Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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Sonny bono comes to mind
And John Denver?

EDIT: Nope. I stand corrected. I have believed this for many years, and don't have any idea how I got the idea. I KNEW S Bono died skiing into a tree, and even thought at times how odd it was that John Denver died the same way. Now I know it was all in head. Thank you all for clearing that up.
 
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Confirmed: You are a gurgler
Proof source: "Roystonea oleracea, or Imperial Palm. On the left are Yucca aloifolia, or Spanish Bayonet."


Addl. proof source: Calling a barefoot blonde a bottle of cheap wine, gold Digger. Sometimes known as Lauderdale Lovelies.


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Added evidence: Reached out for advice on popular gun enthusiast's forum

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Asked July 2010​



My father (80) has dementia and let a 25-year-old gold digger move in with him. What should I do?

"He wants me to stay away now and I'm very hurt and concerned. PLEASE HELP! what can I do-Dad (80) let very young gold digger move in with him after 10 dates. Slight Alcohol related dimentia. Moved down to FL to be near dad (now 80) that needed help (alcoholic) cleaned his house, got him straightened out-took. 6 yrs. 2 visits a day. He just took on a girlfriend that looks 25 (a massuse) move in with him after about 10 dates. He is keeping me away from him and does not want me to spend any time with either of them. He has no use for me NOW. I met her when I was allowed to say "hello" at his door and she was not all made up and ready to spend time with me. I am not apparently welcome anymore and and very hurt and concerned. -- p.s. he is very stubborn by the way. . What should I do? ---he is talking about setting up a massage parlor for her and buying 1/2 her stake in some mobile home. Marriage is in the works and I am devastated after 3 failed marriages for him and 3 badly failed live ins."
You're such a douche.
 
Yes he did. I flew with the guy that had built it. Apparently it had a unique set up that he didn’t/ couldn’t operate.

John Denver died in an experimental aircraft crash if I remember correctly.

It was a custom 2 seater plane he bought from the guy who built it ... Rutan or something like that.

The guy who built it always flew from the back seat and that's where he put the fuel selector.

Denver was flying it from the front seat ... no selector mounted there.
 
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It was a custom 2 seater plane he bought from the guy who built it ... Rutan or something like that.

The guy who built it always flew from the back seat and that's where he put the fuel selector.

Denver was flying it from the front seat ... no selector mounted there.
I assume that rather crucial bit of info was communicated to Mr. Denver. I hope.

But we’ll all know those people whose eyes glaze over when you are trying to explain something awfully important.

If that was my plane, I’d make a giant note on the controls that said, “Sputtering? Fuel Selector in Back!!!”

Edit: actually, who am I kidding, I’d tell the designer to put the selector up front, or at least to put a redundant one up there.
 
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I assume that rather crucial bit of info was communicated to Mr. Denver. I hope.

But we’ll all know those people whose eyes glaze over when you are trying to explain something awfully important.

If that was my plane, I’d make a giant note on the controls that said, “Sputtering? Fuel Selector in Back!!!”

Edit: actually, who am I kidding, I’d tell the designer to put the selector up front, or at least to put a redundant one up there.

No matter how you design it there will always be an idiot that can find a way to kill themselves.


Flying, like sailing/boating, is very unforgiving of stupidity.
 
John Denver died in an experimental aircraft crash if I remember correctly.
Correct. Denver crashed in Monterey Bay, in the kelp beds about 75 yards off of Lover's Point (Pacific Grove). Right in the middle of one of my favorite spots for catching rock fish.

A local fly-fishing shop made up a commemorative lure to mark the event. It had a propeller instead of a head. (Denver's head was never found.)
 
No matter how you design it there will always be an idiot that can find a way to kill themselves.


Flying, like sailing/boating, is very unforgiving of stupidity.
While designing machinery, the mantra from management was always to make it idiot proof. But we knew that idiots are always smart enough to bypass safety mechanisms, no matter how clever nor how many redundancies there were.
 
While designing machinery, the mantra from management was always to make it idiot proof. But we knew that idiots are always smart enough to bypass safety mechanisms, no matter how clever nor how many redundancies there were.
We joke around at work…

How does a 120 pound female latina possibly break a 1/2” thick 403 stainless bracket.

Fucking thing can hold up your car and the mechanics will come with me and it’s in 2 pieces.
 
While designing machinery, the mantra from management was always to make it idiot proof. But we knew that idiots are always smart enough to bypass safety mechanisms, no matter how clever nor how many redundancies there were.
Somewhere there is a government run factory producing better idiots.

Usually these factories are called "schools".
 
We joke around at work…

How does a 120 pound female latina possibly break a 1/2” thick 403 stainless bracket.

Fucking thing can hold up your car and the mechanics will come with me and it’s in 2 pieces.
Easy. Her 400lbs Mexican boyfriend woke up to her yelling, took off his sombrero, checked his mini-stash in the mirror and then got out his 18ft I-beam of a breaker bar lol

Note: he sleeps in the employee lounge. Check there.
 
The Javelin cost $216,717.00 in 2021. When I went to (M47) Dragon School in 1991 a Dragon cost $15,000 and the wouldn't let us fire one because of budget cuts.
Only about 30% of them fired when you squeezed the trigger, fucking moisture killed them quick…
 
A Woman and her boyfriend are out having drinks.
While they are sitting having a good time, she starts talking about a new drink her girlfriend told her about and that he should try it.
Her boyfriend replies that he likes to try new drinks so she ordered one for him.
The bartender brings the drink and puts the following in front of him: 1. A salt shaker 2. A shot of Baileys and 3. A shot of Lime Juice.
The boyfriend looks at all 3 items and says how do I drink this?
She says first you put the salt on your tongue, next you drink the Baileys and hold it in your mouth and then you drink the lime juice.
So the boyfriend puts the salt on his tongue and thinks salty but OK.
Then he drinks the shot of Baileys and holds it in his mouth...smooth, rich, cool, and very pleasant. So far so good he thinks. Then he reaches for the lime juice and drinks it.
Right away the sharp lime taste hits and about 2 seconds later the Baileys curdles, the 3rd second the salty curdled taste and mucous-like consistency hits and by the 4th second it feels as if he has a mouthful of nasty SNOT!
This triggered is gag reflex and he's thinking he doesn't want to spit it out all over the bar, so he mans up and swallows it.
He looks up at his girlfriend and says "Jesus what do you call this drink?!"
She smiles and says in an evil voice it's a "Blow Job Revenge!"
 
Denver's head was never found.

This just in:

What really happened to John Denver as he reached for the fuel switchover???


Ok, seriously now, was curious about this. Supposedly parts of his head were found. Maybe not all of it?

But yeah, either way not good.

 
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Not all heroes wear capes.
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It's an old story but I still like it.


Two hours before the attacks the next day, Watson told a prison counselor that he urgently needed to be transferred back to higher-level security "before I really (expletive) one of these dudes up," but the counselor "scoffed and dismissed" him, the letter says.

Watson said he returned to his housing pod.

"I was mulling it all over when along came Molester #1 and he put his TV right on PBS Kids again," he wrote, according to the newspaper chain. "But this time, someone else said something to the effect of 'Is this guy really going to watch this right in front of us?' and I recall saying, 'I got this.' And I picked up the cane and went to work on him."



Watson said he then left the housing pod to find a guard and turn himself in, but on the way, he saw "a known child trafficker, and I figured I'd just do everybody a favor," Watson wrote. "In for a penny, in for a pound."



 

This just in:

What really happened to John Denver as he reached for the fuel switchover???


Ok, seriously now, was curious about this. Supposedly parts of his head were found. Maybe not all of it?

But yeah, either way not good.


The recovery was handled by the Pacific Grove Marine Rescue Team. During that time, I led a rescue team for the Carmel Valley Fire Protection District, which is about 20 minutes away.

We briefly talked about it once, but they didn't elaborate beyond saying they couldn't find the head. I didn't make an effort to follow the story beyond that.

Maybe some divers some bits and pieces later? I don't know.

Only reason I know about the fishing lure was because I was window shopping their store front display one evening to kill some time. I got a chuckle when I saw the lure.