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[LittleBuddha]

WTF?  She the one that always has your back. 
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I know.  She actually called me a prick (among other pleasantries) to my wife.  Nice huh?  I love the holidays.  Christians always act so christ like this time of year.   

[Flynbyu]

No shit?

Oh man, that sucks.

Sorry to hear that.

~Brian

[socalrappy700]

WTF?  She the one that always has your back. 

I know.  She actually called me a prick (among other pleasantries) to my wife.  Nice huh?  I love the holidays.  Christians always act so christ like this time of year.   
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Thats not being a christian, don't insult the rest of us.

[Flynbyu]

That's more like grasping for straws.

~Brian

[LittleBuddha]

WTF?  She the one that always has your back. 

I know.  She actually called me a prick (among other pleasantries) to my wife.  Nice huh?  I love the holidays.  Christians always act so christ like this time of year.   

Thats not being a christian, don't insult the rest of us.
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Sorry, I was generalizing.  My point was that people are already starting to act crazy. 

[socalrappy700]

Well is time to sit them down again.  You just have to put up with them for 3 more years. 

[Flynbyu]

Later gang.

Congrats again Scott.

I'm sure another cute was is is in the oven.

~Brian

[LittleBuddha]

Well is time to sit them down again.  You just have to put up with them for 3 more years. 

The thing I took exception to was how they conducted themselves.  That's not how civilized people act and that's certainly not how we resolve disputes.  It was totally surreal.  My dad and I were good not long after but my codefuckingpendent mom got in the middle and stirred up the shit and went completely off the reservation.  She's done it a hndful of times over the years but I could chalk it up to shit like menopause or me being a dipshit.  She acted up a couple months ago and ended up at least apologizing for her childish behavior that time.  We'll see how she does this time.  I told her to quit acting like a ten year old and she promptly went on to act like a ten year old.  I'm getting too old for this shit.  

[LittleBuddha]

Later gang.

Congrats again Scott.

I'm sure another cute was is is in the oven.

~Brian

Thanks bro.   

Have a good one.

[socalrappy700]

Just talk it out with them.  Tell them these episodes have to stop.  And tell them its time to move that three years up to 3 months.

[LittleBuddha]

Just talk it out with them.  Tell them these episodes have to stop.  And tell them its time to move that three years up to 3 months.

It was just a weird day.  My dad knows that he isn't relevant (of course you can't tell him this) and he's struggling with that.  It's days like these that make me wanna punch the ticket and pop smoke and head west. 

[socalrappy700]

Just talk it out with them.  Tell them these episodes have to stop.  And tell them its time to move that three years up to 3 months.

It was just a weird day.  My dad knows that he isn't relevant (of course you can't tell him this) and he's struggling with that.  It's days like these that make me wanna punch the ticket and pop smoke and head west. 

I'm still hoping we both do.

[LittleBuddha]

Just talk it out with them.  Tell them these episodes have to stop.  And tell them its time to move that three years up to 3 months.

It was just a weird day.  My dad knows that he isn't relevant (of course you can't tell him this) and he's struggling with that.  It's days like these that make me wanna punch the ticket and pop smoke and head west. 

I'm still hoping we both do.

That would be the ticket.   

I'm gonna bounce.  I'll holla at ya. 

[Peelz]

Later Buddha. Congrats again.

[Krandall]

http://gizmodo.com/5100377/boeing-airborne-laser-weapon-fires-for-the-first-time

Boeing Airborne Laser Team Fires High-Energy Laser Through Beam Control System

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Dec. 01, 2008 — The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency last week fired a high-energy laser through the Airborne Laser's (ABL) beam control/fire control system, completing the first ground test of the entire weapon system integrated aboard the aircraft.

During the test at Edwards Air Force Base, the laser beam traveled through the beam control/fire control system before exiting the aircraft through the nose-mounted turret. The beam control/fire control system steered and focused the beam onto a simulated ballistic-missile target.

"This test is significant because it demonstrated that the Airborne Laser missile defense program has successfully integrated the entire weapon system aboard the ABL aircraft," said Scott Fancher, vice president and general manager of Boeing Missile Defense Systems. "With the achievement of the first firing of the laser aboard the aircraft in September, the team has now completed the two major milestones it hoped to accomplish in 2008, keeping ABL on track to conduct the missile shootdown demonstration planned for next year."

Michael Rinn, Boeing vice president and ABL program director, said the next step for the program is a series of longer-duration laser firings through the beam control/fire control system.

"Once we complete those tests, we will begin demonstrating the entire weapon system in flight," Rinn said. "The team is meeting its commitment to deliver this transformational directed-energy weapon system in the near term."

The program has logged many accomplishments over the past several years. In 2005, the high-energy laser demonstrated lethal levels of duration and power in the System Integration Laboratory at Edwards. In 2007, ABL completed numerous flight tests that demonstrated its ability to track an airborne target, measure and compensate for atmospheric conditions, and deliver a surrogate high-energy laser's simulated lethal beam on the target. In September 2008, the team achieved "first light" by firing the high-energy laser into a calorimeter aboard the aircraft.

Boeing is the prime contractor for ABL, which will provide speed-of-light capability to destroy all classes of ballistic missiles in their boost phase of flight.

The ABL aircraft is a modified Boeing 747-400F whose back half holds the high-energy laser, designed and built by Northrop Grumman. The front section of the aircraft contains the beam control/fire control system, developed by Lockheed Martin, and the battle management system, provided by Boeing.