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shereads said:
No fair! I want an airship, too! I rather like this one--it spins:http://home.att.net/~dannysoar/ZeppMMrotarySmall.jpg
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I think Sudden Disaster is a better name, but you didn't include that in the poll. 
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How about Zippo? A little too Hindenburgy, maybe?
I heard recently that everyone who stayed on the ship survived; the ones who died were the ones who jumped. Still, don't play with matches.
I'm waiting for a personal hovercraft. Or one of those suitcase things that George Jetson had.
I heard recently that everyone who stayed on the ship survived; the ones who died were the ones who jumped. Still, don't play with matches.
I'm waiting for a personal hovercraft. Or one of those suitcase things that George Jetson had.
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DS Humanity. The DS stands for Deep Shit.
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Photo of Shereads and her Zeppelin
http://movies.radiofree.com/photos/sky_captain_and_the_world_of_tomorrow_16145.jpg
http://movies.radiofree.com/photos/sky_captain_and_the_world_of_tomorrow_16145.jpg
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Mel Brooks: "Humor is tragedy plus distance."
To make the distance disappear, listen to a recording of Herbert Morrison reporting the Hindenburg disaster as it happened. It reminds me of watching the morning news shows when the first tower fell on 9/11 - as if I'm witnessing someone's private horror; I'm an intruder, useless and frozen - and terrribly, guiltiiy glad that isn't me in the flames.
There's a digitally enhanced audio someplace, but I don't have time to google it now. Here's a link to the slightly voice-distorted original, with film of the explosion. It's Morrison's humanity that gives me chills.
The Hindenburg. May 6, 1937 (film and audio)
"Well, here it comes, ladies and gentlemen; we're out now, outside of the hangar. And what a great sight it is, a thrilling one, just a marvelous sight. It's coming down out of the sky, pointed directly towards us and toward the mooring mast. The mighty diesel motors just roared, the propellers biting into the air and throwing it back into a gale-like whirlpool. No wonder this great floating palace can travel through the air at such a speed, with these powerful motors behind it."
"Now and then the propellers are caught in the rays of sun, their highly polished surfaces reflect...The sun is striking the windows of the observation deck on the eastward side and sparkling like glittering jewels on the background of black velvet."
"Now the field, as we thought active when we first arrived, has turned into a moving mass of cooperative action. The landing crews...their posts...and orders are being passed along, and last-minute preparations are being completed for the moment we have waited for so long."
"The ship is riding majestically toward us like some great feather, riding as though it was mighty good...mighty proud of the place it's playing in the world's aviation. The ship is no doubt bustling with activity as we can see; orders are shouted to the crew, the passengers probably lining the windows looking down at the field ahead of them, getting their glimpse of the mooring mast. And these giant flagships standing here, the American Airline flagships, waiting to direct them to all points in the United States when they get the ship moored."
"There are a number of important persons on board, and no doubt the new commander, Captain Max Pruss, is thrilled, too, for this is his great moment, the first time he's commanded the Hindenburg. On previous flights, he acted as Chief Officer under Captain Lehmann."
"It's practically standing still now. They've dropped ropes out of the nose of the ship, and it's been taken a hold of down on the field by a number of men. It's starting to rain again; the rain had slacked up a little bit. The back motors of the ship are just holding it, just enough to keep it from --"
"It burst into flames! Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Get this, Charlie! Get this, Charlie! It's fire and it's crashing! It's crashing terrible! Oh, my! Get out of the way, please! It's burning, bursting into flames and is falling on the mooring mast, and all the folks on the ground, this is terrible. This is the worst of the worst catastrophes in the world! Oh, it's crashing...oh, four or five hundred feet into the sky, and it's a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. There's smoke, and there's flames, now, and the frame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast...Oh, the humanity, and all the passengers screaming around here!"
"I told you...I can't even talk to people...around there. It's -- I can't talk, ladies and gentlemen. Honest, it's just laying there, a mass of smoking wreckage, and everybody can hardly breathe and talk...I, I'm sorry. Honest, I can hardly breathe. I'm going to step inside where I cannot see it. Charlie, that's terrible. I -- Listen folks, I'm going to have to stop for a minute, because I've lost my voice...This is the worst thing I've ever witnessed....."
To make the distance disappear, listen to a recording of Herbert Morrison reporting the Hindenburg disaster as it happened. It reminds me of watching the morning news shows when the first tower fell on 9/11 - as if I'm witnessing someone's private horror; I'm an intruder, useless and frozen - and terrribly, guiltiiy glad that isn't me in the flames.
There's a digitally enhanced audio someplace, but I don't have time to google it now. Here's a link to the slightly voice-distorted original, with film of the explosion. It's Morrison's humanity that gives me chills.
The Hindenburg. May 6, 1937 (film and audio)
"Well, here it comes, ladies and gentlemen; we're out now, outside of the hangar. And what a great sight it is, a thrilling one, just a marvelous sight. It's coming down out of the sky, pointed directly towards us and toward the mooring mast. The mighty diesel motors just roared, the propellers biting into the air and throwing it back into a gale-like whirlpool. No wonder this great floating palace can travel through the air at such a speed, with these powerful motors behind it."
"Now and then the propellers are caught in the rays of sun, their highly polished surfaces reflect...The sun is striking the windows of the observation deck on the eastward side and sparkling like glittering jewels on the background of black velvet."
"Now the field, as we thought active when we first arrived, has turned into a moving mass of cooperative action. The landing crews...their posts...and orders are being passed along, and last-minute preparations are being completed for the moment we have waited for so long."
"The ship is riding majestically toward us like some great feather, riding as though it was mighty good...mighty proud of the place it's playing in the world's aviation. The ship is no doubt bustling with activity as we can see; orders are shouted to the crew, the passengers probably lining the windows looking down at the field ahead of them, getting their glimpse of the mooring mast. And these giant flagships standing here, the American Airline flagships, waiting to direct them to all points in the United States when they get the ship moored."
"There are a number of important persons on board, and no doubt the new commander, Captain Max Pruss, is thrilled, too, for this is his great moment, the first time he's commanded the Hindenburg. On previous flights, he acted as Chief Officer under Captain Lehmann."
"It's practically standing still now. They've dropped ropes out of the nose of the ship, and it's been taken a hold of down on the field by a number of men. It's starting to rain again; the rain had slacked up a little bit. The back motors of the ship are just holding it, just enough to keep it from --"
"It burst into flames! Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Get this, Charlie! Get this, Charlie! It's fire and it's crashing! It's crashing terrible! Oh, my! Get out of the way, please! It's burning, bursting into flames and is falling on the mooring mast, and all the folks on the ground, this is terrible. This is the worst of the worst catastrophes in the world! Oh, it's crashing...oh, four or five hundred feet into the sky, and it's a terrific crash, ladies and gentlemen. There's smoke, and there's flames, now, and the frame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mast...Oh, the humanity, and all the passengers screaming around here!"
"I told you...I can't even talk to people...around there. It's -- I can't talk, ladies and gentlemen. Honest, it's just laying there, a mass of smoking wreckage, and everybody can hardly breathe and talk...I, I'm sorry. Honest, I can hardly breathe. I'm going to step inside where I cannot see it. Charlie, that's terrible. I -- Listen folks, I'm going to have to stop for a minute, because I've lost my voice...This is the worst thing I've ever witnessed....."
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That explains why you keep walking into walls today.shereads said:
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shereads said:
Oh, sure, I post a little lighter joke, and I get this in response. And then shereads goes and start a whole 'nother thread with the same material, and Les Nessman's call from WKRP.
I like hangin' out with you guys. So lunch is over, huh, she?
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Ooooh, pretty! Where can I get one?3113 said:
http://home.att.net/~dannysoar/ZeppMMrotarySmall.jpg
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I knew you'd like it! That Zep appeared on the cover of Modern Mechanix and was based on the work of "Rev. C. H. Loocke, known as the 'Flying Parson', and Lorin Hansen, a young printer."Roxanne Appleby said:
"According to the story in the Sept. 1935 Modern Mechanix This hull will be built of beryllium and filled with helium. And they announce...
"Capable of rifling its way through the air at a speed of 300 miles an hour, or hovering motionless above a chosen spot, an airplane-Zeppelin soon to be put through exhaustive tests at Rapid City, S. D., is expected by its inventors to become the transport plane of the future."
Should be showing up in the skies anytime now.
A-hem! I said "anytime now!"
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shereads said:
I've always enjoyed this picture.
http://www.hedtke.com/images/oh_the_huge_manatee.jpg
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shereads said:
Looks like the right one to me -- the one that little fat kid on your shoulder is poking at. But then I thought it should be zeffallyn. Course I'm easily led.
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3113 said:
I say we pool our money together and git're done!
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john-the-author said:
BTW, I should give credit where credit is due: I got this some years ago from www.evilirishbastard.com, a site that is now sadly departed.
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shereads said:
My lil doggie Scooter heard lunch.
He'll be right behind you ............... or ................ right on top of the lunch.
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