Tales of Home [6]

Amarië wrote:

Norc wrote:Julius is such a cool name.

Forever synonymous with the chimp.

My great great grandfather was called Julius.

From where I live you can almost always see these two aerial surveillance blimps that are tethered in Aberdeen Proving Ground (a big military base in the area). One of them broke free this afternoon and made its way north into Pennsylvania before being downed. Along the way it passed over Amish country:



The BBC and USA Today both have amusing videos about it.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34661934
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/10/28/blimp-air-defense-f-16s/74747832/

Mmmm, odd design, if you get my meaning

azriel wrote:Mmmm, odd design, if you get my meaning

Carrot-shaped I'd call it.

You've got carrots on the brain

Well, fjordlandian media is labelling it a "billion balloon".

So, at least I assume it was cheap.

The program has cost like $2.7 billion so far and it didn't work as a detection system against aerial threats in the DC area (didn't detect the gyrocopter dude for instance) even before one of the blimps broke free in winds that were less than a quarter of the strength the cable was supposedly rated for.  There was a big story about the money sink in local media recently.

Some people think the blimps are a privacy concern and are snooping on people's comings and goings in the area, but I think that's kinda silly, because the military already has satellites that can do that perfectly well.

Still not as bad as the F-35 though.

Yeah, don't get me started on the F-35. Biggest waste of money in fjordlandian history.

Touch of Autumn colours about my little town-

lovely mix of gold, bronze, copper and green.

bitches i am back and i am drinking and internetigg which is a great combo!! behold the maginificent Norc! i will norc the shit out of you!

halllloooo! where is everyone? it's friday goddammit...

Is it Friday? Sorry was too drunk to notice

Ya payday bro.

A few more pics I took today.

Some silvery sea for Figg-





Looking towards town-



A bunch of guillemots (I think) and one gull hoping no one will notice watch the ferry go by-

Pettytyrant101 wrote:Is it Friday? Sorry was too drunk to notice

too drunk to caaaaaare!

Solid entrance, Norc

do like a silvery sea. its been raining here for 3 days, the sea is defo not silvery, its like lead. quite warm though.

Norc wrote:halllloooo! where is everyone? it's friday goddammit...

Drinking and not internetting it turns out.  

I'm sorry to have missed you though.  

Ringdrotten wrote:Solid entrance, Norc

And great to see you around again too, Ringo.

Yes, I am slowly getting back to real life again. I have once again been hunting trolls, and it takes time getting used to having internet and phones and such after that

I'm glad to see both of your faces popping up, Norc and Ringo.

The only sad thing about seeing people you've missed is that when they inevitably go off again you get you to realize just why you were missing them so much in the first place all over.

That's not to say it's not worth it though.

Ringdrotten wrote:Yes, I am slowly getting back to real life again. I have once again been hunting trolls, and it takes time getting used to having internet and phones and such after that

Ah, yeah, I certainly get the feeling of being snowed under, and you did seem a little overwhelmed last time you were on. Glad to hear things are looking up.