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overwatch
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Jul 31, 2014 - 11:20am PT
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Those guys are complete fitness studs, you would think we could at least appreciate that.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 31, 2014 - 11:34am PT
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I can appreciate the fact that they don't carry bombs or have guns and missiles and they paint them pretty colors and fly in unison. At least it is a step in a better direction. What else are they good for?
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overwatch
climber
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Jul 31, 2014 - 11:35am PT
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I don't know...I am sure one of them could provide an answer
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 31, 2014 - 11:38am PT
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I don't know either.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jul 31, 2014 - 11:41am PT
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F-4? or A-4?
sorry I'll miss Seafair this year, but mostly for the food, the beer and the music, not so much the noise (Angels and hydros).
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Jul 31, 2014 - 11:43am PT
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waste of money even before it was found out what as#@&%es the current angles [sic] are
This quote resonated with me for several unrelated reasons:
1. When I saw the thread title, I wondered if the OP was about heavenly beings or pitons;
2. My best friend, other than my wife, was a flight surgeon in the Navy between his internship and residency. When he got married, he was stationed at Miramar, and one of his friends was the Blue Angels' flight surgeon. They flew his friend in and out, to and from Pensacola, in formation. Our tax dollars at work.
John
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 31, 2014 - 11:48am PT
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Growing up at Glenview NAS had its perks, especially if you had a good
connection in the family and got to sit in the cockpit of a Blue Angel!
Of course, back then they were flying F9f Cougars. Did I just date myself? :-o
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jul 31, 2014 - 11:50am PT
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When I saw the thread title, I wondered if the OP was about heavenly beings or pitons;
I thought is was about a baseball team, or yes, a mis-spelling of the piton.
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mucci
Trad climber
The pitch of Bagalaar above you
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Jul 31, 2014 - 11:50am PT
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I saw them first when I was 5yrs old on the east coast.
Try and catch em anytime I can.
SF is probably one of the best venues around.
Nothing says "America" in the air better than the Blue Angels.
The war machine has many facets, this happens to be the sharpest.
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CA.Timothy
climber
California
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Jul 31, 2014 - 11:52am PT
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again I ask, is the millions (possibly hundreds of millions) it cost to stage worth it?
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Jul 31, 2014 - 11:53am PT
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dark angel's got my back
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Jul 31, 2014 - 01:47pm PT
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Blue Angels, Thunderbirds, Snowbirds, all awesome.
Used to love going to the airshow when i was just a little turd.
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drgonzo
Trad climber
east bay, CA
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Jul 31, 2014 - 02:00pm PT
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Funny how we here enjoy the fruits of empire but some shun the means through which they obtained said fruits.
How else is an empire to survive if not through systematic violence (inside and outside of its borders)?
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