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They Make Parking Spaces So Small These Days

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:46:45 -0700

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After driving around the parking lot of our local mall for what seemed like hours trying to find a parking space that didn't say "compact", we finally got some help from this card board cut out of some dude to help us park our A-6 Intruder. The things I will do just to buy new underwear.

View on black or I will park it on your front lawn

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Yo Taxi!

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Sat, 18 May 2013 07:01:20 -0700

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In order to change the oil on the TA-4 Skyhawk the jet has to warm it's engines up to a certain degree, so Wheels here has to rent out a runway at the Palm Springs International Airport to taxi up and down on. We were lucky enough to get to watch up close. All went good until I dropped some of my peanuts I was eating and Wheels started the engine on the Skyhawk. Just before my nuts hit the ground (i know what it sounds like, stop snickering) a big blast of hot air came and blasted them 3 miles down the runway! Hungry, and now that my nuts where dry roasted (grow up!) I of course wanted them back. I waved to the pilot, Wheels, and yelled YO TAXI! I need a ride down to Second and Fifth (second lane, fifth bush). He yelled back, hop on the bumper!

View on black. Are you nuts?

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Cliche Saturday HCS

Excuse Me, Your Shoe Lace Is Untied

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:58:36 -0700

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We decided to drive the Pines To Palm Highway today. This is the Coachella Valley Vista Point looking down on the Coachella Valley. It's either the gateway to the Coachella Valley or the gateway to Santa Rosa Mountains. I guess it depends on which way you are going. Either way, I did not push him down the mountain. I am so proud of myself sometimes.

Yes, that is the road we came up.
Yes, I get car sick
No I didn't get sick
Yes I wanted to
No more questions, thank you.

View on black. I'm still green and I am facing you

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We Went To The Palm Springs Plane Zoo!

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:56 -0700

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Located right next to the Palm Springs International Airport, this Zoo contains all kinds of living planes like this Douglas C-47 Dakota+. We got to walk right up to it and pet it. (yes, people look at me funny)

View on black or I'll pet you too

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It Flaps It's Wings

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:28:22 -0700

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Did you know, the Douglas Scout Dive Bomber flaps it's wings like a bird for flight? These planes are big, blue and have wheels.

(I am trying to get a job as a tour guide at the Palm Springs Air Museum. How'd I do?)

View on black or they'll flap on over you

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113 Pictures in 2013: Something Blue

I Don't Need A Haircut, Mr Tomcat

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:44:32 -0700

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Would you believe this Grumman F-14 Tomcat kept buzzing my head outside of the Palm Springs Air Museum? The pilot kept trying to "High Five" me every time he flew by. Finally, I had to crawl my way to the entrance of the museum.

What do you mean I'm full of ...
What piece of red wood?
D'oh!

Fine, it's parked on the ground. I tripped, looked up, took a picture, cried for 20 minutes about the boo boo on my knee and left.

View on black or I'll hit you with the piece of red wood

If Your Gonna Put A Chain In Front Of Me

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:09:35 -0700

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Then I'm gonna take it's picture. I tried not too. Obviously, I have no will power.

View on black or I'll put a plastic chain in front of you

Out Of The Blue

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Mon, 13 May 2013 07:42:34 -0700

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For centuries, the Urban Myth of aliens visiting our planet to study us have persisted. Fact or Fiction, no proof exist. Until now. I recently found this A-4 Skyhawk at the Palm Springs Air Museum with Ana ... Alien Probe attached. The A-4 would swoop out of the blue, knock the alien face down to the ground, then dive bomb it and ... er ... check it's temperature. So now you know, aliens exist.

View on black. The A-4 Skyhawk is circling you above. Just saying.

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Meet Miss Angela

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Sun, 12 May 2013 06:39:25 -0700

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I had the chance to sit down with Miss Angela at the Palm Springs Air Museum for a one on one interview. I must of asked her a million questions but she just kept staring at me. After about an hour, I gave up and left. I think she was just shell shocked by my masculine beauty and it left her speechless.

Miss Angela is B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber and she looks darn good for an old lady.

View on black or I'll stare at you for hours without saying a word. (it's pretty creepy when I do that)

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You Mean They're Real?

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Sat, 11 May 2013 06:13:37 -0700

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The Palm Springs Air Museum has one of the World's largest collection of flyable WWII aircraft. Naturally I had to test one out.

Not sure if they were mad at me for flying one or if they just didn't like me doing it in the hanger. Either way, it was all cool until some dude got in some attack plane and shot me down over the waters of Mural Town here.

View on black or I'll fly this cool blue Chance Vought F4U Corsair+ over your neighbors house and tell them hello from you ... all night long.

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Cliché Saturday HCS

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The fighter plane in the foreground is real

Wheels And Son

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:38:06 -0700

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10 minutes from my home is the Palm Springs Air Museum and we didn't have to speed to make it in 10 minutes either, nope, uh uh, no way José, not us and I most certainly did NOT yell at the top of my lungs STEP ON THE SKINNY PEDAL, WE ONLY HAVE TWO MORE MINUTES TO GET THERE IN THE TIME FRAME!

Anyway, it's literally straight down the street and we've been wanting to stop by since it was so close and decided today we would. What a cool and awesome Museum. The people there are fantastic! We also lucked out and met this guy named Wheels. I believe he has restored this TA-4 Skyhawk (do not kill me if I got that wrong, I have the memory of a knat) It flies too, but today I think they had to change the oil or something. He had to taxi it down the runaway of the Palm Springs International Airport and he took his son with him, that's the cool and righteous dude in the co-pilot seat.

Anyway, if you are in the Palm Springs area and you get the chance to stop, do so, it's a great place and the people there are the best.

FINE! It took 11 minutes to get there! We hit a red light! So close, we were so close.

View on black or I'll have Wheels buzz your house with the restored TA-4 Skyhawk in the middle of the night

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Our Daily Challenge: 10 Minutes From Home

PS. I kid you not, we got in the car to come home and no sooner got on Gene Autry Trail when .... wait for it ... HIGHWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE, the theme to Top Gun came on the radio.

Dedicated To The Old, Cracked, Scratched, Curved

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:13:00 -0700

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Like a pair of old Geek Glasses whether we are old, cracked, scratched, curved or all the above, we are still awesome. (Just don't walk around with them on, that's how I got most of my cracks, scratches and curves)

View on black or I'll throw a curve ball at you in honor of the challenge

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Our Daily Challenge: Curves

Dear Flickr

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:24:37 -0700

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Today's challenge is A WAY OUT. I find it ironic that this is the challenge for today, since I spent most of my morning thinking I really screwed up my Flickr Home Page only to find out after an hour that Flickr decided to throw me into a test group with no notice, no warning and no way to get out of it. I didn't find that out until I decided to go to the Help Forum to find someone to help me put it back. Low and behold, a thin yellow banner across the top tells me CONGRADULATIONS, I'm part of a TEST BUCKET and PLEASE CLICK HERE to leave feed back. (Yes, I left feed back, I wrote "I compare it to what my cat just did in the litter box"). I also told them they were rude and unprofessional. How are they going to get feedback, they didn't tell anyone what they were doing or where to go.

To throw someone into a TEST GROUP, not tell them, don't give them ANY instructions and don't give them a way to opt out is stupid.

The new HOME PAGE by the way is a direct rip off of TUMBLR except the photos' are half obscured by comments. So every time someone comments on a photo that I commented on or faved, it pops up as a HUGE half obscured photo on my HOME PAGE. So I have one unending column of photos that I have already commented on.

PS. I really wouldn't get this mad (and I am actually quite furious) if it was some two bit web site. But I love Flickr and apparently NO ONE is monitoring the Help Forums feed back because my comment about the cat box is quite frankly, one of the nicer ones and the moderator has made one inane response and left the rest of us hanging.

Here's the link to the forum if you were chosen and haven't figured it out yet

www.flickr.com/groups/2168715@N25/

YOOHOO! YVONNE! SKIP DOWN HERE FIRST PLEASE. :)

This was originally shot for A Way Out of the heat since we are heading back into triple digit heat again. I just got a TAD bit side tracked.

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update: My home page went back to normal but apparently there are still a lot of people that have not. I hear clearing the cookies on your computer then re-logging back in sometimes works.

The Dance

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:27:31 -0700

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As the wind melodically whipped through the shrubs and the setting sun wound its way through the clouds, rain fell like confetti from the sky. The telephone poles, hunched and bent from years of hard work, all lined up for a grand night at the desert Ball.

View on Black or the telephone poles will all go on strike

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They've Got To Come From Somewhere, Don't They

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Sun, 05 May 2013 05:41:41 -0700

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It's a flower. Just in case you weren't sure. It's called a Mallow and I am pretty sure this is where marshmallows come from. I think this one will be one of the pink ones, I am just not sure if it is a mini or the jumbo variety.

View on black or no s'mores for you

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R2D2 Makes A Horrible Discovery

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Sat, 04 May 2013 11:49:38 -0700

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Lost in the desert canyons of Tatooine, looking for Obi-Wan, R2D2 makes a horrible discovery! He forgot his sunscreen and with that WHITE body, he's sure to fry!!!

At least he remembered his Mickey Mouse hat to protect his head.

View on black or I'll steal your sunscreen.

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May the Fourth be with you
Happy Star Wars Day!

Heroes And Villains: Who Made Who

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Sat, 04 May 2013 08:31:23 -0700

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A young alien, tragically crashing to earth when his tiny ship hits a flying rock, vows to bring peace and justice to his new world.

A young man's Geek Glasses stolen while he slept, swears to make everyone on the planet pay for the injustice.

Two lives intertwined forever and neither knowing why until ...

One Moment please ...
[insert Elevator Music version of Girl From Ipanema here]

Give me back my glasses you creep or I'll throw a rock at you!!! Do NOT flush them down the toilet!!! So help me I'll ...

Where was I? Oh yeah.
[turn off Elevator Music version of Girl From Ipanema now]

Two lives intertwined forever and neither knowing why until one fateful day.

View on black or I'll have him flush you down the toilet

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Sometimes It's Nice To Just Lay Around And Do Nothing

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Fri, 03 May 2013 11:10:45 -0700

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And maybe if it didn't take me four hours trying to get a shot of him, I would have that time too!

View on black or I'll release him in your home

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and sometimes, it's nice to NOT just lay around and do nothing. Please visit my friend Garth's Flickr page and check out his photo Team Joey. He's a little boy and he needs some help. Sometimes, it's nice to do something ... no matter how small.

www.flickr.com/photos/mindfeather/8702947861/in/photostream

Heroes And Villains: A Hero Emerges

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Fri, 03 May 2013 07:39:30 -0700

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As the sun sets over the city and the dark descends into madness, the world as we know it hangs on the brink of destruction. When all looks lost, a Hero is born and emerges from the abyss to bring hope and salvation. And what we thought was ...

Hang on one moment please.

(I SAID make a COOL cape! That's TOILET PAPER you moron! What kind of Super Hero has TOILET PAPER as a cape??? AND I think it's used! You are SO not allowed back in the house!!!)

Sorry, anyway ...

And what we thought was the end, is really only the beginning.

View on black or I'll throw his cape at you!

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Heroes And Villains: It's All In The Eyes

nobody@flickr.com (hbmike2000) — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:30:17 -0700

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The best villains don't need gadgets and toys. Their eyes tell us everything with a single glance.

I hope you're wearing sensible shoes. Muhahahaha!

View on black or I'll stare at you all day like this.

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Our Daily Challenge: Heroes And Villains