Tracking Santa

[Lerky]

About two years ago my dad showed me and my sisters this neat-o program called NORAD (http://www.noradsanta.org/). It'll track Santa from city to city all night. A great thing to entertain the kids, I gurantee they'll be asking over and over again "where's Santa now?" just like my sisters:smallwink:

[LostOne]

Excellent. I'll be able to plan my ambush now to bring him to justice for trespassing.

[Lerky]

finally someone has taken the law into their own hands:smalltongue:

[Elrond]

yay santa:smallbiggrin: i like presents
is baby week still on? coz i cant find the thread

[Fredthefighter]

That is really cool dude, just the thing to cheer me up on a Sunday Morning

[Castaras]

Excellent. I'll be able to plan my ambush now to bring him to justice for trespassing.

So many laws he breaks...


Trespassing
Breaking and Entering
Animal Cruelty (making those poor reindeer ride for over 12ish hours? Poor reindeer. :smallfrown:)
Drink Driving (all that cherry)
Flying without a license
Speeding
Dangerous Driving (He'd have to drive dangerously if he's to get everywhere in a night)


etc. etc.

There's also a military phone line you can call to ask where Santa is, iirc. Something like a little girl managed to find a phone, put in random numbers, and asked the military person at the other end "Where's Father Chwistmas?". :smallbiggrin:

[Mr. Moon]

There's also a military phone line you can call to ask where Santa is, iirc. Something like a little girl managed to find a phone, put in random numbers, and asked the military person at the other end "Where's Father Chwistmas?". :smallbiggrin:

D'awwwwwwwww! :smallbiggrin:

Thanks, Cassie. That made my day. ^_^


Anyway, back on topic. Last year, at the family Christmas party, that sight was on every monitor in my aunt's house. And considering her stinking richness, that's a lot of monitors.

[Flame of Anor]

On that site it said "Fraud Protection", but at first I thought it said "Freud Protection". Ha ha, how Fraudian!

[Evil DM Mark3]

So many laws he breaks...
[spoiler]

Trespassing
Breaking and Entering
Animal Cruelty (making those poor reindeer ride for over 12ish hours? Poor reindeer. :smallfrown:)
Drink Driving (all that cherry)
Flying without a license
Speeding
Dangerous Driving (He'd have to drive dangerously if he's to get everywhere in a night)
You forget the one of the most serious crimes, there is no way that sleigh is air-worthy! It can't even pass an MOT! No lights, no breaks, no nothing!

[Thiel]

Would it be cruel to point out that there's no such thing as trees on/in Greenland?
You thought I was going to say Santa, didn't you. Come on. Admit it.

[Tirian]

There's also a military phone line you can call to ask where Santa is, iirc. Something like a little girl managed to find a phone, put in random numbers, and asked the military person at the other end "Where's Father Chwistmas?". :smallbiggrin:

That's what NORAD is. North American Aerospace Defense.

And the story actually is that Sears put out a newspaper ad for a line for kids to call to get Santa's location, but due to printing error the number belonged to the Director of Operations for NORAD's predecessor. He was annoyed when the calls started coming in but then in a Christmas miracle realized that tracking Santa while he was in American airspace was, in fact, his job.

For the past bunch of years, NORAD has cleared Santa's flight plan in advance and provide him with an honor escort, but back in the day they evidently had to treat him as a potential Soviet nuclear strike and scramble aircraft to confront the threat. I can only imagine the chilling dogfights that must have taken place.

[Inigo Montoya]

...Does anyone remeber that Robot Chicken skit where they shot down Snata?

[Elrond]

There's also a military phone line you can call to ask where Santa is, iirc. Something like a little girl managed to find a phone, put in random numbers, and asked the military person at the other end "Where's Father Chwistmas?". :smallbiggrin:
Nawww thats cute and yes Inigo Montoya yes i do

[KnightDisciple]

That's what NORAD is. North American Aerospace Defense.

And the story actually is that Sears put out a newspaper ad for a line for kids to call to get Santa's location, but due to printing error the number belonged to the Director of Operations for NORAD's predecessor. He was annoyed when the calls started coming in but then in a Christmas miracle realized that tracking Santa while he was in American airspace was, in fact, his job.

For the past bunch of years, NORAD has cleared Santa's flight plan in advance and provide him with an honor escort, but back in the day they evidently had to treat him as a potential Soviet nuclear strike and scramble aircraft to confront the threat. I can only imagine the chilling dogfights that must have taken place.

There were men screaming, we'll say that much.

[thubby]

Would it be cruel to point out that there's no such thing as trees on/in Greenland?
You thought I was going to say Santa, didn't you. Come on. Admit it.

yes, yes it would
*handcuffs and carries away*

[Elrond]

Would it be cruel to point out that there's no such thing as trees on/in Greenland?
You thought I was going to say Santa, didn't you. Come on. Admit it.
Yeah i though you were gonna say santa that would be horrible:smallfrown:

[unstattedCommoner]

You forget the one of the most serious crimes, there is no way that sleigh is air-worthy! It can't even pass an MOT! No lights, no breaks, no nothing!

The man enslaves elves and makes them wear undignified costumes. His workshops are a massive elfin safety violation.

[Elm11]

...And he gives out faulty toys with made in china written on the side

[Comet]

Bitter, much? :smallbiggrin:

Cool program. But it was the chilling dogfights against soviet santa that had me in stitches. LOL, I say!

[Lupy]

Hitler never planned to stop the Blitzkrieg on Christmas eve- he just didn't count on Santa. :smalltongue:

[Lorn]

The man enslaves elves and makes them wear undignified costumes. His workshops are a massive elfin safety violation.
The (very old, by this point) man sneaks around children's bedrooms at night leaving the good ones sweets (thus, from a stranger) and the bad ones flammable objects (come on, SOME responsiblity please?)

The amount of problems with even the concept of Santa is staggering.

[Silence]

Bookmarked for use in appx. 15 years.

J/K, I would lose the link. It's a cool idea. Almost unfortunate that I'm only 14.

[Krytha]

What if Santa approaches your region of igloos? The kids will NEVER go to sleep!

[DigoDragon]

If a jolly fat man snuck into my house, left me toys and money, and taking nothing more then a few cookies and a glass of milk on his way out I think I'd be inclined to drop all charges. :smallsmile:

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

Heh, I remember using that site. It was a few years back now.

[Tirian]

Bookmarked for use in appx. 15 years.

J/K, I would lose the link. It's a cool idea. Almost unfortunate that I'm only 14.

NORAD has been doing this for fifty years now, there's no reason to suspect that they're going to stop anytime in the next fifty years. Besides, there's no reason you can't use this on behalf of someone else's kid. 14 is not too young to join Santa's team.

[Haruki-kun]

So many laws he breaks...


Trespassing
Breaking and Entering
Animal Cruelty (making those poor reindeer ride for over 12ish hours? Poor reindeer. :smallfrown:)
Drink Driving (all that cherry)
Flying without a license
Speeding
Dangerous Driving (He'd have to drive dangerously if he's to get everywhere in a night)


etc. etc.

There's also a military phone line you can call to ask where Santa is, iirc. Something like a little girl managed to find a phone, put in random numbers, and asked the military person at the other end "Where's Father Chwistmas?". :smallbiggrin:

Technically, if people leave out cookies and milk for him, wouldn't you say they're inviting him in?

Well, I like Santa. He's a nice guy, he brings presents and doesn't afraid of anything.

[Volug]

Well, I like Santa. He's a nice guy, he brings presents and doesn't afraid of anything.

ur doin it rong

[Tirian]

Well, I like Santa. He's a nice guy, he brings presents and doesn't afraid of anything.

Anyone who stands up to naughty kids is okay in my book.

[InaVegt]

Technically, if people leave out cookies and milk for him, wouldn't you say they're inviting him in?

Well, I like Santa. He's a nice guy, he brings presents and doesn't afraid of anything.

Think of the amounts of cookies and milk Santa drinks each Christmas.

[Jack Squat]

Think of the amounts of cookies and milk Santa drinks each Christmas.

When my mom was a kid, it was always beer and pretzels :smalltongue:

[Silence]

NORAD has been doing this for fifty years now, there's no reason to suspect that they're going to stop anytime in the next fifty years. Besides, there's no reason you can't use this on behalf of someone else's kid. 14 is not too young to join Santa's team.

Maybe. I might pass it along, but I'm sure I'll lose the link.