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Early on in Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver," we drop into a campaign office, overhearing a conversation between two worker bees played by Cybil Shephard and Albert Brooks. She's listing their candidate's many positive traits - his programs, his dedication to the community: "And I did not forget sexy." "Listen to what you're saying," Brooks retorts. "You're selling mouthwash." "We are selling mouthwash," she quips, knowingly. She (and Scorsese) knows that elections are more about sales pitches than actual politics; more about image than actuality. "No" is a film about a guy who realizes the same thing.
The year is 1988, and Chilean dictator General Pinochet can feel his time running out. Having seized control of the country through an American-supported coup 15 years prior; he's seen international pressure for a shift towards democracy grow exponentially since. His cabinet comes up with a plan: a run-off election, with citizens voting on whether he will retain control for 8 more years - YES - or give up his seat to a democratically elected official less than a year later - NO. He can't lose, they figure. The people wouldn't dare, they figure.
So for 27 days, each 'side' gets 15 television minutes to plead their case. And it's the first chance at free speech the anti-Pinochet community has ever had. To them, their loss is a given; and the opportunity to speak still a gift. They see in their 15 minutes a chance to make the silenced heard, to make the disappeared visible, to mourn for those murdered. The first YES promotional video is pseudo-Riefenstahl level propaganda stuff: glowing fields, political hymns, outsized hero worship. The first NO video we see are all statistics, facts, depictions of tragedies. Their side is showing the truth. And that's why they'd never win.
Enter the ruggedly handsome Rene (Gael Garcia Bernal), always looking winsome but wounded, a byproduct of a fallen-apart marriage (his ex-wife, much more of a political dissident than he), gives the film its only unnecessary subplot. Most of "No," which is shot on era-appropriate videotape complete with blurring colors by director Pablo Larrain, feels like a Costa-Gavres level procedural. But when it ducks into Rene's melodramatic home life, it feels more like "Argo.")
Anyway, our first sight of him comes when he's selling a boardroom on a recently completed project. This video shows Chile in the proper "social context," he promises. This video is the future, he promises. Then he shows them a soda commercial.
While his boss at the ad agency takes work for the YES campaign, Rene ends up with NO. The shallow fact of the matter is, their product is no fun. "This is a drag," he bitches, pouting like a child. But he sees something that the others don't. He doesn't think truth is the way to win this war. No, he sees a world where political candidates are sold like soda bottles; where advertisements for campaigns are as transparently artificial as an ad for a snack; where a catchy jingle set to 'Blue Danube' is more valuable than an eloquent speech from a respected public figure. In other words, he sees the future of political dialogue.
He's not even cynical, just realistic: he understands the real way we consume political content is out of the corner of our eye, while making a grilled cheese sandwich or something. So he denies it, but his approach is much more 'We Are the World' and MTV than it is C-SPAN. Many men are willing to tell him that what he's doing is despicable, and on a certain level, he seems to know it. But he's also fighting for the greater good.
Look at the way much of our (white) lower class still votes conservative, spurning their own interests so they can support some half-witted sense of being a 'real American.' (It doesn't matter if they're voting Republican because of the race war Fox News keeps warning them about, or because they want to keep their assault rifles, or because they want to make sure women aren't allowed to have control of their own bodies - the point stands all the same.) Conveniently aestheticized fiction is always more seductive than the truth, and when it comes to politics we always seem to fall for it (the majority of us, at least.) Rene was smart enough to realize that.
His music video and sketch-comedy influence NO campaign galvanizes the youth. It scares the regime enough that they try to respond with similar programming, making them look even worse. It finally gets people, who were previously so afraid of reprisals and so apathetic towards the future, to fight for NO. He understands what the average person wants. He takes serious commentary out of the election, replacing them with buzzwords and trashy commercials instead. He takes the politics out of politics. We've been following his example ever since.
Make no mistake; there's an inclusive, almost sports-movie-esque construction to the whole thing. But just below the surface lies something much more sinister. There's a moment, early in this film, where one activist gets a look at Rene's proposed videos. "This looks like a Coca-Cola commercial," he whines, and he goes on a tirade about the atrocities of the current regime, their moral responsibility of using their television time substantially, and his out-and-out disgust towards the entire production. Rene knows this is exactly what the average voter doesn't want to hear - and he's right. The disgusted man leaves, thinking he's distancing himself from a PR campaign that will lead to Chile's downfall. He was actually distancing himself from an entirely different downfall: that of political discourse.
InfoRuntime :: 116 mins
Release Date :: Feb 08, 2013
Language :: Spanish
Country :: Chile


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Hall of Fame Rings Right for Mike Babcock
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Friday night, in his hometown of York, Neb., three words were added to Mike Babcock's bio, but I would bet my last dollar that he'd be the last person to use them. "Hall of Fame" are the three words that ring right when connected with Babcock, but Nebraska's No. 1 football historian would rather write about athletes who have achieved that status than consider himself worthy. Friday night, however, he had no choice. Babcock was one of two natives inducted into the 2013 York High School Hall of Fame. They were presented at halftime of the York-Schuyler prep football game, then went to the York Country Club, so the public could greet and congratulate both new luminaries. I could only imagine how self-deprecating Mike was joining the York Hall of Famer at the same time as Robin Ann (Waller) Abrams, who now serves as CEO of an Accenture division connecting to eBay.
Even though you could take to the bank that Babcock elevated his corporate executive fellow Hall of Famer beyond himself, there's no way he would trade places with her, or anyone else. My good friend and former colleague at the Lincoln Journal Star has told me often that if he could do anything he wanted, it would be what he's done and is still doing, writing about sports in general and Nebraska in particular. "And if I could live anywhere I wanted in the world," he said, "it would be right here in southeast Nebraska." Friday morning, Babcock talked to York College students, then addressed a Rotary Luncheon. He still considers York "home" and still writes a column for the York News Times in his own meticulous, story telling style.
Lifetime Achievement Award Candidate
This may be the first Hall of Fame honor bestowed on Mike Babcock, but it shouldn't be the last time he's honored for extraordinary work over decades. Mike is a potential lifetime achievement award winner somewhere, sometime, someday. To prove my point I asked many of those who know Mike well to help me describe why he's in a league of his own in a state that has the best record in college football over the last 50 years and is also the only school to sell out every game during that time. Every piece of input I received was on target, but Sam McKewon, perhaps, struck the most poignant chord.
The Omaha World-Herald columnist described Babcock as a gentle, courtly, cultured, thoughtful, consummate professional. "Mike Babcock," McKeown said, "lives with grace and humility. When so many writers and artists feel the compulsion to build a narrative around themselves — what they've done, what their vision is, what significance their work has conveyed — Mike is a rare man who invests more in the lives and narratives of others. It's one of the great challenges of life, especially postmodern life, to regard others more highly than oneself, but Mike does that. He's a giving man – of his time, of his memory, of his writing gift, of all the film and music books he's given to me, often on a day when I've just finished the one he gave me a few weeks before.
Poignant Story Says It All About Babcock
"Not long ago, I left one of those books in the back of my car, and my 5-year-old daughter, Mary, picked it up and started thumbing through it," McKeown related, adding that his daughter couldn't read the book, but liked a picture in it, so she asked him where it came from.
"A friend," McKewon said. "Which friend?" she asked. "A friend who writes about football."
"Does he like it?"
"Yeah. And you know what?"
"He knows more about the Huskers than anybody."
McKewon gives his take on that well documented fact. "Mike is one of the few true stewards of Nebraska culture and Nebraska football," he said. "He wears the role lightly without taking it lightly. We all could be this kind of man. But there's just one Mike."
McKewon, of course, nailed it and has a small army to back him up. Check what others have to say about Mike Babcock on a day when he simply could not do what he loves to do most – hide in the shadows cast by everyone around him.
Tom Osborne, Nebraska Athletic Director Emeritus: Two things have always struck me about Mike. First, he's probably as knowledgeable about the history of Nebraska Athletics and Nebraska football as anybody. I know he's covered it in great detail for a long time. Secondly, I've always felt like Mike is somebody who's fair. He's not the kind of guy who's trying to make a name for himself by being controversial or by making rash statements. If he writes something, it's going to be accurate and it's going to be fair. For those two reasons, he's certainly exceptional.
Keith Mann, Nebraska Assistant Athletic Director-Media Relations: Mike is very professional, and his knowledge as a historian of Nebraska football is unmatched. He's a resource we use whenever we research anything that's historical. He has complete respect from everyone who's been on the Nebraska beat at the same time he was. I can't imagine too many people who didn't enjoy working with Mike or alongside him, even if they represented a competing paper. I would think he's also universally respected by the people he's covered, including the coaches and their staffs. He's so humble and so modest and doesn't want the credit for whatever he does to help you.
Shamus McKnight, Nebraska Associate Media Relations Director: Mike is truly one of the great people in the media profession. Not only does he have an encyclopedic knowledge of Nebraska's athletic history, but has the respect of both athletes and his peers in the media. The best thing about Mike is as good and as professional a journalist as he is, he is truly a better person. He is someone who is willing to offer his wisdom and knowledge to anyone who asks.
Jeff Griesch, Nebraska Media Relations Director of Operations: Mike is a walking encyclopedia of Nebraska athletics – not just football. His passion for the sports he covers comes through in not only the way he relates the story to his readers, but the respect with which he treats the coaches and student-athletes he covers. His knowledge comes through in the way he is able to describe strengths without making them seem superhuman, and explain weaknesses without crossing the line to unnecessary criticism or unprofessional name-calling. Mike is more than just a professional sportswriter; he is a Hall of Famer in his profession.
Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star: It's one thing to know your stuff – and Mike does. But it's obvious through his writing and reporting that Mike has always told stories with great care and appreciation for the subject. I consider Mike the foremost authority on Nebraska and Cornhuskers' history and have thoroughly enjoyed his books and writing from his columnist days at the Journal Star on through his magazine days. Mike is the consummate pro, and he's truly deserving of Hall-of-Fame recognition.
Eric Olson, Associated Press: I've never heard anyone say a bad word about Mike Babcock. He's a fountain of history. That's what makes him stand out among the media corps here. He's a published author on so many books about the Nebraska football program. If you're a reporter who wants to ask a question or needs to get some perspective or context, even if it happened 50 years ago, Mike's the first guy you call. He doesn't need to look it up. He knows the answer. It's in his head. He's just an incredible resource and not just because of what he's done as a journalist. I would say he's chronicled the history of the program from a university standpoint. He's valuable. It's not often that you have people around who know so much and know so many details about a program like Mike does. He's really invested himself in Nebraska football and not just in books. It's a passion for him. It's his trademark. He stands out among everybody because of his deep, deep knowledge of the subject.
Tom Shatel, Omaha World-Herald: Fair. Thoughtful. Humorous. Story teller. Historian. These are traits we don't get nearly enough of in today's world of instant drama and hate. These are traits that best describe the gem that is Mike Babcock. He's been a rock for Husker watchers and young Nebraska journalists for decades. Babcock is a writer who is also a resource, a historian who can tell you what Bob Devaney said in 1969 and what Jerry Garcia was wearing at the Grateful Dead concert the same week. Both are resources we should never take for granted.
Steve Sipple, Lincoln Journal Star: There is no sportswriter on the planet who's had a bigger impact on me professionally than Mike Babcock, and that goes all the way back to my Columbus High School days. I read the Journal Star religiously, and I read Babcock religiously. I even tried to pattern my writing after Mike. I failed miserably, but I tried. He's the definition of the word gentleman, and we all benefit from following him. He's even-tempered, even-keeled and never shrill. He could always get his point across without rushing to judgment. He's a flawless writer because he was an English major. When you read what he writes, you can tell it's important to him. He's really careful with his language and in this day and age, you don't see much of that. Mike treats language like fine china. I've always tried to emulate that, but it's very, very hard to do.
Steve Sinclair, Omaha World-Herald Sports Editor (Retired): I first met Mike when we were competitors covering Nebraska football for different newspapers. It was obvious then, and remains true today, that he is a true professional. His knowledge of Nebraska sports is unsurpassed. His ability to work with players and coaches and tell their stories is an art he mastered. And he has always done it with fairness that is not always practiced in our world today. Mike is someone I will always admire and is definitely a worthy Hall of Famer.
Brian Christopherson, Lincoln Journal Star: I look at Mike as the authority when it comes to Husker history. He's the guy we always go to with questions about stuff that happened 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 60 years ago. Actually, he can take you all the way back to Cy Sherman (the Lincoln Journal sports editor who coined the term Cornhuskers in 1899 because he hated seeing Nebraska football teams called Bugeaters and Rattlesnake Boys). When you have a question, Mike usually knows the answer. I don't think anyone is more versed in history, whether it's something about a certain game, the kind of uniform the team wore or anything like that. Mike's the man with the answers. The fact that he's been doing it this long is a credit to him. He's had a lot of trust with people in Nebraska Athletics, and that's a respect factor he's gained through time and through accurate reporting.
Dennis Dodd, CBSSports.com: I can't think of a greater gentleman or greater chronicler of Nebraska sports over the years. Mike's broad body of work is to be admired. He is a credit to his profession.
And, I might add, a true Hall of Famer in every sense of those three words.
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The daughter of Liburn Lee and Roma Cleo (Wellbaum) Ledford, Lillian was born on May 15, 1919 in Greentop, MO. On September 13, 1939 in Kirksville she was united in marriage to Oliver Wellington Lewellen and he preceded her in death on December 1, 1982. Also Preceding was her parents; son, Royce Lewellen; and step-son, Ivan Lewellen.
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Luxembourg referred to Court of Justice over registration certificates
The European Commission has decided to refer Luxembourg to the Court of Justice for failure to transpose European legislation on the introduction of a harmonised registration certificate into national law. This legislation helps improve road safety by making it possible to check that drivers are only driving categories of vehicle they are authorised to drive. The harmonisation of registration certificates will also improve the working of the internal market in road transport.
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I know there are quite a few old plane enthusiasts here, so some may find this story interesting.
http://www.npr.org/2013/01/21/169621797/in-myanmar-a-hunt-for-fabled-cache-of-bu ried-wwii-spitfires
Did they find anything?
There were reports of buried WW2 gear in Australia as well.
Manuel in Oz
everybody is reporting that there are no buried spitfires, but the dig was stopped because they hit powerlines. but they had discovered several large crates buried that were the proper size for a spitfire, but they couldnt retrieve them because of mud.
so whats the truth?
Reminds me of the fabled 'new in crates WW2 Jeeps' buried somewhere or the 'new wrapped in wax paper candlestick telephones buried under the driveway of xyz telephone exchange'.
Funny thing is no one ever tries to dig them up!
I also recall there was a car deliberately buried in a concrete bunker in 1957 (a finned car of the time),or thereabouts, as a time capsule experiment. It was retrieved a couple of years ago. It was in pretty poor condition with severe rust and rotted tyres - no idea if they tried to start it.
That was the famous 1957 Plymouth Belvedere rust bucket from a Tulsa time capsule.
http://bangshift.com/blog/rustbucket-tulsa-plymouth-currently-resides-in-jersey. html
NPR did a story on the planes today. Sounds like they don't have anything to show for their efforts so far.
The '57 Plymouth suffered from a broken seal on the big metal box they used for a time capsule & it flooded. Car Craft magazine did a big story on it. I think Codington took on the project to restore it but I lost track of where it is now.
This is a follow up on the Spitfires in Burma. Regards, John
.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/aviation/9811196/Search-for-lost-Spitfires-ends- in-failure-for-treasure-hunters.html
These sort of myths have been around for a while. I grew up near Debert, which during WWII was the largest base in Canada, and the last stop for all soldiers from Canada before heading overseas. I have been hearing these things since I was a child, like new jeeps store in undergound bunkers, etc. The only evidence of old jeeps I have found is in a local lake, where jeeps were unceremoniously dumped after the war to dispose of them
How about the 1950's rumor in New England about 3 Moons on Moon Hill?
Some T fellows followed it up and found 3 Moons and an Auburn in a barn on Moon Hill.
It seems that a guy invested a bunch of money in the Moon Motor Car Company and when it went bust they gave him the cars.
He was so upset he put them in his barn and refused to look at them until the T fellows showed up
It was helpful that they were driving a T.
After talking for awhile he offered to show them the cars.
I remember meeting the guy when they brought him to a Bridgewater Mass club meet in one of the Moons in the late 50's.
Freeman Field an Army Air Force base near Seymour, IN was used to evaluate German and Japanese aircraft during WW2. After the war both ircraft and tons of spare parts were buried. Digs in the last few years have revealed many aircraft parts and the tail of an FW109. Unfortunately many are believed to be buried under the concrete flooring of some large warehouses so no access,
The same thing happened in Australia Rob.
Apparently they took a lot of new stuff a few miles off shore and just threw it all over board.
From ammo to bikes to jeeps. It was all just dumped.
Manuel in Oz
A shame on both accounts - the 58 Plymouth and the Spitfires. I was really hoping they would find those planes purely from an armchair historical perspective.
And that 58 Plymouth...argh! One of my cars of choice for many years (Since I saw Road Warrior in high school) has been the 58 DeSoto or Plymouth. But when I find the right one to buy, it'll have a bit less rust....
I was amazed how rusty it was. Obviously not sealed tight enough?
Manuel in Oz
Donald: Freeman Field was where my Father went to take Helicopter training in WW2. He was in the first class of Instructor pilots the Army trained. Any news of old R4 or R6 parts there? Thanks, Dan
Apparently Nissan ( during the late 70's and early 80's ) did the same with rally cars/ parts, brought in to Australia, cost to much to ship the parts and cars back as they couldn't be kept or sold here.
That coast between Melbourne and Sydney and Brisbane ( if you believe all of the US after war dumpings to make way for returning home soldiers and all of the other cases of cost over use ) must be littered with heaps of really cool stuff... OR NOT !
Iv got a feeling that even if they do find these planes that the bulldozer that was more than likley used to the job compacted anything usable. Im sure there wasnt much care given to the job of putting things underground
I was a combat engineer back in the day of my service in the mid 70's. I know anything we were told to put underground it was done without any care as to what it was, We would dig the hole and then compact it (crush) with are dozers what ever filled the hole to make space for what ever was next
My dad told stories, about when, he was operating a dozer while they were building Bunker Hill Air Force base in Indiana. They told a construction company to move a big tool shed and the co. didn't. He was told to level it and bury it, which he did.
Sometimes what is dumped comes back to bite the next generation.. The fishermen in the baltic sea isn't very happy about the Soviets who dumped all the german mustard gas into the comparably shallow sea after WW2. The grenades rust to pieces, but the mustard gas stays at the bottom and clings to nets..
Hi Manual and David.
First off they have not given up as they have moved to the next location due to the cables but they were told it was the wrong spot in the first place but there are new players on the block, there is a dig team from Israel now in Burma digging to find them first.
If you would like to read some more accurate accounts then go to this site as the news/press never lets the truth stand in the way of a good story. http://www.warhistoryonline.com/
As some say these stories are a bunch of fables but there are many cases that are true. My fathers last job in Darwin in 1945 was to dump lots of equipment into fanny bay before being shipped out and while I was working in the Territory there was two jeeps pulled from the water in soggy wrapping and once landed they were sized and taken away with many comments on the news radio. There were lots of planes dropped off Sydney heads in 1946 and if you check the Sydney Morning Herald you can find stories of the plane remains coming up in fishing nets.
While I was working in North Queensland there were a number of planes (Bellair Cobras) retrieved from the Atherton Table lands were they had been left, the only problem was that the Royal Australian Air Force sent a team up to remove the live ammo and they blew the fronts off some of the planes, the motors were behind the cabin so they did not get touched. There was also a group flying between the coast and the Gulf in helicopters looking for a Air Field that was reclaimed by the jungle and they came out with a Kitty Hawk and a C47/DC3. There were two very memorable arms dump stories that were said to be buried in NSW which was treated as a fable till after a lot of hand guns and auto weapons started to turn up the Military started to take notice and efforts then happened to clear them out. The most easiest one to find was at a area near Parkes NSW by checking the tree growth from the air and the bunkers could be seen by a patch of small trees caused by a solid area under them and surrounded by a square area of tall trees and the other large one was near the Queensland border. I have been on one dig at Williams town New South Wales with planes coming out of the sand dunes till some clown dug up a bomb and the RAAF shut it down with the finial number of planes unknown.
In western NSW there was a lot of gear buried and one more that took my eye was a farmer who sells WLA Harley Davidson's and Indians still in the wrapping when he needs cash that just popped up in his paddock but you have to be in the know for his details. I can give you more sites but it will just take up space so I will stop at this as I have been on digs in England in Surry and France in the First world war areas and two in North Queensland and near Darwin so I do not dismiss it as a load of rot or fair tails... Ray
Regarding the Plymouth: it was featured in an American Hot Rod episode. Boyd Cottington was involved. The improperly sealed chamber filled with water. The car's junk. Ever see the documentary about the crashed B-29 on the ice? A team works months to get it air worthy only to have an auxiliary generator tip over during a taxi run and burns it to the ground.
Slightly less OT. This brings to mind the old wives tale about a Model T supposedly buried in a neighbor's back yard in Brooklyn. During an extended dry spell back in the 60's wells had a resurgence and 2 attempts at driving a pipe down in this guy's back yard resulted in hitting something about 6/8 feet down. Tried one spot hit whatever, moved over a couple of feet and tried again with the same result. Don't know. Just sayin'.
Actually, there are stories that a lot of the WW2 USA equipment was not taken out to sea and dumped overboard.
Dig deep enough and you will discover that Chiang Kai-shek was at all the other war conferences with the other Allied big-boys, he just didn't get a podium seat most of the time.
There has always been a story (rumor/wives tale/lore) that the reason Chiang was not often at the podium is that he was doing the back-room politics thing assuring everyone else that he and not Mao would emerge as the true leader of China. (The China civil war started in the 30's and was suspended by agreement during the war)
The story goes that he pleaded that he could use influence control of new Asia as the Indo-Chinese countries were liberated and the Korean Peninsula was liberated. But he needed money and supplies to make that happen. Of course the Russians balked, but the rest apparently said 'Hmmmm'.
The supposed deal was that that eventual surplus was to be given to Chiang to split with a part of it going to Korea thru Chiang...part of it to a place called Vietnam thru Chiang and the 'depot' would be this island called Formosa! This way the Russians would be boxed in and USA was going to do martial law in Japan anyway. Those ships that went out to sea 'supposedly' tied up at Formosa and dropped their loads.
After WW2, Chiang couldn't unite China and Mao ran him off in almost no time at all. He went to Formosa then renamed Taiwan and was the west's best friend for decades in the area.
Don't know how true the WW2 surplus story really is...could be fact or could be fiction...but FWIW thought to share.
Lots of ammo' dumped off the coast and they blew it up because it was getting caught in nets. There was rumors of some buried jeeps for a long time now and someone said he found them but he is not telling me where.
I had a boss who was on a cargo ship that was heading for the jap islands when the A bombs went off. They were told to turn around & come home, but come home empty. They pushed dozens of jeeps, trailers, dodge ammo trucks, & assorted other vehicles over the side without thinking a thing about it.
Waste is something our goverment has been well practiced at for decades.
Americans did without so much during the war,for alot of it to be wasted.
In the early 70's rt.150 was being built in Chesterfield co VA. when they started digging at Rt 1 Jeff Davis hwy. They dug up a Civil War bunker full of live shells,it took 2 dump truck loads to haul them away!
Hey Charlie, a year or two ago, someone here posted an old (early 60s maybe) newspaper article with the pic of a Model T being dug up out of someone's yard....other than that I can't recall any details.
Don't forget about the Model T pick up trucks still in the shipping crates sitting in the old gold mine in Alaska. That story was around a few years ago.
Years ago I showed up at Skull Cap Bridge in Shelbyville Tennessee after reading the account of Wheeler playing rear guard for Bragg's withdrawal and blocking the bridge with two 12 pounders and their being pushed off the bridge during the ensuing pursuit. What made it most interesting was that he actually held it for Forrest...probably the only time in the war the two actually cooperated with one another.
Thinking I was the first EVER person to figure this out I went and found where the original bridge was behind a house.
I knocked on the door and asked the lady if I could go down to the river through her yard. She looked at me and said "Are you here looking for those silly cannons?" (sic)
Turns out I was like number 400 to have shown up since she had been living there. Apparently they were pulled out during WWI or II for melt.
That story about the model T buried in the yard. I believe it's this:
"In 1966, a group of enthusiasts dug up a 1911 Model T that had been buried, upside down, by a Detroit man in 1926 to "preserve its lines" for posterity. It's now in the Detroit Historical Museum.. - OTHER INFO: 1911 Model T Ford buried in backyard by Perry Andrews because son-in-law William Morris wanted to modify car.
However, no matter what the museum says....how can that possibly be the same car as shown in the before and after shots......I ain't buyin' it..
One of my uncles owned a farm that had a large spring near the house and outbuildings. In the late 30s he decided to build a small earthen dam to create a large pond by the house. He told me that they pulled in several old vehicles to act as ballast to hold the fill in place. One was a T car; another a T truck. He showed me the rough location and let me dig on the back side of the dam. (this is 30 some years later). I did locate a front fender and a smashed carbide headlight. Turns out it was a 1914 T. The parts were extremely corroded through and useless. I didn't dig any farther so as to not disturb the dam. This was my first found T part and sparked my interest in T's from then on. So, cars did get buried for various reasons. Over the years I have dug up many parts that were half buried and found the worst corrosion right at the ground line or below (most were unusable). The combination of air oxygen and moisture at that point severely corrodes the metal. I'm sure there is T treasure buried but it's fool's gold. Now if a vehicle is in deep enough cold water that is a different story. Not enough oxygen to attack the metal. Sunken cars have been recovered in almost perfect shape in those conditions.
Sure hope they find some Spitfires in restorable condition but sounds like a long shot.
Great reading ....
As to the Ocean Ordinance: When re-plemishing beaches here in N.J. an ordinance specialist is on site because they pull up shells and grenades quite regularly. The screens on the dredge's are quite large and a lot gets through. Nothing's ever gone off but the stuff's live.
There should be a Graybeard or two on here that can relate to this. At the end of WW 2 in the ETO, the AF took Ground crewmen and others on low and slow observation flights over the recent areas of combat, the idea was to let them see what their efforts had done to bring about Wars end. You could easily see on these flights literally thousands of aircraft, fighters to bombers, parked on every available airstrip. Almost immediately, our government, in all its wisdom, began the destruction of these aircraft. The local German's, ex Wehrmacht, were hired, given an axe, and told to go to work. You can imagine the grins when they were chopping away, that they could do what their Luftwaffe was unable to do. I personally never knew of anything ever being buried with the idea of retrieval, quite the opposite, deep six it, run over it with a dozer, burn it, whatever. Same thing going on now in Arizona, worth the trip out there to see your tax dollars at work.
I was stationed at an IBM installation in southwest Germany for 16 months, 1958/59. When they discovered a hand grenade in our arms room just before an IG inspection they got a couple of guys to get rid of it. They threw it into a nearby deep small lake. I have often wondered if that grenade is still there. I still have friends in that area and have passed by that lake many times.
I know a spot in the UP of Michigan that served as the dump for a small lumbering town. Many T parts are still visible, mostly unuseable.I have a brass door handle from there, that is being used as a door handle in my sauna. It is a deep ravine, and shaded very well. it is amazing how some of the parts have survived this long. I have pulled up a good '32 Ford front fender, a couple T frames, and some running boards. People used to just push the junk over the edge. Many hundreds of glass bottles, too. I spent most of a day digging a T frame out, to find that it had been repaired with plates, and held together with square headed bolts and nuts.
In 1952 or 53 I was stationed on Guam on a TDY
for 3 month. Just outside of the base was a dump that could be seen from the road that had
tanks, aircraft,truck and landing craft( all in different stages of destruction, mostly from the war ) that had been put in there, it was about 50 acres or more. I wasen't interested in that kind of thing then only about 17 or 18 but it was for all to see. There were also caves in the cliffs over the beaches where we went swimming and parts of the jungle that were off limits to all personal. I believe that all of this was salvaged by the asian countries. I also remember my dad in the 39 and 40 when we would go to watch the San Francisco Seals baseball team play in Keszar (SP)
stadium seeing all the scrap metal being shipped to Japan that it would all come back at us some day.
Just things that you recall from the past in your old age.
After the reunification of Germany, three ex-USAF pilots discovered an underground Nazi fighter plane factory, partially bombed-out, but with 3 new Me.262 jet fighter planes still intact from WWII.
With help, they spirit them out of Germany and fly them to a WWII airfield in England.
You can read all about it in The Golden Scimitar, available at barnesandnoble.com and amazon.com. Great story!
I belong to an organization called AWON. Basically it is a war orphans network. It has stories in its news pamphlets that often are amazing. One such story was told by a lady whose dad was a US pilot over France when it was still occupied. She never knew her dad since he was MIA a month before she was born and he was never found. Seeking closer even near the end of her own life she went to France to visit the small town where it was reported that his plane went down but because it was an occupied town when it went down, no rescue was possible then and no trace of him was found later. While she was visiting the town and searching for anything she could find, she met several surviving townspeople who were sure that no US plane was lost anywhere near their town and the only plane lost nearby was at a town some 15 miles away. She returned to the US and reported her info to the Quartermaster and to their credit the agency said they would look into her new info since her dad was still officially MIA and presumed KIA. A soldier was dispatched to the "nearby" town as mentioned and the day the QM soldier arrived it was pouring down rain and he was stuck at the hotel. He decided to stay at the hotel and have lunch at the pub attached to the hotel since it was the only place in town for a sandwich. He was asked by the head waiter what brought him to their town from the USA and the soldier explained he was investigating a WW2 downed aircraft and missing flyer. He also asked the head waiter if there was anyone who might know about a downed plane in their town in WW2. The man was astonished and replied
"As a boy during that time I delivered papers and I heard that their was a US plane downed at the edge of town. My father and some towns folk pulled the dead pilot out and buried him in a field behind another house in town. The towns people prayed for him and put up a marker that only they would know what it was. The German soldiers came and took away the plane remnants and interviewed everyone as to what happened to the pilot but because it happened early in the morning, nobody actually knew what happened. We took the marker down since we were afraid that the Germans would shoot anyone who had helped the American - even just burying him was illegal". Then the man told the QM soldier "I know where the flyer is buried!!"
He took the QM soldier to the spot and the end of the story is that the lady has her dad back home now and he was buried with full military honors and this was within the last 10- years as I recall it. I can tell you this that for those left at home it is hard to have peace until you have all the pieces.
The Burma Spitfires. Where there is smoke, there is fire. I smell smoke!
For now, we'll just have to satisfy ourselves with what we've got - here are photos we took of two Mk9 Spitfires at an air show in New Zealand last weekend, where the Mosquito was flying!
Is it possible to rescue a WWII fighter from a corrosive environment and return it to flight?
Apparently, it is:
For Charlie B....
that's ORDNANCE.
An Ordinance is something to tell you that you have to have a muffler on your T.
Col, US Army, Ordnance Corps (RET)
Kinda close to this discussion -- About 6 months ago I learned about the Collings Foundation with headquarters in Stow Mass and an aircraft operations base in Huston Texas.
They have a large collection of WW2 and Vietnam era military aircraft that are still flying and a bunch of vehicles from the early 1900's thru 1995 that include a Model T, race cars, and classics.
They run two sets of touring aircraft that include the Wings of Freedom tour and the Vietnam Memorial Flight.
Their web site is currently blocked in China so I can't give you the link but you really need to do a search and see what these guys are doing.
Try a search on the Collings foundation they will get your juices flowing .
I love those pictures. In addition to the neat planes, they also show that part of New Zealand looks remarkably like part of California.
This German fw109 was found outside Leningrad in the forest a few years back.
And this one in the Egyptian desert.
If the Spitfire has a ceiling of 40,000 ft and a top speed about 750 km/p hour, how may radiators would it have to keep the engine cool when on the ground ???
Hi David, I believe there are two on the later ones but the early ones had a different system of evaporation cooling and pure glycol, the later models also had cover flaps for use on dusty or desert air field. I had a look at one in Tamworth belonging to the Late Col Page and that Merlin engine was fantastic.
About 20 years ago they dug a plane out of the Greenland ice cap, IIRC it was a P-38, down about 200 feet. There was 5 or 6 of them but they only rescued one of them. The planes were being ferried to Britian and ran out of fuel due to weather and other dificulties.
Anybody know what happened to it?
The original story of the landing is in a book called "War Below Zero" (1944)
Found a link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Girl
Several years ago, I stopped at the big army surplus yard in Ogden, Utah, I was sitting in the back office talking to the fellow in charge of the surplus part of the business. He commented that people still come in insisting that they had WWII jeeps new in the crate. I snorted when he said that, and he asked why. I told him that a few years earlier, I have been on my way south to go 4 wheeling in the southern Utah desert with my 1942 GPW and we had stopped at the surplus store for provisions (they also sell everything else there). People quickly gathered to ask where I got the jeep, and how much I paid for it. I told the honestly that I had pad $300 for it, but did not tell them that I bought in the 1970s. I then told them that I bought it at the surplus store, and that they still had some in the back, but you had to talk to the right person, as not everyone knew where they were. I got a chewing out for that prank, but we are still friends. One of these days, I am going to take the T ambulance down there and drive in the back gate and out the front with a SOLD sign on the car just to wind them up again.
PS The New in the crate jeeps myth was boosted in the mid 70s, by a swindler who was going around the western US with a truck load (10) of jeeps, selling lots of 10 for $350 per unit. He would then give the buyer a receipt and instruct them to take it to their nearest army base to collect their jeeps. He was long gone by the time buyers found out that the army did not know anything about the deal.
A friend of mine came up with a rough Bantam Jeep and I found a fellow in California that bought it from him.It is strange what you can find sometimes.
I only wish I could take part in the recovery and restoration of something like this but I know so little about airplanes I would just be in the way.
But now if ye dug a jeep out of the ground still greasy,I could probably get that running! Hint hint!
Find me 1! :>)
Where is this lake at with them in it?
anybody want a p-38? or a b-17? theres 7 more of them under the ice in greenland, they already got one.
Interesting. Wiki describes it as a "fighter" plane. I always associated that term more with smaller, faster and more aerodynamic military planes. This looks more like a bomber.
Great follow up to the story though. I remember the excitement when they brought it out at the time.
from wiki:
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Named "fork-tailed devil" (der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese,[5] the P-38 was used in a number of roles, including dive bombing, level bombing, ground-attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance missions,[6] and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.
The P-38 was used most successfully in the Pacific Theater of Operations and the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations as the mount of America's top aces, Richard Bong (40 victories) and Thomas McGuire (38 victories). In the South West Pacific theater, the P-38 was the primary long-range fighter of United States Army Air Forces until the appearance of large numbers of P-51D Mustangs toward the end of the war.[7][8]
The P-38 was unusually quiet for a fighter, the exhaust muffled by the turbo-superchargers. It was extremely forgiving, and could be mishandled in many ways, but the rate of roll in the early versions was too slow for it to excel as a dogfighter.[9] The P-38 was the only American fighter aircraft in production throughout American involvement in the war, from Pearl Harbor to Victory over Japan Day.
I have the privilege to talk with Old Bold Pilot Tom Simms nearly every Tues at breakfast. He and his P-38 wingman got separated from their formation in cloud in Sept, 1943, and were jumped by several Zeroes over New Guinea. It was his wingman's first mission. Tom's plane was shot up and on fire, so he bailed out, something there was no procedure for. He broke his back after falling from trees that snagged his parachute. After laying there overnight, he realized he would die if he stayed there, so he started walking. He was helped getting to Americans on the coast by natives, and spent five months in a cast in Aussie hospital.
He went on to fly several different kinds of planes, mostly in Calif, until the end of the war.
You reminded me of a story.
A long time ago a T friend of mine drove his mint 55 T bird to the Pate Swap meet. We had spaces on Ave C and most of the incoming traffic had to drive by our spaces. There may be many of you who on the forum that remember the "Judge from Huntsville Arkansas". Any way there may have been a little bit of alcohol involved but the Judge went on his way to view the swap meet and Bob and I found some cardboard and placed a sign in the rear window of the T Bird that read "For Sale $5000 OBO" and crossed it out and wrote SOLD on the sign. That car was easily worth 2 to 3 times that at the time. We left the sign in the window and when anyone asked us about it we said that we saw the car coming up the road and flagged him down. We told the crowd that was gathering that the guy driving it told us he was involved in a nasty divorce and had been ordered to sell his car collection and split the proceeds with his soon to be X-wife and that he had indicated to us that he was going to sell his cars for pennies on the dollar rather than split the real value with his wife. We then told the growing crowd that we pooled our money and told him that we would like to buy the car but only had $3500 between us and that he had sold it to us with a clear title. Several folks offered to double or triple our money. The crowd got out of hand and we had to take the sign out of the car and lay low. We felt guilty and once the Judge returned we fessed up and told him what we had done. He put the sign back in the car and spent the rest of the swap meet in a folding chair next to the T Bird embellishing on the story and was in Hog Heaven. I was a board member of the Pate Swap Meet at that time and went to a BBQ dinner for the people that worked to make the swap meet happen. As I was standing in line the guy behind me said to his friend "Did you see the 55 T Bird that sold for $3500". It took every thing I had to keep from bursting out laughing. True story and there are still witnesses.
Hey Paul,
It must be a true story, because even I had heard it.
I always have fun at swap meet's but that was one of the best. I will never forget it. However, there are more swap meet stories and one involves a airplane crash that is a hoot. No one was injured past a broken bone or two but the way events played out make a classic story. All I have to say is it involved my Arkansas family and friends. You have to visit me to here that story.


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Lunch today was not pretty, folks. Oh, it was good, but it wasn't much of a looker. That's why I don't have any pictures for you.
It was one of those clear-out-the-fridge-to-make-room-for-new-groceries lunches. You might also call it an eat-before-going-shopping-to-buy-said-groceries-so-you-don't-buy-out-the-store lunch. The two clearly go together. And you can probably guess how I spent the afternoon.
Lunch started with a bowl of wheat berries. Wheat berries are one of those ancient grains that seem to be the newest thing these days. Or maybe it was the newest thing a few years ago. Which would make ancient grains old news. Which, I suppose they are. Anyway, wheat berries surpass barley and farro along the firm and chewy spectrum. They're a little nutty, but not crazy nutty.
Getting back to lunch, I cooked up some wheat berries and piled them into a bowl. Then I sautéed some onion and lots of garlic, added some vegetables (whatever is lurking in your fridge), sprinkled some spices, and heaped everything on top of the wheat berries.
Finally, empty fridge and full belly, I was ready to go shopping.
A few hours later, full fridge, still-full belly, I started making soup for the week. More on that, pictures and all, tomorrow. See you then.
Wheat berries with greens and tomatoes
Serves 1
Make 1/4 cup hard wheat berries, Follow the directions on your wheat berries package. The brand I bought is parboiled, so it only took about 15 minutes to make). Most recipes, such as this one, suggest first rinsing the grains, then simmering them in water (3:1 ratio) for about an hour.
While the wheat berries are simmering, prep your vegetables. Dice 1/2 an onion. Mince 3 cloves of garlic. Roughly chop 2 medium tomatoes and 3 handfuls of hearty greens. I used baby kale and arugula; plain leaved or lacinato kale, chard or spinach should work really well too; if you're using any of these larger greens, remove the leaves from the ribs first.
Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large pan over medium. When the oil starts to shimmer, add the onion and sauté for 3-4 minutes until soft and translucent, stirring so it doesn't brown. Add the rest of the ingredients in the following order and keep sautéeing and stirring: garlic for 1 minute, then the tomatoes, a pinch of cayenne, and a few pinches of baharat*. Keep stirring over heat for 5 more minutes until the tomatoes to break down. Taste for salt. Add the greens and stir until they wilt.
Drain the wheat berries (1/4 cup should yield about 1/2 cup) and scoop into a bowl. Surround with the vegetables. Eat and go grocery shopping.
* If you don't have baharat, you can substitute a mixture of cumin and cinnamon.


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It's been a hectic summer, during which there has been very little time to sit down and write about my cathedral adventures. Even these have been infrequent, but I am still well on track to complete the challenge before the December 16th deadline. Before that time my friend and bet-master Adam will be getting married, with me serving as bestman! In the unlikely event that I complete the challenge by the time of the wedding (September 28th) he is going to have one hell of an unwelcome surprise during the my bestman's speech.
I am planning to write up the accounts of the remaining English cathedrals in greater detail when time becomes available, but for now a short description of each will have to suffice.
No. 38 – TRURO
After licking Exeter Cathedral I jumped onto the train and visited this Cornish gem. Its relative isolation from other English cathedrals had been a thorn in my side for months, so it was a huge relief to finally get it done. The building is a real Victorian treasure and well worth a visit. The choir was in full song upon my arrival, which provided some welcome backing music for the lick.
No. 39 – CHESTER
I have the wonderful Mr. Mike Brimmage to thank for this photo: it was he that put me up for the night and drove me to Chester and Liverpool the following day. He quickly became a staunch supporter of the cause and encouraged me to ignore the strange looks from passersby when licking this sublime cathedral. This place is the epitome of a hidden gem – beautiful architecture, fascinating history and a wealth of treasures to be discovered inside. Top audio guide to boot. We even saw the Queen later that day!
No. 40 – LIVERPOOL
Liverpool Cathedral is a monster! The sheer scale of the place is staggering, like some huge, impregnable fortress from the future. The interiors are enough to make the knees grow weak and the view from the colossal central tower is well worth the punishing climb and trip in the face-meltingly fast lift. Also packed full of gorgeous artworks and ingenious architectural features that leave you in no doubt that this is one of the World's finest. A must for all cathedral perverts.
Thanks again to Mike Brimmage – host, driver, photographer and local guide.
No. 41 – CARLISLE
The penultimate English lick took place on a sweltering day in Carlisle. Many thanks must go to Marc and Rachel Barkman-Astles for driving me there from their home near Newcastle. Carlisle Cathedral is wonderfully odd, having seeminly been built in the dark to sets of different designs by blind (but incredibly gifted) builders. A hodge-podge of styles and eras all rolled into one. The collection of bawdy misericords was a real highlight as well. Further thanks must go to my great cathedral-licking companion, David Sleep, for showing me around Roman Vindolanda afterwards, before kindly offering a lift back to London. What wonderful friends I have.
No. 42 – YORK
The big one – my home cathedral of York Minster. I had left the best until last purely for symbolic reasons, but also in the hope that Adam might be in town to witness his defeat. He wasn't, but the photos in The Sun gave him a rude shock a few days later. It was marvellous fun confusing the hoardes of tourists outside, and meeting the delightful family from Norwich in this picture. If they are reading this, sorry for spoling your holiday. With this lick, every Anglican English cathedral had been done, and part 2 of the bet began. Oh God.
I am delighted to say though that I have begun licking in Wales. There are many more miles to be covered and stone to be moistened, but I am confident and extremely excited about the adventures ahead. More to come soon!


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Huskers Taught Barrefors the Art of Leadership
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Nebraska's 2013 Male Student-Athlete of the Year is steeped in athletic and academic achievements. Björn Barrefors is a school record-setting decathlete who won a Big Ten Conference title the same year the league honored him as a Distinguished Scholar. He's on the verge of becoming the first four-time Academic All-American at a school that tops the charts for the College Sports Information Directors of America's prestigious honor. A Computer Science major with minors in Mathematics and Physics, Barrefors has achieved a 3.748 GPA at the same time he's pole vaulted 16-8¾, long jumped 24-2 and high jumped 6-9. He's also competitive in the sprints, hurdles, middle distance, distance, plus the shot put, discus and javelin.
That's a load when you arrive in Lincoln, Nebraska, from Stockholm, Sweden, and feel fully prepared to show the world how athletic you are and how smart you are. But a funny thing happened on Barrefors' way to the top individual honor a Husker student-athlete can achieve. He grew up. He learned why community outreach was important. And he completely redefined what he considered a leader. Even though he became a captain and a member of NU's track and field Leadership Council, "I didn't know how to lead in the beginning," he said. "But luckily, there were plenty of good role models I could look up to and learn from."
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One was Tom Osborne, who always wants what's best for the people around him and inspires others to feel the same way.
One was Dennis Leblanc, who keeps a laser-like focus on every student-athlete's academic performance, especially when he's one of Nebraska's most decorated student-athletes ever.
One was Keith Zimmer, who encouraged community involvement so Björn could mingle with kids who didn't have it as easy as he did.
One was Dr. Ying Lu, an associate professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department who taught Barrefors to pursue his major with the same gusto he gave Kris Grimes, his combined events coach for the decathlon.
"Nebraska has opened up doors I never even knew existed," Barrefors said. "The major I chose coming in my freshman year has become more than just homework and tests. It's become a part of my identity. I've always had the potential to be a top student, but until I came here, I rarely enjoyed school, so I didn't put that much work into it."
Problem-Solving Skills Help Make a Difference
Nebraska inspired Barrefors to optimize all of his skills, athletically, academically and socially. "In computer science, I found a way to make a difference in the world, using my problem-solving skills and cognitive thinking."
Dr. Lu convinced Barrefors to do undergraduate research with her on cluster computing. When Björn learned from a recent study that the improvements in cluster computing could save the government up to $5 billion in energy, he knew the importance of graduate school this fall. "With the knowledge I have and the inspiration Dr. Lu provides, I can't wait to begin helping with that research," Barrefors said.
It's a team-first deal, and Nebraska has nurtured the art of leadership for a student-athlete who arrived in Lincoln thinking otherwise. "I came from a very different culture, where the individual cares about himself," Barrefors said. "Growing up, I was always someone that would take charge and lead in group projects. But coming to Nebraska, for the first time, I was called upon to lead a team."
After a couple of tough conference losses, Barrefors learned to look at productivity through the eyes of a team instead of through his own lens. He joined the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee to sharpen his leadership skills and found himself getting involved with the Lighthouse Community Center, where he hung out with kids and learned to appreciate people who didn't come from a similar background.
Now It's Time to Help Other Achieve Success
"At Nebraska, I've had the pleasure to meet so many inspiring people that have helped me become a better person," Barrefors said. "Now, it's my turn to help others reach the same success I have."
Life Skills became refuge from his daily pressure-cooker. "Keith Zimmer is very humble and very empathetic," he said. "He and his whole team are always there to help any student-athlete, whether it's nailing an interview, searching for a job or just having somebody to talk to …. about anything. For me, and for any student-athlete at Nebraska, Life Skills workers are more than members of the athletic department. They're friends. They're mentors, and in a fast-paced world, when pressure to perform comes from everywhere, that skill is invaluable."
Barrefors took Dr. Lu's 310-level course on data structures and algorithms and took her 455-level course on distributed operating systems. "Björn is very active in my classes and often raises questions that demonstrate his capability in critical thinking," Lu said. "He's among the very few students who always actively participate in in-class problem-solving and shares his answers with classmates. It's a pleasure to have a student with his problem-solving skills, his enthusiasm and diligence and such excellent interpersonal skills. He's an asset to the work place. He's already been admitted and awarded a research assistant position in our Holland Computing Center and will become a graduate student in our department this fall."
Whatever individual mindset Barrefors brought with him from Sweden to Nebraska is now behind him. He's proven to be a great leader with a team focus … and a future every bit as bright as a changed mind inside a changed man.
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Occupy Boulder and the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center plan to hold a rally on Pearl Street on Saturday voicing opposition to Walmart possibly moving into Boulder's Diagonal Plaza.
The rally will take place in front of the Boulder County Courthouse at 13th and Pearl streets at 11 a.m. There will be speakers to educate and share information about Walmart's impact on communities and local economies.
Rumors have circulated for several months that Walmart plans to locate at 3303 30th St. in the Diagonal Plaza shopping center near 28th Street and Iris Avenue.
Building permits were submitted to the city for tenant finishes for a nearly 52,000-square-foot grocery store at the location. No identifiable information about the occupant of the space was included in the building permits.
Floor plans and additional information provided in the building permits -- including a store number, certain paint colors, shelving materials, cart corrals and size -- bear some similarities to Walmart's grocery-focused Neighborhood Market stores.
Walmart has not filed an application for a business or sales tax license with the city of Boulder, and company officials have not returned repeated calls from the Daily Camera
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The Cheyney House:
The current owners were most welcoming to open their home for 4 strangers who pulled into their driveway, last Friday afternoon.
Here is what I was looking for:
Who knows what it looked like in 1916, but I can't imagine that it was too different.
I now have a copy of a letter that two of the daughters, who lived in this house at some point in their lives, took the baby from here to Brewster, NY when the baby was 5 weeks old.
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A feedback thread for anyone that has delt with me.
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A feedback thread for anyone that has delt with me.
Please post honest feedback and include a link to your own feedback thread if posible.
bought a mini-mag off me. Follows through on his word ,good guy.
I sold him my emag. Everything went as planned. He sent out the money on time. I would deffinetly recommend trading with him.
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dj89 is a nice dude and a good trader.
The barrel arrived quickly in great condition.
dj is a great guy and i got the halo in 2 days. well, that is after paypal wasnt being stupid and he finally got the money, but id reccomend him to anyone, paypal on the otherhand, should burn :P
I bought a Minimag Valve from him for $80. Shipping was very fast and item was exactly as described.
bought intelli off him. quick shipment., and it was insured. would do business w/ again.
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dj89- he is a local friend of mine. we traded barrel's and the traded barrel was like new! he is a really good trader, seller, buyer you name it!. Will do Business with him again! a++++++
p.s you took my Quote!!!!
"Let them eat war [x2]
~my e-mag~
~ule frame~
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There's an urgent need to feed"
Fast, friendly, no-nonsense seller. Got the item here all quicklike . Thanks man!
Sold him a foregrip, very quick in responding to my questions and in sending the Mo.
Would gladly do it again.
I ues them to power my Flux Capacitor when I Time Travel, They are like frequent flyer miles. -Tom
When I forge my sword, it will not be from metal, it will cut with the power of light. - A...G...D
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exelent trader quick payment.
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Bought a powerfeed body from dj89. He was fair, up front and honest. There were scratches on the body, but he sent detailed pictures so I knew beforehand exactly what I was getting. Everything arrived exactly as described and there were no hassles in dealing with him. I would rate him as a very excellent seller/trader, and would definately do business with him again.
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My other gun is made ofBrass!!!
DJ89 was a good buyer. Sent cash I got it. I sent out his blue drop. All that needs to be said. Yes, I would do business with him again.
Thanks DJ89,
Want a gun? I probably have what you want or I can build it for you. Just name it, everything is possible.
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Good buyer, fast payment
Purchased a loaded e-mag from him, no problems whatsoever, well packaged and arrived in excellent condition as described. Followed through very well to make certain I had received it. Would not hesitate to buy from again.
Robert Lohman
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Hooked me up with a great deal on an Emag sight rail. Quick shipment and response. The sight rail was in great condition also. Would do business with gain. Thanks!
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awesome communication. Quick responses to PMs. Fast shipping. Product as advertized. Would do business again.
Paintball cannot be that big. No one has really been able to sponsor a stock car or a race yet. (local people do not count in this case )
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great guy, was easy to contact and get in touch with. i would definately do business with him again. A+ in my book.
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Paid fast, communicated well, overall Great Buyer!
Wish all of them were like him...
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He bought my x-mag, no problem with it , payment was fast, communication was good.
even with me living in europe and he in the us !
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Awesome trader, very easy to deal with. I got pretty busy, and had to send it Express Mail, but he was very cool about the whole thing (I was like 2 days later than I thought it would have been, but was still before the time he needed them).
Awesome, trustworthy guy.
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doesn't get much better than this. he shipped when he said and i had it within 2 days. stays true to his word, and won't let you down. thanks again!
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Hey, fast shipping, good communication. Honest and informing. Thanks!
I do know the AO sig rules, I just want a free sig pic, that's all!
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Great trader . Hope to do buisness again.
Sent out package with trust before receiving payment
and just as he said, he made the payment.
Very trustworthy and good person to do business with.
Hope you enjoy the RT Jordan, thanks for the purchase
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DJ89 is a great seller.
I bought a nice red x-valve from him that was as exactly described, well packaged and promptly dispatched.
He was also very understanding when I (embarrasingly) ran out of funds for a few days.
Cheers mate!
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this is some overdue feedback for a great buyer! dj89 purchased a dallara body from me. throughout the transaction he was very professional and the transaction went through very easily. i highly recommend doing sales with him. thanks for the buisiness and sorry for the late feedback!
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good traders: grey_goose, justin_j, Aliens-8-MyDad, detect, cypres0099, murray123, load sm5 (great grips!), tunaman, donngie (has everything you need), thlibo, ttoad4000t, rdb123.
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bought a dallara off, him great trader easy to deal with.
I knew not what I did but am now edumacated
3 way trade trying to get him the z grips he needed and I got his
Read all the other feedbacks, it's true.
Keep up the great trading!