cool day

[mattttt25]

toured the naval observatory today for the first time with our wardroom. not a bad deal. you should see the clock that for all practical purposes keeps the world's time. my laptop is more impressive looking. checked out a real old telescope in a huge silo. built in the early 1800's. we then got a nice tour of the v.p. residence- grounds, house, his new kitchen, pool, etc. a member of our wardroom runs the whole show there (we have some cool jobs in the navy).

 

[JB]

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I'll bet there are folks here that don't know that the Naval Observatory is where the Vice President's official residence is, Mattttt.<br /><br />Visited there once, when HHH (Hubert H. Humphrey, the liberal's liberal) lived there. Really cool place.

 

[jinx]

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It was only a few years ago that the US Naval Academy gave up its dairy farm. Now that was an anachronism.<br /><br />Jinx

 

[mattttt25]

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jinx, don't understand that word. but yes, the naval academy did and still owns their own dairy farm. we currently lease the farm to a commercial venture, and do not get our milk from there.

 

[Commander McBraggg]

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aint much JB doesnt know about, lol<br /><br />I guess people run when he breaks out Trivial Pursuit<br /><br />anachronism means out of step with time, incongruity - like that atomic clock that can keep time accurate to a second in 20 billion years right next to a cow bell and a milking stool.