the twenties and thirties, the movie theater i practically grew up in was big on it.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8721
The building of both the Empire State and Chrysler buildings amidst the Great Depression – my what a bold, daring, and optimistic country America once was!
savages_girl wrote:
My sweet dog, a Scottish Terrier, being black, demanded reparations if I continued to use his pic…I’m freaking kidding!!!! I swear, swamp dwellers here stalking us, I’m not a racist! Seriously, But he was pissed off about it.
/He’ll hate me until he’s hungry or needs to piss or shit.
John Difool wrote:
Deco rules.
@ MacDuff:
Actually, America still is, well, most of us. But honestly, it pisses me off that ten years after 9-11-2001, there’s been nothing built to replace the WTC. I blame that on the libs in NYC.
@ brookly red:
Sadly, Art Deco is frozen in time and preserving it’s treasures is the only way to save it. Louisville has it’s share of architectural treasures from that period and even some newer structures that pay homage to the venerable style.
I would agree that the Chrysler Building is likely the pinnacle of Art Deco…..
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
lol about the dog
@ Calo:
So you’ve heard the latest song, “Rumor Has It”>
(Back to watching The Great Food Truck Race)
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
well yes and no… there is a glut of office space available and you can blame that on the economy (aka Obama) also most New Yorkers, I for one, consider it sacred ground and would not consider working there… others consider it a big freakin bulls-eye and don’t want any part of it. It is what it is and no amount of hype will get an office worker to pretend it’s AOK and punch a clock there.
MacDuff wrote:
Deco rules.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
Where I live, there’s been talk of a new bridge to Indiana for at least 25 years. Well, they’ve finally decided to build it, but they haven’t decided when or how. I doubt that I’ll see it in my lifetime, I’m 58. Meanwhile, it took them a year or so arguing about painting one of the existing bridges….just painting the friggin thing!
The people that planned, financed and built the New York skyline had balls, they made decisions and turned dreams Into reality. That’s what we’re in short supply of now, balls.
@ brookly red:
#35 – good points
@ MacDuff:
Here’s the old Model Tobacco hq in Richmond Va. and the old CNB building in downtown.
@ MacDuff:
America used to turn it’s malaise into passion…..sadly it seems we just turn our malaise into more malaise now.
@ savages_girl:
Yes, but she has her favorite
Teen drama…
John Difool wrote:
Beautiful stuff! That Model Tobacco with the name as part of the architecture is too cool!
John Difool wrote:
Heh, then it becomes a “syndrome”………….
@ John Difool:
Here’s another Art Deco landmark: Vancouver City Hall.
@ MacDuff:
The Model Tobacco hq are now apartments. Just about all of the old Tobacco company hq’s and warehouses are now apartments in the Richmond area
brookly red wrote:
Look, I agree about it being sacred ground, but the best way to stick it to the muzz swine is to replace it with an even taller building- Like maybe the tallest building in the world.
It would give the muzz scum a F**k off and die. Did I tell you I hate the motherf**kers? And always will?
John Difool wrote:
America used to be run by Americans. (please send me cigarets in jail).
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Excellent, sorta reminds me of this.
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
That building gas a beautiful interior as well (I looked it up) Is that a clock on the outside?
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
it is not a defend-able position. sorry I won’t risk my life for your pride.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Not only should we build it about two miles high, we should build it in the shape of a middle finger and call it “The Fuck Mohammed Tower “
John Difool wrote:
What is that, LA?
John Difool wrote:
and you should live in the penthouse.
MacDuff wrote:
Yep.
G’nite folks, happy Art Deco dreams!
John Difool wrote:
I kinda like the one proposed shape I saw about 5 years ago, in the shape of a screw, kinda like “Screw you, muzz assholes”. Works for me!
@ MacDuff:
Yes, it has a clock. Illuminated, IIRC. Clock faces on 4 sides of the tower.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
you don’t get it… I don’t want anything there at all except for a memorial and some ICBM silos. You can talk all the shit you want but nobody is going to get up in the morning and go to work in your “screw tower”
Here is another very nice example of Art Deco architecture in Vancouver, the Marine Building.
I’ve been inside this one many times in years past. Quite a number of junior mining companies had offices there; it’s pretty much in the heart of Vancouver’s financial district.
And it has windows you can open! How cool is that?
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
it’s kinda nice in a deco way but 22 stories is a sky scraper??? shit we got 18 stories as projects…
@ brookly red:
Bob’s an ass, but he calls me a creep.
@ brookly red:
Well, in 1930, it was a skyscraper.
well that is between you and he, but we in NYC take our WTC serious and that mosque businesses may sound all OK with the pols but we wi9ll oppose it with flesh & blood.
brookly red wrote:
No, actually, YOU don’t get it. Your idea is not only stupid, but ignorant. And yes, anyone with half a brain would go to work there, just to say “Okay, assholes, I’m not afraid of you”. Are you that stupid?
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
yeah, it a cute little building.
Calo wrote:
Yeah, whatever. Wanna bet on who agrees with me, rather than ICBM boy?
@ brookly red:
Brookly, I’m not a new yorker like you and a few others who post here, but I am fairly sure we all share equally in the grief of that horrible day. A memorial on that site exclusively to me would be almost an addmittance of defeat, as Americanswe should build something there totally ludicrous and ridiculous, maybe a Stargate or something or better yet a Coliseum where we can feed AQ and other muzzy bastards to the lions.
@ brookly red:
@ brookly red:
Yep, have fun Brooklyn.
You got your own special names from Bob tonight.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
Bob with all due respect I never heard of Breckenridge and I am sure it is a nice place but let’s agree to disagree… you don’t tell me how people think in my home town & I won’t tell all 9 of you how to think in your home town… deal?
Actually, ICBM silos at ground zero works for me. About a thousand of them should do it.
brookly red wrote:
And here we go with the absolute moral authority. Need I remind you it wasn’t only your hometown or your state where people died that day.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
BTW, Brookly, New York pizza sucks ass. I was told it was the “best in the world”, when I was at a seminar at JFK airport. Had it once. The box would taste better. Give me, and everyone outside of New York Lou Malnati’s from Chicago any day of the week. It’s been proven on FoodTV.com and the travel channel.
Geez, it always comes down to a pissing contest, doesn’t it? I’m going to bed and I’d suggest that anyone who’s sanctimony is getting the best of them do the same.
John Difool wrote:
indeed you are correct. but it is us that will have to live with the aftermath. now do you get it?
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
I bought some NY style pizza in Times Square once and it was no different than what i get from my local pizzeria around the corner right here in Virginia only a lot more expensive.
@ brookly red:
Whatever slick, from now on the Hawaiians are the only ones who get to be outraged about the Germans bombing Pearl Harbor.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
are you really that much of an a-hole?
@ brookly red:
LOL, if you really wanna piss off a native New Yorker put down their pizza…..
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
“……and your pizza sucks too!”. Really? Are you fucking kidding me? That’s really lame.
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
@ Bob in Breckendge:
Have at it BiB.
Creepy comment you left here one night if I do say so myself.
I can just see you as a mall Santa Claus with your Scottie dog in tow to lure children – come here my child, sit on my lap and tell me your problems.
John Difool wrote:
And here we go with the absolute moral authority. Need I remind you it wasn’t only your hometown or your state where people died that day.
John, be totally honest. Would you rather see another building built where the WTC was to tell the muzz swine we’re not worried about you, or ICBM’s that shout out we’re afraid of you so we’ll aim missiles at you because you might hit us again? The answer is so damn easy no one with half a functioning brain would answer any other way. Only a moron would say, “Yep, lets. put ICBM’s there to show the 7th century savages how tough we are!!! Most people here are smarter than that…
John Difool wrote:
don’t be like that, be outraged all you want, shit you are not outraged enough. just be real about it we can’t go building 100 storie middle fingers just to make people in Kansas feel better. ,
I’ve had NY Pizza before on a business trip to Manhattan. It was darn good stuff.
@ Calo:
Whatever, douchebag. You’re a libtard living in Texas. Why not move to San Fransicko where you’d love the company of the degenerates?
brookly red wrote:
I’m not in Kansas Toto, I’m in Virginia where a few folks at the Pentagon and on American Airlines Flight 77 out of Reagan national also died on the fateful day.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Compared to what? Waiting for expected response…
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
I would be totally happy with the ICBM silos as long as every warhead was targeted at a muzz city, with about half of them aimed towards Mecca.
Well, I see the new shipment of Urinated Cranky Flakes arrived…
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
douchbag? libtard? you are a pretty insecure hostel person why don’t you cool your jets Killgore.
Bob in Breckenridge wrote:
Compared to other pizza I’ve eaten.
My son got his first job a couple months ago at a local chain that has copied the Chicago style pizza and it’s darn good too.
@ song_and_dance_man:
Congrats on your son’s first job!
Mike C. wrote:
It’s like a friggin psychotic episode. I’m looking for NY’s pastrami to be attacked next, I’m not a New Yorker, but I may have to kill someone who attacks NY pastrami………
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Lived there and enjoyed it.
Next….
Tell us what you said to to Chris’ child – should prove to be enlightening into your psyche.
*brain dead Texas chick looking for some type of pizza slice to eat tonight*
MacDuff wrote:
I was just getting ready to bash the Yankees, but thanks for the pastrami idea.
MacDuff wrote:
it is a bit over priced…
@ Eliana:
Thanks. He’s one of the cooks, and it’s not just pizza he makes. Finally he’s learning to appreciate what it takes to cook, rather than just enjoying the result of the labor.
Calo wrote:
Actually Freschetta makes a damn good feta cheese pizza, you should try it. Sinfully delicious for being frozen.
Well, this just proves that not much good happens on the Internet at 2 AM. Weird.
@ song_and_dance_man:
Great! Cooking is a good thing for a young guy to know how to do.
MacDuff wrote:
We’ve gone from a good thread talking about art deco to this. Strange how things wind up in the wee hours of the interwebs.
John Difool wrote:
frozen pizza, frozen pizza?
YOU CAN PETITION THE LORD WITH FROZEN PIZZA!
Tomorrow is a holiday so a lot of people are staying up later than usual tonight.
This makes things a bit wacky.
It’s already tomorrow, though.
brookly red wrote:
not
@ John Strange indeed.
Weren’t you running away with me from here last night about this time?
MacDuff wrote:
Every region has it’s acme of food that is quintessential to it. NY and Chicago-pizza, I guess.
NM, where I now live, boasts the best chili this side of Saturn. And I agree with that. There is nothing better for a chili aficionado than the Red and Green Hatch variety grown here.
brookly red wrote:
Heh heh heh heh…..so easy to piss off a New Yorker even a caveman can do it.
John Difool wrote:
Yep, aint it the truth. I’m turning in before the actual pissing contest starts, I have a bad prostate and I’m just not any good at that any more.
Calo wrote:
Yea, but only because i passed out.
@ Calo:
How did I link that?
I am amazing!
Calo wrote:
Yes you are, but I like the Siamese cat pic better, it suits you more.
John Difool wrote:
if your not a new yorker, you by default are a cave man…
@ John Difool:
John, you were so obtuse last night. lol.
But, I kinda like you anyways.
MacDuff wrote:
yeah there ain’t much point in it
@ MacDuff:
I had a pastrami sandwich with home-made pastrami in a place in Leesburg on the way home from the airport last trip. It was God-awful, so I’m not going to be bragging on VA pastrami just yet.
But the pizza thing is mind-bogglingly stupid. Aside from the fact that there are numerous variants on the overall theme, each with their own afficianados, if, in some alternate universe, everybody could agree on one place in one city having the absolute best, 1000 quatloos says you can get crummy pizza from a different place within 5 blocks.
brookly red wrote:
Eating pizza is never a dining event no matter where it’s consumed. To me it’s a beer chaser.
Brookly, you, since you posted it, haven’t answered my #81 in response to your suggestion of ICBM’s at Ground Zero…
I’m waiting…
Calo wrote:
Not my fault, Jim Beam made me do it.
@ John Difool:
The wolf avatar is just to scare off the piss little scottie avatars.
I’ll change it back.
*sigh, I love my men*
BTW Calo, he’s a big boy, or girl, you don’t need to defend him/her.
ahhh pizza wars. just like in da swamp… later for yous.
And I only said that because I have no idea what your gender is, Brookly. No offense intended.
John Difool wrote:
…and by asking. Is that a New Jersey accent?
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Actually, I was born in new Jersey, Flemington to be exact, but if you’ve ever heard me on Blogmoc radio I definitely don’t sound like I was born within a thousand miles of there.
@ song_and_dance_man:
Tell a native Virginian they’re not from the south.
@ John Difool:
I missed BTR tonight!
Maybe next Sunday they will have a show?
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Comment skipping…
Mike C. wrote:
Or even worse, call a West Virginian a Yankee.
It’s funny because it’s true.
John Difool wrote:
Dialects are interesting. I don’t sound like the natives I grew up with either.
Mike C. wrote:
Or telling a Mexican they may be part French.
@ song_and_dance_man:
SADM. you are from LA.
Maybe it’s me, but native LAers have no funny accents.
brookly red wrote:
Actually, it’s hostile. A hostel is a hotel for budget-minded travelers.
And please, the whole reason I was first banned at the fatass ponytailed douchebag’s worthless blog is because the racist POS KKKilgore Guppy and I got into it right after I Obungler was elected, when he said Obama should have and deserved to win.
Needless to say, I was victorious.
Most at LGF agreed with me.
That’s the way the libturd “mind” works. If your enemy beats you with brains, ban him/her so you don’t have to read what they type.
Then I actually groveled, and emailed the pony-tailed fatass and apologized for kicking his boy’s ass in the argument. To this day, I regret that.
@ Calo:
I just lived there for most of my life. I was born on Pluto and eventually moved to the third rock from the sun.
As if we didn’t see this coming:
Jihadists plot to take over Libya
@ Bob in Breckenridge:
Bob, coming in from WLGF radio all on my own here tonight. Is anyone here?
I smell a lost soul who can’t find his way around a palm tree cell tower tonight. Hello? I got crickets.
@ John Difool:
Ah yes, The Arab Spring…and attack.
Damn it…. one of my songs is perfect for this thread…
Ya’ll got some serious crankys goin on tonight…
song_and_dance_man wrote:
Stay tuned for the civil war:
“Several forum participants have suggested that, following a transitional stage, the battle should turn against secularist rebels and members of the [rebels’] Transitional National Council,” the unclassified report stated
@ doriangrey:
Dude…
John Difool wrote:
But but but, President Zero and Senator John McLame promised us they were Boy Scouts chasing Freedom, Liberty and Democracy…
@ song_and_dance_man:
Bah humbug… Gimme some guitar playin…
@ John Difool:
“Surprise, surprise!” (Gomer Pyle voice)
Anybody know the whereabouts of Khadaffi?
John Difool wrote:
Code for, ‘So long and thanks for all the fish. So sad that it should come to this. We tried to warn you all but oh dear…’
The metaphor fits.
The really disturbing aspect of the whole change taking place is B. Hussein has been the cheerleader for the tragic hope and change. It is a far cry from what happened in the east just 20 years ago. The Wookie lover is in our time the anti-Reagan.
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
I don’t know where he is right now, but I suspect he will soon be visiting Mohammad and Allah… In hell…
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
I’ve heard rumors over the interwebs that he is now the special guest of Bobby Mugabe.
@ doriangrey:
Nudges Dorian aside…umph, umph
Oh, the Libya story gets much, much better than that…
“Libyan Rebels Round up Black Africans”
http://news.yahoo.com/libyan-rebels-round-black-africans-130723394.html
I would pay serious money to see a top admin official, or better yet, DuhOne himself, explain why US support went to groups that are rounding up blacks.
You just can’t make this shit up…
Mike C. wrote:
Proggies didn’t give a rats ass about all of the blacks who were killed in Sudan and put into modern slavery for over twenty years, hell Calypso Louie even broke bread with the Sudanese president a few times while this was going on.
@ Mike C.:
Has David Duke has taken over the world? No…just some other people who hardly share a difference.
@ John Difool:
In Zimbabwe? Well, that’s such a safe and civilized country that Daffy will no longer have need for his all-chickie bodyguards. i wonder if he’ll put ‘em up on eBay to raise some cash?
@ song_and_dance_man:
Nudges back…
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
Meh, he had 40 years to rape pillage and plunder Libya’s oil profits, Dude probably has 40 or 50 billion socked away for exactly this sort of situation.
@ doriangrey:
Tasty leads.
I need to finish the stuff I started, what? 6 months ago? I come home and all I think about is to relax.
When I move into my new home(I’m saying to myself) finishing what I started with about 5 new songs will be completed. Yeah…that’s it
@ doriangrey:
If Mugabe ever kicks it he can become the new president of Zimbabwe.
song_and_dance_man wrote:
ROTFLMAO… Yea, I keep telling myself that one of these days I take the time to earn how to program midi drums, and then work on some of these partial ideas I have floating round my noggin. Of course I would have to spend way less time online chatting and figure out where the hell I misplaced my self discipline first…
@ doriangrey:
Running a country is the way to go. But if you mess up the works, then there is only one option. Hide in a country you did good business with.
It’s better than winning the Power Ball.
@ doriangrey:
Both of you are idiots – not worthy of leaving me any tunes to sleep by.
Where is Bunk?
@ Suki Wong:
Bunk this.
Suki Wong wrote:
Here ya go Misses Manners.
And here we go again
Suki Wong wrote:
Oh shut up, your still listening to Dazed and Confused.
@ song_and_dance_man:
Ayieee! That’s it.
Sorry SADM, DG is the winner.
Now, if you posted a Beatles song, things might be different here.
*where, oh where is Cynical Conservative*
doriangrey wrote:
Which is sometimes not a bad thing.
Feh.
Sleep on that…
Wow -- thread killer. Well, what the hell? In for a penny, in for a pound…
And my actual favorite from that soundtrack…
Okay, I’m done now.
Okay, I lied… Winchester, Virginia’s claim to fame…
Game, set, match…
Oh, gonna be that way, eh? Okay…
Song by Willie, of course.
And while we’re at it, let’s not forget the pride of Morgantown (AKA, Morganhole), WV. Namely Ray Benson and the boys. On the absolute classic Bob Wills tune…
So, is that enough anti-”rock” for one morning?
BTW, I dragged the wife down to The Big D for the 1997 AAPG convention, based primarily on the fact that the entertainment for the big Wednesday night shindig was none other than Asleep at the Wheel. I saw that in the announcement brochure and hollered out “Honey, we’re going to Dallas!”
Good morning everyone! Weekend photo walk down at the Canadian National Exhibition, also the Canadian International Airshow. It was a GREAT day.
F-18s, I see. There was a squadron of CAF F-18As based in Doha during GW I. Their mission was to fly CAP over the air-to-mud USAF F-16s from Doha when they went downtown on bombing runs. The Canadians got pretty freaking frustrated with that non-mission, to the point that they rigged up some bomb hard points and let them blow shit up as well.
@ Mike C.:
Yeah, part of that whole “peace keeper” persona that was forced on us by the Liberals up here. Even most of our “Conservatives” were very meek and mild. A military is made for breaking things.
Good morning & happy Labor Day.
It is comforting to know that the Dear Leader is recovering
at Camp David from his Marthas Vineyard trip,consorting
with the “evil” rich.
RIX wrote:
What are the odds he’ll play golf today?
@ John Difool:
Nah, he won’t have time . The man is working 24×7
on jobs./
RIX wrote:
Focused like a laser he is…..
that was a grumpy OOT, glad i went to bed.
Mike C. wrote:
No.
I really dig Morgantown! These guys represent pretty well. I was at this show.
@ John Difool:
He seems to like all of the perks of the office, but
not actual work.
He loves to spend taxpayer money on obscenely expensive
trips, liquor, food & parties.
He is like a teenager with your credit card who refuses
to get a summer job.
@ PaladinPhil:
Nice pics btw!!
When I was a kid I was obsesses with McDonnell Douglas Corp. for some weird reason, and F/A-18′s are one of my favorite products.
I used to make models of those and F-4′s.
morninn ya’ll
Good Morning Blogmocracy! Today is another
gloriousinglorious day in the Reign of Emperor Barack Hussein I, Pasha of the United States and Defender of theFaithUmmah! There are 428 Days Until the 2012 Presidential Election! Happy Labor Day! Todays, those of us withg jobs (some of us at any rate) get to rest from our Labors! The Golfer in Chief will no doubt work on his game (aqnd cheat, once again, at keeping score). But Obama does deserve a break. It has been alomost two weeks since his last vacation, and aftyer today he’ll be at it nose to the grindstone until he goes to Bali in November. That is almost two whole months of work between vacations! Who else works like that? America is a downright mean employer (dare I say “slavemaster”) for working him that hard. I bet he doesn’t get in more than 5-10 rounds of golf during that time. Awful! In other news, there are fires in Texas, but don’t worry! They won’t be a National disaster as long as Rick Perry is governor. Texas voted for the wrong people, just like Tennessee did when we chose to have floods in Nashville. It is a damn fine thing that Obama isn’t politicizing things like National Disasters! We are so fortunate in our President. Non-political, hard working, why even have a silly old election next year?momcat update
she is doing well in rehab, they have weaned her down to 2 liters of o2 and her “trainers” (heh) are working her hard and making her sweat
she is able to walk more and without having to use a walker,
(not sure but I think there might be a dorian joke in there somewhere)
keep up the prayers and good thoughts
@ rain of lead:
Booya!
@ Iron Fist:
mornin IF
I work in retail so of course….I labor on labor day
@ rain of lead:
Booya!
RIX wrote:
Hmm, double post.
@ RIX:
thanks
it’s hard to believe that nearly a month ago my lady was as close to death as a human can get without actually dying
@ Bumr50:
Thanks. The best are yet to come. I got some great shots of a Mig 17, a Lancaster, the A-10, and a T-33……
happy happy joy joy
we are getting some rain here
first water from the sky in nearly two months yay!
@ rain of lead:
I am happy at the good news
A reminder from Wisconsin on Labor Day from Vicki McKenna, reformed Marxist, about what has transpired in her state.
Good stuff.
@ rain of lead:
Glad to hear that she is getting better. Lung problems can be scary.
rain of lead wrote:
I understand, because we were pretty much where you
guys are now several years ago.
It’s all going to be good for both of you.
Having to do with nothing, but unless you are punishing
yourself, you might want to pass on the movie “Sanctum”
James Cameron sucks a huskie.
out ya’ll
gotta do that labor thang
Obama to spend Labor Day in Detroit at AFL-CIO rally.
Going to Americas crappiest city where unemployment is well over 50% to talk about jobs with an organization that is responsible for killing millions of them over the past several decades.
Yep, that’s the ticket.
Seems those much more enlightened Europeans with their superior socialist utopia are having some mental health issues:
Nearly 40 percent of Europeans suffer mental illness