as the title saids my game crashes after i play for short time any idea as to why?
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I Hate The Character Limit, so much.
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Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/PathToNowhere/comments/1clu2tn/path_to_nowhere_sfw_headcanons_part_4_shalom/
Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/PathToNowhere/comments/1clu7gw/path_to_nowhere_sfw_headcanons_for_shalom_part_2/
35. She has joined several other Sinners in keeping an eye on the chief and making sure she does not overwork herself too much, with her method of getting her to stop being to simply walk into the office, grab her by the wrist, and pull her away from her computer and off to either of their rooms.
When that does not work, she will resort to decidedly more underhanded methods, such as slipping into the office via one of the hidden passages, putting her hands over her eyes and telling her that it is time to go to sleep as she waits for her to surrender.
Another option is to utilize the most tried and true method, that being the NHH method, which involves sicking either Nightingale or Hecate and Hella on the Chief, with said method ending in her either being drug out of her office by the Adjutant, often still in her chair, or being bullied into going to sleep by Hecate’s pleading and Hella’s cursing as she chews her out.
But should all of the above fail, should all seem lost in this endeavor, then Shalom has perfected a final tired and true method of forcing the Chief to relax, one that, during her first attempt almost ended with her becoming a head shorter courtesy of a rather infuriated Sumire.
The method in question?
Step 1: Walk into the office. Utilizing passages is not necessary as the sound of approaching heels clicking on the floor and knocking on the door adds a valuable psychological factor to the approach.
Step 2: Do not respond to any of the Chief’s questions, merely meet her gaze with a smile and walk towards her, navigate around her desk and push her back towards the wall behind her.
Step 3: Utilize greater than average strength to force her to remain in the chair by pinning her to ii, typically done by straddling her lap.
Step 4: Lean in close to her ear and begin to hum a lullaby as you stroke her hair, and rub her upper back, certain fragrance perfumes also assist in this method, particularly ones including lavender.
Step 5: Wait for her to give in and then wheel her out of the office and towards her room.
So far this method boasts the 2nd highest success rate out of her other methods of coercing the Chief into resting, the highest being the NHH method, though other Sinners boast of having more successful ones…granted one of them involves rendering her unconscious and another involves paralyzing her, but they still work, thus the Hush shall not stop until she perfects a method of getting the Chief to cease overworking herself.
Her current approach being to simply insure that there is no reason for her to overwork herself, with her providing aid on matters that would otherwise take up too much of the Chief’s time, though the Chief is yet hesitant to fully trust her with much of her work, she has so far allowed for the help.
Only time will tell if this method works though.
36. She has a curiosity regarding the various other nations that exist beyond the walls of Dis, something that has led to her gathering as much information and memorabilia from those nations that she is capable of.
She regularly searches out any of the Sinners from foreign lands to speak with regarding their former homes, such as Pacassi and her long vanished hometown, Eirene and Fraser, KawaKawa and Stargazer for WhiteSands, or OwO and Goldion Ville.
It has become a small dream of hers to one day visit the lands beyond the walls of Dis and see what the world is like outside of the reach of Paradeisos and herself, though she does not want to go alone, so she has decided that she will try and take Rosa, Rahu, Christina (and of course where christina goes, Thistle goes.), and or the Chief with her come the chance to slip away.
But for now she will settle with enjoying what trinkets and information she can from those distant lands. She is particularly fond of the chess set that Eirene had brought over from her home city and the paper lantern that OwO made for her.
37. Similar to Langley, she has many times made use of the skills of the Phantom Thief pair of Priscilla and Tetra, though she has never directly spoken to them, instead utilizing multiple online accounts and middle-men to hire them.
The pair have long since ceased attempting to investigate just who it is that is behind all of the jobs that Shalom has given them, their previous attempts having ended with the pair finding a flash drive tucked into a drawer that contained their…toys, during a rather passionate moment.
Their session of intimacy being cast aside as they investigated what was on the flash drive, the pair soon finding themselves clinging onto one another as they saw a file containing both videos and images of them going about their daily lives, as well as on their missions, even their homes outside of the Bureau, including safe houses even the Chief was unaware of.
Amidst the flurry of images and videos was a single document, a simple text file that contained words which managed to send a chill through their cores.
“I would advise you to not bite the hand that feeds you, I harbor no malice towards you at the moment…but if you continue to pry into things best left unknown…then I will be forced to take much more direct action against you.
The presence of this hard drive should be proof enough of what I am capable of, as well as the extent of my influence, and be advised that what you see here is but a fraction of the data I have gathered on the two of you.
But that is neither here nor there at the moment, and I would truly hate to sully the wonderful working relationship we have at the moment, and in the same vein lose two exceptionally useful allies, thus I will take no action against you at the moment.
For now, I would advise you to hold one another close, perhaps enjoy the wine you have stored away in your cupboard. It is a wonderful vintage that pairs quite well with the dark chocolate that Tetra purchased a couple of days ago.
Take some time off to process this information, don’t worry about anything, your superior at the Bureau is a kind woman, she won’t pry too much, and you have likely received a rather sizable transfer to your account for a job well done in regards to your last few missions from me.
With that said, I must be going, I have a great many things to attend to that require my personal attention, though before I go, I have to admit that I was impressed by the variety of toys you possess. My own collection seems paltry in comparison…perhaps I should remedy that.
Sincerely X.”
The pair would take their mysterious benefactors' advice and spend the next few days with each other, not only scouring their homes and cell for bugs, but also in trying to bury the terror that the flash drive caused them.
That the damn thing vanished the next day, only further heightened their fears of this unknown X.
Curiously, the days following this incident would see Shalom spend a rather lengthy amount of time browsing certain…illicit sites in search of new additions for her own collection, that she asked Rahu, Rosa (Who she communicated with via sharing her screen in a call or by phone), and the Chief their opinion on the objects in question, is something 2 of the 3 mentioned would very much like to forget .
38. Upon learning that Peggy and Joan were two of the musicians whose tapes and records she possessed, she took time out of her schedule to ask for their autograph’s on the tapes and records in question, paying them quite handsomely in return.
She has likewise requested recording of several other musician Sinners performances, from Dudu, who spent several minutes in dumbfounded silence at just how much Shalom offered her before energetically shaking her hand and running off to get started, to Echo and her saxophone, the young musician being ecstatic to record a tape for someone at last.
Whether or not the music is any good by the standards of the masses is of no concern to Shalom, all that matters is that it is her choice to listen to and enjoy it, and not the whims of her former masters, with it also serving a memento of some of the more vibrant souls present within the Bureau.
39. Given her fixation on spreading happiness, and Shalom’s desire for happiness, it is a fair assumption to say that she has something of a relationship with Serpent, with the serpentine Sinner having taken upon herself the challenge of making Shalom give her a genuine smile through any means necessary.
As a result of this, Shalom has many times found herself given a front row seat to the shows that Serpent puts on within the Bureau, the serpentine Sinner having pulled out every stop during her shows to try and coerce as much genuine emotion as she can from Shalom, with the Hush often finding herself feeling emotionally drained and yet deeply satisfied after each performance.
She has also met the monstrous snake that Serpent keeps as a pet, granted their meeting involved it slithering through the vents and into her room as she was reading a book, but unlike many of her fellows she did not immediately panic and was instead able to keep the colossal snake busy until Serpent could arrive to recover it.
Though it did take them a rather long while to convince the snake to uncoil itself from around her and her chair, especially given that it seemed to be enjoying the story she was reading aloud to it.
That is not to say it is an entirely one-sided deal, as Serpent has come to find herself with enough money in her account to be able to afford the sun lamps she has wanted for a long while, with Shalom also taking upon herself the duty of babysitting Serpent’s snake when the woman has to leave it behind on a mission.
She has also aided Serpent in her quest to make the Chief happy, not only through funding but also by helping her in researching a rather large variety of means to try and appease the woman in question.
The Chief has since come to expect that whenever Serpent has a show, she will find herself being seated near the front with Shalom on one side, Eirene on the other, and Rahu and Christina as far away from the giant snake that accompanies Serpent as possible.
40. She gets cold easily due to her fragile nature, her heavy coat helps her with it to an extent, but during particularly cold or windy days, she needs to wear layers to the point that she needs several minutes to pry off all of them when she is out of the cold, otherwise she will begin to overheat.
In addition to getting cold easily, she also has a rather weak immune system, even with Paradeisos medicine at her back, thus she can easily fall ill during cold weather, leading to her being bedridden or consigned to the medical wing for several days before her condition stabilizes.
As a result of this, she tends to avoid leaving the warmth of the Bureau, or even her room for that matter, during such weather unless her presence is requested by the Chief for some matter, though even then she will demand heavy reparations for her presence.
Typically, said reparations will involve the Chief pampering her while she recovers from whatever illness has come to plague her, even should she be given medication to treat it, she will still request that the Chief stay with her till she is fully recovered.
That is not to say she fairs any better during hot weather, as she has to wear sunscreen or carry an umbrella to avoid sun burns during the intense heat, with her trying to minimize her exposure to the intense sunlight as much as she can to avoid heat sickness.
It is safe to say that she enjoys the more mild weather of spring or the cool and yet not freezing weather of fall as opposed to winter or summer, with those being the months she is able to enjoy the sights of the city and the world before she is forced to flee into cover at the changing weather.
41. She once requested Enfer to make use of her ability to try and sculpt something that could elicit genuine fear from her, with the artist devoting a rather obscene amount of time and effort towards the matter, Shalom funding her ventures as the sculptor tried everything she could.
Eventually, Enfer managed to create something that managed to provoke a reaction from Shalom, the exact nature of the work that managed to provoke a feeling of unease and distress within Shalom such that she was visibly unnerved is unknown however, as Shalom had any visual images of the work removed as she took it to a secure and hidden space within her room.
None but the Hush and the Sculptor themselves have seen just what was made that day, and Enfer refuses to share any information on the matter, the Mistress of Fear herself feeling no small amount of unease whenever she recalls the work she made, and sheer distress it caused to flicker through the normally blank faced Shalom as she looked upon it.
No threat was needed, no promise of revenge or wrath, nor was a bribe needed, only a glance at Shalom and at the artwork she had made was needed to bid her tongue to stay silent on the matter.
An oddity is that after the piece was finished and hidden away, the pair tried to spend as much time with the Chief as possible, as though something compelled them to do so…perhaps…no, it is better that road be left unwalked.
42. She is a regular listener to Eleven’s radio show, and is exceptionally fond of the radio host herself, finding her show to be the perfect thing to listen to as she focuses on work that has either kept her up late, or has awoken her exceptionally early.
Eleven is more than a little wary of the Hush, especially given the rumors she has heard of the woman, particularly from the agents of the Garden and various others, though at the same time she cannot ignore the way Shalom has spoken so highly of her, and the several times she has called in to her show to speak with her whenever she needed to take a breather during her work.
That said, Eleven wishes that the next time Shalom asks to take her photo, she does not have the flash on, especially given that the mirror she was standing beside managed to reflect it and disorientate both of them for several minutes.
43. She very much enjoys sleeping in on the days she has nothing to do though not quite to the extent of Coquelic, who prefers to spend almost the entire day in bed when there is nothing for her to focus on, with her trying to catch up on any sleep she has been forced to miss as a result of her work.
Whenever someone attempts to awaken her from this slumber they will typically either be met by her Mark blazing in one of her eyes as she glares at them, or with her reaching out to pull them into bed with her, something that Rahu, Christina, Rosa, and the Chief have been the victims of before.
The problem is that once she has a grip on them, and has begun to fall asleep, she very much refuses to relinquish her grip on them, with her poor victims having to either wait for her to awaken, or for them to find some way to wake her up.
Such as carrying her to, and proceeding to drop her into a tub of either warm or cold water, something that Rahu had to resort to at one point when something came up and Shalom was needed on one of those days.
She proceeded to learn that while Shalom is frail, she is still capable of throwing surprisingly heavy objects with no small amount of force at someone, particularly when they have their back turned to her.
On an unrelated note, she had to see Iron and Anne for some aspirin to help with a headache she gained that day, where it came from she would not say, only that both the source of it, and the headache itself, were exceptionally annoying.
44. Shalom is not counted among the “Sane People Of The Bureau” as the group of Nightingale, Cinnabar, and recently Matilda is called within the Bureau by both staff and sinner, this is no small part due to her past as the Hush and her fixation on the Chief, along with the extremes she is willing to go to in order to achieve her goals.
That said, she is still numbered among the “Somewhat Sane People Of the Bureau,” along with the likes of Langley, Zoya, and so on. As while she may not be the most sane of individuals, with Shalom even confessing such a thing herself due to her skewed view on morals and how she was brought up by Paradeisos, she is still more sane than most of the staff and sinners alike and is thus a candidate for leadership and advice should any of the Sane People Of The Bureau be indisposed after something occurs to effect the Chief…or when the chief needs to be overruled and or forced to take a break.
45. She has a deep seated fascination with the Immortals (Dreya, Vanilla, and Mantis) due in no small part to their own contributions towards paving the way for Dis to be founded by Keylan during the expedition into the Perishing Star, along with the wisdom and knowledge they hold regarding not only the star, but also what they can recall of the world before Dis was founded.
This is one of the few point where she and Paradeisos are in agreement, the information the Immortals possess has already caused several breakthroughs in regards to how the Perishing Star is viewed, along with information regarding both Mania and the effect it has had on the environment of the land around the star.
As such, Shalom has been asked by Paradeisos to keep an eye on the Immortals and to help act as an intermediary to exchange information with them, especially in regards to the subjects of the Illusory Moon and it seeming intelligence, alongside of information of the old world that was lost during the years before the Expedition breached into the Star’s domain.
She tends to speak most with Dreya as opposed to Mantis and Vanilla, as she find the astronomer to be the easiest to converse with of the group as opposed to the survivalist and logistician, though she has orders to try and gather information from Vanilla due to her being a largely unknown part of the Keylan Expedition, alongside of her understanding of the temporal hellstorm that rages within the Star’s domain and her ability to help in reconstructing some of the ruined monitoring stations around 00.
46. Shalom was rather surprised when she learned that the Chief refuses financial backing and aid from her sinners, alongside of only taking Hella and Hecate with her on her missions, the latter annoying her much more than the former due to potential safety risks.
As a result of this, she is one of many that have brought up the idea of the Chief taking other sinners aside from just Hella and Hecate with her during missions as while she may have success so far with just the pair, she also has tendency to run into situations that heavier firepower would be greatly useful in contending with.
As a result of this, she and several others, including Langley, Eirene, Demon, and Rahu, have worked to put together a means of coercing the Chief to accept further aid on her missions from those who are capable of doing so, with the more contaminated and mania sensitive sinners having to be kept on the sidelines due to contamination and potential risk of going full maniac allowing for them to narrow the suspects down.
That they have even been able to sway Nightingale to their side is proof of their devotion to this cause, though so far they have had little luck in convincing the chief to accept further help…at least willingly as they have several times simply either pulled rank on her (Langley) or threatened her with withholding her coffee and snacks (Nightingale) if she did not take aid with her on some missions.
Shalom would go with the Chief on missions herself, if she did not feel that doing so would run the risk of allowing Paradeisos too much information on the Chief and potentially causing the both of them future headaches.
47. Despite her fragility, Shalom possesses rather impressive healing capabilities, though not to the extent of Hella, she is still capable of surviving many wounds that would have been fatal to others, with Schorl furthering her healing abilities with its own technology.
She cannot regrow limbs or digits, nor can she regenerate organs, or is she immune to illness, but she is still capable of taking a stab or bullet and surviving, at least assuming it is not directly to her heart or brain, something she considers one of the few useful modifications Paradeisos made to her after she became the Hush.
48. She has an odd relationship with subjects unknown to her, as she is both wary of, and yet also fascinated by, anything that she has know knowledge or comprehension of, something which is quite rare given her eidetic memory and the amount of information she was taught by Paradeisos and has learned on her own.
This leads to her starting ventures into unknown subjects cautiously at first as she tests the waters before she begins to dive into them in full, hungrily devouring anything and everything she can on the subject until she feels that she is satisfied with it.
This is not something born of scholarly desire, but rather out of a desire to know what she can use and what can be used against her, alongside of it being something that she has the ability to choose to indulge in without being ordered to do so, it is also something she does to further cultivate her seemingly all knowing image to instill both respect and unease in those around her.
Among the subjects she has studied are things such as tailoring, animal husbandry (Christina learned far too much regarding breeding habits of animals when she was researching it), entomology (She felt it wise to learn more about her arachnid foes), cooking, and cocktail making.
49. It is a standing rumor in the Bureau that Shalom’s coat is able to repair itself, as no matter what is done to it, be it burned or slashed, it is always in immaculate condition the next time anyone sees her wearing it.
The truth is much less fanciful though, as Shalom simply owns many copies of her coat that she can use when she is unable to fix one of them or have a tailor fix it for her, with her having allocated a rather large sum simply to replacing and repairing her coats when they get damaged.
She at one point had to have a whole new batch made for her as, despite not being contaminated when the Garden and Langley unleashed a hell of spiders into her room, she one day went to put on one of her coats and found a rather large tarantula inside of it.
How it got there, she had no idea, only knowing that it was the doing of someone in the Bureau, especially given she has spider-proofed her room to the best of her ability since the ‘prank’ pulled on her.
Needless to say, she promptly had Schorl burn each of her coats for safety reasons.
50. She is very well aware of the irony of her name's meaning and of her profession and the deeds she has committed, with her finding it to be somewhat humorous in a rather dark way, with her using it as a part of several rather dark jokes that she makes when free of Schorl’s gaze.
51. While Shalom claims to have something of a Black Thumb when it comes to gardening, few know just how bad her attempts at gardening have ended over the course of her attempts at it.
As not only has she managed to kill the vast majority of her own plants, including ones that should not be easily killable by any stretch of imagination, but she has also managed to, through means known to not even Paradeisos, cause plants that others are tending to on her behalf to die whenever she tries any attempt at caring for them.
She was particularly upset the day she managed to kill a rose that Rosa had given her, with the maid having to visit the Bureau to console her former employer over the matter, said maid would later confide to the Chief that the flower was artificial and it should not have been possible for it to die.
52. Shalom very much enjoys egging people on when the chance arises, utilizing her position as a Paradeisian and her own connections to put people who have managed to earn her ire in a position of wishing to strike at her, but being unable to do so.
In particular, she enjoys doing this to high ranking officials or such that try and interfere in her aiding the Chief, finding the expressions they make as they grit their teeth in silent and indignant fury at her to be amusing to no small extent.
She is confident that should anything occur, Rahu would protect her, though her bodyguard has told her many times to cease her antics or to at least reign in her antics so that she did not have to have her hands on her weapons everytime Shalom meets an official that annoyed her.
The only response she received from Shalom was an amused smile and the faintest hint of exasperation from Schorl as the Hush went to another meeting with a board of officials, said meeting nearly devolved into a full on brawl due to her pitting them against one another as she sat back and enjoyed the show.
It is safe to say that Rahu has come to dread seeing Shalom smile during meetings.
53. She has many times commissioned Cassia to make perfume for her, with her finding the perfumers products to be vastly superior to even the perfumes that she would find in luxury stores in Eastside.
A part of the deal she has with Cassia is an exchange of fragrances so to speak, as she will let the perfumer take samples of her hair to make into perfume in exchange for custom perfumes, though her donations to help Cassia built her own Atelier within the Bureau don't hurt either.
Cassia considers the perfume she has made from Shalom’s hair to be an oddity, not just due to it smelling of a form of flower she has not smelled before, her best guess being some form of lily, with a rather spicy undercurrent of something akin to cinnamon, but also the feeling of peace it seems to bring the one wearing it, though she claims the feeling of peace feels…unnatural to her.
The perfumer would work to refine the perfume made of Shalom’s hair for several months before she seemed to reach some form of breakthrough, though it did not seem to be a desirable one as she soon destroyed the product and went back to her earlier iteration of the scent.
Why she did so, she would never say, but the look of pity and unease in her eyes when she looks at Shalom since her experiment ended, tells a tale all of its own.
54. She finds Hella to be rather adorable, though she is admittedly somewhat envious of the sheer amount and depth of emotions the young Syndician can feel, along with the ease at which she is able to display and switch between them.
Nonetheless, she has come to be rather fond of the gremlin’s antics, with her considering it a pleasant interruption to her day whenever she sees the hellion causing chaos within the Bureau, with her having gone so far as to aid her in her escapes and antics for her own amusement.
She is also oddly protective over the Syndician, as she has come to the conclusion that Hella is a vital component to the Chief’s happiness, and a valuable means of keeping her safe, and as such she takes many steps to insure that the little hellion is safe during her outings.
Hella once confronted her on the matter, surprising Shalom with her awareness of her involvement, the pair speaking for a while on their thoughts on the matter, with the Rat Queen Of Syndicate surprising Shalom with her maturity and intelligence during their conversation.
In the end Hella agreed to endure her meddling and watch, in exchange for her monitoring and protecting Ninety-Nine as well, with the gremlin threatening Shalom with going to the Chief and ruining her image in the Chief’s eyes if anything happened to the Berserker.
Shalom had chuckled at the statement, an honest chuckle of amazed amusement at the girl's audacity, before she acquiesced to her demand with grace, smiling to herself as she re-evaluated her opinion on the girl who finished her tea before she left.
Before Hella had left the room, however, she had asked her how it was she deduced that it was her that was involved, something which made Hella pause before she turned to look at her over her shoulder and said-
“I had a hunch it was someone high up, didn't know who though, so I took a gamble on it being you and you confirmed it for me.”
Shalom had been incredulous for a moment before she began to chuckle once more, basking in both her surprise and the genuine emotion she felt as she watched the young woman leave, silently vowing to herself to see the full potential of the young girl one day.
55. And the final one, is that Shalom fully expects to never truly achieve her happy ending and to die before she can be fully free of the shadow of Paradeisos, to never be able to watch movies with the Chief, see Rahu freed from her hatred, watch as Christina and Thistle grow together, or witness Coquelic and her Garden claim their own pound of flesh from both the Underground and Paradeisos.
Because of this, everything she has done and continues to do is her rigging the board as much in favor of the Chief and those she feels deserve it as possible, all to insure that once she is gone they will still be safe and can reach their own happiness.
She knows that nothing she has done can make up for even a fraction of the sins she has committed, but at the very least she hopes that these sins can pave the way to heaven for her loved ones while she descends into hell where the Hush belongs.
She could burn with a smile on her face, so long as she knows they will be safe and happy.
And with any luck, she will drag Paradeisos down to the depths of hell with her, so that they can all burn along with the monster they created.
And that is it, everything we have for Shalom, and our longest post on this sub to date, we hope you all enjoy it and that you share your opinions and thoughts on what we have here, along with some of your own headcanons should you wish to do so.
Till next time, stay safe and take care.

I have an old vintage Magnavox Astro-Sonic console (the big ~4 foot furniture cabinet with horn speakers and a record player in it) that I inherited from my grandparents. From what I remember, they didn’t use it for the last twenty years they were alive and instead it acted as a desk for a Bose CD playespeaker combo. Now that they’re gone and I have my own house, I have a really strong desire to have this working again, even if there isn’t any monetary value in doing so.
I wouldn’t even begin to know where to look… and it’s also very large which means difficult to move. I would like to find someone that knows what they’re doing before I try to borrow a friends truck to get it moved…
Unit powers on, turn table doesn’t work (moves the arm with the needle but won’t drop it), and there clearly are some shorts or something because the volume will go from almost entirely off to max and back with the smallest movement of the volume knob. When you can get it in a decent volume range, FM sounds actually really good. I’m impressed with the fullness of the sound and lack of distortion with the bass.
Any help would be awesome… I hope someone is still alive in the area that can restore this!

Pt. 1 Here
Frank Martin leaned back in his chair, boots up on the console before him, as he observed the image on the screen. It was night, so there wasn’t much happening on the planet below. Still, Frank was meticulous in keeping notes on his tablet.

The screen showed an image from the orbital camera affixed to the underside of the research station. On it, Frank looked at a grassy meadow surrounded by a forest that was nestled in a crook of a mountain valley. The meadow measured roughly two kilometers long and a half a kilometer wide and had a river flowing down the long way through the middle. It was shaped roughly like an American football. The proper kind of football, Frank thought.

Almost dead center of the meadow was a circle of brambles with a number of wide-top trees inside. Right now, the residents would be fast asleep underground, which gave Frank time to fill out his daily report.

A hiss sounded behind Frank, signaling the door leading out to the residential section had opened. A voice called out from behind in a friendly reprimand. “Frank, man, get your boots off that console. I’d ask if you grew up in a barn, but I already know your Hillbilly ass did.”

Frank craned his head backwards and peered behind the chair. There stood Darryl Thomas. He had his thick arms crossed and the kind of frown on his face that meant he wasn’t serious about what he had just said.

“Proper term’s Redneck. Hillbillies are from the Appalachians,” Frank replied. “I’d think a pompous college boy would know that. What with the book learnin’ and all.”

The two shared a laugh. Both Frank and Darryl were from the same town in Texas, a place called San Angelo. Both went to college out in Austin. Frank attained his doctorate in Anthropology while Darryl has his PhD in Astroengineering.

The two enjoyed sharing the barbs because the pair were a dying breed. They were what others called Prees. This was because they were both born before the Third World War. Also known as the Final War.

The Final War was a doozy. The human population at the time was somewhere north of 9 billion when it sparked off. Frank and Darryl didn’t like thinking about it much. It was sparked, like all wars, for some dumb reason and humans got to doing what they do best – killing.

Except this time, the killing was so brutal that the survivors, all 2 billion of them, swore off from it entirely. Frank and Darryl were lucky to get out of it alive. Frank spent much of it sitting in a hole near a city named Shanghai, firing at Chinese guys who, like Frank, would have rather been back home doing something other than shooting at another person.

Darryl was doing much of the same, though he was freezing his ass off up in Canada and doing it with Russians.

Back then, everyone was basically shooting at everyone else. Frank and Darryl, along with the remaining living survivors, all know who started it. Yet they all agreed to not talk about it. It didn’t really matter. All that mattered was it left a big scar on humanity that they didn’t want to open up again.

Hell, the survivors were so good at keeping the past in the past that just about everyone alive today only use the words “China” or “Texas” to make it easy to deliver mail to someone on Earth.

Interestingly, it was this scar that led to the great advancement of humanity into the cosmos. While humanity had figured out how to strap rockets on their asses and toss them off the planet, humans didn’t manage to make it much farther than sending a few buggies to Mars or tossing a radio transmitter or two out into deep space. There were too many competing and separate entities vying for resources that were essentially doing the same research. It also didn’t help that an immense amount of resources were mostly diverted off into finding new and creative ways to end a life.

Turns out, exploring space is a costly thing that a species can’t pull off if they’re divided and wasting resources on blowing things up. While Frank enjoyed a good explosion now and then, it was best when it was mixed with strontium or copper to make pretty red and blue flashes in the sky. Not when it was used to bust up a factory or bridge.

When humanity quit wasting resources trying to kill each other and unified with a single vision, research on space travel got a whole lot easier. In the decade after the war, humanity not only managed to clean up the mess, the first FTL drive was invented along with viable fusion power. It was also in this time that humanity figured out cellular regeneration.

Which puts both Frank and Darryl over 2,000 years old at this point. They lost count. Birthdays really start becoming more trouble than they’re worth when your cake candles need a fire extinguisher to blow out.

Which leads to what else makes Frank and Darryl so unusual. Frank is what was called in the distant past a White man and Darryl a Black man. Back then, people used to obsess over skin color. After the war, race, ethnicity and national origin stopped being important. There were bigger things to worry about.

What this led to was the great homogenization. When people stopped caring so much about what skin color you had, it led to a whole lot less variation in it. People found who they liked and had kids. After a few generations, the mixture was so common that everyone sort of just melded together. Ethnicity and language all folded into a singular unit.

When people stop caring and jaunting to one end of the galaxy to the other only takes a couple hours, it’s hard to have populations isolated long enough to ever develop differences. The people these days are all what Frank and Darryl refer to as a homogeneous brown. A new ethnicity just called human that would be entirely unrecognizable in the old days.

Frank and Darryl were a dying breed. Well, not literally. Most of the original 2 billion were still around somewhere. They just vanish into the crowd when the population is in the trillions. Not literally, they do get a lot of stares when they’re out in populated areas, but no one minds or cares much. Everyone’s aware of the originals. The skin color just makes it easy to identify them.

This allows them to rib each other around old ethnic stereotypes from the distant past. In private. And never the really bad ones. No point in people these days ever learning about those ones. Not that they’d understand it.

Darryl slapped Frank’s boots. “Come on, man, you really do need to keep your boots off that thing.”

“Hey, watch the boots. They’re real snakeskin I got out in Sweetwater,” Frank whined as he placed is boots on the floor. “Besides, it’s not like I’m going to track mud in here. Ain’t no mud to track.”

Darryl folded his arms and frowned. “It’s a bad habit. Besides, remember the last time you got dirt up there? I had to spend a few hours troubleshooting the unit and fixing a few blown transformers on the control board.”

“That was close to 300 years ago,” Frank retorted. The one time they had to go planetside and Frank managed to track dirt into the station. Darryl would never let him forget it.

“And I need to remind you in case it ever happens again,” Darryl said, gesturing at one of the bulkhead walls.

Frank looked up at the wall. On it was a stuffed head of an animal that looked like the cross between a jaguar and a squid. The head was mostly jaguar-like and had spots, but in place of a mouth was a sharp beak and the head had a pair of nasty tentacle things hanging from the cheeks.

Frank frowned. The thing was a bioweapon that a species two star systems over had developed. That species hadn’t developed FLT travel and discovered the planet they’re on harbored life. For some God forsaken reason, that species got it in their heads that they didn’t much like whoever was living on the planet and decided to engineer a predatory creature, load it up onto a generation ship and launch it at the planet.

In the interim, the species had a big dust-up much like humanity did, except they ended up regressing back into a stone age over it. About a thousand years pass and this forgotten interstellar bullet lands down below and the thing gets out.

Frank and Darryl had only been researching the life on the planet below for about a decade at that point. They’d found the place when they were exploring a dwarf galaxy hovering around the Milky Way and petitioned for some funding to build an observation station.

The pair was taken off-guard when the thing streaked into the system out of nowhere. It didn’t trigger the anti-asteroid defenses since they were programmed to ignore anything artificial.

Humans hadn’t ever come across another truly space faring species. The vast majority of intelligent life had been happily isolated in whatever region their species evolved in. Migration just wasn’t normal, so most species never got sophisticated enough to develop technology. No one ever had enough local resources to pull this off.

The few species that did never passed that big war filter. Humans were the first. Barely.

So Frank and Darryl just didn’t anticipate or have any plans to deal with a metal pod screaming out of deep space and crashing into the planet below.

Normal protocol for researchers is to remain hands-off. The species should never become aware of humanity’s presence. Interfering with the development of a species was not a good idea. Humanity never tried it for real, they just anticipated it being an unwise move from old pre-war television shows.

However, there was a singular exception to the protocol. It was to come to the defense of the local species from extraterrestrial interference. Of course, Frank would have gone down there even if there wasn’t the exception. Darryl would have complained, yet Frank knew full well he agreed.

Frank took a liking to the little guys down below. They were a subterranean species that reminded him of the meerkats back on Earth. They were in the stone age phase of their development and had access to limited farming, mainly mushroom cultivation below ground and a few medicinal herbs they’d planted near the river inside their little bramble fort.

The species had developed a sort of language and, like every other species ever discovered, called themselves “People” in their squeaking language. Frank decided to call them Meers, which Darryl thought was insulting, not that Darryl had any input because Frank was the Anthropologist here.

They didn’t have a form of writing and, from what they gathered from the listening devices disguised as local insects, they maintained an oral tradition through a special member of society called a Storyteller. This Storyteller operated as a central hub of Meer culture and maintained group cohesion through stories.

The most interesting thing about the Meers was that they upended everything scholars thought they knew about the development of advanced life. While intelligence is a given, scholars had long assumed longevity was also a requirement to developing a civilization. Octopi are quite smart, yet they barely live five years, so they can never learn enough to leverage the smarts.

Even before the cellular regeneration technology, humans had that optimal combination of smarts and lifespan. Big brains living 80 years or more left time to teach the next generation what the old one figured out so they didn’t have to keep reinventing the wheel.

The Meers, on the other hand, were lucky to die of old age at 15 standard Earth years. It was astounding they’d managed to develop language or tool use with such lifespans. Frank recognized it was because of the Storyteller function that helped preserve generational knowledge. The one down there now was particularly adept since he hadn’t seen their young focus so strongly on the lessons in some centuries.

Of course, none of this wouldn’t have happened had the exception to the protocol not been in place. When the creature crashed into the planet, Frank and Darryl sprung into action and took a shuttle down. They had managed to track the creature, which split itself in some sort of asexual process, and tracked it to the woods near the Meer’s burrows. That’s where they managed to kill one before meeting up with a Meer that had gotten lost in the forest.

The poor thing was terrified and, after dispatching the second creature, led it back to its hole. The Meer was a curious thing, asking the pair questions after it got over its initial shock of meeting aliens for the first time, especially ones that had spoken its language. With translation AI assistance.

The bigger problem was now that the protocol was violated, they had to follow the next steps. Removing a transponder beacon, they handed it to the Meer. Explaining that the Meers needed to be cautious around strangers, they explained how the transponder worked and only to use it if they were ever threatened by extinction.

Frank knew that this would only be something that would occur should an extraterrestrial threat arise again. From their observations up to this point, the brambles were effective at keeping local predators out. Frank hoped that they’d gotten all the things from the pod, especially since it had the apparent ability to split itself.

That was some 300 years past. To Frank and Darryl, that was a short time back. Subjective time perception continued to get more rapid when aging. At 2,000 years old, a century felt like nothing to the duo.

“Anything interesting today?” Darryl asked, changing the subject back to their research.

Frank shook his head, “Nah. The injured one, the new Storyteller, hobbled around the brambles maintaining it. Scouts went out and got berries. Then they went to bed. The listening devices picked up the Storyteller guy was not confident in his job. I find their interesting mixture of individualism and collectivist mindset. Guy really wants to be absorbed into the collective yet he doesn’t feel like he’s worthy of abandoning his individual identity.”

Darryl shook his head. “Yea, that’s a weird one. I can’t imagine giving up myself to become some title.”

“Different strokes, different folks. Anyway, I’m heading to bed. You got this covered?” Frank asked as he hefted his body off the chair. He’d hit the gym first, his midsection was getting a bit fluffy.

Darryl laughed. “Please, I’ve been doing this for a few centuries. I think I know how to watch a bramble bush at night when nothing happens like a pro.”

Frank hit the gym, showered and then went to bed. He had a long day of sitting on his ass staring at a screen, so the sleep was earned.

Which was interrupted after a few hours to the sound of pounding on the door to his quarters. “Frank! Get up. We got a problem.”

Groggy, Frank rolled his fee out of bed. He went to the door, which slid open with a hiss. Frank, in his tighty whiteys, stared at Darryl. He was about to get angry when he noticed Darryl’s panicked expression. “What’s wrong?”

“It’s planet side. It’s bad, man. Come look,” Darryl said as he rushed down the hall toward the observation room.

Frank didn’t bother dressing and padded after him. The two rushed into the room and Frank looked at the screen. Darryl pointed to a spot and zoomed the image in. “Here, check it out.”

There, in the early morning planet light at the edge of the forest, Frank saw movement. He was about to reprimand Darryl for waking him over a few local predators moving about when he looked more closely at the figures. The dead giveaway were the tentacles flapping to the side.

“Shit, again?” Frank cursed at the screen as he started to move to get his gear. He then stopped when he saw another. Then another. The damned things had multiplied significantly and a large swarm of them had appeared at the edge of the grassland.

The duo rushed to the armory and began loading up on weaponry. Frank and Darryl decided they’d wheel out the rotary along with a few of the automatics. Vintage Texas iron wouldn’t cut it this time. As they were mounting the rotary to the shuttle, an alarm blazed out from the observation room.

Frank recognized the sound. It was the emergency beacon they had given the Meers. Moving in, Frank saw the scene from above. The creatures, numbering nearly 50 now, were tearing at the bramble wall. They’d swing a paw in, bounce out and thrash in pain before recovering and taking out another chunk. The stinging thorns didn’t do much to dissuade the attack.

Inside the brambles, not a single Meer was seen. Normally at this time, they’d have their maintenance crews working the bramble wall and their foragers out and about looking for berries.

Hitting a button, Frank activated his translator and spoke. “Hold on, little buddies. We’re coming.”

“Thank you,” a timid voice on the other end squeaked.

Rushing back, Frank saw Darryl loading up some thin knives into the shuttle. “What are those for?”

“They look small enough for the Meers to use. Just in case,” Darryl replied before jumping into the shuttle and seating himself beside the rotary.

Frank loaded in behind him and prepped the shuttle. “You ready to use that thing?”
Voice grim, Darryl nodded. “Just like Edmonton.”

Frank knew Darryl was serious when he referred to the Second Battle of Edmonton. That wasn’t a good time and he only brought it up when things got real.

Screaming down to the surface, Frank looked out over the small clearing. In the time it took to load the shuttle and make it planet side, the creatures had already breached the bramble wall and were now furiously digging at the ground.

Opening the side, Frank tilted the shuttle to one side and Darryl spared no time. The unit hummed as the barrels spun at thousands of rotations a minute. The large block of biodegradable ceramic was shaved off ever so slightly with each barrel strike, which threw a small shard at supersonic speeds into the ground. The hard shards shredded the monsters digging at the Meer burrows as Darryl drew the barrel through the opening.

Two dozen creatures were torn apart in the initial salvo, leaving their bodies scattered from the nearest burrow entrance out through the bramble gap. Many of the remaining creatures retreated back into the forest.

Landing to block the entrance of the brambles with the shuttle, Frank then hopped out and sprinted into the enclosure. Had this been a more peaceful time, he would have loved to study the interior of the Meer’s community. Instead, he ran under the nearest tree and pulled the large cat-like monster out of the way.

It revealed a partially excavated hole and, within, the terrified eyes of a Meer staring back.

Frank noted how the Meers packed tightly into their burrows. He wanted to get a better understanding if this was a fear response or a normal behavior for them.

Making sure his translator was active, Frank spoke. “We’re here to rescue you. Can I talk to your Storyteller fella?”

A few moments passed when a Meer squeezed his way through the hole. He was holding onto the transponder, which was nearly half his size, in a death grip in his little paws. His eyes looked up in terror. “Thank you. The old stories were true. You came.”

“Of course, we promised we would,” Frank replied.

The Meer’s ears twitched. “You? You were the one who provided our ancestors the beacon?”

Other voices came from behind the Storyteller. “Those are the Skypeople? They’re real. They’re here to save us!”

“Yes, that was us. My friend is over in the shuttle keeping an eye on the forest,” Frank replied.

“But that was in the ancient past, countless generations ago,” the Storyteller said, surprise in his voice. “Are you Gods?”

Frank looked down on the tiny creature as it timidly stood before him. “Nah, we just live a long time compared to you folks. I need you to get your five most able bodied. I have something I gotta give you. Those things look like they want to come back.”

The Storyteller turned and spoke behind. Five more Meers came out, four with the same brown hair and one with streaks of silver.

“These are our three best Scouts, Chief Scout and Keeper of the Brambles. What do you need of them?” the Storyteller asked.

Frank gestured and the six Meers followed. Frank pointed out the shards from the bioceramic and told them to avoid stepping on them and they’d vanish in a few days on their own. Looking through the shuttle, Frank noted Darryl still had the rotary trained on the treeline in the distance. Since he didn’t hear the telltale firing, the creatures must not have made a reappearance.

Handing out the five knives he had in the shuttle, Frank said, “Be careful with these. They’re sharp. I’m gonna need them back later.”

“What do you wish us to do with them?” the one with the silver streaks asked.

“If any of those critters get past us, take the sharp end and stick it into the monster,” Frank replied. The expression on the Meer’s faces indicated they had no concept of combat.

Not waiting, he continued, “My buddy here is going to keep an eye on the opening. I’m going to go into the forest and flush them out. We gotta nip this in the bud now or those things are just gonna multiply again.”

Not waiting any longer, Frank picked up an armored chest harness and strapped it on. Then he picked up his automatic, which was patterned after an old M4 carbine variant from his youth. It was a modern weapon, he just liked the look and feel of a classic.

Crossing the grassland, Frank examined the treeline a half a kilometer in the distance. His eyesight made out the mass of predators slinking just inside beyond the trunks.

Circling around, Frank would hit them from the side to allow Darryl a clear line of sight should any pop back out again. He intended to angle them back toward the grassland.

Crouching, the creatures waited. They seemed to operate like ambush hunters and decided to wait Frank out. He would take advantage of this instinct to position himself better.

Cutting into the woods, he flicked the safety off his weapon and clicked the selector to fully automatic. Back in the war, this would have been foolish since he would have dumped his 20 rounds in an instant. With a bioceramic brick, he could hold the trigger down for a full hour before running out of flechettes.

Frank took aim at the tentacle cats crouching 100 meters out and let loose. Firing a modern weapon just didn’t have the same satisfaction of the old ones. The modern M4 rapidly hissed as the flechettes buzzed through the air toward their targets like angry hornets. There wasn’t the satisfying flash of light, pop and recoil that came with firing a .338.

The upside was the modern M4 was effective. Frank couldn’t deny how efficiently the spray of flechettes tore into the monsters at the edge of the forest. Nearly two-thirds of the creatures were dispatched before the rest figured out what was happening and, as planned, bolted out of the woods toward Darryl’s position.

The distant whine of the rotary’s electric engine powering up meant that the battle would soon end. Frank jogged from the side back out of the forest to keep an eye on the now panicking predators as they ran in the direction of Darryl’s attack. They were conflicted whether to flee from Frank or from the new threat, deciding that Frank was closer and ran away.

Darryl easily cut down the remainder. Except for one stubborn bugger that Darryl didn’t seem to be able to get a proper bead on. The predator zigzagged through the tall grasses, leaving Darryl little to go on beyond the wake it left as it was concealed beneath.

The wake continued to move closer and closer to the shuttle until the thing bounced out and, to Frank’s horror, landed on the roof and vanished through the opening. High pitched squeals followed and Frank sprinted in the direction of the Meer burrows.

Darryl had also rushed back and, just as soon as the sound started, it stopped.

Frank pressed through the grass and leapt through the shuttle opening into the interior of the bramble wall. There, he saw the silver-streaked Meer lying on his side and wheezing while the one with the lame leg held out a bloodied knife in a pair of its paws.

Darryl was leaning over the silver-streaked Meer and applying first aid, cleaning the wound to prepare to sew it shut. The lame leg one, the Storyteller Frank remembered, stared in shock at the still predator.

“What happened,” Frank asked as he skidded into the clearing.

“I missed one. Damned thing was crafty. It got in and slashed up this one bad. I have no idea about their anatomy, but I think he’ll make it. Then that one there grabbed the knife and just went Conan the Barbarian on that thing. It was a Hell of a sight,” Darryl said as he dabbed gauze in the silver-streaked one’s wounds.

Silver-streak coughed, “Storyteller, that was foolish. If we lost you, our history would have been lost with you.”

The Storyteller dropped the knife and turned away from the animal. “No more foolish than losing the Keeper of the Brambles. We are now exposed.”

“I see you didn’t correct me this time, Storyteller. Have you accepted your role?” the Keeper of the Brambles replied, changing the subject.

The Storyteller looked at the ground and shuffled his little paws. “Yes. After this, I realize I have a great and honorable role.”

Darryl backed away. “I think that should do it. We can stick around until you get this hole mended.”

“Thank you. It will be appreciated. The brambles should regrow quickly,” the Keeper said as the three Scouts helped him up. “I must return to the burrow.”

A few days passed while Darryl provided guard duty and Frank scoured the forest for any sign of the predators. He had found a den with a pair of them. The things knew well enough not to send their full numbers out. Thankfully, he saw no more sign of the creatures. Based on the numbers and time since the last encounter, he figured they didn’t reproduce all that fast. That or the local predators were enough to keep the population from getting out of hand.

In any case, Frank would set up a DNA warning system should the things ever reappear in the woods, something he kicked himself for not doing centuries ago. This could have been a disaster.

The two humans endeavored to keep themselves out of the brambles space. The interior was for the Meers and the duo had intruded on them enough as it is.

Days passed and the quick growing vines quickly enclosed the burrows area once more. This left the Storyteller outside, who had requested to speak with the humans alone.

“Skypeople, I must offer my thanks,” the Storyteller said.

“Think nothing of it. We’re here in case this happens again,” Frank replied.

The Storyteller shifted his paws in the dirt again, something he seemed to do when embarrassed. “I must apologize for not using your honored name among the People.”

Frank and Darryl looked at each other confused. Darryl then said, “Why? We didn’t give you our names.”

“I know you are called Human. It is something I wish to keep hidden from the People. And the most recent events. I wish for us to go back to thinking you are a distant force. I want us to forget you came down and rescued us from these terrors,” the Storyteller said, shame in his little squeaking voice.

“I mean, sure. Can I ask why?” Frank said, confused by the request.

“Because it will make us foolish. To know that you came to rescue us. More will take risks, thinking you will arrive and defend us. If the Storyteller doesn’t pass the story, the People will forget. We will respect the dark forest and not venture in. It is for our safety,” the Storyteller explained.

“Makes sense,” Frank replied. “We didn’t do this for recognition. We did it because it was right. I agree with you. It’s not good for us to interfere with others before they’re ready. We have no problem if you don’t talk about us.”

The Storyteller gave a small bow. “I thank you.”

Frank and Darryl bid the Storyteller farewell, jumped into the shuttle and flew off.

“You think that was the right move?” Darryl asked.

Frank smirked, “Sure. It’ll save us on a lot of paperwork for explaining why we violated the protocol. They don’t live long. They’ll have mostly forgotten about us in about a decade or so.”

Darryl gave Frank a friendly punch in the shoulder. “Jerk, thinking about paperwork.”

“In all seriousness,” Frank continued. “I’m in agreement. It would be best if they forgot everything. If they remember, then they’ll start getting bold. Then maybe they’ll start turning out like us.”

Darryl frowned. “I know we turned out alright now, but yea. I wouldn’t wish what we had to go through to get here on anyone else.”

As the planet pulled away below, Frank stared at the idyllic world. Greens and blues dotted the landscape, not a single hint of pollution to be seen. The night side was dark as it should be, not ruined by the cutting of artificial light.

In that moment, Frank wondered what humanity would have been like. Had they been like all the other species out in the galaxy. What they would look like had the dark forest not blinked when humanity stared back.

It wasn’t something worth dwelling on. Humanity took that step into the woods in the ancient past. That box couldn’t be closed. All they could do is ensure the things lurking in the forest knew who was boss and left everyone else alone.
That and Frank really should remember to clean his boots off before getting back. He couldn't have Darryl getting after him for tracking mud into the station again.
The Final Part Here

So I'm in Bye Bye Birdie for the first time. There are SO many references that I feel like I had to do research to figure out. I can't believe how much I miss of the references and context. The only place I found these compiled was this text-based personal website last dated 16 years ago, and even then it's only a few (though really key ones!) and some of them don't show up in my 2024 copy - I wonder if they were pared down. Regardless, figured I'd make a context and reference list based on the copy I have!
I can't fit it all in one post, I exceed the text limit, so we'll start with Act 1 with general context stuff and the second post will be Act 2 only :)

Context

How Dated Was the Musical When Released?
Bye Bye Birdie is famously a direct reference to Elvis Presley getting drafted in 1957 and the stir it caused. But note the musical was written and published in 1958, and went on Broadway in 1960. It's like if a musical went on Broadway this year (2024) about a blonde-haired pop star named Tay-lee Quick (instead of Taylor Swift) who performed a world tour, but didn't initially book any dates in Canada, causing a massive outcry, leading to several Canadian officials and the president "Justice Troodoo" to beg her to stop there and... something else silly happens involving her, then she gets punched by a jealous girlfriend, and silliness ensues.
That is how on-the-nose this musical really is. There are many references to what would have been VERY modern events in this musical. For that reason, I'll try to give some equivalences of how the references in the musical would sound if it was written today.
Elvis' Perception in America
This extensive Wikipedia article does a great job of saying in many words that Elvis was insanely influential and deeply controversial. 1956 was a major year of stardom for Elvis -
Phone Calls
Phones are obviously a huge part of this musical! Wanted to combine all the phone references here.
Kim's Phone Number: Kim's number is, according to Rosie in Act 1, Scene 1, "Capitol 7 - 8820". In the 50s, the previous system which used 6-digit phone numbers started to be replaced by one that used an "exchange prefix" and 5 digits after. (Source) (Source) At the time, phone numbers that didn't connect to anyone were given out for shows like I Love Lucy, so that may be what happened here as well, though I don't know.
One Phone Line to Share: Kim's mother asks her to get off the phone early in the play so she can take a phone call. For a long time before cell phones, each home had a "home number" and you couldn't use it at the same time. This is why Kim's mother is asking her to finish up her call so she can call someone and eventually get a phone call as well.
Picking Kim's Number: Rosie uses a rolodex she randomly flips through to pick Kim - which would have been very standard in the 1950s.
The Operator Trying to Get Through: Calls were pushed through using real people, usually women, plugging lines into a "switchboard" to connect them manually. So when Kim's mom says the operator has been trying to get through for nearly three quarters of an hour, she's been trying to not get a busy signal when manually connecting the lines for 45 minutes! That's dedication!
Mr. MacAfee Frustrated with Long Distance Calls: Cost of international calls at this time was per-minute - so calls to New York, Chicago, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Hong Kong would have cost a pretty penny - over $100 for the first 3 minutes in a similar estimation! It sounds like Conrad and Albert didn't really offer to cover this cost, so you can see why Mr. MacAfee is so cross.
Getting Pinned/Going Steady
"Going steady" referred to, in short, being exclusive with someone. "As Time reported in 1957, "Boys and girls who go steady dance together exclusively (cutting in is frowned upon), sip their sodas, absorb their double features and spin their platters in each other's company or not at all. Steady-going girls indicate their unavailability in various ways, [like] the old-fashioned fraternity pins." (Source) It's mentioned in other sources that this could also be school pins, or rings. Something to show your commitment. One of the heads of my production described it like a "promise ring". It's definitely a firmer promise and commitment then just going out with someone, but not quite an engagement.
However, why, if this is such a sweet gesture of romantic love and commitment, would everyone be freaking out about it, and Kim's parents potentially not reacting well to "getting pinned" or "going steady"? (Kim has a line where she exclaims to her mother that she thinks her dad took the announcement "awfully well"). Truth be told, going steady in high school was actually highly discouraged by adults and especially church at the time. This article/Reddit thread sheds some light. I'll copy the first comment here by u/Gfrisse1. "It was felt that going steady would encourage the relationship to develop into one of physical intimacy, something parents wished to avoid. On the other hand, dating a wider, more diverse number of individuals would give them the experience of being exposed to a greater number of character and personality types, thereby helping to hone their mate-selection skills for later on. In the meantime, the short-term relationships were not expected to get much beyond the first- or second-date stage of intimacy. (One-night-stands, or casual hook-ups were not as common-place as they are today.)"
Cigarettes/Age
There are many references to smoking, cigarettes, and how old you should be in this play. It's complicated, but just know that in the 1950s, EVERYONE smoked. Everywhere. In the early 1950s, though, the first studies were coming out with the link to lung cancer, and tobacco companies used every trick in the book to try to squash that. It's genuinely fascinating (and terrifying) how much money and strategy was poured into this misinformation campaign. Read about it here. Anyway, what this means is in the late 1950s, it's not like most were giving up smoking, but because tobacco companies had started more explicitly advertising to minors, several states were in debate about the smoking age. It varied from 21 to 16, but just know that Kim was not considered old enough to be doing it. (Source.)) However, MANY minors did. Think of it like underaged drinking today as the best analogy. There's some specific cigarette references that will pop up in specific scenes, but just know that's the standard.
Patriotism
Fresh(ish) off of the victory of World War II, which was filled with MASSIVE pushes for increased American patriotism (to the degree that Disney even got in on it!), love for the USA was very culturally acceptable and a way to show you were a good person! It was easy to rally around (especially if you ignored the growing civil rights movement of Black people trying to achieve equality, which many white people at the time were very happy to do until they could no longer ignore it - obviously, not touched on in this musical, but significant. Several racist references have been either removed or are requested to be removed by current versions.) But that's why we hear so many classic American anthems in this play!

References by Order of Appearance (Act 1)

Almaelou Music Corporation

This is the end of Almaelou Music Corporation!

Almaelou may very well be a parody of Aldon Music, which would fit due to its major success being in the late 50s, and it's influence in music written for teen girls at the time.
Arpege

Rosie: A five-dollar raise in 1954 and a bottle of Arpege last Christmas.

Arpege is a perfume that was released in 1927 and remained the best-selling perfume of well-loved fashion line Levine for decades. (Source) Albert is quoting a commercial tagline tied to the perfume that was very well-known at the time. It continued to be used in commercials for many years. (Commercial example). It was possible to see 1/2 oz bottles at the time (Source), but Albert gave her a laughably small amount at 1/16 of an ounce. You can still buy this perfume today!
A five-dollar raise in 1954. Secretaries in metropolitan areas could earn around $75 a week. (Source) A five-dollar raise bringing that to $80 a week would, ironically, be about a 1/16 increase in earnings. Also, Rosie is pointing out in an earlier line she has put in 90 hour weeks and hasn't gotten a raise in four years.
Modern example:

Rosie: My last raise was four years ago and you got me that jewelry from Kay Jewelers once
Albert: "Every Kiss Begins with Kay", Rosie. Rosie: Not when that "Kay" is a .25 karat discontinued friendship ring!

Music Business Bum Vs. English Teacher
This is related to the prestige of being an English teacher who is helping people learn a scholarly subject vs. the "seedy" music industry.
Ugga Bugga Boo

"When you wrote Conrad's last hit 'Ugga Bugga Boo' then I knew this was it/You were thru with English forever."

Ugga Bugga Boo is a real song released 1947. It's a comedy song, written by voice acting legend and radio host Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and many others) for his comedy radio show. I do wonder if Elvis had a song in this vein, as the Jetsons did a similar parody with an Elvis expy a few years later, but I couldn't find one.
Geoffrey ChauceWilliam Morris

"It was goodbye, Geoffrey ChauceHello, William Morris"

Geoffrey Chaucer is considered one of the greatest English writers, specifically poets, of all time. Born in the 1400s.
As for William Morris, this could be two references, possibly combining.
William Morris Agency was an incredibly famous music talent agency that would have likely been known by some audience members in the 1950s. They've represented tons of major talent. This is what I believe is the most likely reference given the song context.
However William Morris was a man also considered a legendary poet during his life, born in the 1830s. However, he also made wallpapers and textiles. After his passing, he became infinitely more famous in the public eye for his wallpaper designs than he did for his poetry. This is could be a dig at that Alfred could be great in the English world, but like Morris, his legacy will be for something "silly" instead. (Important to note that his works, both art and poetry, had great impact - and this may just be a coincidence reference, I don't know)
Bliss! Kiss! That rhymes! I wonder if anyone's ever used it before?
Many people had and have, this is a joke of him being unaware of current trends. Dean Martin had a #1 song in 1955 with this very rhyme for instance that audiences may have remembered at the time.
Dentifrice

Albert: Oh one last kiss; it gives so much bliss... what is your dentifrice! No, that's too clinical...

Basically, toothpaste. Which is, kind of, related to kissing? It could actually be a paste or powder for cleaning the teeth, though in the 50s it wouldn't have been the default way to refer to what you used it seems from my research, like in this commercial. May be a way to show off that Albert really does have an excellent English teacher level vocabulary!
A modern example may be "do you use fluoride? No, that's too clinical..."
"What's the story? Morning glory?"
This is most likely a reference to the song "What's Your Story, Morning Glory?" by jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald released in 1958, another topical reference. It's very possible Helen, the teen who says this line, would be aware of the song because Ella Fitzgerald in 1956 had released her "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Song Book" album, her attempt to pull in a non-jazz audience. (Source on Ella's Discography)
"What's the tale, nightingale" is most likely an original line to match the "Morning glory" one, same with the hummingbird line.
"Go to a fancy night club and stay out after ten!"
A nightclub was different from what we think of today. Think tables and chairs, late night musical performances (not the NSFW kind), and in some of the most famous like the Copacabana night club, rubbing elbows with the rich and famous. And drinking, of course! Source on Nightclub Definition
18 in World War II

Mr. MacAfee: I am not an old man! I was 18 in World War II.

This is one that may get a bit better with time. WWII ended in 1945, but the play is in 1958 at the earliest. It's better to demonstrate with a modern example written for 2024. "I am not an old man! I was 18 when Facebook first launched." Not quite the same impact as WWII, but the timeline is similar. Essentially this is not a flex and just shows he definitely is old to a teenager.
No Smoking 'Till You're 14

Albert: Remember the Conrad Birdie Creed dear. No smoking till you're fourteen.

As mentioned in my blurb above, 14 was too young to smoke. A modern version may say "No drinking 'till you're 16" or something. Similar to the line "and stay out of the bar!" later on.
"Go down to Track 12"

Albert: Why don't you girls go down to Track 12 and I'll talk to her.

This is one of the many train tracks that must have run through this station. This station is located in New York, so it would make sense for there to be at least 12.
Wear your rubbers

"Keep your money in your inside pocket. Wear your rubbers. And eat a hot lunch..."

While "rubber" as slang for a condom definitely did exist in the 1950s, I believe it's far more likely Mae is referring to overshoes due to the context, though to be fair, I can't find a source to this being "official slang" besides casual mention in posts like these. Something tells me Mae is not randomly mentioning condoms lol.
A Plain G.I.

Albert: Proud to be a plain G.I.!

Mentioning this because it's faded away from current use and surged in usage most recently at WWII, this is just referring to being a soldier. (Source) Hence, G.I. Joe, if you're old enough to remember that.
Appealing for the Draft

Albert: And that's why he volunteered for...

Men were drafted to join the US armed forces until 1973. (Source)
Jerries

Albert: "Say Mr. Peterson," he cried eagerly, "Do you suppose I can get assigned to the front-line trenches? That way I'll be sure to get one of those dirty jerries..."

"Jerries" is slang for German soldiers and was most popular during WWII. The joke here is that WWII is over at this point - the enemies Conrad would be facing at this time would be the Vietnamese, not the Germans. When Rosie tries to correct him, he just says "whoever's dirty this time!".
2024 equivalent: "Conrad said 'Is there any way I could be placed on Seal Team 6? That way I'll be sure to get that Osama Bin Laden for sure!'" "Albert!" "...Or whoever the terrorist is this time!"
Rosie + Albert's "Origin Stories" for Conrad
Just a few references from Rosie's and Albert's stories in "Healthy Normal American Boy" that may be interesting.
Old Virginie - This may be known as a historical fact for people in Virginia, but Carry Me Back to Old Virginny was popular enough in the state of Virginia that it was the state song starting in 1940. In 1940, the version that became the state song had "Virginia" instead of "Virginny", but people watching the musical would definitely be familiar with the original version as this play was only 20 years later.
Indo-China - An eastern territory that got independence from France claim in 1954, and comprised Cambodia, Laos, and parts of Vietnam. Audiences would have been very aware of what Indochina was - according to Wikipedia, "The events of [Indochina getting independence in 1954 through the Geneva Convention and the political tensions of that between S/N Vietnam and other countries] marked the beginnings of serious United States involvement in Vietnam and the ensuing Vietnam War." (Source) Remember, that's the current war during the events of the play!
Dirty Hong Kong moon - We had a complicated relationship with Hong Kong in the 1950s-60s. Read more here. Though I'm not sure if this is meant to be a mis-insult like when Albert said "dirty Jerries".
A wire to New York

Another Reporter: I'll make sure we've got a wire to New York.

This is almost certainly setting up a telegraph communication to New York, which was still happening (though declining in popularity) by 1960. (Source)
I mean I really feel that girl

Conrad: When I sing about a tree/I really feel that tree!/When I sing about a girl,/I really feel that girl,/I mean I really feel sincere!

This isn't necessarily specific to the 50s or 60s but I think this joke gets missed because it seems so tame today. A huge part of Elvis' appeal was his explicit sex appeal at the time (in the form of - gasp! - hip thrusts!) so he's slipping in accidentally a reference to "feeling up" a girl%20for%20sexual%20pleasure) here. Yeah, that slang started in the 1930s!
Mr. MacAfee's Speech
Just know that this is a lot of great historical references, nothing specific to 1950 - 60.
Ed Sullivan
Ed Sullivan was the nationwide sensation that lead The Ed Sullivan Show, a TV program considered one of the most iconic of all time in US television history. You have to understand just how influential and huge the Ed Sullivan Show was at this time. It's genuinely difficult to think of an equivalent in 2024 - today, people get entertainment from tons of sources on the internet, TV, etc. but in 1960 there were THREE television channels. That was it. THREE. To be fair, there were many, many more radio stations that could deliver information and entertainment, but by 1960 it was a TV nation - as the Library of Congress says, "In 1950 only 9 percent of American households had a television set, but by 1960 the figure had reached 90 percent." The Ed Sullivan Show was well watched and well loved by all of the United States. (And Albert saying that they would appear on Sunday at 8:05 was right, as that's when it aired in real life!)
One reason Ed Sullivan is specifically picked is the absolute bombshell of a privilege to be a normal family on this show beamed in practically every household in the United States. But another is Elvis' relationship with the show. When Elvis finally appeared on the show in 1956, it set a record of the most-viewed TV program ever in the US. In fact, it still holds the record TODAY of having the highest share of TV viewers in all of television history in the US. No other TV program has ever had a higher percentage of people tune in vs. other stations. (I mean, that's helped by the fact that there were only 3 choices, but still!) So yeah - this was a cultural phenomenon that was easy to reference in this show!
Margo out of Shangri-La

Mrs. Peterson: She looks like Margo when they took her out of Shangri-La.

Going to take this one right from that personal website I referenced above!

In the 1937 [movie] "Lost Horizon)" [...] a group of travelers are stuck in a utopia called Shangri-La, somewhere in the Himalayas. One of the residents of Shangri-La is Maria, played by Margo), a Mexican dancer and actress. When the travelers finally escape, Maria insists on going with them. But outside the realm of Shangri-La, her youthful beauty can no longer be maintained and she reverts to her true age, causing her to die and her appearance to transform to the hideously withered, wrinkled features of someone who has lived way beyond a normal life span.

You can watch the movie free with ads here, if you're curious! Also, according to the synopsis, Maria never actually escapes Shangri-La. She just dies and "reverts to her true age". AKA looks very very very decrepit. I'm guessing this is more of an easy thing to misremember and better shorthand, though. See the face at 2 hr 3 minutes in abouts!
Suwannee River

Gloria: Mae, can you hum Suwannee River?

While this is a nice convenient copyright-free tune, it would definitely have been publicly known at the time. It had been sung at least partially by Bing Crosby, on the Honeymooners, etc. in recent years before the musical premiered. Unsure if this is what they were going for, but the original lyrics are racist - no wonder it was Mae's "favorite selection".
Ruby Keeler

(Stage direction) Gloria tap dances as Mrs. Peterson hums gaily. Sort of Ruby Keeler-ish steps with a lot of feet-slapping.

Ruby was a well known actress and dancer in the 1920s-30s (and then later after a break). Here's some footage of her dancing! Interestingly, in her early career she was cast in a musical called Bye, Bye, Bonnie. In a newspaper article review, it seems the plot wasn't very similar to Bye Bye Birdie, though it did involve someone going to jail. (Source)
The Touch System

Mrs. Peterson: I'll find you a typewriter (Exits) Albert: [TO GLORIA] Do you use the touch system? Gloria: Whenever possible.

Albert is just referring to the touch system of typing - basically, not looking at the keyboard while you type. Still relevant today, though not with typewriters, which were standard until the 1980s, so that fits here. Of course, Gloria is of course referring to, uh, something a bit more sensual. (Read: She wants to touch him and not like a friend.)
Kodak Ad

Sullivan: So remember: your surest way to the best in color slides is to insist on the new Kodak! And now, the young man you've all been waiting to see.

Just like media today, the Ed Sullivan Show certainly included ads. This included ad deals where Ed himself would promote a product, kind of like YouTubers do with "This video is sponsored by...". And, as you can guess, one of those products was Kodak cameras and camera related products. Kodak was still a huge brand at the time (there were not cell phone cameras as competition, so it was way more likely your home owned a camera or two), Kodak absolutely was sponsoring the Ed Sullivan show and had been for a few years (Source). Here's an example from the time period. What you may miss about this ad in the musical is that it's not actually advertising a camera! Cameras at the time required physical film be loaded into them, and wouldn't you know it, Kodak released a new high-speed color film in 1959! (I think this may be a coincidence, as Kodak had been selling color film for quite a bit before this) Yet another reference that's right on the nose of the current times (of the time)!
Wear it in good health

Albert: Who let that kid in here? Rosie: I did Albert. Albert: Rosie! Rosie: It's a sort of farewell present to you and Miss Rasputin. Wear it in good health.

Not invented in the 50s by any means, but this phrase really isn't used as much today I think. There's not really a deeper meaning here besides sarcasm that I can find - it's just wishing someone well. Obviously, the sarcasm is dripping here lol.
Dinah Shore

STAGE DIRECTION: ...as Mr. MacAfee throws a tremendous Dinah Shore kiss to the audience.

Dinah Shore was an actress and entertainer that had been popular for years at that point. Super interesting career if you want to give it a read. This is referencing her famous "Dinah Shore kiss" that she would give at the end of her show broadcasts and was a huge part of her brand. Here's an example!
Stay tuned for Part 2! :)

I have recently gotten into restoring vintage radios, my first subject is a Magnavox AM-81(1965). An issue it has currently is the tuning knob does not move the needle (apologies if my terminology is poor). Nothing looks visually wrong with the string and it will move to the left and then back to its original position, but not any further right. The knob will just spin with no movement. Would this require lubing or a restring? What is a good material for a restring?

The Radioplane company (which became a division of Northrop in the mid-1950s and was renamed Northrop Ventura in 1962) was the most prolific American manufacturer of unmanned aerospace vehicles designed and/or built prior to the end of the Cold War. Here are tables of Radioplane and Northrop Ventura company designations.

Radioplane Company (1935-1962) designations

Company designation	Military designation	Year designed/built	Notes
RP-1	-	1935	High-wing target drone of balsa and plywood construction; one built
RP-2	-	1938	High-wing target drone of all-wood construction with a fuselage square-shaped in cross-section; larger than RP-1, one built
RP-3	-	1939	High-wing target drone of welded steel-tube construction with a single propeller
RP-4	-	1939	High-wing target drone of welded steel-tube construction with tricycle landing gear and one 6.5 hp, two-cylinder piston engine driving two outrigger-type counter-rotating propellers
RP-5	A-2, OQ-2, TDD-1	1941	High-wing target drone of welded steel-tube construction with a swivel tail skid, drag bracing in wings, and counter-rotating propellers
RP-5A	A-2A, OQ-2A, OQ-2B, TDD-1	1942	OQ-2 with fabric covered fuselage and wings (the latter of all-wood construction) and counter-rotating propellers; TDD-1 had no landing gear
-	OQ-3, TDD-2	1943	High-wing target drone of heavier steel-tube construction with a keel, a single propeller, and no landing gear
RP-6	OQ-12	1941	Target drone with a round cigar-shaped fuselage of plywood and cantilever construction, counter-rotating propellers; one built
RP-7	OQ-5	1943	Similar to the OQ-3 but with a mid-mounted and slightly swept-back wing along with higher speed
-	OQ-7	1943	OQ-3 with low-mounted backswept wing and zero incidence
RP-8	-	1944	Similar to the OQ-3 but with heavier tail surfaces, smaller rudder and elevator
RP-8A	OQ-14, TDD-3, TDD-4	1944	Similar to OQ-3 but with larger fuel tank, detachable engine mount, heavier keel, slightly shorter wingspan, slightly longer fuselage and drag bracing
RP-9	-	1944	Similar to OQ-14 but with one 17-hp Righter four-cylinder piston engine; one built
RP-10	-	1944	Similar to OQ-7 but with one 22-hp Righter O-45 four-cylinder piston engine and low-mounted backswept wing
RP-11	-	1944	Similar to RP-8 but with low-mounted backswept wings and one 17-hp Righter four-cylinder piston engine
RP-12	-	1944	Similar to OQ-3 but with wings moved down flush with top of the fuselage, and inboard ends faired to sides of fuselage
RP-13	-	1944	Similar to OQ-3 but with shortened nose section for installation of Kiekhaefer engine in upright or inverted position
RP-14	OQ-6	1944	High-wing monoplane of wood and fabric construction with wing struts, an uncowled 45-hp Righter 4-cylinder piston engine
RP-15	OQ-6A	1945	As RP-14 but with one 60-hp McCulloch four-cylinder piston engine
RP-16	OQ-6	1945	OQ-6 with one two-cylinder horizontally opposed Kiekhaefer piston engine
RP-17	-	1945	Proposed jet-powered target drone
RP-18	OQ-17, TD4D, KDR	1945	High-wing all-metal monoplane with one RighteKiekhaefer O-45-35 piston engine
RP-19	OQ-19A/B/C/D, KD2R-1/2/3, MQM-33	1945	Derivative of OQ-17 with a larger wing and one Kiekhaefer O-90 piston engine
	KD2R-5, MQM-36	1955	KD2R-3 fitted with an improved autopilot and altitude-hold unit; officially called Shelduck
RP-20	-	1945	Proposed pulsejet-powered target drone; not built
RP-21		1950	All-metal target drone with one internal pulsejet and a single vertical stabilizer
RP-22	-	1945	Proposed target drone with one Harvey turbojet; not built
RP-23	-	?	No information
RP-24	-	1945	Similar to the RP-22 but with one Menasco L-2400 turbojet; not built
RP-25	XQ-1	1945	All-metal target drone with one internal Giannini PJ39 pulsejet engine and a single vertical stabilizer
RP-26	-	1946	Similar to RP-21 but with a H-shaped tail empennage and one internal Aerojet pulsejet; proposed for US Navy but not built
RP-26A	XQ-1, XQ-1A	1946	Variant of the RP-26 for the US Army Air Force (US Air Force after September 1947)
	XQ-3	1953	Variant of the Q-1 made of plastic and fiberglass
RP-27G	-	1946	Proposed high-speed glider target drone for the US Navy; not built
RP-28	-	1946	Proposed target drone
RP-29	-	1946	Radio-controlled target drone with all-metal fuselage and wooden wings and tail surfaces
RP-30	-	1946	Proposed jet-powered target drone with one Westinghouse J32 turbojet; not built
RP-31	-	1946	Design studies for a supersonic ramjet test vehicle for the US Navy; codename Demon
RP-32	-	1946	Proposed jet-powered target drone for the US Army with one Westinghouse J32 turbojet, canards, and boundary layer control surfaces; codename Javelin
RP-33	-	1946	Proposed supersonic ramjet test vehicle for US Army with one Menasco AJ-20 ramjet; codename Satan
RP-34	-	1946	Proposed low-speed target drone for US Navy with one internally submerged pulsejet and modified KD2R wings and stabilizer; codename Vulcan
RP-35	-	1946	Design studies for a manned ship-to-shore assault aircraft
RP-36	-	1947	Proposed low-speed target drone for US Navy with one McCulloch 2-cylinder inline engine
RP-37	-	1947	Proposal for 551 knot target drone
RP-38	-	1948	Goon proposal
RP-39	-	1948	Proposed target drone for US Navy
RP-40	-	1948	Proposed derivative of the KDR-2
RP-41	-	1949	Proposed simplified and improved target drone derived from KD2R-2
RP-42	-	1949	Proposed derivative of the Q-1 with one six cylinder opposed piston engine
RP-43	-	1949	Variant of OQ-19A with one McCulloch two-cylinder piston engine
RP-44	KD3R?	1949	Proposed 185 knot, 310 lb. target drone for US Navy with one Kiekhaefer O-90 piston engine
RP-45	-	1951	Proposed derivative of the OQ-19 with one 6-cylinder McCulloch piston engine
RP-46	-	1951	Proposed target drone for US Navy with one O-100 piston engine
RP-47	-	1951	Proposed target drone with one six-cylinder piston engine
RP-48	-	1951	Proposed towed target drone
RP-49	10-UA-2	1952	small replica of the OQ-19 for use by the US Army National Guard
RP-50	YQ-1B	1952	Variant of the Q-1 with one Continental J69 turbojet (Marbore II built under license in US)
RP-51	XM23E1	1952	Variant of the KD2R-3/OQ-19D with one Kiekhaefer V-105 piston engine
RP-52A	-	1952	200 knot target drone with one four-cylinder McCulloch piston engine
RP-52B	-	1952	200 knot target drone with one six-cylinder McCulloch piston engine
RP-53	KD3R?	1952	proposed target drone for the US Navy and US Army with either one Continental 50-470 or one Franklin 8A4-2006 six-cylinder piston engine
RP-54	-	1952	anti-radiation missile derivative of the Q-1; designed for MX-2013 requirement
RP-54D	GAM-67	1954	redesign of the RP-54 design with a solid nose section; officially named Crossbow
RP-55	-	1952	proposed supersonic target drone with an expendable Rolls-Royce turbojet
RP-56	-	1952	proposed medium-speed target drone for US Army ordnance
RP-57	-	1953	proposed towed target drone for use by US Air Force units at Eglin AFB, Florida
RP-58	-	1953	proposed decoy missile derivative of the Q-1
RP-59	-	1953	proposed derivative of the Q-1 for photo-reconnaissance
RP-60	-	1953	proposed towed target drone
RP-61	Q-4, AQM-35	1953	supersonic target drone
RP-62	XQ-10	1953	OQ-19 derivative of all-plastic construction
RP-63	XQ-6	1953	proposed medium-performance target drone; not built
RP-64	-	1954	proposed short-range decoy missile
RP-65	-	1954	proposed variant of OQ-19D with one six-cylinder McCulloch O-150 piston engine; not built
RP-66	XKD2R-4	1954	KD2R-3 with one six-cylinder McCulloch O-150 piston engine
RP-67	-	1954	proposed target drone for the US Navy with one supercharged six-cylinder piston engine; not built
RP-68	-	1955	test vehicle for the White-Rodgers Guidance system
RP-69	-	1955	proposed derivative of the Q-1; not built
RP-70	XKD4R-1	1957	short-endurance high subsonic target drone with one Aerojet solid-fuel rocket motor
RP-71	AN/USD-1, SD-1, MQM-57	1955	surveillance derivative of the OQ-19; officially named Falconer
RP-72	-	1955	anti-radiation missile derived from the Q-4; officially named Longbow
RP-73	XQ-9	1955	proposed short-duration target drone
RP-74	-	1955	no information
RP-75	-	1955	proposed low supersonic short-endurance target drone; not built
RP-76	AQM-38A	1958	short-endurance high subsonic target drone with one Aerojet solid-fuel rocket motor for the US Army
RP-77	-	1956	multi-mission all-plastic target drone; RP-77 sans suffixe with one McCulloch four-cylinder piston engine, RP-77A with one Lycoming six-cylinder piston engine, unbuilt RP-77B and RP-77C with turbo-supercharged McCulloch and Lycoming engines, respectively, and RP-77D with one Boeing 502-10F turboprop
RP-78	AQM-38B	1959	short-endurance low supersonic target drone with one Aerojet solid-fuel rocket motor for the US Navy
RP-79	-	?	no information
RP-80	-	1956	proposed medium supersonic short-endurance target drone; not built
RP-81	-	1956	proposed high supersonic short-endurance target drone; not built
RP-82	-	1956	proposed reconnaissance for the US Army Signal Corps; not built
RP-83	-	1956	proposed drone for simulating the Hawk surface-to-air missile; not built
RP-84	-	1956	proposed ASW variant of the KD2R-5 Shellduck; not built
RP-85	-	1957	proposed towed target drone; not built
RP-86	-	1956	proposed reconnaissance version of the RP-77; not built
RP-87	-	?	proposed variant of the OQ-19B with a McCullogh O-150 six-cylinder piston engine
RP-88	-	?	proposed variable-speed infrared target drone; not built
RP-89	-	?	no information
RP-90	-	1958	proposed expendable target drone for the Air Force and Navy; not built
RP-91	XQ-11	1958	proposed Mach 3 target drone to simulate the F-108 Rapier; not built
RP-92	OQ-19E	1960	variant of the OQ-19 with one six-cylinder McCulloch O-150 and a circular fuselage
RP-93	MQM-36	1961	export version of the KD2R-5
RP-94	-	?	no information
RP-95	-	1960	proposed Redhead and Roadrunner target systems for US Army
RP-96	-	?	no information
RP-97	-	?	no information
RP-98	-	?	no information
RP-99	-	1962	proposed surveillance drone; not built
RP-100	-	1961	proposed 300 knot target drone with one McCulloch O-150 six-cylinder piston engine; not built

Northrop Ventura (1962-1985) designations

Company designation	Military designation	Year designed/built	Notes
NV-100	-	1964	recoverable data capsule
NV-101	-	1963	one OQ-19 converted into an autogyro
NV-102	-	1962	proposed low-altitude, high-speed target drone; not built
NV-103	-	1964	proposed rotary-winged derivative of the SD-1/MQM-57; not built
NV-104	-	1964	proposed improved version of the SD-1/ MQM-57; not built
NV-105	MQM/BQM-74	1964	subsonic target drone with one Williams International J400 turbojet; officially named Chukar
NV-106	-	1964	proposed unmanned high-altitude Mach 4 aircraft; not built
NV-107	-	1966	steerable parachute for Apollo spacecraft
NV-108	-	1966	proposed mobile ASW target drone; not built
NV-109	-	1968	MQM-74/Mod 45 tactical reconnaissance system
NV-110	-	1968	proposed subsonic cruise aircraft decoy; not built
NV-111	-	1968	proposed target drone for the US Air Force; not built
NV-112	-	1968	proposed ballistic target drone for the US Army; not built
NV-113	-	1969	proposed target drone for the US Navy; not built
NV-114	-	1969	military feasibility demonstration of the MQM-74
NV-115	-	1969	proposed penetration aid demonstration drone; not built
NV-116	-	1970	parametric design with one Williams International F107 turbofan; not built
NV-117	-	1970	parametric drone design with a delta body cross-section and one Williams International F107 turbofan; not built
NV-118	-	1970	parametric drone design with a circular body cross-section and one Williams International F107 turbofan; not built
NV-119	-	1970	proposed USAF target growth version of the NV-114; not built
NV-120	-	1970	proposed strategic and tactical reconnaissance drone with supersonic maneuvering capability for the US Air Force; not built
NV-121	-	1971	proposed derivative of the MQM-74A for the US Air Force; not built
NV-122	-	1971	proposed remotely controlled recoverable training target drone for the US Army's VSTT (Variable-Speed Training Target) competition; not built
NV-123	-	1971	training derivative of the MQM-74C for the US Army's VSTT (Variable-Speed Training Target) competition
NV-124	-	1971	expendable delivery service vehicle
NV-125	-	1971	EDS with Harpoon engine
NV-126	-	1972	ducted fan RML
NV-127	-	1972	electronic warfare version of the MQM-74A
NV-128	-	1972	tactical reconnaissance version of the MQM-74C
NV-129	-	1974	miniature remotely piloted vehicle
NV-130	-	1976	tactical expendable drone version of the MQM-74C
NV-131	-	1976	proposed RPV; not built
NV-132	-	1976	proposed variant of the MQM-74C with a greater payload
NV-133	-	?	no information
NV-134	-	?	no information
NV-135	-	1976	low-cost harassment unmanned air vehicle
NV-136	-	1976	over-the-horizon RPV
NV-137	-	1978	proposed export version of the MQM-74C Chukar II for the Imperial Iranian Navy; not built
NV-138	AGM/BGM-136	1984	low-cost anti-radiation missile; codenamed Tacit Rainbow
NV-139	-	1980	advanced technology vehicle
NV-140	-	1980	special-purpose drone
NV-141	-	?	no information
NV-142	-	?	no information
NV-143	-	?	no information
NV-144	-		high subsonic, high-wing multirole target drone and RPV with one turbojet (Microturbo TRI 60-2 or Teledyne CAE 373-8); reconnaissance variant bore the designation NV-144R
NV-145 to NV-149	-	?	no information*
NV-150	AGM/MGM-137	1990	initial evolution of the Northrop AP-3 stealth cruise missile concept, which was internally designated N-370 after being given to Northrop's main business division in Palmdale in the mid-1980s. Became the AGM/MGM-137 TSSAM (Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile)
NV-151	-	?	A derivative of the NV-144, no further info

*As pointed out by Dan Zinngrabe, Northrop Ventura submitted a design with long, straight wings for the CIA- and NRO-sponsored Quartz competition for a very large and stealthy unmanned strategic reconnaissance aircraft to replace the SR-71, and one of the designations in the "missing" NV-145 to NV-149 sequence may have been given to this proposal.

References and sources

• Radioplane/Northrop Ventura designations index
• XQ-11/Radioplane RP-91/F-108 Airborne Target
• Radioplane XKD3R-1 entry at the National Archives
• Botzum, R.A., 1985. 50 Years of Target Drone Aircraft. Newbury Park, CA: Northrop Corporation (Ventura Division) Publishing Group.
• Designation-Systems.net
  
• Radioplane and Northrop-Ventura Drone Designs
  
• Radioplane/Northrop Ventura Division Designations
  

I understand the values of items on the two platforms vary based on rarity, I was hoping to have a discussion about what people think these items are worth.
I fell down the MISC rabbit hole several years ago, and have since amassed a very large collection of MISC items I proudly display at my camp. While these items do not offer any value in the game play, the cool factor is worth a lot to me. After 5 years and 8000 hours, MISC is the end game content.
I basically have all the armor and weapons I will ever need, more junk than I will ever be able to use (although I still pick EVERYTHING up) So the last remaining MISC I do not have are my end game.
I have broken the list down into rarity, and what I also perceive as worth more vs worth less. I would love to hear from others, are there items I overlooked? if so, what tier would that fall in?
Tier 1
Brains in a Jar - Dias, Gina, & Greg - Character Locked
Bunabun (Displays backwards)
Deactivated Liberator - Character Locked
Pet Rock - not known to exist on Console
Responder ID - Legacy
Robco Mega Token (Displays backwards)
Robobrain Dome - Character Locked
Robobrain Interpolar - Character Locked
Tier 2
Blue Ridge Supplies
David's Trophy (Displays backwards)
Basket of Venison
Basket of Tatos
Basket of Carrots
Bowl of Salt
Bowl of Pepper
Campers Backpack - not known to exist on Console, looks like Becketts Belongings, displays on side
Campers Diary - not known to exist on Console but looks like Edwins Diary
Campers Lunchbox - 1 known to exist on PS
Dirt filled Jar - not known to exist on Console
Inspect Pins - not known to exist on Console
Lucky Charm - not known to exist on Console
Makeshift Telescope - not known to exist on Console
Nuka Cola 6 packs (Vaccinated, Scorched, My Bloods in It)
Occult Tomes - not known to exist on Console
Tier 3
BOS Weapons Cache (Not displayable - displays only while quest is active)
Broken Radio Tube
Bundle of Dynamite - obtainable but not tradable
Burnt Stew
Chemical testing Kit
Cranes Map - Note
Damaged Pip Boy - obtainable but not tradable
Devil's Blood Vial - perfume bottle
Edwins Diary
Edwin's Key - only displayable key in game
Fan Motor
Flight Recorder - Purple
Induction Coil
ION Focus
Irradiated bone meal
memory transistor - Legacy (Not displayable)
Mysterious Component
navigation capacitor - Legacy (Not displayable)
Nitrogen
Phosphorous
positioning sensor - Legacy (Not displayable)
Potassium
Radio Tube
Red Rocket Core
Robco Tool Bag - obtainable but not tradable
Ros Memorial Photo - Note (Displays backwards)
Signal Repeater
signal resistor - Legacy (Not displayable)
Silo Codes (Alpha, Bravo, Charlie) - Note
Soldiers Remains - (Not displayable)
Sols Transmitter
stabilizer coil - Legacy (Not displayable)
The Retreat Supplies (Not displayable - displays only while quest is active)
USSA Beacon
Venison and Tato Stew
Vintage Toxic Gin - Legacy (food item)
Water Testing kit
Tier 4
Beckett's Belongings
Fallen Prisoner Collars - PITT
Fanatic Battle Plans - PITT
Item for Ally
KidSecure ID - Freddy Wood.
Pressure Gauge
Scanner Upgrade
Signal Repeater Schematics
Steel Ingots - PITT
Strange Bone - (Not displayable)
Toad Eye - Legacy (Not displayable)
Trench Mask - PITT
Trench Meds - PITT
Uplink Module
Viable Scorchbeast DNA
Tier 5
Albino ragstag blood (Not displayable)
Army training graduation papers
Blood Sample's - Devil, Ghoul, Wolf, Molerat
Bobby Pin Box
Bolton greens centerpiece (Not displayable)
Bolton greens place setting (Not displayable)
Box of shooting targets
Broken Cryptid Monitor (Not displayable)
Broken Uplink (Not displayable)
Cargo
Commendation
Creature attractant recipe
Creature deterrent recipe
Damaged Mainframe Core
Dove necklace
Dry kindling
Frog jar
Graveyard shovel
Growth enhancer recipe
Growth suppressor recipe
Heating coil
Hidden Valuable (Not displayable)
Insert bomb
Irradiated ore
Lou's remote detonator
Luca's explosives
Mainframe core
Moist Radkelp
Solvent attractant
Solvent deterrent
Solvent enhancer
Solvent suppressor
Strange Book
Toxic Mutated Waste (Not displayable)
Toxic Barrel - Legacy (Not displayable)
Upgraded Motor
Uplink (Not displayable)
Valid ballot
05/09/24 - Edited to add additional information about items being character locked and not displaying, as well tier I personally feel they belong in.

Hi I recently bought an old Magnavox automatic stereo console. The radio works beautifully and the sound is great other than some loud static when you move the volume control. The record player works how it should but sometimes goes slow or fast, was wondering if anyone had some ideas on why or how to fix that. Also it needs a new needle and I want to make sure I buy the right one, any suggestions!? Thank you!!

How many remember reading this entire poster while waiting on your parents at KMart?
January 1 - New Year's Day (as if you needed an excuse to party.)
January 2 - Maui International Surf Championships begin.
January 3 - Super Soakers appear on the market, 1991.
January 4 - The blender is invented, 1910.
January 5 - Tony Ferko sets a world record by juggling 7 ping pong balls with his mouth, 1987.
January 6 - The dorm room refrigerator is invented, 1956.
January 7 - The first ant farm is sold in America, 1958.
January 8 - Elvis Presley's birthday.
January 9 - Richard Nixon's birthday, 1913.
January 10 - In 1984, Wendy's spokesperson Clara Peller first asks, "Where's the beef?"
January 11 - Annual Snow Shovel Riding Contest, Ambridge, PA.
January 12 - The first Super Bowl occurs, 1967.
January 13 - Benedict Arnold's birthday,
January 14 - The Simpsons premiers, 1990.
January 15 - Chuck Berry's birthday, 1926.
January 16 - National Nothing Day, a day where you can celebrate not having to celebrate anything.
January 17 - The final episode of Bonanza airs, 1973.
January 18 - The original Morris The Cat dies, 1975.
January 19 - The front-hook bra is invented, 1951.
January 20 - George Burns' birthday, 1896.
January 21 - The microwave oven is invented, 1967.
January 22 - The first nude beach opens in the U,S.,1952.
January 23 - Tupperware is invented, 1942.
January 24 - John Belushi's birthday, 1949.
January 25 - Grand Rapids, MI becomes the first city to add fluoride to its water supply, 1945.
January 26 - Eddie Van Halen's birthday, 1957.
January 27 - Laverne and Shirley premiers, 1976.
January 28 - We Are The World raises hundreds of millions of dollars for starving Africans, 1985.
January 29 - Sweden becomes the first nation to curb the use of aerosol cans, 1978.
January 30 - The first fist fight in the U.S. House of Representatives occurs, 1798.
January 31 - The twist-off bottle top is invented, 1956.
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February 1 - Fred Flintstone's birthday, 2 million B.C.
February 2 - Ground Hog Day.
February 3 - Thomas Crapper invents the first flush toilet,1837.
February 4 - Dan Quayle's birthday, 1947.
February 5 - New York becomes the first city to adopt 3-color traffic lights, 1952,
February 6 - Ronald Reagan's birthday, 1911.
February 7 - National Hangover Awareness Day.
February 8 - James Dean's birthday, 1931.
February 9 - The G.I. Joe doll is introduced, 1964,( Ken doll was invented, 1974) " F- G.I.Joe "
February 10 - The styrofoam cooler is invented, 1957.
February 11 - The "La-Z-Boy" chair is invented, 1948.
February 12 - Abraham Lincoln's birthday,1809.
February 13 - VJ Martha Quinn of MTV appears on the TV show The Bradys as Bobby Brady's fiancee,1990.
February 14 - Valentine's Day. (Go find someone to party with.)
February 15 - Valentine's candy goes on sale.
February 16 - Zsa Zsa Gabor's birthday (or National "Slap A Cop" day.)
February 17 - Michael Jordan's birthday, 1963.
February 18 - Vanna White's birthday,1957.
February 19 - The very first prize is inserted into a Cracker Jack box, 1913.
February 20 - Northern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day, when citizens are asked to go outside at noon local time and yell "Hoodie-Hoo" to chase winter away.
February 21 - Alka Seltzer is introduced, 1931.
February 22 - Julius Irving's birthday, 1950,
February 23 - The Tootsie Roll is introduced,1896.
February 24 - Wayne's World opens in American theatres,1992.
February 25 - Milli Vanilli wins a Grammy for "Best New Artist." (Oops.)1990.
February 26 - The first cartoon is shown in a movie theatre,1909.
February 27 - Elizabeth Taylor's birthday,1932.
February 28 - The last episode of M*A*S*H airs, with over 121 million viewers,1983.
February 29 - Leap Day.
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March 1 - Roger Daltrey's birthday, 1944.
March 2 - In 1962, Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in one basketball game.
March 3 - Harvard freshman, Lothrop Withington, Jr,, becomes the country's first goldfish swallower, 1959.
March 4 - Toothbrush bristles are changed from badger hair to nylon, 1938.
March 5 - The first breeding of a Great Dane and a Dachshund is performed, creating a "Great Dachshund", 1972.
March 6 - Ed McMahon's birthday, 1923.(I don't know how that is!)
March 7 - The Fourth Of July, Warsaw, Poland.(I wonder what part of "Fourth Of July" they didn't understand?)
March 8 - National Girl Scout Week begins.
March 9 - The Department of Agriculture declares ketchup a vegetable, 1981.
March 10 - The first confirmed octuplets are bornin Mexico, 1967.
March 11 - Lawrence Welk's birthday, 1903.
March 12 - The "Hell's Angels" are created, 1948,
March 13 - U2's Adam Clayton's birthday, 1960.
March 14 - The baseball cap is invented, 1860.
March 15 - The first baseball cap is worn backwards, 1860.
March 16 - Jerry Lewis' birthday, 1925.
March 17 - St. Patrick's Day.
March 18 - Leona Helmsley is sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax evasion, 1992.
March 19 - Chewing gum is invented,1871.
March 20 - The first official sighting of Elvis occurs, Butte, Montana, 1980.
March 21 - The first day of spring.
March 22 - New Kids On The Block and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles doll - sales exceed $1,8 billion, 1990.(Do you beleave that these caught on!)
March 23 - The Dixie Cup is invented, 1912.
March 24 - The first pine tree air freshener is introduced, 1971.
March 25 - Elton John's birthday, 1947.
March 26 - Martin Short's birthday, 1950.
March 27 - Liz Taylor's wedding anniversary.
March 28 - Liz Taylor's wedding anniversary.
March 29 - Liz Taylor's wedding anniversary.
March 30 - Eric Clapton's birthday, 1945,
March 31 - An easy listening radio station in Annandale, VA, is blown up, 1978.
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April 1 - April Fool's Day.
April 2 - Velcro is introduced, 1978.
April 3 - Eddie Murphy's birthday, 1961.
April 4 - Tater Day (a day that celebrates the potato), Benton, Kentucky.
April 5 - The first issue of TV Guide goes on the market,1953.
April 6 - Bob Marley's birthday, 1945.
April 7 - The final episode of Star Trek airs, 1969,
April 8 - Hank Aaron hits his 715th home run, breaking Babe Ruth's record, 1974.
April 9 - Dennis Quaid's birthday, 1954.
April 10 - World Crits Festival, St. Ceorge, South Carolina, 1992.
April 11 - The Equal Opportunity Commission regulates that sexual harassment of women is illegal in the work place, 1980.
April 12 - David Letterman's birthday, 1947.
April 13 - World Cow Chip Throwing Championship, Beaver, Oklahoma.
April 14 - Dungeons and Dragons is invented, 1974.
April 15 - The bottle opener is invented, 1738.
April 16 - The first test-tube baby is born, 1986.
April 17 - The Ford Mustang makes its debut, 1964.
April 18 - The first "Walk/Don't Walk" signs are installed in a city, 1955.
April 19 - Reading Is Fun week begins.
April 20 - National Lingerie week begins.
April 21 - Iggy Pop's birthday, 1947.
April 22 - Jack Nicholson's birthday, 1937.
April 23 - Summer begins in Ireland.
April 24 - Rattlesnake Derby (a snake racing contest), begins in Mangum, Oklahoma.
April 25 - Elvis Presley hits number one with Heartbreak Hotel, 1956.
April 26 - The largest bank robbery in the U.S.-$3.3 million-occurs in Tucson, Arizona, 1981.
April 27 - Wide World Of Sports premiers on TV, 1961.
April 28 - Jay Leno's birthday, 1950.
April 29 - Michelle Pfeiffer's birthday, 1962.
April 30 - National Honesty Day.
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May 1 - May Day.
May 2 - Engelbert Humperdinck's birthday, 1936.
May 3 - James Brown's birthday, 1934.
May 4 - The final episode of Laverne and Shirley airs, 1983.
May 5 - 1,904 pound "Big Boy," the world's largest pig, is born, 1939.
May 6 - Babe Ruth hits his first major league home run,1915.
May 7 - Hard Rock Cafe's World Cup of Windsurfing Championships, Maui.
May 8 - Jim Morrison's birthday, 1943.
May 9 - The FDA approves the first public sale of contraceptive pills, 1960.
May 10 - U2's Bono's birthday (b.Paul Hewson), 1960.
May 11 - The chair is invented, 2181 B.C.
May 12 - George Carlin's birthday,1937.
May 13 - The U.S. Postal Service introduces postcards,1873.
May 14 - David Byrne's birthday,1952.
May 15 - DuPont announces "Nylon Day" where nylons replace silk stockings, 1940.
May 16 - Janet Jackson's birthday, 1966.
May 17 - The rubberband is invented,1845.
May 18 - National Visit Your Relatives Day.
May 19 - The first department store opens,1848.
May 20 - Cher's birthday,1946.
May 21 - Mr. T's birthday, 1952.
May 22 - The lucky rabbit's foot is first used, 600 B.C.
May 23 - The first Cliff Notes appear in schools,1953.
May 24 - Mary Had A Little Lamb is written,1830.
May 25 - The movie Star Wars is released,1977.
May 26 - John Wayne's birthday,1907.
May 27 - The first black light is sold in a novelty shop, 1961.
May 28 - The first Batman comic book is introduced, 1939.
May 29 - The first people reach the top of Mt. Everest, the world's highest mountain, 1953.
May 30 - The compact disc is introduced, 1981.
May 31 - Clint Eastwood's birthday, 1930.
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June 1 - The first Superman comic book is published, 1938.
June 2 - Jerry Mathers'(Beaver Cleaver) birthday, 1948.
June 3 - The world's first tattoo is performed, 208 B.C.
June 4 - The world record for Hackey-Sacking is set: 48,825 consecutive times, 1988.
June 5 - The first drive-in theatre opens, 1933.
June 6 - Dana Carvey's birthday,1955.
June 7 - (the artist formaly known as) Prince's birthday,1958.
June 8 - The first stolen car is reported,1896.
June 9 - The NFL and the AFL merge,1966.
June 10 - The first drive-thru restaurant opens in America, 1952.
June 11 - The first teenager drives backward through a drive-thru restaurant, 1952.
June 12 - Jim Nabors' birthday.
June 13 - The Ford Foundation launches a study to raise the cultural level of TV shows, 1951.
June 14 - Mr. Ed premiers, 1951.
June 15 - Jim Belushi's birthday, 1954.
June 16 - The first baseball game is played,1846.
June 17 - The Broadway musical "Oh! Calcutta!" opens, using the naked human body for the first time as a stage costume, 1969.
June 18 - Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space, 1983.
June 19 - Batman Returns opens in U.S, theatres,1992.
June 20 - Noxema is named, because it "knocks eczema" out, 1914.
June 21 - CBS introduces the first long-playing record, 1948.
June 22 - The day disco officially died, 1979.
June 23 - The day disco should have died, 1974.
June 24 - A new world record is set for spitting a watermelon seed 68 feet,9 1/8 inches, 1989.
June 25 - The tennis shoe is invented,1947.
June 26 - The first movie theatre in the U.S. opens, with 10 cent movies, 1896.
June 27 - The first sighting of flying saucers is reported in the U.S., 1947.
June 28 - The first dog show is held, Newcastle, England, 1859.
June 29 - The first remote control is sold with a TV, 1964.
June 30 - Mike Tyson's (#316394) birthday, 1966.(also my mom's)
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July 1 - Dan Aykroyd's birthday, 1952.
July 2 - A new record is set for throwing a Frisbee 623.6 feet, 1988.
July 3 - The last episode of Bewitched airs, 1972.
July 4 - The Fourth Of July.
July 5 - The bikini makes its debut at a fashion show in Paris, 1945.
July 6 - Elvis Presley, 19, makes his first record, 1954.
July 7 - Rodger Woodward, 7, falls out of a boat and becomes the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls, 1960.
July 8 - Annual Chesapeake Turtle Derby (turtle races), Baltimore, Maryland,1992.
July 9 - Tom Hanks' birthday, 1956.
July 10 - Fred Gwynne's (Herman Munster) birthday, 1926.
July 11 - Nolan Ryan is the first major league pitcher to strike out 4,000 batters, 1985.
July 12 - For the first time, a woman is ordered to pay alimony to her husband, 1981.
July 13 - Live Aid raises money for Africa's starving people, 1985.
July 14 - Lightning strikes New York City power lines and leaves the city in the dark for 25 hours, 1977.
July 15 - Law is passed requiring health warnings on cigarette packages, 1965.
July 16 - The safety pin is invented,1849.
July 17 - Soviet and American astronauts meet in space to shake hands, 1975.
July 18 - A world record is set for catching a grape in your mouth: 319 ft,8in., 1980.
July 19 - The first personal ad looking for a spouse is printed,1695.
July 20 - Madonna poses nude in Playboy, (What else is new?) 1992.
July 21 - Robin Williams' birthday, 1952.(also mine different year)
July 22 - The first Sony Walkman goes on sale, 1979.
July 23 - Mel Gibson decides to become an actor, 1960.
July 24 - Instant coffee is invented, 1938.
July 25 - The lowest temperature ever recorded is noted, -129 deg,in Antarctica, 1983.
July 26 - The Hula Hoop becomes popular, 1958.
July 27 - The 1ast episode of Taxi airs, 1983.
July 28 - The Hustle hits #1 on disco charts, 1975.
July 29 - Don Juan opens, with the most kisses (127) in a single movie, 1926.
July 30 - The last reported sighting of Jimmy Hoffa is recorded, 1975.
July 31 - America's last Playboy Club closes, in Lansing, Michigan, 1988.
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August 1 - The song Chopsticks is written, 1877.
August 2 - The elevator is invented,1743.
August 3 - Jay North's (Dennis The Menace) birthday, 1952.
August 4 - Federal income tax is first collected, 1862.
August 5 - American Bandstand premiers, 1957.
August 6 - Santa Monica Skate Board Championships begin.
August 7 - Borden is sued for a Cracker Jack box containing no prize, 1982.
August 8 - The All-American Polka Festival occurs in Vernon, New Jersey, 1992.
August 9 - The first Guinness Book of World Records is released, 1955.
August 10 - Minimum wage jumps from 75 cents to a dollar an hour, 1955.
August 11 - Hulk Hogan's birthday, 1953.
August 12 - The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published,1954.
August 13 - A world record is set for throwing a cow chip 266 feet,1981.
August 14 - Magic Johnson's birthday, 1959.
August 15 - Woodstock festival begins, 1969.
August 16 - Madonna's birthday (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone), 1959.
August 17 - Woodstock festival ends, 1969.
August 18 - People who passed out at Woodstock realize the festival ended yesterday, 1969.
August 19 - Bill Clinton's birthday, 1946.
August 20 - Robert Plant's birthday, 1948.
August 21 - The first house made entirely of recycled products is finished, Richmond, Virginia, 1973.
August 22 - Nolan Ryan is the first major league pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters, 1989.
August 23 - Supermodel Paulina marries Ric Ocasek. (Go figure.) 1989.
August 24 - Music videos are now on MTV, 1981.
August 25 - Elvis Costello's birthday, 1954.
August 26 - The first roller coaster is built in America, 1929.
August 27 - The first American vomits after riding a roller coaster,1929.
August 28 - Cher gets her third tattoo. (Location unknown.) 1990.
August 29 - Michael Jackson's birthday, 1958.
August 30 - The last episode of The Brady Bunch airs, 1974.
August 31 - The Beatles make their last concert appearance, 1966.
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September 1 - National Chicken Month begins.
September 2 - The bowling shirt is invented, 1921.
September 3 - The first bowling league is formed in America, 1921.
September 4 - Dick York's (the first Darrin Stevens) birthday, 1928.
September 5 - Hijacking planes becomes illegal, 1961.
September 6 - The last episode of The Alfred Hitchcock show airs, 1965.
September 7 - The last episode of the Beverly Hillbillies airs, 1971.
September 8 - The first Miss America Pageant takes place, 1921.
September 9 - Elvis sings on The Ed Sullivan Show, but is only shown from the waist up, 1956.
September 10 - The last episode of Mr. Ed airs, 1965.
September 11 - Mork and Mindy premiers, 1978.
September 12 - The last episode of Leave It To Beaver airs, 1963.
September 13 - M*A*S*H premiers, 1972.
September 14 - Pope John IV abolishes the 1500-year-old custom of the circular haircut for monks, 1972.
September 15 - In 1968, Presidential candidate Richard Nixon goes on Laugh-In and says, "Sockit to me!"
September 16 - The first baboon heart is transplanted into a human, 1984.
September 17 - Gilligan's Island premiers, 1964.
September 18 - Adam West's (television's Batman) birthday, 1928.
September 19 - National Singles Week begins,
September 20 - The Addams Family premiers, 1964.
September 21 - Bill Murray's birthday, 1950.
September 22 - The ice cream cone is invented, 1903.
September 23 - Ray Charles' birthday, 1930.
September 24 - A world record is set for the longest kiss:17 days, 10 1/2 hrs., 1984.
September 25 - Heather Locklear's birthday, 1961.
September 26 - The Brady Bunch premiers, 1969.
September 27 - The answering machine is invented, 1950.
September 28 - The Beverly Hillbillies premiers, 1962.
September 29 - The Munsters premiers, 1964.
September 30 - The Flintstones premiers, 1960.
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October 1 - NASA discloses that each astronaut's suit costs $3.4million.
October 2 - The first cartoon strip appears in a newspaper, 1896.
October 3 - A 327 gallon Pina Colada becomes the world's largest cocktail, 1988.
October 4 - Leave It To Beaver premiers, 1957.
October 5 - Ashley-Whippet Dog Frisbee Championships, Washington, D.C.
October 6 - Reverend Jim Bakker is found guilty, 1989.
October 7 - The first perfect World Series game is pitched by Don Larsen of the NY Yankees, 1956.
October 8 - Chevy Chase's birthday,1948.
October 9 - Clarence Birdseye, inventor of the frozen dinner, dies, 1956.
October 10 - David Lee Roth's birthday,1955.
October 11 - Saturday Night Live premiers, 1975.
October 12 - Columbus Day.
October 13 - Sammy Hagar's birthday, 1949.
October 14 - Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier for the first time, 1947.
October 15 - The first televised weather report airs, 1953.
October 16 - The first correct televised weather report airs, 1953.
October 17 - George Wendt's (Norm from Cheers) birthday, 1948.
October 18 - The FDA declares marijuana to be as dangerous as alcohol, 1967.
October 19 - End-Of-Hurricane-Season Celebration, Virgin Islands.
October 20 - The world's largest popsicle is assembled: 5,7501bs., 1975.
October 21 - The annual 48-hour Marx Brothers Film Festival, Tampa, FL.
October 22 - The first used-car dealership opens, London,1897.
October 23 - Johnny Carson's birthday, 1925.
October 24 - Int'l Red Bean & Rice Festival, Jackson, Mississippi, 1992.
October 25 - The Twilight Zone premiers, 1959.
October 26 - Minimum wage is raised from 40 cents to 74 cents an hour, 1949.
October 27 - Boxer shorts are introduced, 1901.
October 28 - The first ticker tape parade is thrown; it honors The Statue of Liberty,1886.
October 29 - The first American ballpoint pen goes on sale, NYC, 1945.
October 30 - World's Ugliest Pick-Up Truck Parade occurs in Chadron, Nebraska, 1992.
October 31 - Halloween.
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November 1 - The first issue of Playboy is published in Chicago by Hugh Hefner, 1953.
November 2 - The first radio program airs, Pittsburgh,1920.
November 3 - Roseanne Barr Arnold's birthday, 1952.
November 4 - "Laika," becomes the first dog launched into space, 1957.
November 5 - A world record is set for 106 hours of belly dancing, 1984.
November 6 - Saxophone Day.
November 7 - Sadie Hawkins Day.
November 8 - The tube top is invented, 1975.
November 9 - The Berlin Wall is opened, and hundreds of thousands of East Germans run into West Germany, 1989.
November 10 - Sesame Street makes its TV debut, 1969.
November 11 - Demi Moore's birthday, 1962.
November 12 - The first known Happy Hour is held, Ireland,1745.
November 13 - Press-on fingernails are introduced, 1952.
November 14 - The juke box is invented, 1883.
November 15 - The annual Three Stooges Festival, Harrisburg, PA.
November 16 - The touch-tone phone is introduced, 1963.
November 17 - Danny Devito's birthday, 1944.
November 18 - Mickey Mouse's birthday, 1928.
November 19 - The pop tart is invented, 1965.
November 20 - Bo Derek's birthday, 1956.
November 21 - Emilio Onra, the first human cannonball, is launched, 1871.
November 22 - Rodney Dangerfield's birthday, 1921.
November 23 - Vincent Paxton sets a new world record by playing his guitar for 300 continuous hours, 1986.
November 24 - The "Who Shot J.R." episode of Dallas airs to an audience of 83 million, 1980.
November 25 - Christina Applegate's (Kelly Bundy) birthday, 1972.
November 26 - Tina Turner's birthday.
November 27 - The first 3-D movie, Bwana Devil, premiers, 1952. It's Thanksgiving
November 28 - Enrico Fermi, inventor of the atom bomb, dies, 1954.
November 29 - The first Army-Navy football game is played,1890.
November 30 - Dick Clark's birthday, 1929.
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December 1 - The Pope declares that Catholics are allowed to eat meat on Fridays, except during Lent, 1966.
December 2 - Barney Clark receives the first artificial heart, 1982.
December 3 - The world's largest bar opens,1829.
December 4 - Deely Bobbers become one of the holiday's hottest selling items, 1982.
December 5 - Blue jeans are invented, 1880.
December 6 - In 1983, a world record is set for continuous whistling: 45 hours, 20 minutes.
December 7 - The first instant replay airs during a TV sports event, 1963.
December 8 - Kim Basinger's birthday, 1953.
December 9 - A total lunar eclipse occurs, 1992. (Go moon somebody.)
December 10 - The Mighty Mouse show premiers, 1955.
December 11 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles becomes one of the top money-making movies of 1990.
December 12 - Bob Barker's birthday, 1923.
December 13 - The clip-on tie is invented, 1928.
December 14 - The South Pole is discovered, 1911.
December 15 - Christine Jorgenson becomes the first person in history to have a sex-change operation, 1952.
December 16 - The first color TV program goes on the air,1953.
December 17 - The Wright Brothers make their first flight,1903.
December 18 - Steven Spielberg's birthday, 1947.
December 19 - The "I've-fallen-and-I-can't-get-up" commercial first airs, 1985.
December 20 - Louisiana Purchase Day, 1803.
December 21 - Phil Donahue's birthday, 1935.
December 22 - "Colo" becomes the first gorilla born in captivity, 1956.
December 23 - Congress passes a tax simplification guide which is 1,379 pages in length, 1985.
December 24 - Christmas Eve.
December 25 - Christmas.
December 26 - National "Return-All-Of-Your-Ugly-Christmas-Gifts" day.
December 27 - The last pair of bell-bottoms is sold, Wichita, Kansas, 1981.
December 28 - Snowboarding Championships, White Bluff Mountain, Colorado.
December 29 - The bowling ball is invented, 1862.
December 30 - The leisure suit officially goes out of style, 1976.
December 31 - New Year's Eve.

So I have a Hyperspin setup from years ago that honestly never worked right where I was using it frequently. My buddy has suggested launchbox and bigbox for me and I’m trying to see the best way to approach my installation of everything. Basically I cut my roms out of my Hyperspin setup and am trying to use those root folders as my paths for launchbox. Problem is they’re older, the way they are separated is how Hyperspin had them etc. I basically paid for the roms I have and don’t want to lose them but trying to have a complete and working system with like everything that I have (2 drives close to 10tb all together).
At this point I have imported all games from the old hyperspin folders keeping them in their original paths. The problem now is some of the folders I've tried to import don't show up or recognize in Launchbox, I have made a list of what the folders were named. If anyone can recommend how to import these that would be helpful. The second part of my problem is metadata appropriately attaching for the games I've imported. I have a ton of emulators/roms for various computers, arcades, and consoles. Trying to figure out the best way to fix and audit these as well I have 767 GB left currently on one drive and 24 Kb left on the other.
The folders from hyperspin I cannot find what emulatosystem they run with are: (Any help would be much appreciated) For the record I have both Launchbox and Bigbox so if there is extra tools on Bigbox I do have it if that makes things easier.
AAE – Another Arcade Emulator
Acorn 8-Bit
ALF TV Game
American Laser Games
Apple 1
Applied Technology Superbee
Atari Age
Bandai Supervision 8000
Canon X-07
Casio PV-2000
Coleco Telstar
Commodore 16 and Plus4
Daphne
DICE
Doom
Doujin Games
Exodus Dos Pack
Fightcade2
Flash Games
Fruit Machines
Gizmondo (No Known Emulator)
Hacked Games
Handheld Games
Ice Cold Games
Konix Multi-System
Leapster Learning Game System
Locomalito Games
Luxor ABC 80
Lviv PC-01
Magnavox Odyssey 4000
Mikrosha
NEC PCs
NES Prototypes
NESiCAxLive
Nintendo Sufami Turbo
Nintendo Super Game Boy
Nintendo Wii Light Gun
PC Games
Pecom 64
Poineer Palcom Laserdisc
PopCap
RM Nimbus
RPG Maker
Run N Gun
Samsung SPC-1000
Sega ages roms
Sega Mark 3
Sega Master System Import
Sega Ringedge
Sega VMU
Sharp MZs
Sharp x68000
Shmup wheel
Sinclair QL
Slots
Socrates
Sony Playstation Minis
Sony SMC 777
Tatung Einstein-TC-01
Technos
Thomson MO5
Thomson TO7
Thomson TO8
Timex Sinclair
Tomy Pyuuta
Touhou Project
UniPlayer 3D
UniPlayer_v1.34
Vintage BASIC
Xbox Live Arcade
Clone Hero
Gog Games
PC Games

I’m searching for a versatile multimeter suitable for a variety of repair and modification tasks, including:
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• CRT repair and RGB modification
• Restoration of vintage table radios from 1960-2000s
• Modifying gaming consoles
• General home electronics repairs

As someone new to electronics repair, I’ve always been interested in learning the skill since childhood, and sometimes I think I should have pursued a career as an electrician rather than in IT.
While Fluke is a popular choice, I’ve noticed some Japanese brands that seem promising. My budget is up to $500, and I’m looking for a reliable tool that will meet all my needs for the projects I intend to undertake. I want to avoid the situation where I have to purchase another multimeter because the first was too inexpensive. I appreciate any advice you can provide. Thank you.

Welcome aboard the UFO Timeline Expedition! This is part 1 out of 6 of the video timeline posts, and the first segment of an eleven-part deep dive into UFO ecounters throughout history, the various evidence for UFOs and the related events & topics that's relevant to the history of UFOs
In this segment we'll delve into sightings and events predating the 20th century, leading up to the dawn of the modern era of UFO encounters in the 1940s. Continue the journey by following these links to discover the remaining segments.
Next part:
Unraveling the Enigma of UFO Encounters: From 1950-1959
All parts & Introdution:
Unraveling the Enigma: A Deep Dive Into the History and Evidence of UFOs
The playlist this particular timeline is based on:
UFO Encounters: A Complete Timeline & Comprehensive UFO Adjacent Rabbit Hole Guide

The UFO Timeline

A few things to keep in mind before exploring the timeline in this post:
1) To give the viewer a proper look into all the avaliable evidence, theories, claims and data related to specific cases, many of the most well-known and/or most credible UFO events have multiple videos attached to them, making it impractical to link to them all in one post. Instead, I'll link to the first video for each case on my playlist and note the number of related videos to the case.
2) Please note that the first video I link to might not always be the best representation of the incident; it's simply the one that comes first on my playlist. Additional videos for the same incidents can be found by checking the subsequent videos that come right after the first one on the playlist.
3) For cases not listed, check the UFO adjacent topics section in the other posts and on my playlist. Most abduction cases and those from the Soviet Union are included there, as I've primarily listed only the more famous abduction cases and incidents from the Soviet Union on the main timeline. A guide to navigating these sections is provided in the posts covering the UFO Adjacent Topics.
4) Documentaries are organized by release year, except when related to UFO adjacent topics or release dates are unknown.
5) While efforts have been made for accuracy, entries are primarily arranged by year and exact dates within those years may not always be in the correct chronological order.
6) A lot of the titles to the various incidents are just copy-pasted from the youtube videos. In the written timelines I'll try to come up with shorter and less clickbaity titles for each case.
7) This timeline is subject to updates and revisions as new incidents and events are discovered or occurs.
8) You'll find that some of the earliest incidents are linked to different segments within the same videos. This is because many of these encounters are uniquely covered in comprehensive videos, as standalone videos on these specific cases were hard to come by.
Before the 20th century:
I've included a few more incidents from before the 20th century on the written timelines. However, these are the only ones on my playlist, as these were apparently the only ones with videos on youtube.
Various

• Classical Paintings That Appear to Contain UFOs (2 Videos)
• Medieval UFOs? The Story of the "Flying Ships" over Ireland

1440 B.C.E

• UFO in Egypt, Annals of Thutmose III

592 B.C.E

• The Book of Ezekiel's UFO Sightings

74 C.E.

• The Mithridatic Wars UFO Encounter

393 C.E.

• Strange Objects Moving In the Sky During the Reign of Emperor Theodosis

1034

• Nuremberg Chronicle

1053

• Shen Kuo describe "An Object as a Bright as a Pearl Hovering over the City of Yangzhou", China

1180

• "A Flying Earthenware Vessel" Spotted in Kii Province, Japan

1235

• General Yoritsune UFO Encounter, Japan

1322

• Battle Between Pillars in the Sky, Uxbridge, England

1461

• Object halv the size of the Moon Witnessed in Arras, France

1492

• Christopher Columbus UFO Sighting

1561/1566

• UFO Battles over Nuremberg, Germany in 1561 & Basel, Switzerland in 1566 (3 Videos)

1639

• Massachusetts UFO Sighting

1665

• UFO Battle Over Germany

1676

• Edmund Halley's UFO Sighting

1783

• Four People Witness UFO, Windsor Castle, England

1800

• The Baton Rouge Incident
• The Koyuk Visitors

1803

• The Utsuro-Bune Encounter, Japan (3 Videos)

1806

• The Chimney Rock Apparition

1808

• The Kremlin UFO
• The Biskopsberga Incident
• The Cynthia Everett Sighting

1809

• The Hatton Garden Sighting
• The Warren Hastings Incident

1810

• Unusual Phenomenon over Brezeau

1811

• Luminous Phenomenon over Western Europe

1812

• Shapeshifting Phenomenon over Portsmouth, Virginia
• Close Encounter near Manosque

1813

• The New London Blue Lights

1814

• The Agen Phenomenon

1853

• Mass Sighting of Luminous Objects Dancing in the Sky Over College Campus

1865

• Explosion in the Sky, Leaves Behind Mysterious Stone with hieroglyphics in it, Great Falls, Montana

1878

• "A Strange Phenomenon" Farmers Encounter with an UFO, Denison, Texas

1886

• Family Witness Bright Lights Illuminating Their House and Get Injuries, Maracaibo, Venuzuela

1892

• Phantom Balloons Scare Russian Military

1893

• Fishermen's Encounter with an "Electric Monster", Tacoma, Washington

1896-1897

• Mystery Airship Sightings (2 Videos)

1897

• The Aurora, Texas UFO Crash (3 Videos)
• Cigar-shaped UFO Abducting Cow

1900-1939
As with the "Before the 20th century" section, there is also a few cases excluded from this section, as I had only written sources I needed to expand upon with text for those specific cases. This is to be expected as television wasn't really a thing before the 1940s, and especially before the 1930s.
Various

• UFO Sightings From the 1900s to the 1930s

1904

• Navy Ship Encounters UFOs, Near San Francisco

1907

• UFO Explosion in Vermont

1911

• The Abduction of Idella Ford

1912

• Did UFOs Observe the Titanic Disaster?

1913

• Hundreds See Fast Moving UFO, Lansing, Michigan
• Prospectors Encounter UFO and a Humanoid E.T, Badlands, Montana

1915-1917

• Fatima and the "Miracle of the sun" acting like a UFO (4 Videos)

1918

• Texas Soldiers See UFO, Waco, Texas

1920

• Oklahoma UFO Crash
• UFO Crash, Iowa City
• UFO Lands In Cotten Field, North Carolina

1921

• Abduction at Sea, the Atalantic Ocean

1922

• Encounter With UFO Entities, Detroit, Michigan

1923

• Chilling UFO Encounter, Illinois

1926

• Pilot UFO Encounter, Near Wichita Kansas

1927

• The UFO in the Photograph, Oregon

1930

• UFO Encounter and Missing Time

1931

• Pioneer Aviator Witness a Tic-Tac UFO During Flight from New Zealand to Australia

1932-1939

• The Mysterious "Ghost Flyers"

1933

• UFO Crash in Italy - Found by Mussolini (5 Videos)

1936

• Holger Berg Witness Cigar-shaped UFO in Eklutna, Alaska
• Black Forest UFO Crash, Germany

1938

• Orson Welles: War of the Worlds - the Radio Broadcast and the Aftermath (3 Videos)

1940-1949
1940-1945

• Foo Fighters - UFO Sightings during WW2 (7 Videos)

1942

• The Battle of Los Angeles (5 Videos)

1945

• Trinity UFO Crash Allegedly Witnessed by José Padilla
• US Navy Fighter Pilot Clarence Clem Witness UFO Hovering over the Hanford Nuclear Site

1946

• The Scandinavian Ghost Rockets (3 Videos)
• Man from Brazil Allegedly Attacked by UFO and Burned to Death

1947

• Kenneth Arnold's UFO Sighting (4 Videos)
• The Roswell UFO Crash (28 Videos)
• National Security Act of 1947, signed by President Truman, creates the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
• The Act also forms the National Security Council, the Office of Secretary of Defense, and the US Air Force.
• The Jose Higgins UFO Encounter
• Maury Island UFO Incident (2 Videos)

1948

• Captain Thomas F. Mantell's Plane Crash After Chasing a UFO
• P-47 Thunderbolt Pilot Thomas Hanchett's UFO Encounter
• UFO Crash in Aztec, New Mexico (3 Videos)

1949

• The Rogue River Incident

Where is My Love Lita, you may wonder. She is alive and well. I talk to her every night. The sponsor of this residency has asked for an absolute embargo which is their right. No phones on set. General Benjamin, knowing Lita's obsession with social media, keeps an evil eye on her. So Private Lita has decided to maintain radio silence here until Sunday afternoon. She is also off of FB and IG. The withdrawal symptoms have been very severe but she is no longer shaking.
She is very excited about her school work, though. The Civil Rights Movement is bookended by 1954 and 1968. But she is so excited about studying the events between World War II and 1954. As she put it, what was "cooking in the pot" before the steam came out. She asked me to read about The Freedom Train (1946-1949), the birth of rhythm and blues (1949), African-American Musical Theater, the rise of the and fall of Negro League Baseball, and the early career of Thurgood Marshall.
Fuck, I was up half the night reading this stuff. I couldn't stop. I had no idea about most of this shit. I feel like screaming!
Lesson with Arturo after school. I have Frankly Sentimental down pat, 100%! We have an ALDI gig this weekend. Maybe he might want to go over our playlist? Maybe the next Sinatra record? Both? Can't wait!
At our Jammy practice yesterday, we decided to "just play" and not worry about Who We Are for right now. Alice's dad has a friend who owns a restaurant in Morningside, Harlem. We will be able to do a half hour gig there sometime in the end of April or beginning of May! Details to be worked out. But this gives us FOCUS! Just what we need. Watch us, Mr. Maniotis!
Got to run!