tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post5315844281553590862..comments2024-02-10T03:22:49.303-05:00Comments on Potpourri for $500: It's a Bird, It's a Plane...Dave S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-52211443079360390372008-05-15T20:30:00.000-04:002008-05-15T20:30:00.000-04:00It was actually a jet pack in Thunderball; I am as...It was actually a jet pack in <A HREF="http://www.007james.com/gadgets/jet_pack.php" REL="nofollow"><I>Thunderball</I></A>; I am ashamed I haad to look that up.Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-54516326040761880992008-05-15T17:45:00.000-04:002008-05-15T17:45:00.000-04:00Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It...Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... fill in your own witty ending here. (Gotta admit, looks pretty cool -- though didn't Sean Connery do the same thing 40 years ago in a James Bond flick?)J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10888193975667450910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-62877838898798532222008-05-15T15:19:00.000-04:002008-05-15T15:19:00.000-04:00I just tried to imagine the size of a jet wing tha...I just tried to imagine the size of a jet wing that could loft Orson Welles.<BR/><BR/>I failed.Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12642181505614685541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19078641.post-17894229704545496272008-05-15T14:50:00.000-04:002008-05-15T14:50:00.000-04:00Orson Welles famous line from "The Third Man' need...Orson Welles famous line from "The Third Man' needs a revision. "500 years of peace and democracy produced the cuckoo clock...and the jet wing."jjvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223110296462634454noreply@blogger.com