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        <title><![CDATA[Oh yes!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Was there about 25 years ago and have wanted to go back since.  What amazed me about the displays back then was the wingspan of that B-36!  I heard two stories about how they got it in there: either they put dollies under the landing gear and wheeled it in sidways or they rolled it in, then hung the hangar doors.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:15:50 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I know what you do]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[and I'm glad it's you doing it.  I understand a good deal about the networking and could handle the mental challenge without too much problem, but the required desk time would drive me nuts.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:52:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You left out an interesting stop in ohio]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-321027-3201818]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Wright Patterson Air Force Base's National Museum of the US Air Force.  Over 17 acres of indoor flight related geek-ness at its finest.  When I was there on business, it took a Saturday and Sunday for me to browse everything intimately by the time I included outdoor exhibits and the various Air Force One exhibits.  Very awesome WWII exhibit, which is my area of interest.  It was also way cool to reach across the barrier and actually touch an SR-71 Blackbird.http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Forum Surfer]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:37:58 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I get the same responses at the gym]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Everyone in a group starts talking about what they do for a living after an intense, physical workout routine.  Responses go like this:  paramedic, fireman, police officer, factory worker, various other &quot;manly&quot; jobs, network administrator...&quot;What?  You're a computer geek?&quot;  It's like I they're shocked I'm there or something.  A network geek is worse than a computer geek, only 1 in 20 people or computer geeks even know what we do for a living.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:07:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Geek vacation nodes]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'd go with a vacation that hits an assortment of  museums, national parks/monuments and tech oriented landmarks.I'd start regionally and branch from there.The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle would be one node.  (With side trips to the Pacific Science Center and the Space Needle.)If Microsoft at Redmond has a visitor's center, I might stop there.  Ditto Boeing in the Seattle area.The Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum at McMinnville, Oregon, home of the Spruce Goose, would be fun.  So would other aviation museums.Mount Rainier National Park, Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument, Crater Lake National Park and Newberry National Volcanic Monument would be on my list of spots to visit, mainly due to an interest in geology.Then I would consider a long side trip to the Royal Tyrrell Museum near Drumheller, Alberta, because of the dinosaur exhibits.The above list would keep me busy for at least a week.If I were heading toward the east coast, the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Kitty Hawk and Cape Canaveral would be on my must see list.Note that this is based on things I have thought of off the top of my head.  If I did the research, I could probably come up with a couple of years worth of geek vacation nodes.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Geek3001]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:46:42 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Geeky Vacation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I took my girlfriend on a trip to Europe once.wait a minute...I'm not sure what's geekier. Actually doing this or making a spreadsheet about doing it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Brenton Keegan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:06:48 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I actually got that when I was an umpire]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-321027-3201710]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[&quot;You like sports?  But you're a geek!&quot;  ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:46:39 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Dream Vacation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The greatest vacation.  I'd give a lot to be able to spend all my vacations watching Star Trek.=!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[lcave@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:58:54 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Of course!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well I do say so! I do get some fairly funny reactions when co-workers see me out-and-about in full geek mode. They mostly boil down to &quot;but you seem so normal!&quot;Priceless.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jsaubert]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:36:02 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well-adjusted sci-fi junkie?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[If you say so...  ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:08:09 -0800</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:06:03 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What's that?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[... what is the concept you speak of ... &quot;Life&quot; is it?I've been finding that a lot of people out in the &quot;real world&quot; think that having a life and being a geek are mutually exclusive. I seem to get along with out the universe ending so they must not be. Maybe I just like confusing people by being a sci-fi junkie and well adjusted at the same time. Who knows.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jsaubert]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:08:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Go for it]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This weekend I few of my girlfriends and I are having a &quot;Best of TOS&quot; marathon, with a cameo appearance by a DS9 episode ... you know the one. Friday night we're kicking off with the Bluray of Star Trek XI and all it's special features before getting into the marathon proper on Saturday. We intend to get through at least 10 solid hours.But as for YOUR vacation: I wish you luck. Who needs sleep/food/bathroom breaks/sunlight? That's what caffeine is for!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jsaubert]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sonja has Lives at the TR Mothership?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've been looking for one for ever. I don't get Holidays even when I worked for a Boss. But I did regularly get several months Payment for supposed Time Off every couple of years and was told that this was to make up for not having holidays which I was required to take by Law. When I started working for myself in a supposed Semi Retirement I found that instead of working 100 Hours per week on a slow week I was now working a lot longer and I still had to do Paperwork. Difference now is I work Harder and still do not know what a Holiday is but now I don't get paid not to have them. Perhaps if I save up my Swag Requests I can get a Life from TR as SWAG.  Sure as hell beats looking on E Bay every day. OH and Ed what you forgot was a Plan B just in case the TV, DVD breaks and you have some spare time where you can not watch Star Trek. You'll need one of those Computer Controlled Star Trek Chess Sets to pass the time till whatever broke can be fixed/replaced. Also don't forget to remember where you put the Remote as when something finishes there is nothing worse than needing to get up to press buttons. You'll also need spare Batteries for the Remote just in case the set in there go flat also. Col ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[HAL 9000]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:20:28 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Answer]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Depends. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Woychowsky]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:45:35 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Other pertinent questions come to mind]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[But I'm sure I don't want to know the answers to those, either.  ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:44:45 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Naw]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'm going to buy Monster by the case and wash using Wet-Naps. ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ed Woychowsky]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:31:15 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I don't think that's happening]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[As much swag as Sonja has given away and those things are still there.  She may be saving them for her retirement.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:53:29 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Nick's wrong.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;...I can't seem to get past the feeling that I?m missing something.&quot;Yeah, I believe it's called a 'life'.  Some of my friends have describe it.  Back when we had TR points, you could get one for a cool million.  I saw a couple of left over ones stacked in the corner in Louisville, so maybe Sonja will give them away as swag.  ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:05:15 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What appears to be missing]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-321027-3200107]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[is time to eat and sleep.  And change the DVD/file/tape/whatever. Assuming 6 hours/day for eating and sleeping, you will actually need 30 days, 17 hours, and 46 minutes to complete the viewing. If you insist on having 8 hours off, you will need 34 days, 13 hours, and 56 minutes to finish.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:18:34 -0800</pubDate>
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