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#133369
Topic
Military laser brings 'Star Wars' reality closer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133369/action/topic#133369
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I've seen USAF "Jumbo-Jet" with heavy laser installed, a prototype of "missile hunter"...
US ARMY once stated that they will not equip their troops with small sized lasers to blind their opponents...
Soviets supposedly used lasers in 1960s (?) to combat the Chinese on their border...


And tell you what - I'm not happy with Star Wars coming closer to my reality...
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#132428
Topic
Jokes thread : Reloaded
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/132428/action/topic#132428
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Attention! Military jokes!

Three men are sitting stiffly side by side on a long commercial flight.
After they're airborne and the plane has leveled off, the man in the
window seat abruptly says, distinctly and confidently, in a loud voice,
"Admiral, United States Navy, retired. Married, two sons, both
surgeons."
After a few minutes the man in the aisle seat states through a tight
lipped smile, "Admiral, United States Coast Guard, retired. Married, two
sons, both judges."
After some thought, the fellow in the center seat decides to introduce
himself. With a twinkle in his eye he proclaims, "Master Chief, United
States Navy, retired. Never married, two sons both Admirals.

***

During training exercises, the lieutenant who was driving down a muddy
back road encountered another car stuck in the mud with a red-faced
colonel at the wheel.
"Your jeep stuck, sir?" asked the lieutenant as he pulled alongside.
"Nope," replied the colonel, coming over and handing him the keys,
"Yours is."

***

Having just moved into his new office, a pompous, new colonel was
sitting at his desk when an airman knocked on the door. Conscious of his
new position, the colonel quickly picked up the phone, told the airman
to enter, then said into the phone, "Yes, General, I'll be seeing him
this afternoon and I'll pass along your message. In the meantime, thank
you for your good wishes, Sir." Feeling as though he had sufficiently
impressed the young enlisted man, he asked, "What do you want?"
"Nothing important, sir," the airman replied, "I'm just here to hook up
your telephone."

***

Officer: "Soldier, do you have change for a dollar?"
Soldier: "Sure, buddy."
Officer: "That's no way to address an officer! Now let's try it again!"
Officer: "Do you have change for a dollar?"
Soldier: "No, SIR!"

***

The elderly American gentleman arrived in Paris by plane. At French
Customs he fumbled for his passport. "You 'ave been to France before,
monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.
The old gent admitted that he had been to France previously.
"Zen, you should know enough to 'ave your passport ready for inspection."
The American said, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
"Impossible. You Americans always 'ave to show your passports on arrival
in France!"
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly
explained, "Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in'44, I
couldn't find any Frenchmen to show it to."


...and my fave:


***

Q: How do you know if there is a fighter pilot at your party?
A: He'll tell you.
Q: What's the difference between God and fighter pilots?
A: God doesn't think he's a fighter pilot.
Q: What's the difference between a fighter pilot and a jet engine?
A: The jet engine stops whining when the plane shuts down.
Post
#131370
Topic
Jokes thread : Reloaded
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/131370/action/topic#131370
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Stella Awards

The Stellas' are named after 81-year old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee
on herself and successfully sued McDonald's. That case inspired the
Stella Awards for the most frivolous successful lawsuits in the United
States.

THIS YEAR'S AWARDS GO TO:


5TH PLACE (TIED):

Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $780,000 by a jury of her
peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running
inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were
understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving
toddler was Ms. Robertson's Son.

5TH PLACE (TIED):

A man, 19-year old Carl Truman of Los Angeles, won $74,000 and medical
expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr.
Truman apparently did not notice there was someone at the wheel of the car
when he was trying to steal the hubcaps.


4TH PLACE:

Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas was awarded $14,500--and medical
expenses--after being bitten on the buttocks by his next door neighbor's
Beagle dog. The Beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. The
award was less than sought for because the jury felt the dog might have
been a little provoked. At the time, Mr. Williams, who had climbed over
the fence into the yard, had been shooting it repeatedly with a pellet
gun.

3RD PLACE:

A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, $113,500 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her
coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson had
thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier, during an argument.

2ND PLACE:

Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware sued the owner of a Night Club in a
neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and
knocked out two of her front teeth. This occurred whilst Ms. Walton was
trying to sneak in the window of the Ladies Room to avoid paying the $3.50
cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental expenses.

1ST PLACE:

This year's runaway winner was Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new Winnebago Motorhome. On his
trip home from an OU football game, having driven onto the freeway, he set
the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go into
the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the RV left
the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not
advising him in the owner's manual that he could not
actually do this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000 plus a new Winnebago
Motorhome. The company actually changed their manuals on the basis of this
suit just in case there were any other complete morons buying their
recreational vehicles!
Post
#130834
Topic
'Imperial March' during military parade
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/130834/action/topic#130834
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guys, forgive me if I made any blooper in this post, I'm still laughing and tears in my eyes make it hard to type properly...

Today we celebrate Army Day here, in Poland, anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw 1920, when we repelled Soviet army going west to spread the communistic revolution all over the Europe.
The celebration featured usual patriotic stuff: speeches full of pathos, soldiers saluting the fallen at "Tomb of Unknown Soldier", historical marches etc. - you know the drill.



At the end of the event celebration became slightly less official and we could see soldiers showing off their skills in muster, presenting their rifles, regrouping quickly in various formations etc., I'll bet you've seen that too. Usually the marches that are played at that point are more "frivolous", "parade-like"... I was surprised that military orchestra started playing marches which are... movie themes! Among them was the "Raiders' March" (from Indiana Jones trilogy), one of my favorite pieces by John Williams, so you can imagine my excitation - I joked to my parents (who were also watching TV) : "...well, the only thing they could add would be 'Imperial March...' "....

...AND THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED PLAYING IT!

Seeing soldiers marching to the rhythm of "Darth Vader's Theme" was a view to behold Precious!

I had a blast watching that show! My whole family performed a "classic ROTFL"!

I only wish I had taped it... *sigh*
Post
#130813
Topic
Has anyone ever noticed what is wrong with this image for the OT?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/130813/action/topic#130813
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Quote
Originally posted by: TheSessler
Is that the right word? I thought it was plastisteel?

Hmm.... interesting... I did a google search and it seems that both spellings are used... I don't know which one is more appropriate, though


For those not-so-geeky:

plasteel/plastisteel/durasteel ~ steel/metal/alloy
transparisteel ~ plexiglass/armored glass
permacrete/duracrete ~ concrete
Post
#130310
Topic
Who are your 25 most valuable people to the Star Wars films?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/130310/action/topic#130310
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Quote
Originally posted by: ricarleite
...and George Lucas would be directing PORN.

Many of you might have thought "Impossible!" at this point, but with all the lines like: "Look at the size of that thing!", "Rise, my friend.", "Size matters not. Judge me by size, do you?", "Luke, at that speed do you think you'll be able to pull out in time?", "Get in there you big furry oaf"... who knows, who knows...

I also can't believe that I forgot to mention Ian McDiarmid, he is a very strong link between old and new trilogy.
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#128954
Topic
Who are your 25 most valuable people to the Star Wars films?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128954/action/topic#128954
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eek! Why are you people so obsessed with movie stars? What positive input had Hayden Christensen? (he only ruined the series with his whiny Anakin) And with all respect: David Prowse only walked in the costume... better take Bob Anderson, who was the stunt (also fencing master) during Vader's fights.

OK, big plus for you for listing Ralph McQuarrie, but you could also mention people like Joe Johnston (provided the final designs for Yoda and Boba Fett) and Nilo Rodis-Jamero, who were also important in design process.
If Dennis Muren, then perhaps also John Dykstra, who designed and built the first computer-controlled motion control system for "Star Wars".
Post
#128948
Topic
Too much blonde hair?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128948/action/topic#128948
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If you think it has to have to do with the graphical design (because I think it's about Bat dropping all the girls he could get and eventually sticking with a young boy - and complete insignificance of Bat-girlfriend character in "Batman & Robin", almost as if she didn't exist at all) then please, describe a Homosexual Hero. I'm wondering, what would be giving away his sexual orientation - Pink Cape(TM) ?