We are loving the submissions for the End of Summer Contest – keep em coming (please post in that contest thread). Deadline is this Sunday.
In the mean time we have 3 more winners from the “Ask Greg” Series… @TimRil @Mamalarox @MrsS Keep an eye out for an email from the team for your snail mail address so we can send you a gift.
@TimRil Asks…
What was your first concert on your own (without family)? How and did it affect you for your career ambitions?
GREG: Cramps 1980. The first time I saw a grown man naked.
@Mamalarox Asks…
Two questions, but very similar.
QUESTION ONE: What is one thing you opted not to do, and now regret?
QUESTION TWO: What is one thing you opted not to do, and now are VERY happy you didn't?
GREG: #1. Answering this question.
GREG: #2. Chose not to host fox and friends.
@MrsS Asks….
QUESTION: Do you have any new books in the works?
GREG: Yes. Right now
Congratulation to @Steve-allen. . Your questions were chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists.
@Steve-Allen
What person did you realize that you totally misjudged after meeting them?
What is something stupid you did as a teenager that still scares you when you think about it?
Congratulations to @Junemarie53 and @NJFLA. Your questions were chosen for tonight’s Ask Greg and the Panelists.
@Junemarie53 What book were you forced to read for a class book report that you hated?
@NJFLA What’s something you grew up with that kids today have no idea about?
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Some Aviation? History -
August 2, 1819, Frenchman Louis-Charles Guille became the first person to successfully execute a parachute jump in the United States. He performed this historic feat before thousands of spectators gathered in New York City.
Flight and Descent Details
The Launch: Guille ascended from Vauxhall Gardens in Manhattan inside a basket attached to a large, hydrogen-gas-filled balloon.
The Release: Upon reaching an altitude of roughly 8,000 feet, Guille deliberately cut the cords connecting his basket to the balloon.
The Parachute: As he fell, his umbrella-shaped parachute unfurled. The entire apparatus—basket and all—drifted through the air.
The Landing: He drifted across the East River and landed safely in Brooklyn, New York.
Historical Impact
While this was the first parachuting event in American history, it was not a global first. French aeronaut André-Jacques Garnerin had already completed the world’s first successful high-altitude parachute descent outside of ...
G’Day Gutter peeps 🐥 and peepettes 🐥.
“animals are great.” (warning the photo contains a cat,) so greg (et al) can ignore it 😊:
1) mah tabby (Sir Michael Kors McTabbycat) has a wonky left eye. i also have a wonky left eye (when in photos.) i wunner if he inherited it from his momma’…
2: oh… and: doot doot doot (or should i say “who who who?” a friend of mine from “Upper Fern Gully,” the mountains west of Melbourne, VIC, sent this photo of an owl:
