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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Feb 18, 2023 11:11:53 GMT -5
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Post by drlj on Feb 18, 2023 11:50:52 GMT -5
Well, one balloon had “It’s a Girl” on the side.
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Post by Dub on Feb 18, 2023 12:02:55 GMT -5
I heard another one looked like a giant peach.
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Post by TKennedy on Feb 18, 2023 12:32:08 GMT -5
We launched a lot of balloons as kids in the 50's. We'd put our names and addresses inside before going to the dime store and having them inflated with helium.
We got one back. A farmer came to my house and we were out playing. He had the shredded balloon and message. It had gotten caught in his combine as I recall.
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Post by Dub on Feb 18, 2023 12:51:53 GMT -5
We launched a lot of balloons as kids in the 50's. We'd put our names and addresses inside before going to the dime store and having them inflated with helium. We got one back. A farmer came to my house and we were out playing. He had the shredded balloon and message. It had gotten caught in his combine as I recall. My late brother, Paul, was tending his garden in Southern Missouri back in the early ’70s when he discovered such a balloon nearby. Thinking the kids would enjoy it, he composed a very clever response in the style of Dr. Seuss, included his name and address and returned the child’s note to the school in Kansas City. He never received any reply. |
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Post by aquaduct on Feb 18, 2023 14:43:42 GMT -5
Incomptentcy in command. What's new with the Biden Administration?
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Post by Marshall on Feb 18, 2023 17:57:42 GMT -5
My late brother, Paul, was tending his garden in Southern Missouri back in the early ’70s when he discovered such a balloon nearby. Thinking the kids would enjoy it, he composed a very clever response in the style of Dr. Seuss, included his name and address and returned the child’s note to the school in Kansas City. He never received any reply. Maybe he should have written the note in Kanji. |
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Post by howard lee on Feb 18, 2023 18:29:46 GMT -5
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Post by jdd2 on Feb 18, 2023 23:40:39 GMT -5
Early this a.m. as we approached CA from the NW, I did catch a plane a few miles or more out my port window seat--almost the exact opposite direction, and we soon passed over its contrails, so it was likely a flight level or more below us.
But no balloons--kind of disappointing to cover the whole distance and not even spot one.
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