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Topic ID: 56
Message ID: 28
#28, RE: Excerpt: Get the Girl...
Posted by Prince Charon on Oct-06-12 at 04:11 AM
In response to message #26
>I've had this thought in my head for a while, and I'm going to let it
>out:
>
>Major Campbell should not have been given the Distinguished Flying
>Cross alone.
>
>No, they should have also created some kind of medal for transcendent
>levels of flying skill just for her. Cause, damn, she didn't just land
>'safely', it was described as a 'textbook landing'. With no power
>assist. And the other two guys that ever tried that kind of landing
>ended up trashing their planes (and one of them developing a severe
>case of deceased).
>
>--
>Geoff Depew - Darth Mephron
>Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.
>"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

Hmm. Medal of Awesome?

“They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on.”
-- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington