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Robert Shearman Jr
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Robert Shearman Jr
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Season's Greetings, all --

 

Let me set the scene for you -- I am driving along in my car, with my phone's media player on shuffle taking the role of DJ via the Bluetooth-enabled sound system. Van Halen's "Dreams" is playing, which is a song that the United States Navy's Blue Angels have used as background music for several of their promo video montages. So I already have images of them dancing in my head as I tool down the streets of suburban Baltimore, all smiles, with the volume cranked.

 

About two-thirds of the way through the song, right at the beginning of the third refrain (just after the guitar solo ends), I get an email at my VATSTAR account. On my phone, that triggers the sound effect of an F/A-18 Hornet fly-by -- which then booms through the cabin of the car overtop of the music, rattling the gl[Mod - Happy Thoughts] a little as it does.

 

This is the recipe for a huge grin and uncontrollable laughter, and a few little tears of joy, this holiday season -- at least for me. And it was a mighty tasty one indeed. I hope each of you reading this gets to experience your own flavor of joy sometime throughout the holiday.

 

Best wishes and safe travels!

Cheers,
-R.

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Ernesto Alvarez 818262
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mines an ELT tone. i always get weird looks at the airport when it goes off

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Don Desfosse
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I'm just glad they know what it is...

Don Desfosse
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