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This is very cool sleuthing. Really enjoyed the walkthrough. Though, if you would have asked me, I would have guessed Lancaster/Palmdale, because I know (a) Th

This is very cool sleuthing. Really enjoyed the walkthrough. Though, if you would have asked me, I would have guessed Lancaster/Palmdale, because I know (a) That's where the unveiling was (b) I have seen B-1's fly over me while driving in Palmdale and (c) I know Edwards and a bunch of other spacey stuff is there. I feel like Captain Kirk looking for whales and saying "I think we'll find what we're looking for at the Cetacean Institute in Sausalito" - a far less methodical or impressive approach.

mrexroad 4y ago
Ahem, not to be that person… but I think you mean Admiral Kirk :) Either way, it’s a perfect reference.
- daveslash 4y ago
  You sir, are correct. Thank you for the correction! Please be that person. Btw, my wife and I were able to visit the Monterrey Bay aquarium for the first time this past November -- and I would just not shut up with the references. My wife loved them, but also was a bit over them by the end.
  - mrexroad 4y ago
    Haha, that’s awesome. The first time I visited there with my wife, I started on about how the “Cetacean Institute” sign was missing (gasp!) and before I could even finish whatever joke I was leading up to, my wife simply gave me a look that registered somewhere between, “I’m going to pretend I don’t know you” and “you will wait in the car if this continues.” No further references or colorful metaphors were communicated that visit. Years later I took my kids there for an overnighter and they became the captive audience for all the references and terrible jokes. Luckily i think there were too young to really remember. Along those lines, I re-watched ST:IV with my kids a few months back and they loved it. Of all the lines, my youngest was rolling in laughter when the old lady in the hospital is chanting “the dr gave me a pill and i grew a new kidney!”
vba616 4y ago
Do you mean B-1 or B-2? I thought the B-21 was intended as a successor to the B-2, only cheaper. Also, they look the same to me.
- daveslash 4y ago
  I'm sorry, yes... I meant the B-2, not the Rockwell B-1 Lancer. You are correct. We were driving through Palmdale and I saw one of the B-2 flying wings cruise over the freeway on approach. Was very very cool to see.... But thank you for the correction. B-2, not B-1.

mrexroad 4y ago

Ahem, not to be that person… but I think you mean Admiral Kirk :) Either way, it’s a perfect reference.

daveslash 4y ago
You sir, are correct. Thank you for the correction! Please be that person. Btw, my wife and I were able to visit the Monterrey Bay aquarium for the first time this past November -- and I would just not shut up with the references. My wife loved them, but also was a bit over them by the end.
- mrexroad 4y ago
  Haha, that’s awesome. The first time I visited there with my wife, I started on about how the “Cetacean Institute” sign was missing (gasp!) and before I could even finish whatever joke I was leading up to, my wife simply gave me a look that registered somewhere between, “I’m going to pretend I don’t know you” and “you will wait in the car if this continues.” No further references or colorful metaphors were communicated that visit. Years later I took my kids there for an overnighter and they became the captive audience for all the references and terrible jokes. Luckily i think there were too young to really remember. Along those lines, I re-watched ST:IV with my kids a few months back and they loved it. Of all the lines, my youngest was rolling in laughter when the old lady in the hospital is chanting “the dr gave me a pill and i grew a new kidney!”

vba616 4y ago

Do you mean B-1 or B-2? I thought the B-21 was intended as a successor to the B-2, only cheaper. Also, they look the same to me.

daveslash 4y ago
I'm sorry, yes... I meant the B-2, not the Rockwell B-1 Lancer. You are correct. We were driving through Palmdale and I saw one of the B-2 flying wings cruise over the freeway on approach. Was very very cool to see.... But thank you for the correction. B-2, not B-1.