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  1. BREAK 1-9….”It was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
    In a Kenworth pullin’ logs
    Cab-over Pete with a reefer on
    And a Jimmy haulin’ hogs
    We is headin’ for bear on I-one-oh
    ‘Bout a mile outta Shaky Town
    I says, “Pig Pen, this here’s the Rubber Duck”
    “And I’m about to put the hammer down”!

        • No. I’m un-whatever.

          I love it. I love any historical machine.

          (It’s getting to the point where I have to like my old cassette player and dial-up phone, though.)

          It rocks. It’s a feast for the eyes! Applied Science! I hope you have it in your will to go to a museum, or a relative who cares about it — and won’t send it to the scrap yard.

          My only contribution to the world is that I bought an old 1950’s Geiger counter (with instructions) that needs a battery that I don’t think is made any more. Cool-looking gizmo, though.

          • Was donated to us by a student that picked it up at a flea market. We’re not a museum, but the students will definitely get to play with it.

            NACA was NASA before the space program existed… A little research of NACA’s past has me thinking this was probably used at Langley to test jet engines & such.

  2. We’ve all got our switches, lights, and knobs to deal with. I mean, down here there are literally hundreds and thousands of blinking, beeping, and flashing lights, blinking and beeping and flashing – they’re flashing and they’re beeping. I can’t stand it anymore! They’re blinking and beeping and flashing! Why doesn’t somebody pull the plug!

  3. “Calls coming in. Reminders from Frank. Excuses from Walrus on the headset. Complaints from interns on 8 1/2 x 11 paper, double-sided … More emails coming in. Late for suspender practice. Magnetometer on the fritz. Copenhagen calling. What the hell is ‘zzyzx’? Bills! Aaauuuggghhh!”

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