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Giant Concrete Arrows Across the American Landscape
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#12> since navigation charts of the day were fugazi...
OT but Fugazi is the name of one of my favorite bands. In interviews I had read that the word meant "a fucked up situation" but until now I had never seen it actually used that way. Interesting choice of words, interesting article too!
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#13A Google Maps collection of these.
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?source=gplus-ogsb&ie=UTF8&oe...
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#14Even modern pilots (without GPS) use rivers and highways. Why couldn't 1920s pilots use railroads?
Modern joke "What do you mean by IFR" it means "I follow Roads"
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#15> since navigation charts of the day were fugazi... OT but Fugazi is the name of one of my favorite bands. In interviews I had read that the word meant "a fucked up situation" but until now I had never seen it actually used that way. Interesting choice of words, interesting article too!
I also enjoy some Fugazi. I never knew what the name meant. After seeing it used in this article I had to look it up.
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#16> since navigation charts of the day were fugazi... OT but Fugazi is the name of one of my favorite bands. In interviews I had read that the word meant "a fucked up situation" but until now I had never seen it actually used that way. Interesting choice of words, interesting article too!
I heard it used that way from growing up on Military posts. It just means any fucked up situation. I'm not sure it's known, but I was told it was made popular by troops in Vietnam. The most interesting theory I've seen is that it may derive from fougasse (“land mine”). All of that said, it makes one of the best band names ever.
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#17I wonder what semi permanent structures we are building now that future generations will be looking at in 80+ years and wondering about our archaic technology.
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#18If we had the government make concrete arrows like that today, they would be cracked into rubble in three years because the contractor cut as many corners as they could. (Sorry, My cynical, the past was so much better moment for today)
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#19> since navigation charts of the day were fugazi... OT but Fugazi is the name of one of my favorite bands. In interviews I had read that the word meant "a fucked up situation" but until now I had never seen it actually used that way. Interesting choice of words, interesting article too!
I heard it used that way from growing up on Military posts. It just means any fucked up situation. I'm not sure it's known, but I was told it was made popular by troops in Vietnam. The most interesting theory I've seen is that it may derive from fougasse (“land mine”). All of that said, it makes one of the best band names ever.
My understanding is that it is an acronym.
Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In.
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#20If we had the government make concrete arrows like that today, they would be cracked into rubble in three years because the contractor cut as many corners as they could. (Sorry, My cynical, the past was so much better moment for today)
Yeah! The g'ubment can't build anything right!
Uses GPS system to get home