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Lebam in LA

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20. October Sky
Thu May 23, 2013, 01:02 PM
May 2013

Last edited Thu May 23, 2013, 02:44 PM - Edit history (1)

was a movie about Homer Hickman and his friends. Great movie.

Good news! n/t cynatnite May 2013 #1
Was just about to post this. malthaussen May 2013 #2
I love happy endings! JNelson6563 May 2013 #3
Homer! immoderate May 2013 #4
thanks, really glad to read that. niyad May 2013 #5
And I hope her school learns a valuable lesson from this. kentauros May 2013 #6
They probably won't. It's Polk County. Redneck and racist. n/t winterpark May 2013 #15
She's still expelled, so they probably won't. (nt) Posteritatis May 2013 #36
And that must be let kids whistler162 May 2013 #49
Awesome! Solly Mack May 2013 #7
Got a scholarship because of her blast. So there... Eleanors38 May 2013 #8
Why, yes he was. YDogg May 2013 #14
Yeah, that was a great movie! kentauros May 2013 #16
Loved the Movie Lebam in LA May 2013 #21
Now I know. Thanks! Eleanors38 May 2013 #35
That movie was what I thought of..... ReRe May 2013 #40
Back in the '60s, Estes rockets were all the rage Art_from_Ark May 2013 #45
I still long for those days... Javaman May 2013 #52
+1000 blackspade May 2013 #57
I also had a plastic rocket propelled by water pressure Art_from_Ark May 2013 #58
Those were great! Javaman May 2013 #59
I even had a Malt-O-Meal rocket once Art_from_Ark May 2013 #60
And for a while, it seemed like just about everyone was giving away Art_from_Ark May 2013 #61
I think those are still being made. Lars39 May 2013 #65
Do you have any idea who makes them? Art_from_Ark May 2013 #67
This is what I was thinking of: Lars39 May 2013 #68
That is one type that we had, for sure Art_from_Ark May 2013 #70
Huh. Don't remember those. Lars39 May 2013 #71
We had a rocketry club at school in the early 70s and we set off many Estes rockets Tom Ripley May 2013 #74
The '60s and '70s were pretty exciting times for rocketry and space exploration Art_from_Ark May 2013 #75
And all the DU'ers who were giving the girl shit snooper2 May 2013 #9
Oh, wonderful! That's grand news! Homer is a Hero! PDJane May 2013 #10
Yay! NV Whino May 2013 #11
Good for her--she's obviously very bright and will do well with this opportunity! Orrex May 2013 #12
See how they almost fucked up that little girl's life? Iggo May 2013 #13
The two sisters and more, including a movie about Homer: freshwest May 2013 #17
THANK YOU!!! I LOVE THIS!!! n/t FourScore May 2013 #19
YW! Homer and the young ladies have a lot in common. It's important that people look for the best freshwest May 2013 #26
Smart and beautiful! Marrah_G May 2013 #42
Oh no! "Permanently expelled" what will she do now?? Did she find another school? Number23 May 2013 #63
Please repost this as a new thread. longship May 2013 #77
Where do you think it should go? The Lounge? GD? freshwest May 2013 #78
Hell yeah! MynameisBlarney May 2013 #18
October Sky Lebam in LA May 2013 #20
Good trivia! I did not know that. I like the movie...and now the man! n/t FourScore May 2013 #24
which was based on the book, Rocket Boys pokerfan May 2013 #25
Rocket Boys Lebam in LA May 2013 #31
October Sky is an anagram of Rocket Boys csziggy May 2013 #79
What a wonderful development. n/t UtahLib May 2013 #22
A Great motivation for them. Naijabizcom May 2013 #23
at Pratt & Whitney, the bigger the bang the better MisterP May 2013 #27
Lovely malaise May 2013 #28
Yay! K&R! MotherPetrie May 2013 #29
I once set my stove on fire darkangel218 May 2013 #30
kick Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #32
good news Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #33
k&r thanks for posting. rhett o rick May 2013 #34
awesome arely staircase May 2013 #37
Warms my heart! Melissa G May 2013 #38
Beautiful! ananda May 2013 #39
Perfect Marrah_G May 2013 #41
On the words of my daughter TxDemChem May 2013 #43
Love this! KT2000 May 2013 #44
Wonderful! Common sense finally won one. Menwhile a young primary school student ... marble falls May 2013 #46
Excellent! Canuckistanian May 2013 #47
I didn't even know we had a space academy. Fuck, where have I been? Warren DeMontague May 2013 #48
Clearly you missed "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" LastLiberal in PalmSprings May 2013 #51
Well, there we have the best half of a good ending.... defacto7 May 2013 #50
Well done. Baitball Blogger May 2013 #53
Great News treestar May 2013 #54
GREAT STORY! Makes my day! elleng May 2013 #55
Nice that there is ray of sunshine in this pointless persecution blackspade May 2013 #56
K&R I love this!! Number23 May 2013 #62
I hope they don't leave her at this "alternative" school for long LeftInTX May 2013 #66
This could use another kick. redqueen May 2013 #64
Warms my heart to see Bonx May 2013 #69
Well said, Bonx! FourScore May 2013 #72
Reminds me of the true story (and AWESOME Jake G. movie "October Sky"!) of Homer H. Hickam, Jr.! WinkyDink May 2013 #73
Wow! What a great ending to this story LittleBlue May 2013 #76
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