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On this day in 1961, the first T-38A is delivered to Randolph AFB, TX where it enters operational service with Air Training Command. (AFHF) photo is a T-38C out of Laughlin AFB (David Phaff) note: cow skull on nose.

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[zwoelffarben]

favorite word?

Let me give ya a top five:

5. Kvetch

4. Baka

3. Brandfire

2. Fidna

and with honorable mentions to inshallah, schadenfreude, tsundoku, façade, phaff, tartle, tchotchke, xanh(靑), bitch-ass, and fuck, my favorite word is:

Hiraeth

[therealoid]

Live laugh Michael phaff

[jow99]

Canet de Mar to Mataro

We thought it would be nice to go for a swim this morning before we packed up. We didn’t have far to go so there was no rush. So after coffee in bed over to the beach we headed. With goggles on we were about to proceed when we noticed big jellyfish with blue stingy looking rings in their tails and there were quite a few of them.

We were pretty unanimous in our retreat, Jose was badly stung a few years ago down in Malaga and neither of us wanted that again. So back to Tessi for breakfast.

We are literally moving only 10kms down the road. We booked our go to campground just outside Barcelona a few months ago in preparation for La Vuelta. Happily the second stage actually starts in Mataró. This meant we could phaff around with grocery shopping, washing bikes, a swim in the pool and a drink at the bar before heading off.

We were shortly installed in our new campsite (though a bit underwhelmed, we’ve become somewhat spoilt in our last few places), had lunch and then headed to the pool for the afternoon. Today didn’t go over 31, which is still warm if you’re not in the shade. There is however a very nice breeze around. With all this lying around pools I’m getting a lot of reading done.

Early evening we headed from the pool to the more formal of the two bars for sangria and croquetas (sorry Mum). It was then back to Tessi for nibbles and dinner before heading down to the bar where there was a band playing.

We’ve had a couple of helicopters fly over. I’ve been wondering if that’s in preparation for La Vuelta which starts tomorrow 🎉

[moretrains25]

Sunday 23rd February

At Perth airport in the Business Lounge waiting for my flight. Very proud of my packing skills. I have managed to have the official weigh in by Qantas coming in at 13.1kg! I did it as a practice run for a trip later in the year where I am required to keep between 12-15 kg. Yes we are train hopping so can’t be lugging heavy cases.

This trip is for 17days and the next one is 25days so keeping the weight down to today’s record with 8 extra days travel will really be testing!

I asked to do the overnight flight thinking international but forgot the “hub” for this trip is Sydney so 4 hrs so middle night my time when we arrive. Unfortunately in Sydney I have to transit to the international airport which is a phaff especially when you are tired. We arrive in Christchurch at 1400hrs their time. However that will be 0900 Perth time. I have a group orientation from 1400 at the hotel and dinner then up for a 0600 breakfast to be at our first train at 0730. I hope I am awake enough to enjoy. I will be setting multiple alarms to be sure I get up in time😂😏.

The advantage of the overnight flight is that I was able to have a normal day with no rushing about so probably worth it .

Monday 24th February

Arrived Sydney 10mins late but Qantas has disappointed as usual. The original aircraft for the trip had the lay flat beds and I had a business class pod on my own. That was the point of travelling business at night.They changed the aircraft to a 737 I think it was. Anyway very old and dilapidated. The TV was those tiny ones that drop from the ceiling every 2nd row,the seat pocket was so torn everything fell out of the bottom and I ended up in a window seat! (I prefer aisle). I am definitely not going with Qantas if it can be avoided. They are diabolically bad and getting worse😡. Needless to say although I closed my eyes for 4hrs but no sleep. Really hard to get comfortable as didn’t even have a functioning footrest! Certainly not worth cost. Although at least get on and off first and luggage should be first. Also had a nice lady next to me and the staff were very nice.

Just boarded Emirates who do this leg to Christchurch for Qantas. (Thank goodness!). The comparison is stark. Emirates so efficient, I have my lovely single pod with all that should be in Business class. I finally feel pampered.😁. Just been given my menu and wine list and a welcome drink including champagne if want. I settled for OJ.😁.

A wonderful peaceful trip and whilst no sleep could us flat bed and had a great breakfast. Arrived in pretty good condition and got through airport really quickly. We had actually arrived 15 mins early. It is a beautiful day so I was able to walk the 10 mins from airport to hotel and 95% of walk under a covered walkway. Ideal after being locked in aircraft and airports. Wonderful fresh air!

Had the induction for the tour and they are extremely well organised. I am impressed!

I have decided to just have room service for dinner being my clock is all over the place and don’t feel inclined to sit in a restaurant.

BTW my sparkly funky joggers are back travelling with me. Will post photo. They look frivolous but in fact are comfortable and waterproof. They proved themselves in Scandinavia. Being a bit different and funky is a bonus😁.

Tomorrow we are off on first train ride on the trans alpine to Greymouth. Early start but great to get on a train first thing.

Well I just experienced something I have never come across before in hotels or anywhere! I ordered room service and it is all done online , no person involved. Then the room phone rings a bit later and it is an automated voice saying this robot thing was outside my door. I had 2 minutes to collect my tray and the doors of the robot food storage like cupboard opens on facial recognition. I was so shocked I didn’t get a photo but it was seriously different way to get room service🤣.

This hotel is full of surprises. Alexa and pillow menus for the discerning😂

[toobwaysider]

MAFFICK

O’Bservation: This story takes place in the early 20th Century, when Canterville was then known as Haysville.

Although he was born in Cynefin, Wales, C. Lymwis Huw Maffick studied architectural design at Christminster University in Wessex, England.  But he felt stifled by the chains of tradition on his native isle, and so he set his sights on the United States.  He toured the great cities of America, transfixed by their edifices, but the tour came to a rough end because of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.  Luckily he survived… although that might depend on your perspective.

Upon his return from the Bay area, Maffick sought patronage for his grand design of a luxury hotel.  His inspiration was the old Palace Hotel, which was destroyed in the quake.  He finally found his benefactors in the Mullinmor Family of Haysville, Connecticut.  How they had been able to find him, Maffick had no clue, as he never sent his resume to anyone by that name.  He had never heard of the Mullinmors, nor Haysville when it came to that.

What they had in mind was a luxuriant experience for the guests, to be set on the outskirts of the village, not far from The Wayside, a tavern which was located right on the border of the Connecticut Notch. That way, all of the so-called “out-of-town” visitors in the tavern would have a place to stay the night, if they tarried past The Wayside’s closing time.  And the Mullinmors felt that Maffick’s blueprints and visualized displays suited their needs for such opulent lodgings.

While he was ecstatic that the Mullinmors accepted his designs without criticism or insistence on any changes, Maffick was disheartened by the choice of location.  He earnestly petitioned the matriarch of the clan, Isadora Mullinmor-Phaffe, to set the enterprise in the Hartford area, or at least in New Haven.  But the Widow Mullinmor-Phaffe remained adamant, as did all the family, that their hotel should remain in Haysville.

Once completed, the Mullinmor proved to make everyone happy, especially C. Lymwis Huw Maffick.  On a smaller scale, it aped the grandeur once displayed by the late, lamented Palace Hotel in San Francisco.  With that in mind, Maffick demanded that, as part of his remuneration, he would have the right to stay there – free of charge! – whenever he returned to Connecticut.

With that negotiation demand, Mrs. Mullinmor-Phaffe and the other members of the committee shuffled their feet uneasily and coughed with some nervousness.  Reluctantly, Hubert Claughn “H.C.” Mullinmor explained that while they were more than amenable in acceding to his terms, Maffick would never be allowed to leave Haysville.  At least, not back to the outside world of Connecticut, not anywhere in the United States, nor the world for that matter.

“There is a reason why you have never heard of Haysville,” Mrs. Mullinmor-Phaffe told him.  “No Outsider has ever been allowed to leave our village.  Our lives would be forfeit if we ever betrayed the curse of Mallachd na Sàmhchair laid upon us.”

“The ‘Curse of Silence’,” Father Clarence Sheneehan, the village’s priest, translated.

“We have no way of knowing if that is true,” H.C. Mullinmor hastened to add.  “It’s never been tested, but why take the chance?”

Maffick was probably panicking as the various members of the Mullinmor family edged closer.  “Please!  Don’t kill me!  I assure you, my death won’t help your harvest in the least!”

That statement brought them up short.  A low guttural rumble could be heard among the family members, which finally burst wide as their guffaws erupted.

“Kill you for the sake of a harvest?” Mrs. Mullinmor-Phaffe tittered.  “Mr. Maffick, we are Mullinmors!  And this is Haysville, not Smuttynose Island!”

The men took hold of Maffick and treated him gently even though he was crazed in his struggles.  “Come with us to The Wayside,” Father Sheneehan calmly urged the architect.  “All will be revealed; you have nothing to fear, trust me.”

Maffick went limp and acquiesced.  Although not religious himself, he could see no reason why a man of God would betray his calling.  (O’Bservation:  It was 1911; a more innocent time.)

Within the tavern, Maffick found all of his luggage packed neatly and waiting for him.  The black cat, who usually sat on top of the large boulder by the front door as though it was the pub’s protector, was now perched on those suitcases to guard them as well.  By the back door, there was a great pile of shipping crates stacked and ready to be moved out.  “We took the liberty of packing up your residence in Manhattan,” H.C. beamed.  “And we already have a new home awaiting you over in the dimension of the Flatlands, in the nation of Pooticuck County, in fact.  I think you’ll like it – it’s much like Connecticut….  In fact, you could say that it IS Connecticut!”

The Flatlands?  Pooticuck County?  Another dimension?  Maffick’s head was swimming with the overload of unfamiliar terminology.

Father Sheneehan continued with the sales pitch.  “We have a small estate for you in the Wessex woodlands, as well as an office building at your disposal in the next town over, Pooticuck Center.  That way you can have your own architectural firm ready to go!”

“And it will be ready to go,” added Mrs. Mullinmor-Phaffe.  “We put the word out to all the nations of the Flatlands about your arrival.  This is one time when the phrase ‘Your reputation precedes you’ will not be hyperbole.”

A little girl, whom Maffick later learned was H.C. Mullinmor’s young daughter, shyly tugged on his coat’s tweedy sleeve.  “I gave your new home its name,” she said.  “I hope you don’t mind?  I named it Hiraeth Place….”

Hearing his native Welsh again threatened to overwhelm him.  But he was still suspicious.

“Why are you doing this?”

“We needed that hotel, Mr. Maffick,” H.C. explained. “The world is fast approaching a critical stage which it might not survive.  So we will be summoning great and powerful figures to come here from beyond the dimensional rift, in order to help us find ways to prevent that from happening.”

H.C. could see that the information was totally lost on the architect.  “Never mind that.  All you need to know is that the existence of Haysville must never be exposed.”

“But I will be totally lost there,” he argued plaintively.  “I don’t know the language and -#.”

“You are speaking it now, Old Man!” H.C. chortled.  “As I said earlier, Pooticuck County might as well be Connecticut!”

“And you will have a guide,” the Mullinmor matriarch reassured him.  Tilting her head slightly, she called out to the darkened far corner of the taproom.  “I believe we are ready for you now….”

A tall, imposing figure cloaked in shadow stood up.  He appeared to be an old man, with a beard long and white; his hooded eyes, beneath thick, bushy, unkempt eyebrows, were further hidden by the wide brim of the battered old pointed hat, the extended crown of which had folded over from its own weight.  There was a strength which could be detected in him, however, both physical and in spirit.

Although it was 1911, the stranger was garbed in flowing robes like those cheapjack mystics like Aleister Crowley making a name for himself dabbling in the dark arts.  And yet….

Conversing in the architect’s native Welsh, the stranger asked, “Ydych chi'n fy adnabod?"

The way Maffick nodded his head, it was evident he was even more fearful than before.

“Myrddin.”  His response was no more than a hoarse whisper.

“Well now!  We best get going then, eh?”  Workmen came in through that back door, it’s frame now glowing with its own purplish aura, and they began hauling out the crates of Maffick’s earthly belongings.  “Don’t worry, Maffick.  Traveling through the dimensional rift to the otherworld is relatively painless and quick.”

Maffick’s panic was reignited.  “Here!  What’s all that about it being relatively painless?”

“Myrddin” chuckled.  “Forgive me!  I should have reversed that to ‘relatively quick… AND painless.’  You won’t feel a thing in the crossing to another dimension.  But I’m afraid there will be somewhat of a delay on the other side; you will have to register with the Monitaur agents as an immigrant.”

Taking a deep breath, Maffick headed for the exit, but then he thought better of it.  “Hold on…!  I owned an automobile!  And if you think I’m going to leave behind a 1911 Locomobile Model 48…!”

“Myrddin” shook his head.  “And what would you use it for?  A planter?  The Flatlands is exactly that – a flat planet.  There are no deep reserves of oil beneath the surface; there would be no room!  Besides, the Saitopsi of Givrontis would be angered if their ancestors were rendered into fossil fuel to be burned in your car’s engine.  You don’t want an army of thunder lizards trampling you, do you?  Don’t worry….  We do have a Flatlands-adapted vehicle waiting in your new driveway.”

Having no other objection at the ready, Maffick shrugged and followed “Myrddin” through the tavern’s back door which slammed shut behind them and the purple aura faded away.

[modifiedmindsclothing]

Welcome home bb! This guy was being put back together over the holiday. I think I'll call him franky. I found him at a state auction. This machines previous home was in horrendous conditions (que up ' Sarah Mclachlan- in the arms of the angels). I'm so happy that my buddies at EdRaichert in Phx were able to save him. ♡ Industrial Sewing Machine Hospital ♡ I might do a practice on some different leathers tomorrow. 🧟‍♂️ I hope you like my new misfit! 🧟‍♂️ #frankenmachine #FrankthePhaff545 #phaff545 #phaff #industrialsewingmachine https://www.instagram.com/p/CK7hEluFdNo/?igshid=z2ci85uw1066

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My sketch of the amazing Andrew Rannells😢

Any fellow andrew stans there?

Click for more higher quality😂

Please give credit and don't repost

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trust leo to remember ANYTHING

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Maaike Widdershoven en Luuk Haaze in Musicals Gone Mad

Maaike Widdershoven en Luuk Haaze in Musicals Gone Mad

Ook Robbert van den Bergh, Cinthia de Neef en Jeroen Phaff te zien in de musicalparodie. Vorige week kondigde Musicals Gone Mad de herstart van de jaarlijkse Bonte Avond van het musicalseizoen aan. Nu is ook bekendgemaakt welke cast er in de tiende editie van de musicalparodie te zien zal zijn: Robbert van den Bergh, Luuk Haaze, Cinthia de Neef en Maaike Widdershoven. De presentatie is in handen…

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This is a callout post for Blair Pfaff

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New E-2D arrives in Japan for the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 10/19/22 - 08:17 in Military

A future JASDF E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is unloaded at the port of the Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station, Japan, on October 18, 2022. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps)

The U.S. Marine Corps unloaded an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye AEW (Airborne Early Warning) aircraft at the Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station for delivery to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF).

The U.S. Marines unloaded the aircraft from a cargo ship on October 18, before its formal delivery to Japan.

Japan has a total of 13 E-2D aircraft ordered to replace an equal number of the old E-2C Hawkeyes, which have been in service since 1983. Japan is also the largest E-2 operator outside the US.

Northrop Grumman delivered the first of the new E-2Ds to Japan in 2019 and was scheduled to deliver a total of five fuselages by the end of 2022, according to the initial plans. The aircraft that was unloaded on October 18 is the fourth known fuselage to be delivered.

Developed for the U.S. Navy as a twin-engine aircraft-back, command and tactical battle control aircraft based on aircraft carriers, the E-2D was also acquired by France.

The E-2D AHE represents a two-generation leap in technology compared to its predecessor, the E-2C Hawkeye. The aircraft features a new radar and updated aircraft systems that improve support capacity and increase readiness.

The centerpiece of the E-2D AHE is the APY-9 radar system, specifically designed to provide enhanced surveillance detection and tracking capability against advanced threat aircraft and cruise missile systems in open terrestrial, coastal and ocean environments. With the addition of air refueling capabilities, the E-2D remains the most advanced command and control platform in the world.

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My photo’s of the matinee performance of Elisabeth in Concert. 

And I have the time of my life yesterday. But I think that I make a blog saterday/sunday about yesterday (probably in dutch), I don’t want to spoiled for the people who still have to go the concert this week.

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A report on the opening night of Elisabeth in Concert!

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In Review: Futurequake 2017 (The "Idea Space" Issue)

In Review: Futurequake 2017 (The “Idea Space” Issue)

Furuequake 2017 – cover art by: Romain Brun, colour by Julien Brun The Book: FutureQuake 2017 is back to brighten the boring, Inspire the indolent and render the jaded jubilant! Within the 100 page issue witness 18 possible futures including the latest instalment of the astounding epic, “Idea Space”. The Review: I’ve been promising to finish this review of the latest FutureQuake special for…