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Abilene Slim SASS 81783
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She and Patty Wagstaff are two of the best aerobatic pilots ever and fierce competitors. I got to meet Patty. 😍 Would love to meet Svetlana. 😊
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9 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:
Cool
. She's pretty aggressive on that stick! What do you figure the control she's moving with her left hand is doing? Throttle maybe?
Yup, throttle.
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Pulling the trigger on the run is concerning to me.
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Our American flag had to be taken down as the wind was pulling out the mounting bracket.
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1 hour ago, Warden Callaway said:
Dad hated onions. Couldn't stand them in the house. Said, a chicken won't even eat an onion. He'd get a hamburger in a restaurant and slam it down and curse, "They cooked it on a grill that's cooked onions." Mom would crave them and eat them when he wasn't around. Not my favorite but I can eat them raw in moderation.
I guess your dad didn’t care for White Castle burgers either? 😊
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This is the brand I use.
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57 minutes ago, Duffield, SASS #23454 said:
A lot of Garands have been through arsenal rebuilds. This almost always resulted in a mix of parts. Are these arsenal rebuilds authentic or are they just cobbled together clunkers?
I have one of those Garands rebuilt at the Augusta arsenal in the early 50’s. It and others like it are “authentic” in that they were rebuilt to milspec from new and WW2 era parts inventories. They were then reissued or put back into storage. Mine is a great shooter and fine example from the era. It’s also not as expensive as those with all their original parts costing thousands of dollars. See below.
Others are also a collection of parts and rebuilt and sold by the CMP and reputable individuals. The stock on the OP first example appears to be a replica, as the cartouches are very sharp and the wood unblemished. I could be wrong, buts that’s my WAG.
The OPs example could be a good shooter at a reasonable price. The trick with Garands and any other collectible is to know what you’re getting for your money. As always, buyer beware.
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That was fun. It appears these guys were running at speed, as opposed to a parade lap.
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10 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
The “bat flips” really aggravate me, not all the players do it. Just the show boaters!
I saw that at a JV high school game last weekend. The player did that even when he got to first on a walk. He wasn't a star either. I don't recall that he ever hit a ball or made any catches for the entire game.
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Asa was one of the finest cowboys, human beings and friend I’ve been privileged to know. We traveled and shot a lot together, which made every match just “that” much better. I never had a lousy match with him on our posse.
Asa never met a stranger and did much to promote CAS, especially classic cowboy where he was one of the early Classic Cowboy of the Year winners. He truly was a classic cowboy, both on and off the range and embodied what we call the “Cowboy Way”.
So prayers up for Asa, his delightful wife Insanity Jane and their two sons. I’m already missing you, my good friend.
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That’s just amazing.
AI is a magnificent tool that like many others, can be used for mischief or wonderful things.
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14 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:
Whatever it is, they don't appear to have a spray paint can in their hand. Must be using finger paint.
I zoomed in on the image and noticed some text on the black trim below the door - Dr clownPhd - a fake news blogger on X.
In a world of Photoshop and AI, we need to be skeptical of virtually everything we see.
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3 hours ago, Texas Joker said:
Was a coding special effect in the movie. Once his character achieves enough self awareness he was able to see and rewrite the 'code' of reality.
Yup.
Then he opened a chain of Japanese restaurants. Read on…. 😊
https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/the-matrix-code-digital-rain-meaning-1201891684/
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4 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:
Australia has over 200 species of the LOUDEST cicadas........and we've just been through an absolute deafening Summer of the buggers!!!
My tinnitus is louder than any species of cicada…
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HWY 89A between Jerome and Prescott, AZ is a white knuckle drive at night.
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22 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:
Dedicated To All Who Flew Behind Round Engines
We gotta get rid of those turbines, they’re ruining aviation and our hearing…
A turbine is too simple-minded, it has no mystery. The air travels through it in a straight line and doesn’t pick up any of the pungent fragrance of engine oil or pilot sweat.
Anybody can start a turbine. You just need to move a switch from “OFF” to “START” and then remember to move it back to “ON” after a while. My PC is harder to start.
Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse, and style. You have to seduce it into starting. It’s like waking up a horny mistress. On some planes, the pilots aren’t even allowed to do it…
Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a lady-like poof and start whining a little louder.
Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click-click, BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big macho fart or two, more clicks, a lot more smoke, and finally a serious low pitched roar. We like that. It’s a GUY thing…
When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged and you can concentrate on the flight ahead.
Starting a turbine is like flicking on a ceiling fan: Useful, but, hardly exciting.
When you have started his round engine successfully your crew chief looks up at you like he’d let you kiss his girl too!
Turbines don’t break or catch fire often enough, leading to aircrew boredom, complacency, and inattention. A round engine at speed looks and sounds like it’s going to blow any minute. This helps concentrate the mind! Turbines don’t have enough control levers or gauges to keep a pilot’s attention. There’s nothing to fiddle with during long flights.
Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman Lamps. Round engines smell like God intended machines to smell.
Pass this on to an old WWII pilot (or his son who flew them in Vietnam) in remembrance of that “Greatest Generation.”
While not a round engine, this is the T-34B I used to fly. I took it to an airshow where I parked it next to a T34C (powered by a turbine engine) which was what the Navy was using for basic training at that time.
While comparing planes with the young Naval aviator who brought it, he said pointing to my plane that he wouldn’t know how to fly it. Taken by surprise I asked “why not?” He pointed to the mixture, prop and throttle group and said, “All we have is single ‘go’ lever to manage, and that takes care of prop, mixture and throttle automatically. Wouldn’t know how to work yours.” 😊
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5 hours ago, Warden Callaway said:
It was another great movie that struggled to get made. No studio wanted to make it in black and white. Gag opon gag. We have to watch it at least once a year. Note, all principal actors are now dead. Mel Brooks is alive at 95.
He’s 98 - same as my mom.
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At my draft physical, we all stood side by side a trough to fill the cup. One guy was so nervous he couldn’t pee. The corporal said, “Here’s a cup, there’s the sink. Keep drinking until you do.”
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29 minutes ago, KingSnake said:
Here’s a before and after of one I just cleaned this afternoon. 8 minutes in the ultra sonic while I was replacing a bent extractor.
Works for me.That looks like brass, not anodized aluminum.
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I met him at an event back around 1999. You could pose and get your picture taken with him. I have that somewhere. Dang, his hands were big! Seemed like a nice guy.
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7 minutes ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:
I snapped these at a Pinewood Derby a few weeks ago....
Some of the dads in my sons’ Cub Scout troops tried to outdo each other by showing off their woodworking and modeling skills in an effort to win the best design trophy. Some of them were truly spectacular. One dad didn’t even allow his kid to touch “his” car.
One year I made one cut on the block of wood so it was just a wedge. We then painted it bright yellow and pasted a Kraft cheese logo on it. We won best design!
The best that year though, came from a mentally disabled boy and his dad who took the “let the kid build it” ethos to heart. The block was left unaltered except for a finger-paint job. The wheels were nailed on crooked and that was it. Nonetheless, it was the second-fastest car in a field of 50+ heavily modified cars.
The pure, joyous look on that boy’s face with his 2nd place trophy was absolutely priceless!
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^^This.