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Okay, if anyone has any Star Wars related runs tonight a full report must be made here. This craze is cracking me up.
Star Wars related runs
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Phridae
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:lol: Star wars!
Anyone willing to buy a used kidney so I can go see it?
Its in good shape, I swear. Only used a few times. :lol:
Anyone willing to buy a used kidney so I can go see it?
Its in good shape, I swear. Only used a few times. :lol:
TTLWHKR
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I never really liked all those space movies; star wars, star trek, etc.. Boring. I did like Space Balls; but only at the drive in, and I have never seen it since.
Did have a GI Joe related call once, a little girl swallowed a plastic gun. I found GI Joe boring too.. Although my brother and I would always fill up model planes w/ 3 1/4" GI Joe Figures and crash it to use our Nylint & Tonka Fire trucks and ambulances with. We could have invented a GI Joe Mass Casualty Set. A couple of those late 80's plastic ambulance w/ the cots, the tonka ambulance, the jeep that really squirted water, 30 or so action figures, the ghost busters ambulances Ecto1 & Ecto 1A (we painted them like ambulances), and some fake blood... and you have yourself an air plane crash!
Did have a GI Joe related call once, a little girl swallowed a plastic gun. I found GI Joe boring too.. Although my brother and I would always fill up model planes w/ 3 1/4" GI Joe Figures and crash it to use our Nylint & Tonka Fire trucks and ambulances with. We could have invented a GI Joe Mass Casualty Set. A couple of those late 80's plastic ambulance w/ the cots, the tonka ambulance, the jeep that really squirted water, 30 or so action figures, the ghost busters ambulances Ecto1 & Ecto 1A (we painted them like ambulances), and some fake blood... and you have yourself an air plane crash!
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Only you, TTLWHKR.
As for star wars related runs. Sorry...fresh out of stories.. I'm home and off the squad until sunday.. see my next post...
Jon
As for star wars related runs. Sorry...fresh out of stories.. I'm home and off the squad until sunday.. see my next post...
Jon
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I doubt it...we don't even have a movie theatre in town.
I do, however, have a fellow firefighter who's in the process of becoming a Stormtrooper. If you've seen all those Stormtroopers in full armor at the various premieres, they're probably from this club called the 501st Legion that gets together and builds authentic looking costumes from the movies. He showed me some of the stuff they do, and its pretty amazing. Geeky too, but still amazing (a lot of these folks are full time graphic artists and designers, so they can do some pretty fancy stuff). In fact, he told me about one guy who got to meet Mark Hamill, and showed him is helmet. Hamill apparently said "Man, this is better than what we had making the movie."
They actually do a lot of charity work too. City of Hope, the big cancer hospital near LA, does a big sci-fi themed fundraiser each year, and the local 501st group provides the "security" and parking control.
I do, however, have a fellow firefighter who's in the process of becoming a Stormtrooper. If you've seen all those Stormtroopers in full armor at the various premieres, they're probably from this club called the 501st Legion that gets together and builds authentic looking costumes from the movies. He showed me some of the stuff they do, and its pretty amazing. Geeky too, but still amazing (a lot of these folks are full time graphic artists and designers, so they can do some pretty fancy stuff). In fact, he told me about one guy who got to meet Mark Hamill, and showed him is helmet. Hamill apparently said "Man, this is better than what we had making the movie."
They actually do a lot of charity work too. City of Hope, the big cancer hospital near LA, does a big sci-fi themed fundraiser each year, and the local 501st group provides the "security" and parking control.
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Well Bret, the Firefighter/Stormtrooper, who's been on a leave of absence, was back at the station today and filled me in on his "Imperial" activities. 
Turns out, he was one of the troopers who was at the premiere stuff in Hollywood for Revenge of the Sith, and participated in that City of Hope event I mentioned.
Also, as you may have heard, George Lucas received the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award last week, and Bret was involved in the ceremony/dinner for that. I don't want to give away any details just now, but I strongly recommend you watch the telecast on June 20 on the USA Network if you can. I saw a few pictures from it today, and believe me, even if you're not a Star Wars fan, you'll enjoy the opening number. If you do watch it, Bret's the trooper second from the left during that.
Turns out, he was one of the troopers who was at the premiere stuff in Hollywood for Revenge of the Sith, and participated in that City of Hope event I mentioned.Also, as you may have heard, George Lucas received the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award last week, and Bret was involved in the ceremony/dinner for that. I don't want to give away any details just now, but I strongly recommend you watch the telecast on June 20 on the USA Network if you can. I saw a few pictures from it today, and believe me, even if you're not a Star Wars fan, you'll enjoy the opening number.
If you do watch it, Bret's the trooper second from the left during that.
TTLWHKR
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I went to see this movie last week.. and we left about 20 minutes into it.
Boring...
Boring...