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We all know that the flearthers are wildly inconsistent about altitudes. How high is the Sun? The Moon? Clouds? The firmament? Flying monkeys?

Let's play their game. We can't go to the edge because the NASA penguins will capture you and imprison you in their ice mines for violating the Antarctic Treaty. You lift off in your balloon satellite from the North Pole and taking care not to bump into Polaris you ascend (thus simutaneously disproving gravity). Assuming it is 12,000 miles to the edge in accordance to globetard measurements, how far would you have to ascend (assuming not blocked in by the firmament) to see from edge to edge i.e. the full God's green flat Earth?

Human field of view of what we see clearly is about 120^(O). Technically it is more list 220^(O) but that includes peripheral vision, motion detection and the mythical "refraction". Looking at it as a right triangle so the globecult can use their "trigonometry" we would get a triangle with altitude h, and leg of 12000 and since it is not an equilateral triangle we can find the angles. It has an angle of 60^(O) and the remaining one of 30^(O) according the the math conspiracy.

h/12000 = tan 30^(O). This works out to a height h = 6928.2 miles. Considering no one has every been that high I have just proven the Flat Earth!

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I'm an idiot and need to retake the exam. I accept that. My question is since I already have an FRN what is my first step? Also, will I get my previous call sign again?

I will warn you, I’m biased.  I love the book and this is a faithful telling of Erich Maria Remarque’s story.

Imagine if Saving Private Ryan were made in 1957; a frank telling of the brutality of a war while it is still fresh in everyone’s memory.  It starts with the patriotism back home that forces boys to join the army including Baum who did not want to join but did because of peer-pressure.  He dies within minutes of arriving at the front.  Later the main character Paul is home on leave and the schoolmaster that convinced Paul’s class to join wants Paul to talk about how glorious it is to fight for the Fatherland and everyone (including the current students) when Paul says war is not glorious but rather a daily battle to not die.  His father and his friends explain to Paul exactly what the army needs to do to win the war as if it is that simple.  This juxtaposes with two battle scenes otherwhere in the movie that shows the true nature of advance and counterattack where there are a lot of gruesome deaths at the end of each battle the armies are in the exact same places.

The movie shows the death of friends (including the cursed boots), the mental breakdowns, the hunger for the soldier and even the French civilians (this is a pre-code film) that forces the women in prostitution for food with the enemy.  Obviously if you have never been in war you cannot truly understand it, but I feel this movie is one of the few where if you understand it, you almost understand what life is like for a soldier during war.

There’s not a lot to talk about this film because it is a lot of the same which is what makes it such a powerful war film and a great movie.

Consistently ranked towards the bottom of lists ranking Best Pictures, I think people do a disservice by looking at this movie with 2026 eyes.  I see a lot of reviews saying things like it’s just like any other musical, but when this was made, this was the first musical.  No one had ever seen anything like this before.  Sound on films had existed for about a year so the opening with the offices full of singing and music must have been incredible.  And talking about cinema science, there was a scene that was in Technicolor (now lost) that also was the first movie scene performed to prerecorded music.

The acting of the two lead actresses was great.  Bessie Love as Hank was really good and was nominated for Best Actress but I think Anita Page as Queenie did a better job.  Hank and Queenie are a sister singing/dancing duo; Hank wants stardom and Queenie wants security and they are going to be in a Broadway show.  In real life, Bessie and Anita were not trained singers & dancers so in the movie they are not high-level (but not screwball comedy level either) but that works so well in the context of the movie where the are just like all of the other girls trying to make it big in New York.  In fact, Queenie gets noticed during a rehearsal by just standing on a statue looking beautiful.

 

The story is pretty standard.  Hank’s fiancé Eddie sees Queenie after many years and is immediately infatuated with her so we know a love triangle is coming.  It is obvious to everyone but Hank and Queenie and eventually Queenie is being wined, dined and pampered by rich Jacques Warriner.  Hank and Eddie warn her Queenie about Jacques but she doesn’t want to listen as Jacques can give her the security she craves.  Hank eventually realizes Eddie’s feelings for Queenie so she tell him that she knows he loves Queenie and go rescue her from Jacques and be with her which he does just as Jacques shows himself to be a predator.  Queenie and Eddie marry and she quits show business and Hank finds a new partner and is going on the road.  What makes the love-triangle story work is Love’s and Page’s acting.  We feel real emotion and care about them.

Overall, the storyline, the humor of the supporting cast, scenes like Hank’s breakdown means this movie is timeless.  It is as good in 2026 as it was in 1929.

I have decided to see all of the Academy Awards Best Pictures in order and comment on them as if anyone cares what I say.  But people may want to comment on them as well so as I watch and write them up, I’ll post the review.  One thing is that I will try (and maybe succeed) at putting the review in the context of when it was made.  I am not going to give the in-depth plot to each movie but I will give parts of the plot in my review so #spoileralert.

New one for me. I am looking at a property and the manufactured home on it has no foundation and I believe not permanently attached. The title is not purged meaning that the home is personal property and not part of the property - the property shows as unimproved. The owner is selling the manufactured home as personal property with the lot. This arrangement of a "temporary" manufactured home on the property would work out very well for us but I have never had experience with this arrangement. Is this a run-away-quickly situation? Is it a hey if it works for you you'll get a great deal situation? Is it a get a discount for your troubles and then follow these steps ... situation?

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>!The Devils' in the Kitchen/Louden's Bonnie Woods and Braes!<

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