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Plenty of people are qualified to pilot the RQ-4 Global Hawk. Please contact the manufacturer. Northrop Grumman, for referrals.

Not!!! Sorry, but sitting low, going fast, is not an oxymoron. Although, maybe, only a moron might choose to do so.

As you say, rants about almost anything and everything are never welcome. What is a rant, anyway? A rant, in my opinion, is characterized by BOMBASTIC extravagant speech. Ranting is not science. Does anybody know what science might be? Science is all about testing of hypotheses, and being able to design experiments which can test hypotheses. Normalcy, on the other hand, means never having to say you're sorry for not practicing the Scientific Method. Those were the good old days. Let's all have more Tears and Fears, and superstition in our world. Back to normal, now. During the pandemic, most people acted more logically. Those days, sadly, are gone.

Since I have promised to not, again, speak with you in a joking or jocular way, I won't But, if I wished to mention to you a joke, then I would mention Kevin Rudd. I only mention Kevin Rudd, since you, yourself, mentioned another PM of an island of no more than 22 million insignificant people. Of course, I am not joking, because I promised you that I would never joke, again.

Not all beer is equal. The smaller the bubbles, the better, even if the keg might be larger.

What is "bulk wine"? Bulk wine is table wine which helps you to bulk up. Gallon bottles of bulk wine, like Gallo gallon jugs, are not so easy to handle. I used to sell Gallo to winoes. I know the singular noun for wino. But, I am not sure if the plural of the noun for wino might be winoes. Anyone know? This is not a term which is often discussed by grammarians. Give a wino an expensive gift box from Martell, and he would not know that to do with it. Cheap wine not worth drinking. Expensive Cognac is a pleasure, if sipped tastefully, in a snifter. Otherwise, then why not LEO Beer?

Maybe, you should no longer deny that things were not just as good as you remember it? I bet they were.

Made and Bottled BY: Ernest & Julio Gallo.... Dew of the gods.....

By the GALLON:

Tiny Tim... And... The American Flag... Both together. Those were the good old days. Such nostalgia....

Sorry... But, I just mean... Sometimes, post-pandemic, I feel such nostalgia. Not about recent years, particularly, but about nostalgia for many years, past...

Dear Friends, Most of you know something about Culture Shock, and even, so-called Reverse Culture Shock. For sure, most guys on this forum know what it means to return to Normalcy when one returns to one's Home Country. Surely, you do. This means, in some cases, months and years of adjusting to a new culture, when one's Home Country has evolved beyond anything one might have imagined. And, as we all know, returning to one's Home Country, after many years, is anything but returning to "normalcy". Perhaps, then, one might expect that our getting back to normalcy, after the pandemic, might be less than easy. I find it not so easy, in some respects. Maybe you, as I, find the crowds at the malls intimidating. Maybe you, as I, find the noise of planes flying overhead taxing. There are just so many new adjustments that we must make if we wish to return to our former world, pre-pandemic. Earlier today, or was it yesterday, I visited a huge mall. And, while there, I suddenly became consumed by the idea that I was just an ant, among ants, searching for products most ants do not need. For example, I saw about 100 different types of toothpaste, and, at least, 500 different types of shampoo. In fact, there were so many different types of almost everything that I began to hyperventilate. I almost feinted before one of the staff came to my aid, with a glass of lemonade. You know what, my friends....? I am not sure if I can do this. But, if I can do this, then I just want to begin living a much simpler life.....somewhere up in the mountains. I do not need 100 different types of toothpaste. And, I do not like to waste minutes of my life deciding which toothbrush will be best for me. And, even when I know which toothbrush is best for me, still, I can never find the same toothbrush, twice, since the packaging is always changing. OF COURSE: My Friends, I am not remarking about anything new. We, meaning you and I, have become accustomed to marketing, gradually, over many years. We know that the marketers of products treat us like lab rats. However, during the pandemic, and during this past two-year period of the pandemic, while self-quarantining, I have noticed that many of us have seemed happier. And, yesterday, while trying to find a parking place at the mall, I felt so stressed. I just was so sorry to see so many cars backed up, looking for a place to park. I was so sad, really. Sometimes, perhaps oftentimes, I miss the lockdown, for sure. Life was simpler during the lockdown. And so, are you, like me, already beginning to feel a bit of nostalgia for the pandemic lockdown? What can be done about this? Are you, as I, thinking about heading for the mountains in Thailand? Regards, GammaG Note: Best to you, my friends. I am the same as you.

… I was once out strolling one very hot summer's day When I thought I'd lay myself down to rest In a big field of tall grass I laid there in the sun and felt it caressing my face As I fell asleep and dreamed I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie And that I was the star of the movie This really blew my mind'' … There was long ones, tall ones, short ones, brown ones Black ones, round ones, big ones, crazy ones Out of the middle, came a lady She whispered in my ear Something crazy She said... ---For me, it sounds like ...QUEBEC CITY, ... back in the day! So good. So fine, FINE WINE.. One more time: Wine tastes best when one is young.

As you say, my friend... And, as we all know, the vast majority of Thai women are wonderful, beautiful, kind, and precious. So true. I don't hang out with bar girls. Thus, I have a much more valid perspective concerning the blessedness of 99 percent of Thai women. I know what I know. Thai women are no less than very fine wine. Maybe most guys, here, can't afford the better vintages, and so settle for less.

In China, the Commies swill the most expensive Cognac, while not appreciating it. Commies are barbarians. Fine Cognac is always wasted on Commie barbarians. And also, they love to swill it.

Spill the wine, take that pearl Spill the wine, take that pearl Spill the wine, take that pearl Spill the wine, take that pearl

Treat your GF like you would treat a more expensive one, and she will reward you, full body. Girls here are amazing for the price. Treat women like fine wine.

Just one cask of Poe. Give me just one cask. Wall me up. Good Cognac is to die for.

Gallo Red. Gallon Jug. Two Dollah. Similar to James Michener's character... Two Dollah. South Pacific. Sometimes, I wonder, if, besides drinking wine, anybody here has read a book.

An MG is a beautiful beast. When I was young, I wracked up one, and put my head halfway through the windscreen. Maybe if I were inclined to tattoo myself, I would would tattoo the scar on the crown of my head, "MG". Anyway, sitting low, going very fast, is worth the risk, in an MG.

MG classic, from the 1950s... Nothing could be finer. An MGB is a toy, by comparison.