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Genuinely Nice Planet

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STATEdude3 said:
I was running through my regular Copenhagen news streams when I ran across this story. Thought you guys would enjoy it. Turns out the event on the bus was part marketing for transportation, and part good will.

Link should be in english--my apologize if it goes to the Danish version.

http://jp.dk/uknews/article2075504.ece
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Really nice and the fact that a lot of people were in on it doesn't diminish from the impact on the driver one bit. Hats off to our Danish friends.
 
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My parents live on a lake in central MN. Every 4th of July, lots of people on the lake decorate their pontoons/boats in red, white and blue, and have a water parade, following the shoreline around the entire lake. This year, we were about halfway around the lake, having fun, drinking a bit, listening to Lee Greenwood, and waving at the people on the shore watching us in the parade. We come up to this tiny cabin and here comes an old (I'm assuming retired) military guy, dressed in his fatigues, and he proceeds to march down to the end of his dock. We are all holding little flags, and we see him so we stand up and cheer and wave at him. He doesn't wave back, but stands on the end of the dock, snaps his heels together, and formally salutes our flags as we drive by.
Its hard to put the picture into words on here, but suffice it to say we had a pontoon full of people with tears in their eyes after that. What a perfect summation of what that holiday is truly about. Here was this veteran (no one we talked to from the neighborhood knew who he was) who had obviously heard about the parade, and he was going to participate in the way he most saw fit.
Whoever you are, Sir: Thank you for your service and for teaching a boat full of civilians what its really all about.
 
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johnnypohlfan said:
My parents live on a lake in central MN. Every 4th of July, lots of people on the lake decorate their pontoons/boats in red, white and blue, and have a water parade, following the shoreline around the entire lake. This year, we were about halfway around the lake, having fun, drinking a bit, listening to Lee Greenwood, and waving at the people on the shore watching us in the parade. We come up to this tiny cabin and here comes an old (I'm assuming retired) military guy, dressed in his fatigues, and he proceeds to march down to the end of his dock. We are all holding little flags, and we see him so we stand up and cheer and wave at him. He doesn't wave back, but stands on the end of the dock, snaps his heels together, and formally salutes our flags as we drive by.
Its hard to put the picture into words on here, but suffice it to say we had a pontoon full of people with tears in their eyes after that. What a perfect summation of what that holiday is truly about. Here was this veteran (no one we talked to from the neighborhood knew who he was) who had obviously heard about the parade, and he was going to participate in the way he most saw fit.
Whoever you are, Sir: Thank you for your service and for teaching a boat full of civilians what its really all about.
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Despite the sensationalism, over generalization and appeals to prejudice in our media, there is an unlimited amount of good in America and Americans. Occasionally we need to remind ourselves of this indisputable fact.
 
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That's twice you've tried to inject politics in. Just let it rest and enjoy the thread.
 
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Kepler said:
That's twice you've tried to inject politics in. Just let it rest and enjoy the thread.
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Only an azzhat would characterize my post as "injecting politics" into the thread. Why don't you take your striped shirt and whistle and blow them out your barracks bag, azzhat?

Just for the record, you pompous jerk, the media I was referring to include but are not limited to TMZ, the tabloids and other similar outlets.
 
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Old Pio said:
Only an azzhat would characterize my post as "injecting politics" into the thread.
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Well, you did say "there's good in America". You can't just say that. The correct phrase is, "there's good in the commonwealth of all humanity".
 
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Old Pio said:
Only an azzhat would characterize my post as "injecting politics" into the thread. Why don't you take your striped shirt and whistle and blow them out your barracks bag, azzhat?

Just for the record, you pompous jerk, the media I was referring to include but are not limited to TMZ, the tabloids and other similar outlets.
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You're something else. It's a genuinely nice planet thread, so we'll leave it at that. :p
 
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Kepler said:
You're something else. It's a genuinely nice planet thread, so we'll leave it at that. :p
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Why don't you climb down off the cross and explain how my post was political and not in keeping with the theme of this thread. Admittedly, saying something nice about America and Americans over the 4th of July weekend--in response to Johnny Pohlfan's post, is pretty controversial stuff. And while you're at it, why don't you reprint the memo announcing your appointment as referee in chief of what goes on around here?

Why don't we leave it like this--you jumped to an unwarranted conclusion about my post, issued some orders about what I should or shouldn't do and now you're posing as Ralph Bunche.
 
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Old Pio said:
Why don't you climb down off the cross and explain how my post was political and not in keeping with the theme of this thread. Admittedly, saying something nice about America and Americans over the 4th of July weekend--in response to Johnny Pohlfan's post, is pretty controversial stuff. And while you're at it, why don't you reprint the memo announcing your appointment as referee in chief of what goes on around here?

Why don't we leave it like this--you jumped to an unwarranted conclusion about my post, issued some orders about what I should or shouldn't do and now you're posing as Ralph Bunche.
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Please change your tampon.
 
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Military couple join the "mechanical mile-high club."

Air Force Capt. Christine McLean pilots a refueling plane and Navy Lt. Jeff McLean flies an F/A-18 Super Hornet.

{I}it wasn't until last week, on Jeff McLean's final and 40th flight on this deployment that he rendezvoused with the air refuelers over Pakistan and was happy to see it was his wife's plane.

Though it was dark and turbulent - difficult conditions for aerial refueling - Jeff McLean said it was one of the highlights of the deployment. Fighter planes must refuel a few times on each mission over Afghanistan.

"After she gave me about 10,000 pounds of fuel, I flew right up next to her cockpit. She turned on the lights and waved, and I could see her, but it's pretty dark in my jet, so I'm not sure that she ever saw me waving . . .  We were able to fly together all the way out of country and back over the Arabian Sea at 500 knots, then I had to head back and land on the ship and she headed back to her base. As we broke apart, I lit my afterburner, which hopefully looked pretty cool in the dark. It was an absolutely perfect flight."
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