2023 Dead Pool

Beer & Queso
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He was great as John Adams.

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Yeah. Not so great as Einstein.

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Thanks everybody. What a glorious thing happened here today.

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Pro wrestler, Jay Briscoe.

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This thread must be back on the rails again.

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I saw that Mark Hamill had tweeted a photo of James Earl Jones and I thought “Oh shit!”

Turns out it’s just James’ birthday. :sweat_smile:

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Looks like the dead pool got cleaned recently. Noice.

Came across this picture today and thought Wow, I am getting freaking old.

Plus the amount of drugs consumed by this 5 pack could fund a few minor league baseball teams for the decade.

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He was 38. Died in a car crash that killed at least one other person, with several others critically injured including his young daughter.

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And now, so do I.

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You mean something to bitch about.

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Former NBA player and head coach, Chris Ford, 74.

Ford was a three time NBA champion as player and coach, and is remembered for making the NBA’s first 3-pointer in 1979.

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That’s a pretty cool bullet point.

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This is the same thing I hear from some folks who tell me they do a lot of Microsoft Flight Simulator or DCS and therefore could probably also fly a 737 :man_facepalming:t3:

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As you know, those skills only translate one way.

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We’ve all been there.

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Sometimes we here at OWA have a tough time keeping things dead on, Coach.

Maybe going off the tracks will reach a dead end.

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Impressive.

Most, impressive.

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Guilty. And the dead pool is probably the appropriate place to admit it.

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Well, given that passengers are almost certainly never going to be able to gain access to the cockpit, the idea is moot. Regardless, landing is the most touchy-feely thing a pilot does. If it was easy, the mantra wouldn’t be “any one you walk away from”.

Think about how hard it is to ride a bike at very slow speed. Well landing a plane is like that but in 3-D plus gravity. It’s not just about hitting the runway threshold; you have to hit it with so little speed that the aircraft stops flying right as you get there. Otherwise you take off again.

But, down is down, and it might be more feasible if you’re not actually worried about taking the plane back up again later. But drop it too hard and you could burst some tires or even buckle / collapse the undercarriage, and you might still be ok but your probability of success just dropped notably. Especially if you were heavy on one side only and that side gave way so now you’re in danger of cartwheeling.

Of course, you can set it all up perfectly, have your speed, glide angle and crab angle all perfect and, like Tin Cup, get killed by a gust from the Gods.

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