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Brad wrote:Couple Random Photos from Saturday 11/14/2009

1. The Kansas City Cliche shot.
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How did you get that shot? The only vantage point I can think of is this Hyatt Regency Crown Plaza for that picture but it looks like you would have been too far left from the building. ???
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looks like it's from the top of the WWI museum
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thenewguy wrote:looks like it's from the top of the WWI museum
Exactly. Pay the $4 and ride the elevator to the top of the tower.
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I wondered how people get up there. I must have been too early the time I went because it didn't look open.
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Wow... last time I was there it was only a 'buck'... and I'm pretty sure that was in this century.
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we went there this summer, and it was really cool. It takes a long time to get through it, it's actually a pretty impressive museum (the only one in America, and 1 of only 2 in the world). We just bought the whole ticket package, which lets you go to each monument above the museum, and then up to the tower. We thought it was closed, too, but when we got up there, people were coming out so we knew where to head. They take you up in the elevator, and once you get to the top, the view is really expansive...as you can see :)
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Actually I bypassed the museum at the time... so perhaps $4 includes that... $1 just got me up to the top of the Liberty memorial.
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Stargazer wrote:Actually I bypassed the museum at the time... so perhaps $4 includes that... $1 just got me up to the top of the Liberty memorial.
http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/in ... unity.aspx

Admission Prices
General Admission (ages 12 to 64)
Museum - $8
Tower - $4
Combination - $10

Senior Admission (ages 65 and older)
Museum - $7
Tower - $3
Combination - $8

Youth Admission (ages 6 to 11)
Museum - $4
Tower - $3
Combination - $5
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Two from Friday:
1. By the railroad tracks in Council Bluffs
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2. Killing time before Hockey in Omaha
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Hmmm.... burning incense and a damn hippie rubbing his eyes.

Hope Patrick's had the snack aisle stocked. :;):
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I thought I had been smelling incense recently. :D
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Whatever hippies. I'm a Republican and employed. However that guy clearly is neither of those things.
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DTO Luv wrote:Whatever hippies. I'm a Republican and employed. However that guy clearly is neither of those things.
Had me fooled. I figured the only thing even remotely republican about you was perhaps a preference for bright red lipstick :shock:
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I'm just registered (R). Haven't bothered to change it yet.
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S33 wrote:I figured the only thing even remotely republican about you was perhaps a preference for bright red lipstick :shock:
Do you know the difference between D'Shawn and a hockey mom?
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:anxiouslyawaitingresponse:
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I didn't really have anywhere to go with that. Was kind of hoping someone else would write the punchline.
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Big E wrote:
S33 wrote:I figured the only thing even remotely republican about you was perhaps a preference for bright red lipstick :shock:
Do you know the difference between D'Shawn and a hockey mom?
They both enjoy watching boys play with their sticks?

Wait, that would be a similarity :)
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Big E wrote:
S33 wrote:I figured the only thing even remotely republican about you was perhaps a preference for bright red lipstick :shock:
Do you know the difference between D'Shawn and a hockey mom?
Lipstick?
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S33 wrote:
Big E wrote:
S33 wrote:I figured the only thing even remotely republican about you was perhaps a preference for bright red lipstick :shock:
Do you know the difference between D'Shawn and a hockey mom?
They both enjoy watching boys play with their sticks?

Wait, that would be a similarity :)

See. I told you I was Republican.
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DTO Luv wrote:
See. I told you I was Republican.
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Got my house all decked out for Christmas Tonight!

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Hmm. The house is impeccably clean and no sign of a woman.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. :;):

That would be a good photo contest one day. Eomaha members at home.
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My wife saw this on facebook and asked if he was gay... a compliment of course.
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Stargazer wrote:My wife saw this on facebook and asked if he was gay... a compliment of course.
:lol:

yeah really. Even my house isn't that clean right now. Or ever much.
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Stargazer wrote:My wife saw this on facebook and asked if he was gay...
No, just merry.

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my house used to be clean and well kept. Then we had a kid. Now there's |expletive| everywhere, and no matter how much we put things away, they always find their way back into the middle of where I'm trying to walk.
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LOL... You guys are jerks.

Funny jerks, but jerks.
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Its actually really easy to keep the place clean. Every time I leave the room, I make sure if there is anything that doesn't belong (trash, dirty dishes, etc) I take it with me. Its when you let |expletive| pile up it becomes a pain in the rear to keep it clean.

However.... If I keep the place that clean, and am not gay, why am I single? Must be my personality :;):
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Wow, so you even have a cleaning plan.
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Stargazer wrote:Wow, so you even have a cleaning plan.
I have a "Work Smarter, Not Harder Plan" to everything!
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Brad wrote:However.... If I keep the place that clean, and am not gay, why am I single? Must be my personality :;):
You're not very good looking either. Never underestimate that.
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Big E wrote:
Brad wrote:However.... If I keep the place that clean, and am not gay, why am I single? Must be my personality :;):
You're not very good looking either. Never underestimate that.
I forgot! But I did have this kick |expletive| mustache for a week!

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The fact that you think that mustache is kickass is further proof of why you're single and people might think you're gay. If I wasn't deathly afraid of Google image search "gay 70's p0rn stars" at work I would show you a pick to give you an idea.

:;): It's ok. We love you Brad. Just not the way you want us to.
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That ham on your table looks like a face.
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Big E wrote:That ham on your table looks like a face.
Actually it is a face I sculpted in sculpture class. There are actually 2 of them there, one is more abstract.
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Place mats, table top decorations, using the word "abstract" to describe said decorations, and an almost over compensating love of sports?

I call dibs on Brad.
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3 random wildlife shot, nothing special... The birds were shot from 20 - 30 yards with a 300mm lens and it was not nearly enough. I cropped out about 90% of the photo.

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3. The baby deer stopped by and ate some of the fallen bird seed. While we were eating dinner about 15 more showed up and some were huge. No bucks.
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Whoa. Is this near where you live? In your back yard?

Beautiful.
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