Pilot's Log

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I got a real workout because Carson-Newman, in their wisdom, has their Homecoming festival the same day and so most of the parking space in both Downtown and the C-N district is taken quickly. I had to park all the way at the Public Library and walk to Main Street. Granted, it was perhaps no further away than if you were parked at a football arena and had to walk to your seats in the bleachers.

( Civil War cannonball kills Virginia relic collector )

A frikkin' SEVENTY-FIVE pound Navy cannon shell!? I consider that to be Palladium Mega-Damage scale...as in, if it goes off, the victim gets NO SAVES! Your typical Iraqi IED is smaller than that! I wouldn't touch a found shell of that size even if it was Napoleonic--I'm fairly sure they did have guns back then capable of firing such monster shot.

FP (who keeps his toys at a more reasonable size and firepower)

Saw this in Knoxville today at the Business & Tech Expo:

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A year 2008 TD. The car is being built by an Australian company with a modern Toyota drivetrain and suspension under the classic body. It meets Federal emissions, crash-test safety and fuel efficiency standards.

Guess I'd have to cure cancer or something like that for Santa to leave the keys to THAT in my Christmas stocking!

Well, it makes up for THIS not being on the market in the U.S.--


FP

PS: Producers Are Money-Grubbing Scum.