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I so wish I could've caught revenge from the beginning! I have yet to watch it but looks like our kinda show, Tom!I will always love Tim in prime time too!
It's actually a very well thought out series. There seems to be a different "revenge" every week. they don't always die, but people get ruined in well thought out ways.You would love Justified. Your kind of guy...too old for you though.
Person of Interest is good but the guy keeps shooting people in the leg. I hate that.
Tom
Tom Crayder wrote: "It's actually a very well thought out series. There seems to be a different "revenge" every week. they don't always die, but people get ruined in well thought out ways.You would love Justified...."
My kind of guy but too old????
Jenn aka Texas Long Hair wrote: "Tom Crayder wrote: "It's actually a very well thought out series. There seems to be a different "revenge" every week. they don't always die, but people get ruined in well thought out ways.You w..."
What's wrong with old???????
Phil
I just figured out how old Jenn was a few days ago lol.The main character in "Justified" is a modern day, gunslinging US Marshal and a real cowboy (not from TX though, sorry). Jenny says he is super hot but he has to be mid-forties and that's a big age gap, Jenn :).
I';m not sayi9ng it couldn't work though. Bless the women that like older men, I say!
You are right, Phil. "Old" is a state of mind. "Experienced" is the better term :). It reminds me of the story of the two bulls, one young and one old, standing on the hill watching the cows.
I agree with the older bull :).
Tom
Phil wrote: "Jenn aka Texas Long Hair wrote: "Tom Crayder wrote: "It's actually a very well thought out series. There seems to be a different "revenge" every week. they don't always die, but people get ruined..."Nothing at all there's many a sweet tune played on an old fiddle!
But the trend here in France is to divorce your oldie and become a cougar, and find yourself a toy boy at least 20 years younger than yourself!
I'm just a practising cougar my man is 8 years younger than me after years of being the boy toy - husband no 2 was 18 years my senior, my dear departed was 13 years older and now, I woke up!
Tom, you don't watch the vampire diaries???
Cambria, I tried. I promise, I tried.I like True Blood...violence, gore, nudity, and some truly nasty vampires do it for me! I also used to watch "Forever Knight," which no one remembers, but I think was probably the first show that tried to do "good" vampires.
Siegfried and Roy's tiger did not go crazy...he went tiger. I want my vampires to go vampire sometimes and rip out someone's spine. If they don't, then what's the point of being a vampire?
I must say, however, that I like "Being Human."
Splitter should have made me a vampire. He could have, you know. Someone even recently told him he should have. I'm still a little hurt that he made me so--ordinary.
Tom
Tom, anyone who flies his own plane can never be ordinary. OK, so it's not a glider, but hey, nobody's perfect.
Ok so being a cougar is not in the cards for me as I am already busy enough raising one little man.40s?
Don't matter I'm not looking anyways.
As for shows, do you watch once upon a time?
I was gonna do a blog post on it but someone who will remain unnamed did one the day after I said I would.
Also, do you ever check yourself out in a public restroom when no men are around or are you too scared to get caught?
Tom, on the vampire note, did you ever watch the series Kindred?
Phil: If it doesn't have an engine, I find it suspect. Don't get me wrong, I respect glider pilots and have been told that they make excellent pilots in powered aircraft, but I just can't get past the "no prop" thing. I mean, what happens if you miss an approach? What if there are no thermals?I have seen a new species of glider with a small engine. That makes a little more sense to me. I also once watch a glider get pulled intot he air by a winch. Wow. You guys are crazy! I may need a lose a little weight before I ever tried gliding.
Jenn, The Kindred was AWESOME if it's the one from the Clinton era. I think it was just a little too far ahead of its time.
There are two series that caught my interest: Once Upon a time and Grimm. The problem is, I avoid series until they get picked up for a second season. I have been burned too many times by good series that get cancelled anyway.
It is perfectly acceptable to check your hair in a rest room. You can even make sure you don't have anything caught in your teeth. But a man should NEVER get caught doing that "turn around and look over his shoulder" to check out his butt.
Splitter will only do that in fun house mirrors...
Tom
Tom: What happens when the Cessna's engine fails, as yours did once? The best gliders have a sink ratio of 60:1 and a very ordinary one will do 30:1. That means for every foot you descend, you can go forward thirty. So you have a circle with a diameter of over five miles from a thousand feet to find somewhere to land, assuming you can't find lift. How far do you have in a Cessna 180 to find somewhere and make a dead stick landing from a thousand feet?
You're wrong to say we have no engine. There's a very hot one about 96 million miles away that shines every day, more reliably than the best Lycoming -- there's always a good chance of it heating the air enough to rise somewhere within range. But we all become pretty good at outlanding. Comes with practice, but that's one time we do appreciate you guys with the fan-driven trucks, to bring us home.
It's easy to pick a spot big enough to outland: the trick is picking one big enough for the tug plane to get in and out.
You're right about winch-launching. It's awesome!
A 180 is maybe 8:1 on a good day. Maybe :). Feels like a lot less unless you are somewhere in the Midwest with huge cornfields and long, straight roads.We don't see a lot of gliders on the Us East coast. I think it is important to note that a lot of the BEST WWII fighter pilots were trained before the war on gliders. I think there is probably a special "feel" that glider pilots get for flying. All of that conservation of energy and such.
Still, I miss enough approaches that I like having an prop out there. Hmmmmm....maybe Splitter should consider some sort of glider for the next book....
Tom
Tom Crayder wrote: "Cambria, I tried. I promise, I tried.I like True Blood...violence, gore, nudity, and some truly nasty vampires do it for me! I also used to watch "Forever Knight," which no one remembers, but I..."
Awww now why would you want to ruin it and be a vampire? You couldnt eat those sandwiches that you like so much. HINT: if you became a werewolf you could eat all the time.... he he he
Tom, I don't think it was anything to do with conservation of energy, etc. Just that, flying a glider you quickly become sensitive to what's happening in the air around you, which maybe helps your reactions to become just that little bit quicker -- pretty important for a fighter pilot.The other thing about unpowered flight I think (I have trained on Pipers too) is that it makes you take more notice of your terrain as you search for more or better thermals rather than just focussing on a compass heading. Or maybe I just enjoy the scenery more that way.
Haven't heard much about gliding on the east coast -- with the restricted areas these days it may be a bit tough, though I remember some years ago there were a series of coast-to-coast glider races, some involving an Aussie pilot named Ingo Renner (former world champion).
Does Barron Hilton (if he's still alive) still have his "gliding ranch" in the mid-west? I've read about some awesome flights from there -- like thousand-mile out-and-returns.
Good luck, Tom, I look forward to reading more of your exploits.
Phil
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Splitter
What does Tom think of Chick Flicks? Does he take his wife to see them?
Cambria wrote: "What does Tom think of Chick Flicks? Does he take his wife to see them?"Cambria wrote: "What does Tom think of Chick Flicks? Does he take his wife to see them?"
I love chick lit and chick flicks The Thin Blue Line is Chick Lit aimed at the aged 35 and upwards age group my second offering is a murder mystery but I have returned to Chick Lit for the third, though I had computer downtime for two weeks and then it mysteriously fixed itself?
Don't ask I stopped long ago my spooky alternative house guests have got touchy feely of late, long story but every house I live in seems to have its supernatural inhabitants too! Really looking forward to moving into my toy boy's grandmothers house, by all accounts she used to hit his mother with a walking stick!
Try it on me lady and you'll be the first ghost to die twice!
Any ideas to occupy my 9 year old with one arm in plaster? Monday afternoon I spent 6 hours in Emergency waiting for them to operate on her wrist, she fell during a sport lesson at school, the second child to do so in the last two weeks.
I have reported it to my insurers before it gets out of hand and someone ends up in a wheelchair, the so called responsible person obviously isn't doing so good at being responsible and they left my child alone in a class and carried on outside they didn't ring the ambulance they rang me instead!
Heads will roll, children don't bounce, they break!
Cambria wrote: "What does Tom think of Chick Flicks? Does he take his wife to see them?"I am not going to admit to liking any chick flicks, but I will say that if you want to get your wife into a certain mood, watching one with her is a good idea. Where it's the movie itself or the fact that you sat there with her through the whole damned thing, it works somehow.
I will NOT watch Lifetime movies, however. I can sum up every Lifetime movie in one sentence: A man treated me bad and I want my children back.
I mean, c'mon. They could mix it up a bit.
Sorry to hear about the kiddo, Sarah! Wrists take a while, too. Seriously, tell her to get well soon. If she is into reading, a Kindle might be a good start (but not my stories, of course...).
If you need to get serious with the people involved, I might have some suggestions.... :)
Tom
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OMG! FULL CONTACT JOUSTING! The real things. Concussions, broken bones, blood, arrrr, arrr, ARRRR!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSb-Jg...
I so want to do this, but I do not ride well enough.
Splitter
Tom Crayder wrote: "Cambria wrote: "What does Tom think of Chick Flicks? Does he take his wife to see them?"I am not going to admit to liking any chick flicks, but I will say that if you want to get your wife into a..."
Thanks Tom I don't need the heavies the school has accepted responsibility and will pay all the hospital fees not covered by the government!
And they will drop the game from the list as too dangerous before someone is injured seriously! Sophie is excluded sport for 3 months and then I am assured it will be gently re-introduced and I will be on hand the first sport lesson to make sure!
What was the sport, Sarah?Glad you were able to handle the situation without violence. :)
Tom
Tom Crayder wrote: "What was the sport, Sarah?Glad you were able to handle the situation without violence. :)
Tom"
A game of cops and robbers we have all played it I think we called it pirates but it works on the same principal one group run and the others give chase!
I am not a violent person my weapon is and always has been words, big ones, legal ones used to be a secretary to a lawyer.
Tim Allen without the grunting, ah, ah, arrrrrrr! Still good though and I could myself like that in twenty years.
http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/origi...
Because sometimes, bad guys need to get shot.
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/flying-wi...
My dream job. The dad flies a C-180 like mine too!
http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/origi...
Jake turned me on to Sons of Anarchy. He says it's fake but still good. Gemma now tops my list of oldest women I would do.
http://www.sho.com/site/dexter/home.s...-
Dexter. a loveable serial killer. Yeah, right.
http://www.amctv.com/shows/mad-men
MadMen. Dude is so living a lie.
http://www.tv.com/shows/person-of-int...
Person of Interest. Splitter says I should point out that "The Reluctant" was published long before this series came out. I wish we had a computer like that...
http://www.nbc.com/prime-suspect/
Lorena LOVES this one, I have no idea why...
http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/revenge
Revenge. she gal in this goes after those who wronged her in the past. she is pretty hardcore about it. Worth a watch.
So that's what is keeping me busy these days in the TV department. And the Food Network, of course.
Tom