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Tina is forever my hero :p

And now the guys:

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Way to go Randy and Brandon, you city guys showed up the farm boys!

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Wisconsin State Capital in Madison. I know the building quite well and was really surprised on how closely Serenity matches up to it on width and length. The Capital is about twice as high.

Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, home to the University of Wisconsin Badgers Football team. Something tells me the crew of Serenity are not Badger fans…

Miller Park, home of the Milwaukee Brewers. For those days when juggling geese just does not cut it.

Jackson Square in New Orleans. Something tells me the crew could get into a lot of trouble down on Bourbon Street.

Stonehenge

Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff, Wales. Their are absolutely no secret organizations or hands of blue located under the plaza.

Torrance High School in Torrance, CA, or some of you Joss fans may recognize it as Sunnydale High where Buffy and friends (and and the not so friendly) went to high school.

The Luxor in Las Vegas, NV. The hotel pyramid side length is 600 feet compared to a side length of 755 feet at the Great Pyramid in Giza. The hotel Sphinx is very close in length to the original.

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex full scale Space Shuttle, booster and fuel tank mock ups. The external tanks could come in very handy if needing to break atmo in a hurry.

USS Intrepid Museum in New York City. The Intrepid was launched in 1943 and saw service until 1974. She’s not as big as the modern supercarriers, 200 feet shorter than the Nimitz class. But still very impressive when on her deck. You can also see the destroyer USS Edson and submarine USS Growler docked at the pier and on her deck many aircraft including an A-12 Blackbird (a Blackbird made a brief appearance in “Trash”), F-14 Tomcat (of Top Gun fame) and AV-8C Harrier which has VTOL (Vertical Take Of and Landing) capability’s just like Serenity.

Statue of Liberty

The Pentagon in Washington DC over the Ground Zero Cafe

The White House

Measurements should all be within a pixel or two of being accurate. The measurements of Serenity come from the QMX Serenity blueprints. Satellite images come from Google Maps. The wire frame model of Serenity is something I had saved long ago, found on a Firefly fan site.

If you want to see how it looks over your own locations, goto Google maps, zoom to the 100 foot level, take a screen shoot and import it into Photoshop or other graphics app. Then download the psd (for Photoshop) or the png (should work for other graphics programs) version of the overlay, unzip, insert the overlay into your image and your done!

(Sorry about some of the images overlapping onto the boarder, I changed the theme to a more narrow one, so a few poke over)

Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons.

Whenever two trains meet at an intersection of said tracks, neither shall proceed until the other has.

As people used to smuggle it in from Illinois, all yellow butter substitute is banned.

Condoms were considered an obsene article and had to hidden behind the pharmacist’s counter.

At one time, margarine was illegal.

State Law made it illegal to serve apple pie in public restaurants without cheese.

The state definition of rape stated that it was a man having sex with a woman he knows not to be his wife.

While all cheese making requires a license, Limburger cheese making requires a master cheese maker’s license.

It is illegal to kiss on a train.

It is illegal to cut a woman’s hair.

Margarine may not be substituted for butter in restaurants unless it is requested by the customer.

The government may not prohibit manual flushed urinals.

One may not camp in a wagon on any public highway or risk a fine of up to ten dollars.

It is a class A misdemeanor to wave a burning torch around in the air.

It is illegal to throw rocks at a railroad car.

Livestock have the right-of-way on public roads.

Also a couple cities in Wisconsin that have some odd laws also.

Brookfield

It is illegal to get a tattoo unless it is for medical purposes

It is unlawful to use someone else’s phone to make prank calls.

Hudson

Screens are required on all windows from May 1 to October 1.

You are not allowed to put litter into someone else’s trash receptacle without express permission.

Kenosha

It is illegal for a man to be aroused in public.

La Crosse

It is illegal to tie up your horse along Third Street (Now a major bar strip).

It is illegal to display an unclothed mannequin in a store window.

It is illegal to play checkers in public.

You cannot “worry a squirrel”.

Milwaukee

An old ordinance forbids parking for over two hours unless a horse is tied to the car.

It is against the law to play a flute and drums on the streets to attract attention.

If one is thought of as offensive looking, it is illegal for him to be in public during the day.

It is illegal to purchase or use Sparklers in the city, yet you can buy fully disassembled automatic machine guns.

Racine

Missiles may not be shot at parade participants.

It is illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep.

Women may not walk down a public street at night without being accompanied by a man.

Sheboygan

Only police officers may shoot birds in the city.

No person may water his lawn in such a way as to annoy his or her neighbor.

It is illegal to swim in the Fountain Park fountain.

St. Croix

Women are not allowed to wear anything red in public.

Sun Prairie

Nuclear weapons may not be manufactured in the city limits.

Persons may not ride a bicycle with their hands off the handlebars.

Cats are forbidden from entering cemeteries

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