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09-13-2015, 10:33 PM | #46 |
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I don't remember such craziness for JP2's visit to St. Louis in '99. I know 9/11 has changed a lot of things, but the nuttiness in Philly right now seems like just that.
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09-14-2015, 06:48 AM | #47 |
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I just had to explain to a confused young lad why the presence of the word "festival" in the "Festival of Families" did not mean he should be going to the Parkway Mass drunk with his buddies for fun.
"It's not mayhem. It's not a spectacle. It's church services. Unless maintaining in front of gramma is a sport, this will not be a good time for you." |
09-14-2015, 08:54 AM | #48 |
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09-14-2015, 03:21 PM | #49 |
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The FBI, the CIA, and the NSA. Well at least 85% from their top management.
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09-15-2015, 07:50 AM | #51 |
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09-17-2015, 03:14 PM | #55 | |
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My part of the training got postponed until the next week. I was supposed to lead a panel, and nobody was willing to be on the panel because of the popacolypse. So we told the lady who organized the training, and she's going to reschedule our part. Finally, some sanity. If my firm is open, I'm staying home. If my firm is closed, I'm staying home. |
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09-17-2015, 03:41 PM | #56 |
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Movie rentals will prolly be through the roof the night before.
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09-22-2015, 01:42 PM | #57 |
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Watch the popepocalypse unfold in real time.
Open up google maps with traffic turned on centered on Andrews base just to the East of DC and pull up the map tracking his flight from Cuba. |
09-22-2015, 01:53 PM | #58 |
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Strange. His aircraft has just done a 360 north of Jacksonville at 39,000.
Perhaps they're running early, but it's a bit of an odd way to lose time. ETA More accurately it's a holding pattern (race track, not a 360) and on the third time around.
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09-22-2015, 01:56 PM | #59 | |
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Work e-mail I got a couple hours ago:
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This map is deceiving, because I think all those big fat green lines in the middle are actually closed empty streets. |
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09-22-2015, 02:02 PM | #60 | |
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"Sorry Air Italia 4001, this is restricted airspace. Don't you know that the pope is flying in? Hold until the pope has cleared the area." |
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