Exploring the origins and potential of the “goat rodeo”, the men of Right Angle plan this week’s episodes with one eye on the breaking news of the day, and the other on the monkey.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWdkevxdMRg
44 replies on “Right Angle: Backstage (07-28-2020)”
Scott: “I have a dead cat right here!”
Me: “I’ll thank you to keep your unsavory personal habits off the air, sir!”
I live not too far from an air base. Whenever the Warthogs are flying over I run out to see them. Nothing like the powerful sound of a military aircraft. Even the helicopters sound great. I really miss the C-130s though.
I recently saw a u tube thing and the guy was wondering: If the ‘rona is spread by spittle (rhymes with Whittle) droplets why do we need a swab jammed up the nasal passage for the test. Why not just cough or spit on the swab. Makes sense to me.
I used to be a member of an improv troupe called Goat Rodeo.
I had to get a pre-op COVID test. I could have sworn that the needle-like “swab” entered the sinus just under my eye, and I (laughingly) accused the nurse of stabbed my eyeball. Of course she hadn’t. Bottom line, if well administered, the test takes about 5 seconds. If you can’t handle a few seconds of discomfort, you’re pathetic.
50th anniversary airshow with an SR-71 flyby. It was outrunning its engines and we were lining the runway. Deadly (ha!) silent until it went by, then it did rattle your fillings. Nose up, afterburners on, gone in about 10 seconds.
I work for the state and I’m required to sign an affidavit everyday that I’m not sick. And if everyone at work has testified that we’re all healthy, why are we required to wear masks?
Used to work about a mile off the end of the flight line at Miramar and one of the things the F-18 drivers liked to do was see how fast and low they could get out over the ocean. I would be on the phone in an interior room and I couldn’t hear the person on the phone for all the noise those things make.
The 15EX is a missile truck for the 35. Plus the F-15Cs are all gettin really long in the tooth.
Scott, is that there’s no monies for maintinece or is it that the local politicians redirect the funds to more immediate and visible expenditures?
Right now, War Plan White would seem to be most appropriate.
Oh Scott, did we get memos from my schools administration when our purchase order included “dead cats”, “pigeons” and a “taco cart”.
I once got to have a hose stuck up my nose and all the way down into my stomach. Then it got left there for a while.
a great episode gentlemen… sometimes I hear the Israeli airforce jets (maybe F15’s) going off north and I always send up a prayer to bring them home safely after a successful mission…
on a “funnier” note… during my own military service (reserve tank corps) long ago and far away… I had to share a dorm room with other women from the various offices. One time on our return from a field exercise in the Golan (I worked the field phone switchboard and more) we were just unloading from the buses and hadn’t made it to the dorm to grab clothing and head to the showers (rat infested… don’t ask…) … a phantom roared overhead and broke the sound barrier and the pigeon infested roof of the dorm simply collapsed in on itself…
I grabbed some stuff and found a nice reservist and waved the base goodbye as we headed to Tel Aviv… for the weekend…
When school starts in Sept, every employee and student will need to fill out one of those waivers *every day*, and also have their temperature taken. Some of us will be doing double duty as temp takers.
Should be an interesting year..,,,
As a college student, I feel your frustration. Thank goodness, I don’t have to submit to measures that intrusive. They have mandated that masks must be worn at all times unless you are actively eating or in a room alone.
I always enjoy your Backstage episodes, but this one was EPIC! Cornholio?? I thought I’d break my jaw from laughing so hard. Thanks, gents, for all you do.
Hey guys, I build Cornhole Boards. Surprised Bill hadn’t heard of it when he was in Florida. I’m from the Midwest now living in Florida. Cornhole is more Midwest and beanbag toss is east coast terminology. http://www.cornholejunction.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qqE_WmagjY
Scott: your comment about not being invited to the sit brief was precious! That’s how I used to feel listening to Bill’s Stratosphere Lounge a lot of the time, the topic wasn’t interesting, but Bill’s take on things in general was. Also, back in my working years, I felt like that a lot, being one of the few women amongst male testosterone topics!
Bill Whittle: “Have you ever heard a fighter jet in the air?”
Me: “Why yes, Bill, I have heard that sound. In fact all day long several days out of the week. I live near an NAS and an NLF both fed by the largest US Naval Base in CONUS. There are Rhinos flying overhead quite often. Where I live we call it ‘The Sound of Freedom’. Where I live there are frequent pauses in outdoor conversations to let the Super Hornets go by.”
Thanks for asking.
I remember when the SR-71 was taking its last trip across the US. I was sitting in study hall in my HS’s cafeteria one morning. Now, I lived and continue to live in the Shenandoah Valley. We were sitting there and all of the sudden all the doors to the outside were sucked out and then slammed shut and we heard a loud boom. We didn’t know about the SR-71 until later that day.
Maze vs maize guys!
Bean bag toss is another name for cornhole. Called that because in the Midwest originally ears of corn were thrown in the hole.
Actually it’s called “corn hole” because the bags are filled with shelled corn. Which are tossed through a hole. Don’t get caught with a bag with beans in it, that would be “bean hole”.
Where live now it’s played a lot during summer gatherings. People create or buy elaborate boards with the logos of their favorite teams painted on them and such.
There are a lot of sailors both active and former where I live too. Who would have ever suspected that so many sailors would be so exceptionally familiar with cornholing?
😉 Semper Fi
I just looked up the definition of cornhole online. There is another definition for it. First one that came up. Bit vulgar. I never heard of it, either, guys. Before accepting an invite to cornholing….might be best to determine which one they are talking about.
These are the most enjoyable shows they put on.
The others are great but much more serious but as others have said today, here is where I am laughing the most.
An employer requirement to reveal some medical condition may be in violation of HIPPA. Does anyone know for sure?
Not For Sure, but as I recall, HIPPA is about whether your doctor (or other medical service provider) can reveal info to a third party. HIPPA places no limits on you as an invidual. Unless you are restricted by some kind of Do Not Disclose contract, you are free to disclose (or not) any information whatever about yourself to anyone that you choose.
If your employer asked your doctor to disclose whether you’ve had a CV-19 test, much less the results of that test, and the doctor gave that information, that would be a violation of HIPPA.
Gentlemen,
Thank you for the laughter.
Lock box, Scott? That sounds like fuzzy math
That is how Congress views it at well. A “lock box” idea will never work … consider that Social Security funds were raided through legislation in past decades.
I had a co-worker who was actually ranked #4 in the US for cornhole.
I had not heard the term until my sister started dating a guy from Indiana about 15 years ago.
Ok, just hit play and my first reaction… Hot Damn, 44minutes! Yes!
Troubling…Yes!
I am 3 minutes in and having to stifle my laughter as the rest of the house is still sleeping while I am “working” downstairs.
Hope the country is still around for the show next week.
I’m a nose doctor and there are 180 of us in Atlanta, Georgia and I, by myself, have seen 8-9 different nasal and nasopharynx injuries and pieces of broken swabs still stuck inside.
Um, yuck! Wonder why we haven’t seen that on the news. Do they really need to go so deep to get a swab? If so, why? Is the mucus at the top of the sinus cavity different? Why not a pin prick on the finger for a few drops of blood like they do when donating blood?
I’m not a doctor, but my understanding is that a lot of your immune system cells live in your nose. So the mucus in your nose (as opposed to what’s at the back of your sinuses) might not show the virus, depending on how well your immune system is working.
Holy Moly!
Do you mean in general, or Since Covid-19 testing started?? Yikes!!!
To Bill’s point, a maze in a field of maize. To use a drone to design and guide the cutting is amazing!
I put my palm to my mazard upon reading this.