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Pointer19 · 10-23-2016, 09:54 PM

Admittedly, the idea for this thread came as a way to find out who is in GloryDayz's avatar, but I figure we can all share a little.
Most of our avatars are cuties or Chiefs. Who's the girl? What made you pick that player? Where the hell does Clay get his from?

Mine is Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was a West Pointer and a great officer. One of my major inspirations.

**TrebMaxx** · 06-20-2017, 07:44 PM

I just like the irony of the big game hunters.

Sweet Daddy Hate · 06-20-2017, 08:06 PM

The Chiefs doing something right for the first time in decades.

**mdchiefsfan** · 06-20-2017, 08:25 PM

I grabbed mine after the season opener in Arrowhead. We smoked Phyliss, and I have always been a huge DJ fan. Having a pic of DJ twisting Rivers' helmet 90 degrees is icing on the top.

KranzDictum · 06-20-2017, 08:41 PM

My Avatar and userid celebrate the greatest project manager ever. A man who with the help of his team, saved 3 men nearly 250,000 miles from the Earth.

A man who's words "Tough and Competent" are words I strive to live my life by every day.

The NASA legend Gene Kranz.

Everyone should have Gene's post Apollo 1 fire speech (The Kranz Dictum) committed to memory.

“Spaceflight will never tolerate carelessness, incapacity, and neglect. Somewhere, somehow, we screwed up. It could have been in design, build, or test. Whatever it was, we should have caught it. We were too gung ho about the schedule and we locked out all of the problems we saw each day in our work. Every element of the program was in trouble and so were we. The simulators were not working, Mission Control was behind in virtually every area, and the flight and test procedures changed daily. Nothing we did had any shelf life. Not one of us stood up and said, ‘Dammit, stop!’ I don’t know what Thompson’s committee will find as the cause, but I know what I find. We are the cause! We were not ready! We did not do our job. We were rolling the dice, hoping that things would come together by launch day, when in our hearts we knew it would take a miracle. We were pushing the schedule and betting that the Cape would slip before we did.

From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: ‘Tough’ and ‘Competent.’ Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Every time we walk into Mission Control we will know what we stand for. Competent means we will never take anything for granted. We will never be found short in our knowledge and in our skills. Mission Control will be perfect. When you leave this meeting today you will go to your office and the first thing you will do there is to write ‘Tough and Competent’ on your blackboards. It will never be erased. Each day when you enter the room these words will remind you of the price paid by Grissom, White, and Chaffee. These words are the price of admission to the ranks of Mission Control.”

Plus he his holding up his finger telling the world that the Denver Broncos are number 1.

**Bearcat** · 06-20-2017, 08:56 PM

Slavery is bad.

**Baby Lee** · 06-30-2017, 07:41 AM

Best background video

Most interesting [for me] consequence. Calculating pi with Mandelbrot.

10-23-2016, 09:54 PM
Pointer19 Veteran Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Oak Harbor, WA Casino cash: $5800900	What's your avatar mean? Admittedly, the idea for this thread came as a way to find out who is in GloryDayz's avatar, but I figure we can all share a little. Most of our avatars are cuties or Chiefs. Who's the girl? What made you pick that player? Where the hell does Clay get his from? Mine is Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was a West Pointer and a great officer. One of my major inspirations.
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06-20-2017, 08:41 PM	#139
KranzDictum Veteran Join Date: Sep 2016 Casino cash: $10000400	My Avatar and userid celebrate the greatest project manager ever. A man who with the help of his team, saved 3 men nearly 250,000 miles from the Earth. A man who's words "Tough and Competent" are words I strive to live my life by every day. The NASA legend Gene Kranz. Everyone should have Gene's post Apollo 1 fire speech (The Kranz Dictum) committed to memory. “Spaceflight will never tolerate carelessness, incapacity, and neglect. Somewhere, somehow, we screwed up. It could have been in design, build, or test. Whatever it was, we should have caught it. We were too gung ho about the schedule and we locked out all of the problems we saw each day in our work. Every element of the program was in trouble and so were we. The simulators were not working, Mission Control was behind in virtually every area, and the flight and test procedures changed daily. Nothing we did had any shelf life. Not one of us stood up and said, ‘Dammit, stop!’ I don’t know what Thompson’s committee will find as the cause, but I know what I find. We are the cause! We were not ready! We did not do our job. We were rolling the dice, hoping that things would come together by launch day, when in our hearts we knew it would take a miracle. We were pushing the schedule and betting that the Cape would slip before we did. From this day forward, Flight Control will be known by two words: ‘Tough’ and ‘Competent.’ Tough means we are forever accountable for what we do or what we fail to do. We will never again compromise our responsibilities. Every time we walk into Mission Control we will know what we stand for. Competent means we will never take anything for granted. We will never be found short in our knowledge and in our skills. Mission Control will be perfect. When you leave this meeting today you will go to your office and the first thing you will do there is to write ‘Tough and Competent’ on your blackboards. It will never be erased. Each day when you enter the room these words will remind you of the price paid by Grissom, White, and Chaffee. These words are the price of admission to the ranks of Mission Control.” Plus he his holding up his finger telling the world that the Denver Broncos are number 1.
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06-20-2017, 08:56 PM	#140
Bearcat Would an idiot do that? Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Arizona Casino cash: $2814931	Slavery is bad. __________________
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06-30-2017, 07:41 AM	#141
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