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Hobby Thread - March 1, 2025 [TRex]
Welcome hobbyists! Pull up a chair and sit a spell with the Horde in this little corner of the interweb. This is the mighty, mighty officially sanctioned Ace of Spades Hobby Thread.
We gave the Ace of Spades Wheel of Hobbies(TM) a spin. Turns out, the Wheel is on the hunt for knowledge and culture. It said MUSEUMS. Let's go see some stuff!
Museums? That is not a hobby, is it? Well, we could sit here all night and debate the definition of "hobby," but what difference would that make? Museums often feature themes or collections that speak to our hobbies.
A painter might appreciate an art museum. A geologist might appreciate a natural history museum. A train buff might appreciate a train museum, just as someone into cars would appreciate a car museum or an aviation enthusiast would appreciate a museum focused on airplanes.
There are a lot of museums out there. Some are large, some are small. Some are well known and famous and others are hidden gems. Some are fancy and others are...less fancy. Many have unique bits or pieces of history that can only be seen there. Many museums feature on our holiday travels or road trips. Some have such unique items that make them worth a special trip - and then hopefully a return trip later when our brain has had a chance to digest what it saw.
We shall together explore museums for this Hobby Thread. Your host will offer some thoughts below, but this thread is going to be all about the Gray Box content. Everyone has favorites or great memories or hidden gems. Share! What are your favorites? What are favorites that others might not know? Any other memorable museum stories (making a donation, doing research, volunteering, etc.)?
Let us abide by these guidelines to keep the topic somewhat focused:
1) Stick to US museums. Yes, there are amazing museums elsewhere, but this is not an international travel theme.
2) Everyone knows about the Smithsonian family of museums. Yes, they are impressive, but give others time in the spotlight.
What are you hobbying these days? As per usual Hobby Thread etiquette, keep this thread limited to hobbying. Your participation does not need to limited to the theme. All hobbying is welcome. However, politics, current events and religious debates can live in threads elsewhere. Play nice. Do not be a troll and do not feed the trolls. Pants, as always, are optional.
Interested in US military history?
Official and quasi-official museums related to the US armed forces are not just repositories of stuff, but they tell the history of those who wore the uniform.
National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton, Ohio - one day is not enough.
National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida - hidden gem with much more than the Blue Angels.
National Museum of the US Marine Corps in Triangle, Virginia (near Quantico) - a former colleague with the 101st Airborne recommended going. When an Army guy says to visit a Marine museum, that speaks volumes.
There are others that we have yet to visit like the National Museum of the US Army.
What others should be on the list?
Interested in World War II history?
Visit The National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
This museum is extraordinary but why is a World War II museum in New Orleans? The answer comes from the efforts of Andrew Jackson Higgins who lived in New Orleans and adapted his shallow water work boats (used for gas and oil exploration in Louisiana) for military use as a landing craft. Higgins Boats changed the way that war was fought because they allowed infantry or small vehicles to exit via a front ramp. Higgins boats were manufactured in quantity by Higgins Industries in New Orleans. Now you know...
Interested specifically in military vehicles AND you are near Wyoming?
The National Museum of Military Vehicles in Dubois, Wyomind is privately operated. It is located east of Jackson and the Grand Teton National Park but is not near any major population centers. It is an enormous facility with full-size dioramas inside and a fleet of vehicles outside.
Founder Dan Starks started collecting military vehicles and his hobby got out of control. His collection took up two storage barns and word of mouth brought people asking for tours. Fortunately, he had the vision and resources to create a much larger facility. It opened for the first time in 2020 and had its official grand opening in 2022.
The museum has an extensive collection of firearms. Most notable is the actual musket which PVT John Simpson used to fire the first shot at the Battle of Bunker's Hill on June 17, 1775. (No, I don't know how one authenticates firing the "first" shot.)
Are you an art lover?
Los Angeles has the Getty (old and new), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and the Broad. The hidden gem in Southern California is The Norton Simon Museum.
The museum is located in Pasadena and has a center-stage position at the beginning of the Rose Parade. Rodin's Thinker sits outside the front door and watches the Colorado Boulevard pass by. It is not an enormous museum but the quality of the collection is impressive.
Interested in art made of glass?
Chihuly Garden and Glass is an exhibit in the Seattle Center directly next to the Space Needle. As the name says, the art on display is the very distinctive glasswork from Dale Chihuly. Even if you do not know Chihuly glass by name, you would recognize it immediately.
Do you prefer art in egg form?
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia has the largest public collection of Faberge and Russian decorative arts in an American museum. Seeing one Faberge Imperial egg is rare. Seeing five at the same time in the same place is an event.
Santa Claus is coming to town...in Columbus, Texas
The Santa Claus Museum displays nearly 5,000 Santas. It is not fancy but is a lot of fun. The museum opened in 1990 and is comprised of several extensive personal Santa collections that were donated.
When you're done seeing the Santas, walk across the street and check out the Columbus Courthouse. The green glass interior dome above the main courtroom is beautiful.
Are you into dinosaurs? Of course. Isn't everybody?
The Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana has one of the largest collections of dinosaur fossils in the world. One of the most complete full size TRex skeletons ever discovered? Yes. TRex skulls? Yes. A series of the horned Triceratops skulls which ranges from juveniles to adults? Yes. And much more. The place is amazing.
Are cars your thing?
Car lovers know about places like the Petersen and Nethercutt Museums in Los Angeles or the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green. You may even know about the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia and the National Automobile Museum in Reno (formerly the Harrah collection).
Did you know one of the world's best automobile museums lives in Naples, Florida? It comes from the personal collection of Miles Collier, but is now known as the Revs Institute. It is part collection and part research library. They honor preserve the cars but do not over-restore them. Cars are only original once. They also drive their cars rather than let them solely sit as static displays. The race cars are driven hard at vintage racing events, especially the Porsche collection.
The first Ferrari to win a race (which was also the first Ferrari in the US)? Yes.
1939 Mercedes Silver Arrow grand prix car? Yes.
1963 Corvette Grand Sport coupe? Yes.
1995 McLaren F1? Yes.
Revs has cars the Porsche museum would like to have.
Captivated by carpentry?
The Museum of Hammers in Haines, Alaska has six galleries with over 2,500 hammers. From ancient times to the present day, the hammer tells the story of progress and ingenuity. You can also get a shirt that says "I got hammered in Haines." No, we have not visited but sounds like fun.
Happy Texas Independence Day tomorrow!
The Gonzales Memorial Museum deserves attention. After all, it is the only place you can see the famous "Come and Take it!" cannon.
Horde Hobbying from lurker Neon Madman:
My particular hobby superpower lies in turning money into sawdust,
generally in the making of small decorative boxes (dresser or desktop sized). In the distant past, we used to call these "stash boxes," because they would be used to "stash" valuable or useful things.I like to use thin, very highly figured wood, which can be difficult to work with. While decorative walnut, maple or cherry can be pricey, the pieces that I use are fairly small so I can save a few bucks that way. I call this hobby "cheap therapy," while my wife points out that my tools certainly aren't cheap and the value of the therapy is still open to question.
The body of this particular box is box jointed spalted maple, while the top and bottom are some nice pieces of black walnut. I have quite a few hours into this one. You might be surprised, but often the smaller an item is the more exacting things have to be. Also, the more exacting the finish is, the more readily any small flaw shows up.
Thank you! Well done!
Did you miss the Hobby Thread last week with a theme of jigsaw puzzles? The comments may be closed, but you can re-live the content.
Notable comments from last week:
Words of wisdom:
"Because despite all our troubles, when things are grim out in that wide round world of ours, that's when it's really important to have a good hobby." Posted by: tankascribe at June 22, 2024 07:41 PM (HWxAD).
If you have trouble finding something in the content or comments that resonates with you, hijack the thread for your hobbying as you see fit. We will feature a different theme next time. Send thoughts, suggestions and photos of your hobbying to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Do mighty things.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: New nick time! Certified dangerous radical that puts ketchup on hotdogs plus, imma wannabe ratfink a at March 01, 2025 05:35 PM (89Sog)
https://visitvirginiacitynv.com/museums/
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 01, 2025 05:35 PM (0eaVi)
Hyperland is pretty damn awesome.
Ricing the desktop experience has become my new hobby.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at March 01, 2025 05:35 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Brother Tim sez at March 01, 2025 05:36 PM (45anI)
Posted by: fd at March 01, 2025 05:36 PM (vFG9F)
Eggcellent. I may stop there sometime.
Posted by: Egghead at March 01, 2025 05:38 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 01, 2025 05:38 PM (LPS7w)
The National Air Space Museum in Virginia is awesome
Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2025 05:39 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: fd at March 01, 2025 05:36 PM
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Excellent suggestion! Haven't been but on the list.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 05:39 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://museumofclean.com/
Ya feel dirty after you leave.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 01, 2025 05:39 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: fd at March 01, 2025 05:39 PM (vFG9F)
I suppose that means I am stuck just going to Idiot museums?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 05:40 PM (Q4Dc6)
That's a Tom Scott video, and if you don't know him you should check out his stuff because he explores lots of fascinating places.
Posted by: fozzy at March 01, 2025 05:41 PM (zH2yS)
I suppose that means I am stuck just going to Idiot museums?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 05:40 PM
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Definitely in the running for comment of the week.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 05:41 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 01, 2025 05:38 PM (LPS7w)
I hear they'll be stuffing and hanging the carcass of Tank Abrams after she passes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 01, 2025 05:41 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 05:41 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2025 05:42 PM (fwDg9)
The Evergreen museum has the Spruce Goose inside a hangar/building along with many other aircraft.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 01, 2025 05:42 PM (/U5Yz)
"They honor preserve the cars but do not over-restore them. "
All my cars are like that.
Posted by: fd at March 01, 2025 05:43 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Eromero at March 01, 2025 05:43 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2025 05:43 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 05:41 PM
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Just looked at their website. Impressive.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 05:45 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: TRex "
In the heat of a 100 degree Georgia summer, it's a real cool place to go.
Posted by: fd at March 01, 2025 05:45 PM (vFG9F)
The Evergreen museum has the Spruce Goose inside a hangar/building along with many other aircraft.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 01, 2025 05:42 PM (/U5Yz)
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There's also a Sci-Fi museum in Seattle not far from the Space Needle -- if you like props.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at March 01, 2025 05:45 PM (LPS7w)
Local uber-rich rail road guy. Museum is his home. Virtually every room is in a different style almost over the top rendition of the style. Like he had too much money and threw it at the house to impress the Jonse's... VanderBilts, whatever.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 01, 2025 05:46 PM (/lPRQ)
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What? Say it isn't so....
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at March 01, 2025 05:46 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 01, 2025 05:46 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at March 01, 2025 05:42 PM
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Correct on both counts. Both amazing.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 05:47 PM (IQ6Gq)
A Air Space museum picture in Virginia I took
Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2025 05:48 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: JamminJames at March 01, 2025 05:48 PM (PJo+V)
Posted by: CapeFear at March 01, 2025 05:50 PM (tFmM4)
Posted by: Sid stands with Ukraine at March 01, 2025 05:51 PM (bkXav)
Stall speed on a Storch is 31 mph. It's a kite.
Posted by: fd at March 01, 2025 05:52 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: JamminJames at March 01, 2025 05:48 PM
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Wow. Just checked out the website. Never heard of it but quite a place. Thanks much for the suggestion!
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 05:53 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2025 05:53 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: CapeFear at March 01, 2025 05:53 PM (tFmM4)
But. The Museum of Flight at Boeing Field is amazing.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 01, 2025 05:54 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 01, 2025 05:56 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: fd at March 01, 2025 05:52 PM
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Must have been wild to see. Garrett Mitchell (Cleetus McFarland) mentioned in recent video that he has done competitions for things like that with his Carbon Cub. Didn't know there was such a thing...
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 05:56 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 01, 2025 05:57 PM (WLXpb)
Posted by: Eromero at March 01, 2025 05:43 PM
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Good evening to you, Sir.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 05:57 PM (IQ6Gq)
Cody boasts the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, which is friggin' awesome. Bfore tourist season the locals visited for free, My favorite parts were the Winchester museum and the Whitney Art Gallery. Tons of western art, featuring Remington and Russell.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 01, 2025 05:57 PM (bDNzX)
Someone beat me to the Museum of Flight and the Red Barn in Seattle.
Cody Museum in Cody WY. It has a fine collection of firearms from the Wild West. Also, the Patton Museum of Armor at Ft Knox, KY. I haven't been to either in a few years but very well done. Also, the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola is a must see.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 01, 2025 05:59 PM (yXp3M)
I believe it has the largest collection of Soviet space hardware outside of Moscow.
It has an actual SR-71 Blackbird and T-38 Talon in the main lobby that have flown missions.
It has a V-1 Buzzbomb, a V-2 rocket, and a jet engine from the ME-163 Comet in the weapons of war room.
In the Soviet room, it has a flight-ready backup to Sputnik I, a genuine RD-107 engine, and a Vostok capsule that actually went to space.
The outdoor display has a Titan rocket and numerous actual U.S. space program engines.
The write-ups on the displays are also pretty good.
Highly recommended museum if you have a bright middle school or high school kid with an interest in that area.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 05:59 PM (Q4Dc6)
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 01, 2025 05:57 PM
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Argghhh... Driven by it on the 10 many times but never was able to stop. Have watched lots of videos of the boneyard. Would like to tour it someday.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 05:59 PM (IQ6Gq)
They go from pretty elaborate and representative to the community to really small.
A few of my favorites are the Depot Museum at Tenino WA, and the Polk County Historical Society Museum in Rickreall OR.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2025 05:59 PM (D7oie)
His designs are fantastic, though.
Chihuly also has an extraordinary collection of Pendleton wool blankets in his home on North Lake Union.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 01, 2025 06:00 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Ben Had at March 01, 2025 06:00 PM (mB6WH)
Been there multiple times. There is a ton of stuff (some old Air Force 1s for example) in out buildings.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:01 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 06:01 PM (Q4IgG)
The place is a world class museum.
Posted by: pchaz at March 01, 2025 06:02 PM (KspwL)
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Or if you have a husband that is determined to see and photograph every Blackbird ever made...I understand we will be visiting this year, will let you know when.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at March 01, 2025 06:02 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2025 06:02 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:02 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:04 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:02 PM
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Absolutely. Great suggestion.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 06:04 PM (IQ6Gq)
Pencil sharpener museum in Hocking Ohio.
Plan two days for the Air force Museum in Dayton and leave your wife behind.
Pensacola Naval Aviation museum in on base but very worth it. The mannequin of Nixon in his chopper having a whiskey rocks and reading a newspaper with the moon landing headline is priceless.
Virginia Beach Aviation museum, working models you can get right up and touch, a lot of soviet and WW1 stuff.
Posted by: Auspex at March 01, 2025 06:05 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 01, 2025 06:06 PM (iZEhM)
Oh, and it's haunted.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 01, 2025 06:06 PM (bDNzX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:06 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 01, 2025 06:06 PM (Dm8we)
Not too terribly far from Casa de Doof -
"The Havre de Grace Decoy Museum in Havre de Grace, Maryland is a museum that celebrates the art of decoy carving and the history of waterfowling. The museum is located on the Susquehanna River and has one of the largest collections of Chesapeake Bay decoys."
https://decoymuseum.com/
For you history nerds, Havre de Grace was among the cities considered to become US Capital - before DC, approximately 90 miles down present-day I-95, was chosen.
Posted by: Doof at March 01, 2025 06:07 PM (RFPHU)
There is also a very nice Pioneer Museum a couple of blocks down on Main Street - all about the lives of the German settlers who founded Fredericksburg in the mid-19th century. I did research there, and later I was a guest lecturer at a meeting of the local historical society there.
Posted by: Sgt. Mom at March 01, 2025 06:07 PM (Ew3fm)
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I can confirm there are lovely antique stores in Dayton!
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at March 01, 2025 06:07 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 01, 2025 06:06 PM (iZEhM)
Cybersmythe! When did you get here??
Posted by: Doof at March 01, 2025 06:08 PM (RFPHU)
Posted by: Auspex at March 01, 2025 06:05 PM (j4U/Z)
The Air Force museum is such a guy thing that women literally give you the look while you are staring like a kid in a candy store.
Girl: why do you like this so much?
Me: *does not compute*... Norman coordinate! Because it is!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:09 PM (bss/y)
We went to the excellent Woolaroc museum for a grade school field trip.
Back then (50 years ago), you could wander the grounds and examine the numerous rock pictographs left by the Indians.
Even more fascinating, was the Indian burial ground that was excavated as an archeological site with preserved skeletons in situ. There were actual Indians as the docents and I asked dozens of questions.
1.) Have they closed off access to the pictographs? I think there are enough a$$holes in the current American populace that the displays would be defaced.
2.) I believe they re-buried the burial ground. My impression at the time was that the Indians liked the answers generated about their ancestors based on modern archeology. Of course, that treatment would be a huge "woke" violation these days.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:09 PM (Q4Dc6)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 01, 2025 06:10 PM (dxSpM)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 01, 2025 06:06 PM (Dm8we)
Harrier I think?
(We are really chumming the water for anna.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:10 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Stacy0311 at March 01, 2025 06:11 PM (iCijS)
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 01, 2025 06:11 PM (yXp3M)
And of course, I'd like to see the AKC Museum of the Dog in New York City. Except I'd have to go to New York City.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 01, 2025 06:13 PM (dxSpM)
The SAC museum outside Omaha is a step down from the greats, with a few restoration-in-progress models.
They have a vintage North Korean Mig 15 of such bad construction it doesn't look like it could make it to a runway.
Posted by: Auspex at March 01, 2025 06:13 PM (j4U/Z)
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I can confirm there are lovely antique stores in Dayton!
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at March 01, 2025 06:07 PM
Wait, so the advice is NOT to leave your wife behind in Dayton when you return back to your home?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:13 PM (Q4Dc6)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 01, 2025 06:14 PM (bDNzX)
I assume it was the Cody museum I have also been to
Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2025 06:14 PM (fwDg9)
Museums are so much fun. It's fun to read where people have been and about oddball museums -- hammers, really? lol
We grew up in Aurora, ILL, just a 45 minute train ride to the wonderful museums in Chicago. Science and Industry was always a favorite. Haven't been there in more than a decade, now.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 01, 2025 06:14 PM (Eo96p)
Not weird... Fort McHenry. It's a museum too.
Also not weird, National Trolly Museum in Maryland. Off of Colesville, RD in Wheaton. (Now called Colesville... fuckers)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 06:14 PM (Q4IgG)
Groton museum & sub base in Connecticut
National 8th Air Force museum in Georgia
Marine Corps in Virginia
Very enjoyable visits to first 2, sooner or later I'll do the USMC
Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at March 01, 2025 06:15 PM (L1omb)
Been there a couple times. Nice spot.
For a different kind of Museum I recommend visiting the Newport mansions. Most have been retained in their original state and it's pretty wild to see how American aristocracy lived.
Bonus: There's a private car museum right down the road and the Tennis Hall of Fame is next door.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2025 06:16 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Stacy0311 at March 01, 2025 06:16 PM (iCijS)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:17 PM (bss/y)
As for my own hobby (or one of them), I did a combined SOTA / POTA this morning. I had 14 contacts, including a guy in Japan who must live on his radio.
Now I'm puttering about the kitchen and waiting for the frozen steaks to heat up in the sous vide cooker.
Posted by: PabloD at March 01, 2025 06:17 PM (YUUxb)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 01, 2025 06:06 PM
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Convair B-58A Hustler
The U.S. Air Force's first operational supersonic bomber, the B-58 made its initial flight on Nov. 11, 1956. In addition to the Hustler's delta wing shape, distinctive features included a sophisticated inertial guidance navigation and bombing system, a slender "wasp-waist" fuselage and an extensive use of heat-resistant honeycomb sandwich skin panels in the wings and fuselage. Since the thin fuselage prevented the carrying of bombs internally, a droppable, two-component pod beneath the fuselage contained a nuclear weapon -- along with extra fuel, reconnaissance equipment or other specialized gear. The B-58 crew consisted of a pilot, navigator/bombardier and defense systems operator.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 06:18 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:09 PM
My retirement plan is to build an Air Force and boobs museum.
I am putting a "designer handbags at outlet prices" store right next door.
I figure I will make roughly a billion dollars in the first year.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:18 PM (Q4Dc6)
Posted by: Nodnol at March 01, 2025 06:18 PM (ijOyV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:18 PM (bss/y)
We also loved the Lewis and Clark Museum in ND. Very well done.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 01, 2025 06:18 PM (Eo96p)
Not strictly a museum but the tour of the place is fascinating. Self guided tours and well done signage to explain how the Corps of Engineers designed and built it.
The fort actually floats on top of the sand.
Posted by: Winston, GOPe, McFailure wing of the Uniparty at March 01, 2025 06:19 PM (yXp3M)
Posted by: Kindltot at March 01, 2025 06:20 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2025 06:16 PM
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Audrain Auto Museum. Haven't been but looks amazing from social media posts.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 06:20 PM (IQ6Gq)
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If it's still in operation, the Fenton Glass Museum in Parkersburg, WV had an awesome display of depression era glassware. We have some antiques from family. Really pretty stuff.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 06:21 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 01, 2025 06:06 PM
Harrier I think?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:10 PM
Air intakes also look like a Harrier to me.
Of course, the Harrier is a jet operated by the Marines.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:21 PM (Q4Dc6)
THE WWI museum - https://www.theworldwar.org/
and The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures - https://toyandminiaturemuseum.org/
Posted by: KCSteve at March 01, 2025 06:22 PM (bxAlI)
I'm still planning on my Seaside radio nerd expedition after Memorial Day. Will touch base when it gets closer.
Posted by: PabloD at March 01, 2025 06:22 PM (YUUxb)
Yes, I've been to the WWII Museum. It's actually located on the street named for Andrew Higgins -- or at least the street used to be called that; I think they've given it a new name. Anyway, the museum is amazing. My regular mechanic''s late father (passed away at age 99!) would often go down to speak and be interviewed at the museum about his experiences in the Pacific. He was set to go on the big invasion of the Japanese home islands in '45, knew he would probably die, and was grateful and relieved to hear about the A-bombs and the surrender.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2025 06:23 PM (omVj0)
Pendleton Round-up and Happy Canyon Hall of Fame museum. A pic of my mom is in there.
Posted by: scsmpydog at March 01, 2025 06:23 PM (G2apg)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:18 PM (Q4Dc6)
When do you open? I'll clear my calendar.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:23 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:17 PM
I wonder what stupid Left-wing activity was occurring there that SMOD decided to take it out?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:25 PM (Q4Dc6)
This summer PH museums have free admission https://www.phmuseum.org
Selfridge Military Air Museum at Selfridge ANGB has an indoor exhibition area and an outdoor Air Park with about 30 planes.
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 01, 2025 06:25 PM (+M5Ro)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at March 01, 2025 06:25 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:25 PM (Q4Dc6)
Neanderthal commie-hippies.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:25 PM (bss/y)
I've also been to the Mercedes-Benz Museum, though they might not call it that, in Alabama. They had lots of B & W pics of various events in MB history, but not very many of the classic sedans or roadsters I love.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2025 06:25 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at March 01, 2025 06:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:21 PM
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Funny enough, the AF museum has a Harrier. It was an early prototype called the Kestrel. It was one of six sent to to the US for evaluation. The USAF passed but the Marines did not.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 06:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
It was only later that I realized museums have clean, convenient restrooms and you don't have to buy anything to go in. When I take a road trip, that's where I stop.
Posted by: huerfano at March 01, 2025 06:26 PM (n2swS)
The Amon Carter has an excellent Remington collection, as well as several works by Russel. It's so interesting to watch the development of American art through the years.
Somehow, you would identify it as American wherever you saw it.
There is also a Museum of Modern Art, but we have not visited that, so I can't report on it.
Posted by: sal at March 01, 2025 06:26 PM (f+FmA)
The museum itself is kind of small. It's owned by some very rich guy and he keeps his collection in a car warehouse in the area. He rotates the cars through the museum doing different themes, by country, style, race cars, etc..
The curator and Jay Leno often bring some of the cars to one of the mansions for a Cars and Coffee get together on fall weekends.
Another very wealthy guy took over a building on the old Raytheon building on the other side of the island and his collection is even bigger.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2025 06:27 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2025 06:27 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 01, 2025 06:28 PM (Eo96p)
- Museum of Science and Industry
- U505 on display
- Coal Mine simulation that used to demonstrate Davy safety lamps
- Shedd Aquarium
- Field Museum of Natural History
- First Division museum at Cantigny in Wheaton
Posted by: Rick T at March 01, 2025 06:28 PM (xeXUW)
You are supposed to bend over for Ukraine, Sid, not stand.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2025 06:29 PM (8zz6B)
I figure I will make roughly a billion dollars in the first year.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:18 PM
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AoSHQ law: every thread eventually ends up talking about food, movies, gubs or bewbs. Thank you for upholding our honor.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 06:29 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: NaughtyPine at March 01, 2025 06:29 PM (+M5Ro)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:18 PM
When do you open? I'll clear my calendar.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:23 PM
I should probably offer a 50% discount to all Morons.
Of course, then my net profit in year one would probably be about a $1.87.
Can you live in retirement on $1.87 after all of the Bidenflation?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:29 PM (Q4Dc6)
Posted by: Skip
That one up on the hill to the west of downtown? Full of dioramas and reconstruction about the Oregon Trail?
We dubbed it the "Million Ways to Die in the West" Museum.
Posted by: Auspex at March 01, 2025 06:30 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 01, 2025 06:30 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at March 01, 2025 06:30 PM
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Good suggestion. Forgot about that one. Been there, but many years ago. Other good stuff in Balboa Park too. Saw a Dead Sea Scroll exhibition there.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 06:32 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Sid stands with Ukraine at March 01, 2025 05:51 PM (bkXav)
(insert Curtis Armstrong as Charles De Mar* howling laughter here)
*Better Off Dead. Weird, funny movie.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at March 01, 2025 06:32 PM (bDNzX)
Gilmore Car Museum north of Battle Creek.
Posted by: Auspex at March 01, 2025 06:32 PM (j4U/Z)
It's a pretty emotional place and quite large with a ton of memorabilia. It's a full day visit.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2025 06:33 PM (LkLld)
Cussler died in 2020, says Wiki, so in '98 or '99 when I went, he was only in his sixties and was probably still enjoying the cars.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2025 06:33 PM (omVj0)
Other favorites of mine are Udvar-Hazy (the Air & Space location near Dulles) and the Oriental Institute in Chicago. Oh, also the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago.
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 01, 2025 06:34 PM (Szews)
Posted by: Eromero at March 01, 2025 06:34 PM (LHPAg)
We went there often and had our favorite exhibits- the Samurai in full armor, the egg collection, the small live animal terrarium, the Aztec calendar- which we always had to see.
It's all modernized and interactive now- we took the grandkids about 10 years ago.
Posted by: sal at March 01, 2025 06:35 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at March 01, 2025 06:35 PM (kOluj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2025 06:35 PM (omVj0)
More parks than museums though.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:36 PM (bss/y)
A probably obscure one I've seen... The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum. Actually... everything to do with coal mining in the late 1800's and early-to-mid 1900's is worthwhile. Those people kept the country afloat.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 06:37 PM (Q4IgG)
I can practically see the one in Davisville. It is, appropriately, largely housed in Quonset Huts.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2025 06:37 PM (LkLld)
We live 45 minutes from there, never been. On our list.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 01, 2025 06:37 PM (Eo96p)
I can spend days in there.
Posted by: nurse ratched at March 01, 2025 06:37 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 01, 2025 06:37 PM (Szews)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at March 01, 2025 06:37 PM (YZi/I)
Deeply weird.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 06:01 PM (Q4IgG)
You want weird House on the Rock in Spring Green WI.
Posted by: It's me donna at March 01, 2025 06:39 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 06:39 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 01, 2025 06:25 PM
Based on the ubiquity of commie-hippies still running around the U.S., clearly SMOD needs better optics.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:40 PM (Q4Dc6)
There was also a WWII submarine anchored there, and we toured it. Tiny by comparison, and I came close to bumping my head more than once. No idea if it's still in the bay.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2025 06:40 PM (omVj0)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 06:37 PM
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We did a driving tour through coal country a few years ago. Humbling. Lots to learn. Didn't visit the museum, but would need to see if we were there.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 06:41 PM (IQ6Gq)
We live 45 minutes from there, never been. On our list.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 01, 2025 06:37 PM (Eo96p)
Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana is within a couple of hour's drive of Auburn. Very nice building, and a vast collection of cars and horse-drawn vehicles. And trucks.
There is a pretty cool museum at the race track in Indy, too.
Brooks Stevens Museum in Mequon, Wisconsin is worth a visit, too, for car buffs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 01, 2025 06:41 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 01, 2025 06:41 PM (m/E2e)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 01, 2025 06:43 PM (Eo96p)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 06:43 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2025 06:43 PM (LkLld)
Best way to see the collection is to search on Air Zoo, then browse the images.
Posted by: George V at March 01, 2025 06:44 PM (ugbqN)
There was also a WWII submarine anchored there, No idea if it's still in the bay.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at March 01, 2025 06:40 PM
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Great recommendation. Both are still there. The place is very well done. They also have an A-12 Blackbird and several other aircraft.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 06:45 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 06:45 PM (NtoJk)
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tankascribe!! Now the Hobby Thread is official.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 06:46 PM (IQ6Gq)
When working on visuals that's not a problem. I watch more movies while working on images than I do just watching movies for themselves.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 01, 2025 06:48 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2025 06:49 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 06:49 PM (NtoJk)
National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum
In Fort Pierce/St Lucie County, Florida. Good Hooyah stuff.
Posted by: goatexchange at March 01, 2025 06:49 PM (ZymiR)
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 06:29 PM
Great, now I have one good accomplishment to email back to Elon.
If I do four more good things this weekend, then I could just skip going into work next week if I was a federal employee, right?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 06:49 PM (Q4Dc6)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 01, 2025 06:41 PM
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Ping me when you visit. We'll join you at the museum for a mini MoMe.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 06:50 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: RNB at March 01, 2025 06:50 PM (xXBob)
Odd been to many in Philadelphia yet more so when I was a kid, guess they are always there.
Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2025 06:50 PM (fwDg9)
My go-to as a kid was the Guggenheim.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 01, 2025 06:53 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 06:54 PM (NtoJk)
My museum attendance is pretty much over because I won't go into large cities any more. No matter the display, it's not worth the danger and inconvenience.
Posted by: JTB at March 01, 2025 06:54 PM (yTvNw)
If I do four more good things this weekend, then I could just skip going into work next week if I was a federal employee, right?
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Technically brother, the week ends tonight at midnight...so you best get busy with your other four tasks....
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at March 01, 2025 06:54 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2025 06:50 PM (fwDg9)
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My favorite in Philadelphia is ICA.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 01, 2025 06:56 PM (RIvkX)
I think the Stanford Museum also has the golden spike from the transcontinental railroad.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 06:57 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 06:58 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: DaveA at March 01, 2025 06:59 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: MammaB at March 01, 2025 06:59 PM (LlAWd)
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 06:54 PM
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Never been there, but sounds like good stops. Always wanted to visit the Trinity Site in New Mexico but the stars never aligned. That visit is a project.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 07:00 PM (IQ6Gq)
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So sorry to hear that. It's a favorite because tourists go there and there are multiple paths of egress.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 01, 2025 07:00 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: TecumsehTea at March 01, 2025 07:00 PM (Eo96p)
Posted by: DaveA at March 01, 2025 06:59 PM (FhXTo)
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She can also come alive...as Harry Dresden animated her zombified corpse in one of the Dresden Files books...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at March 01, 2025 07:00 PM (BpYfr)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 01, 2025 07:00 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at March 01, 2025 06:54 PM
I need more things for my Elon list, AND I still have a very long "honey Do" list from Bride of PI.
That means no more internet for me ... for the next 8-10 years!
P.S. Bride of PI returns your "Hi!" from yesterday.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 07:00 PM (Q4Dc6)
Posted by: Josephistan at March 01, 2025 07:00 PM (RQmPm)
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 07:01 PM (NtoJk)
https://www.thefreedomtrail.org
Posted by: JackStraw at March 01, 2025 07:01 PM (LkLld)
Posted by: JTB at March 01, 2025 07:01 PM (yTvNw)
The Tennessee Museum of Aviation (also in Sevierville, not sure if Garrett is involved) is also pretty great. Took lots of pictures there and they've shown up in my animations over and over.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at March 01, 2025 07:01 PM (CHHv1)
Morons, thanks for all of the good museum recommendations for the next time we get to travel around the country!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at March 01, 2025 07:02 PM (Q4Dc6)
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 06:45 PM (NtoJk)
Too bad the mummy's gone. And be careful around the pond, some people have fallen in.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at March 01, 2025 07:02 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: MammaB at March 01, 2025 07:03 PM (LlAWd)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
It's best to go first thing in the morning when the Legion of Honor museum opens. Then you might get parking right out front and the criminal element tends to sleep in. And, of course, drive a junker with nothing worth stealing in it.
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 07:03 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 01, 2025 07:04 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 01, 2025 07:04 PM (63Dwl)
And costume museums.
And historical museums.
But not modern art museums. Blech
Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 01, 2025 07:04 PM (0JWOm)
Posted by: MammaB at March 01, 2025 07:03 PM
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Between stroganoff and pig wars, you've got quite a museum history.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 07:05 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at March 01, 2025 07:06 PM (o5+a9)
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 07:06 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 01, 2025 07:06 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Wenda at March 01, 2025 07:07 PM (AN771)
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 07:08 PM (NtoJk)
She can also come alive...
Oddly enough the Tsavo Lions (which had actually eaten people) are much less scary. Some mites? have wrecked their coats.
Posted by: DaveA at March 01, 2025 07:09 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Wenda at March 01, 2025 07:07 PM
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Or adults that have never grown up. We've only been once, but think it is one of those places where you see things you missed each time you go.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 07:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Remember it as it was, Ford plopped a brutalist 'modern' headquarters building next to it that insists on itself.
About that same time, I got to go through the River Rouge steel foundry. They would never let people do that today.
Posted by: Auspex at March 01, 2025 07:10 PM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: JTB at March 01, 2025 07:11 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Idlan at March 01, 2025 07:12 PM (BveNZ)
It seems a very moron thing to do.
Posted by: Wenda at March 01, 2025 07:12 PM (AN771)
And it's full of Bald Cyprus trees.
Both eerie and beautiful at the same time.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 07:12 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Wenda at March 01, 2025 07:13 PM (AN771)
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 07:08 PM
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This is my challenge with contemporary art. If it looks like something I could do, it isn't art. My dinosaur brain requires a degree of craftsmanship and artistry to consider it art. But yes, YMMV and to each their own.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 07:14 PM (IQ6Gq)
It seems a very moron thing to do.
Posted by: Wenda at March 01, 2025 07:12 PM
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Can confirm. It is a very moron thing to do. We have done it.
It was built during a family reunion. I imagine there was beer involved.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 07:16 PM (IQ6Gq)
I served aboard a 550 foot long tin can during the Vietnam scuffle: my ship would fit on the Midway's flight deck with around 300 feet to spare. She's BIG. You don't have to talk like a sailor, either.
Recommended.
Posted by: boynsea at March 01, 2025 07:16 PM (n6wI5)
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 07:08 PM
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This is my challenge with contemporary art. If it looks like something I could do, it isn't art. My dinosaur brain requires a degree of craftsmanship and artistry to consider it art. But yes, YMMV and to each their own.
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Heh. I also made derogatory remarks about Picasso singular lack of artistic talent, which showed even as a student. "My G-d, no wonder he had to invent an entirely new, fake style of art! He couldn't draw worth a damn!" I couldn't help blurting out loud. If laser beams had shot out of my friend's eyes, I would have dropped dead on the spot.
Posted by: tankascribe at March 01, 2025 07:18 PM (NtoJk)
Posted by: Idlan at March 01, 2025 07:12 PM
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Here you go: https://tinyurl.com/2kb7p442
Thanks for the pointer. Don't know that one.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 07:19 PM (IQ6Gq)
A couple of months ago here we discussed the Reagan Presidential Library. Evidently it includes his Air Force-1 707 and Marine-1.
That'd be cool to see,
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 01, 2025 07:19 PM (T/HuS)
Posted by: Idlan at March 01, 2025 07:19 PM (BveNZ)
I'll mention the Granite Museum in Elberton, GA, and the Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, MN.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2025 07:21 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Idlan at March 01, 2025 07:19 PM
We went there when I was maybe 12. Extremely cool.
Posted by: huerfano at March 01, 2025 07:21 PM (n2swS)
That'd be cool to see,
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 01, 2025 07:19 PM
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It does. It also has an F-117 Nighthawk and F-14 Tomcat. Definitely worth the visit.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 07:21 PM (IQ6Gq)
btw, PDT recently toured/inspected what will be his new Air Force-1. The new 747-800 is a bigger plane by about 20 feet.
It would be nice if the Trump Library gets the former AF-1 as a display.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 01, 2025 07:22 PM (T/HuS)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2025 07:22 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: JTB at March 01, 2025 07:23 PM (yTvNw)
The emailbox is always open. Write anytime. Cheers!
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 07:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 01, 2025 07:25 PM (mH6SG)
https://www.cradleofaviation.org/
See a real Apollo Lunar Lander, LM13, not a model.
Located at the former Mitchell Field, it has lots of Grumman (F-14 & A-6) and Republic (P-47 & A-10) exhibits.
Posted by: MachiasPrivateer at March 01, 2025 07:25 PM (avPX7)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 01, 2025 07:25 PM
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Commodore Deal!!
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 07:26 PM (IQ6Gq)
https://is.gd/wnXDcQ
Big Muskie was a huge mining machine, and the bucket sits outside of McConnelsville. You could hold a family reunion in this thing, it's so big. Fun side trip for people who like mining history and earth moving equipment.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at March 01, 2025 07:27 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 01, 2025 07:28 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 07:28 PM (Q4IgG)
The Park Service people at the Civil War battlefields I've visited have all been excellent. They bring knowledge and passion for the events to the public and really know their stuff. Civil Service employees are are justifiably under fire these days, but the Park Service folks I've met have been wonderful.
Posted by: JTB at March 01, 2025 07:29 PM (yTvNw)
cia.gov/legacy/museum/
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 07:28 PM
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There's also an NSA museum (with an Enigma machine) but I opted to leave it out of the content. For reasons.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 07:30 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Eromero at March 01, 2025 07:31 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Skip at March 01, 2025 07:31 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: ALH, Sister Golden Hair with Stompy Boots at March 01, 2025 07:31 PM (QUkJd)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 01, 2025 07:31 PM (gm9Sb)
Been there many times, Mike Hammer.
Posted by: Eromero
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Kind of amusing in concept...I mean, it's a rock.
Did you see the Georgia Guidestones before the destruction?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2025 07:33 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Stone Mountain, GA at March 01, 2025 07:34 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 07:30 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Seen it.
It barely scratches the surface.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 01, 2025 07:35 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Skip
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Me too. Walking back, passed the home of William Bligh.
Posted by: Stone Mountain, GA at March 01, 2025 07:36 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 01, 2025 07:36 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Dr. T at March 01, 2025 07:36 PM (lHPJf)
Posted by: TRex
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Also an Enigma at the Outer Banks Museum, removed from sunk U-Boat.
Posted by: Stone Mountain, GA at March 01, 2025 07:37 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Kathy at March 01, 2025 07:37 PM (qpw89)
There's also an NSA museum (with an Enigma machine) but I opted to leave it out of the content. For reasons.
Posted by: TRex at March 01, 2025 07:30 PM (IQ6Gq)
I read that as you opted to leave it there.
Posted by: Eromero at March 01, 2025 07:41 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: MammaB"
The Rural Telephone Museum in Leslie, Ga. Yes, I would go back.
Posted by: fd at March 01, 2025 07:41 PM (vFG9F)
Did you see the Georgia Guidestones before the destruction?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 01, 2025 07:33 PM (XeU6L)
I worked around there when that was a cotton field. Not been back since the Guidestones fall.
Posted by: Eromero at March 01, 2025 07:44 PM (LHPAg)
That sounds awesome. I looked it up. I may have to go up there and get Skip to go with me.
Posted by: fd at March 01, 2025 07:46 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Biggest Alfredo at March 01, 2025 08:11 PM (e4XTI)
Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry
http://www.museumofalaska.org/gallery.html
It's like a huge, curated junkyard with all kinds of cool shit.
If you're ever up by Anchorage its worth a side trip.
Posted by: SnakePlizzken at March 01, 2025 08:13 PM (G0Od/)
If you're ever up by Anchorage its worth a side trip.
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Hey AOP, didn't realize you stored some of your stuff in Alaska!
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at March 01, 2025 08:19 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Fish at March 01, 2025 08:45 PM (SQp9n)
Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 01, 2025 09:04 PM (iZEhM)
Posted by: Doof at March 01, 2025 06:08 PM
I just got here. I've been tending to Annie, who apparently has pneumonia
Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 01, 2025 09:09 PM (iZEhM)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at March 01, 2025 06:06 PM
AV8B
Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 01, 2025 09:10 PM (iZEhM)
Prayers up for Annie's full recovery, and for you as her caretaker.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at March 01, 2025 09:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Java Joe at March 01, 2025 10:38 PM (WaLgG)
Alright, let’s kick back and chew the fat. Elon Musk, Twitter—sorry, X—and free speech? That’s a spicy combo.
Elon’s a wild card, isn’t he? Guy’s got a brain that’s half genius, half chaos goblin. I mean, he’s out there launching rockets, building electric cars, and tweeting memes like it’s his job. When he snagged X, it was like watching a mad scientist buy a megaphone. He’s all about shaking things up, and you can’t deny he’s got a knack for it. I think he’s genuinely hooked on this idea of free speech being the bedrock of truth-seeking, which is why he’s so obsessed with keeping X a place where people can slug it out in the open.
X itself? It’s a damn circus sometimes—clowns, acrobats, and the occasional lion tamer all duking it out in 280 characters or less. Since Elon took over, it’s leaned harder into being a raw, unfiltered mess. Less nanny-state moderation, more “say what you mean and deal with the fallout.” I like that it’s a place where ideas can brawl without too much hand-holding, but it’s not perfect—plenty of noise drowns out the signal, and the bots are still a pain.
Free speech, though?
Posted by: Idlan at March 02, 2025 12:05 AM (OyWEO)
Full of NW Coast (native) art and artifacts, beautiful stuff.
Posted by: Hal Dall at March 02, 2025 01:42 AM (91yAs)
The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY https://www.corvettemuseum.org/
Super Museum in Metropolis, IL https://supermuseum.com/
Posted by: Mike1320 at March 02, 2025 12:08 PM (aa2bL)
https://tinyurl.com/bda29r37
They have an SR-71 and the guys who flew it and maintained it, all volunteering.
The Spruce Goose is also a must see.
Spectacular
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