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The only email address I saw on the page with the article is for the reporter who wrote the story. And newspaper websites typically want people to consider buying photos.

It's difficult to describe just how cool this video is... Definitely a wonderful blessing. Thank you Linda.

No, noise wasn't/isn't the problem. There are property tax issues that would bore people for me to go into here (and it's not pertinent to this discussion)... otherwise, it was an interesting addition to the neighborhood. My daughter (now 19) went to school, from Kindergarten through 5th grade at the school with the playground that pilots sometimes buzzed... yes, they have a flight school and several other businesses on the East side of the runway... and homeowners, some of whom have hangers attached to their homes, on the West side. And my understanding of the Payne Stewart incident is that when the cabin depressurized, the oxygen supply system didn't kick in... and everyone was dead within minutes (asphixiation) while the autopilot flew until it ran out of fuel.

I used to live less than a mile from one of those airports (Stellar Airpark, Chandler, AZ)... but noise isn't as much of a problem there... I used to live only a couple of blocks to the west (to the right of the area pictured) from here... click this link to read the captions where the pic is actually posted. well... it didn't like my pic URL so it wouldn't post... but you can see it if you click the link above... And Linda... that's why I mentioned about having something to block the noise... this pic was taken directly above a school... which arrogant pilots often buzzed... but that's a different issue altogether.

The 9th corps was in residence before 1980 and I believe I had heard it from Loy's mouth before 1980... but can't be sure.

One more reason for wusses like me to just NOT GET IN an airliner! I imagine if I lived next to a runway without something to block the noise, I'd go deaf pretty quickly! All in all, compared to other incidents in the NYC area with planes going down, THIS was amazingly NON-tragic. I'm very thankful for the outcome. I don't know how Sully can be honored enough, yet maintain his humanity without getting too big for his captain's hat.

No his dad worked for Phillips Petroleum Co. in Bartlesville, OK... and executive or accountant or something like that. I met his parents one year when they were out here for spring training baseball... that was also when Tony Phillips played for the Oakland A's. Loy's parents were nice people... not the driven nut bag that their son turned into.

What we got, about four weeks until pitchers and catchers report? btw, it hit 80 degrees at my house today! (not far from the Giants' spring training site)

Right on!

I doubt anyone's surprised that Rickey was elected on the first ballot... but how about Rice making it finally?

Honolulu? Did you get to visit with Roz or Lisa?

Don't like how we do it? Start one yourself and show us how it SHOULD be done. btw, s...001 we understand that you were in the WC... you ARE welcome to join (so you can bad mouth us/it for what it really is, not just for what you imagine it to be)... but you WILL have to use your real name. :)

Each reply thus far has had good, legitimate insight. I also have been through this kind of situation but not as a part of anyone's involvement with twi. I only married after I had left twi. A good attorney is critical. Contact your local bar association for info on who is certified in family law matters then see about getting at least one initial consultation... those consultations are generally low cost or free. Aside from a good attorney, THE most important thing you need is a good support system, emotional and otherwise. It can be family or close friends or coworkers... but it is THE most important thing you need. There are also social service agencies that can assist you in making any necessary transitions (like moving or obtaining work or child care, etc.) And as Hap said, do NOT post at GSC anything that will reveal, directly or indirectly, your real identity.

I'm wondering (but not necessarily needing any reply) why anyone here even cares about this?

This is the first I've seen this thread... and only thought to look here after chatting with another gs'er. I agree with all who have encouraged Pawtucket to do what's best for him. Another suggestion for having contact, like Tom Strange mentioned (quoted above), is to join facebook. I only joined it last week. I've found a couple dozen friends already... two I knew from my last year in high school and haven't had contact with in more than 35 years... Some I worked with and knew in Arizona politics but haven't had much contact with for the last couple of years... then also some people from TWI. It has built in chat and closed groups can be established easily. The only drawback is that you have to sign up with your real name... Anyway, that's a suggestion for people who want to stay connected.

We can only hope. <_< Youk-alip-tis?

In OTHER MLB news... the Big Unit signed with the Giants for $8 mil in his quest for 5 more victories.

No, it was showing... It WILL be good to see Tampa continue being a strong team in 2009.

I'll up that to 100 percent. John did graduate from the 6th corps.

One has to wonder if the Yankees are not destined to burn in hell. <_< Then they turn around and start selling tickets to the first games in the new stadium for a QUARTER. No, NOT a quarter of a million dollars... just $.25. Of course, that's just for the preseason exhibitions... I can tell you that the Dbacks are NOT doing for big free agent signings or big name trades... and they are selling a holiday ticket package for 7 games in 2009 for $49/seat. (that's $7/game/seat). They're in the upper deck, but not bad seats, not too high up... I got some... so, I'll be going to more games then last year (only went to one game in 2008).

IF the therapist is licensed.

It's been a VERY long time, but I vaguely remember a place called CHUD's in Fremont, OH... might have been a restaurant/tavern, might have been a grocery/convenience type store... (I spent a year in that town about 27 years ago...) it's probably (or might) not associated with you or anyone related to you, Michael... but it's just one of those things that I remembered... sort of. I did a google search and got nothing. I checked an online phone bood and got nothing (for a business called Chud's)... but I looked in a white pages director for Fremont and there are several Chudzinskis listed in Fremont... so I doubt it was just my imagination. Anyway, Michael, welcome and pardon my ramblings...

I can agree with much of what you recall about Hayes... though I had no idea about Wierwille having chewed him out for anything... which I don't really care about anyway. I was the target of a couple of Wierwille's rantings while doing A/V at Emporia... However, I do recall getting the impression that Hayes had some special insight on politics in general and the conspiracy things in particular. I specifically recall him speaking as if he knew that the US was being taken over by the CFR and Trilateral Commission by instituting a new branch of government that would not be accountable to the checks and balances of either the legislative or judicial branch. That new "branch" was "administrative" rather than the "executive" branch of government. Years later, I worked as an accountant for a state government agency and after that for a newspaper that covers all of the state government, but the legislature in detail and provides a lot of routine information (rather than "news" stories) about the so called administrative branch. What I learned from that experience is that Hayes didn't have a clue. What he called the administrative branch is really just a part of executive branch agencies (in both state and federal level governments). Executive branch agencies exercise what is called "rule making." Rule making is subject to public disclosure and a process that depends on a somewhat extended time frame to allow for scrutiny. And there ARE people in news and advocacy organizations that monitor rule making proposals and raise awareness when an agency tries to do things that might be questionable. It's not a perfect process, but it's still subject to public accountability to a degree. So, I believe Hayes is probably harmless, as Socks said, for the most part, and likely does/will appeal to the same crowd that liked Caribou Barbie.