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While anyone who flew on a B-17 bomber during World War II had a pretty dangerous job, the ball turret gunner was undoubtedly put in the most-precarious position.
“You literally had your knees up to your chest and in between you had the machine guns,” said Gary Lewi, spokesman for the American Airpower Museum based at Republic Airport. “You really had to have pretty tough nerves to be in there.”
Life is not easy, but it’s worth it. If you expect it to be, you will perpetually disappoint yourself. Achieving anything worthwhile in life takes time and effort. You must align your efforts with your goals and then start every day ready to run farther than you did yesterday and fight harder than you ever have before.
Persistence is the single most common characteristic of high achievers. They simply refuse to give up. The longer you hang in there, the greater the chance that something will happen in your favor. Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration. No matter how hard it seems, the more you persist, the more likely your success.
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6 Common Mistakes Couples Make When Fighting — And How To Fix Them – Fatherly
Hollywood actors go on strike, say it’s time for studio execs to ‘wake up’ – NPR
Beyond David Lynch: 5 Directors Who Revel in the Surreal – Wanderer
What Ever Happened to Actress Stacey Nelkin, ‘Ellie’ From Halloween 3? – Ned Hardy
The best bang for your buck indoor security camera. Has everything you need to keep tabs of everything going on inside your home. Nightvision, 2-way audio, pan/tilt/zoom – Amazon
Oppenheimer Cast Walks Out of UK Premiere as SAG-AFTRA Strike Begins – CBR
Former Celsius CEO arrested, company agrees to pay $4.7 billion settlement – CNBC
Relationship Compatibility: What It Is, How to Know If You Are Compatible and Build Great Chemistry – Knowledge For Men
Which movies and TV shows are impacted by the Hollywood strike? – BBC
Clear your calendar for some Blonde Beauties (30 Photos) – The Chive
She Played ‘Britta Perry’ On Community. See Gillian Jacobs Now At 40 – Wanderer
‘I’m paycheck to paycheck.’ I make $350K a year, but have $88K in student loans, $170K in car loans and a mortgage I pay $4,500 a month on. Do I need professional help? – Market Watch
Disney CEO Bob Iger Says Disney+ Has Diluted MCU’s Quality – Collider
Mapped: The Safest Cities in the U.S. – Visual Capitalist
10 Things That Happen to Your Body When You Lose Sleep – Healthline
What Happens to Spelling Bee Champions When They Grow Old? – Mel Magazine
How to Foreplay: 7 Moves That Make Women Go Wild – Wing Girl Method
Wife catches her cheating husband…He looks soooooo guilty – Reddit
I Survived Being Lost For Nine Days – Backpacker
The Best ’80s Horror VHS Cover Art – Den of Geek
For many, the standard retirement timeline looks like this: Work hard at your career until around age 65, then finally stop working and start enjoying life. But some are challenging this narrative by pursuing FIRE – Financial Independence, Retire Early.
A quantum computer is a type of computer that utilizes principles from quantum mechanics to perform computations. Unlike classical computers, which use bits to represent and process information as either 0 or 1, quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can exist in a superposition of both 0 and 1 states simultaneously.
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Practice choosing discomfort.
Our choice is between doing an uncomfortable thing now or having greater discomfort thrust upon us later. Because we procrastinators suck at choosing the lesser discomfort now, we effectively are choosing greater discomfort at times that are out of our control.
Making that choice is a skill. It has to be practiced to be developed. You can’t just start doing it easily today just like you can’t just start doing anything that requires skill.
How Much Should a Sandwich Cost? With inflation affecting the price of food, you might wonder if expensive sandwiches are worth it – The Takeout
CPI Report Shows Inflation Eased to 3% in June – WSJ
She Played ‘Pam Byrnes’ on Meet The Parents. See Teri Polo Now at 54 – Ned Hardy
She Played April O’Neil In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. See Judith Hoag Now at 60 – Wanderer
This machine has everything you need to make coffee shop quality espresso at home. With its 15 bars of pressure, integrated grinder, and milk frother, it offers a complete espresso experience – Amazon
Why can’t we stop homelessness? 4 reasons why there’s no end in sight – NPR
Tipping is ‘not a sustainable system,’ says 25-year-old pizza delivery driver: My income ‘relies on the goodwill of others’ – CNBC
Why a Traffic Flow Suddenly Turns Into a Traffic Jam – Nautilus
All 27 Pixar films ranked by their likelihood to make you cry – GQ
6 Key Signs You’re in a Toxic Relationship With Yourself – Stylist
5 tech tricks for learning a musical instrument – Popular Science
The mathematically correct way to tie your shoes – Big Think
Banksy’s Former Agent Shares Rare Photos Of The Artist’s ‘Terrible’ First Glasgow Show – Huffpost
Kaley Cuoco Believes Her Big Bang Sex Scenes Were a Twisted Prank – Ned Hardy
Why Jerry Seinfeld Turned Down $110 Million For Another Season of ‘Seinfeld’ – Wanderer
10 of the Oldest Inventions in Existence – Linkiest
The comic-book movie so bad it made Sean Connery quit acting: ‘His passion had left him’ – Independent
The Beloved Mexican Whistle That Means ‘Fuck You’ – VICE
We were all young once…check out this bad financial decision – Instagram
