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36 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:
Did they name it Dennis~?
Go to your room
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I didn't want to hijack the Ba-Dump Tissssh - Memes thread further with the argument about "sailing" ships.
Here are two different concepts of how "sails" can be used on modern ships, both of these concepts shouldn't require a significant increase in the crew.
https://mikeshouts.com/oceanbird-cargo-vessel-by-wallenius-marine/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship There are a number of these ships in service and Airbus just ordered 6 ships to transport airplane wings to the US.
With proper planning to take into account the longer delivery times, ships powered this way should be an economical replacement for some cargo ships.
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10 hours ago, PowderRiverCowboy said:
It was good, I thought Have seen Tim and Faith in a few and they really do pretty decent . but wont spoil it for you so will leave it at that .Usually a musician who tries to act in a real film or TV show isn't very good. There are exceptions, Frank Sinatra was a very good actor and Dean Martin could be good in the right role. Having not seen Tim or Faith act before, I was surprised at how good their acting was in 1883
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I don't have Paramount Plus so I didn't get to see 1883 until I just recently got the 1883 DVD set. I've watched the first 7 episodes and I am surprised at how good a Western it is. I was surprised to see that Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are both good actors and Lamonica Garrett is very good. Sam Elliott and Isabel May did an incredible job and this is the best work I've seen from Sam Elliott.
If you haven't seen check it out.
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I've read most of the books about Patton and I find entirely plausible that once the tank commander came up with a valid reason for his actions, Patton agreed and went back to what he had been doing before.
As for going to war to push the Russians out of those parts of Europe they had occupied, I've read that the Russians were worn out and starting to have logistical issues. I'm inclined to think the US would have been able to push the Russians out of Europe, but I question how much help the British, Canadians and the French would have been. I've read that it would have been 1946 before the British would have been able to form another division and replacements were fewer and fewer. I doubt the Canadians were in a better position and that France was in no position to fight a longer war.
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16 hours ago, Lead Monger said:
This happens at my club all the time. An adult is routinely allowed to use a 410 shotgun. The 410 will not reliably knock down the shotgun targets so the targets are brought closer to the firing line. Sometimes in line with the pistol targets at about 7 yards. Now everybody gets sprayed with birdshot. Move the shotgun targets to 10 yards or beyond and the backsplash is greatly reduced or eliminated. Again the 410 shooter is upset because some targets may not go down. Never a problem with 20 gauge or larger.
If the adult is allowed to use the .410 due to some physical impairment or because they can't afford another gun, then I can see allowing the .410 at the local level, although if it is due to cost other shooters should loan their shotgun and have the shooter supply the ammo.
However the targets should not be moved in to accommodate the .410 and perhaps the shooter should not be allowed to shoot for score. More details would be needed to determine if the club is correctly making allowances to let a shooter with obstacles shoot or if the shooter is unwilling to comply with basic SASS rules
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I've had 2 Jack Russell Terrorists that were very protective and an angry JRT is surprisingly scary* with a tendency to go for the genitals on males, both dogs and people. There is even YouTube video of a JRT chasing an adolescent elephant in India
I've spent 30+ years around dogs including 8+ years volunteering at shelter that takes in a lot of pit bulls and a few Rottweilers. I've found few dogs of any breed with a more menacing growl than a JRT. It's hard to put into words and I expect most of you don't believe me, but that growl conveys an absolute certainty on the JRT's part of a willingness to fight and expecting to win.
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14 hours ago, Alpo said:
That's not the greatest choice of firearms in the world. More powerful than a 380 but weaker than a Luger. In this day and age of double stacks it only holds 8 rounds.
I have an East German Makrov, 100% reliable and accurate. And like most blow back guns, it has some snap to the recoil. May not be the greatest choice these days, but it's certainly not the worst choice either. Used to be able to get them for about $200.00
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1 hour ago, J-BAR #18287 said:
I'm not familiar with the magic eraser. Is it reusable/washable or do you have to use a new one for each window?
The box says it can be used 100+ times, so definitely re-usable and probably washable. Being cynical, if it works 25 times, its probably a bargain.
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21 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:
Thing is, she wasn't abusive, rude, or even abrupt. Just a normal conversational tone.
I didn't mean to imply your wife rude, it was a general comment.
I consider myself reasonably thick skinned, but personally I found telephone customer service, which I did for banking, medical and collections to be a low paying, high stress job. I suspect that telemarketing is even worse. My guess is that the average telemarketer is working that job because it is that or being unemployed with bills that need to be paid.
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I spend a lot of time in my twenties working as a customer service rep, including collections, which really sucked. I've been screamed at and cursed at. After a while the verbal abuse can get to you, especially when your management is pushing for the reps to answer more calls and spend less time on each individual score.
I no longer even bother to ask them to put me on the Do Not Call List, partly because I don't think they access to update that list and because it's quicker just to hang up or not answer the phone.
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I don't answer the phone if I don't know the person calling unless I am expecting a call.
Cuts down on telemarketers
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Not a new idea, apparently Ford has been thinking about since 2021 and filed a patent about a year ago.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a43126498/ford-patent-autonomous-systems-vehicle-repossession/
I suspect the legal department will get involved and when all is said and done, I suspect will just shut the vehicle down and have it towed away.
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On 2/27/2024 at 8:15 PM, Come On Christmas said:
Has anyone bought one of these?
Did you like it? Yea or Nay I would appreciate your input. Thanks
Come On Christmas
If this helps: I haven't bought the shotgun belt, but I have bought Tourbon's take down canvas and wood shotgun case. The quality is decent/good for the price point. It's made in China which is why it is inexpensive and while I doubt the build quality of the case is as good as one made in the US, Italy or England, the case doesn't cost the $800+ for the ones coming out of US, Italy or England,
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6 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:
If this was true in the United States how many of us would be dating supermodels?
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My fault, I was bored
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28 minutes ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
I will NEVER have one of those in my house.
Might want to check some of your remote controls and make sure they don't have microphones on them. The one remote that did have it (Amazon) I taped over the microphone. The same for computers with cameras and/or microphones.
Remember, the microwave is always watching and listening to you!
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest
I'm reading a Kindle book where the historian JFC Fuller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._F._C._Fuller thought if the Romans had won the battle it could have drastically changed European history. Fuller was of the opinion that such a victory would have prevented the Germanic tribes and other tribes from uniting together, meaning no Kaiser Wilhelm and WWI as well as no Hitler and WWII. No Napoleon and no British Empire (which would have world wide implications).
Thoughts?
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Or perhaps a member of the Varangian Guard sent a trinket back to a relative
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1 hour ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
Sounds like another reason to keep the landline as well as the cell. I actually use the landline more than the cell.
Depends on the landline, if it is the old copper landlines that you're fine. If they have switched your service over to VOIP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP
then your landline is pretty much only as reliable as your internet.
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3 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
The Donner party rings a bell!
I was thinking more of the head hunters in Burma and wondering how many Japanese soldiers ended up as a meal.
I also know of at least once incidence of African soldiers that were in Burma during WWII capturing, torturing and then eating some of the Japanese soldiers.
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2 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
One theory is that other species of primates leading up to modern man died off because of vegetarian diets. Protein in meat made the brain grow. This is an evolutionary theory that’s been around a long time.
Cannibalism was probably practiced on some level in early man,
It was practiced into the 20th Century and I wouldn't bet money that it has stopped at the tribal level in some places
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cannibalism#Early_20th_century_to_present
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Report from a pilot entering USA on 9/11/01
in SASS Wire Saloon
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I don't doubt that there were a lot of pilots with similar stories. Some of those stories include armed US fighters and some of those included conversations that were very stressful and perhaps even scary for the airliner pilot.