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A toast
A toast
Oct
.
4th
,
2008
03:45 am
kengr
to the scientists who talked their Soviet masters into letting them build and launch Sputnik 51 years ago.
And to my mom for trying to point it out to me one night in the back yard.
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Date:
2008-10-04 12:08 pm (UTC)
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2008-10-04 02:05 pm (UTC)
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fayanora.livejournal.com
I heard Idaho launched a satellite not long after Sputnik. It was powered by a potato battery and was called Spudnik.
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Date:
2008-10-04 07:20 pm (UTC)
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kengr
Young lady, just for that, I *won't* spank you!
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Date:
2008-10-05 05:35 am (UTC)
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fayanora.livejournal.com
Boo hoo hoo! You're so nice!
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Date:
2008-10-05 06:16 am (UTC)
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fayanora.livejournal.com
LOL! Group spanking would be more to my liking. :-)
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Date:
2008-10-05 06:20 am (UTC)
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kengr
No, but Fay would enjoy it more. As might other people who shall remain nameless to protect the
guilty
innocent)
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Date:
2008-10-05 06:23 am (UTC)
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kengr
Depends on how nicely they
grovel
plead.
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Date:
2008-10-05 06:26 am (UTC)
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kengr
Yes, and how do you reward a masochist?
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Date:
2008-10-05 06:27 am (UTC)
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kengr
You do if they've earned it for good behavior or the like.
Edited
Date:
2008-10-05 06:27 am (UTC)
Surprise!
Date:
2008-10-05 03:41 pm (UTC)
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tsjafo.livejournal.com
Beep beep, beep beep, hello dere...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-mZ9pKvCmk
Re: Surprise!
Date:
2008-10-05 05:09 pm (UTC)
From:
kengr
I've had that for *years* (ever since the Minus Ten and Counting tape :-)
and here's a nice little link of another Russian surprise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwlNPhn64TA
Tsar Bomba. The Soviet 100 megaton test
I like it because you can stick it into things as is since there's no text or narration.
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Date:
2008-10-05 05:16 pm (UTC)
Re: Surprise!
Date:
2008-10-05 06:06 pm (UTC)
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tsjafo.livejournal.com
100 megaton...what we called a "crowd pleaser."
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Date: 2008-10-05 05:09 pm (UTC)and here's a nice little link of another Russian surprise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwlNPhn64TA
Tsar Bomba. The Soviet 100 megaton test
I like it because you can stick it into things as is since there's no text or narration.
Re: Surprise!
Date: 2008-10-05 06:06 pm (UTC)