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Abilene Slim SASS 81783
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13 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
But what leads these people to Hollywierd to play Dress Up and Make Believe, or to try to tell what they want us to know and what to think about it.
In most other lines of work, many different types of people do various jobs, but in these two particular vocations, 99% of people who work in it are of a certain political persuasion. I just wonder why they choose these jobs,
Because they crave attention. Those professions give them a stage on which to perform.
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Author Rick Atkinson delves into those issues in his excellent Liberation trilogy. It’s mind boggling what’s necessary to field a military exercise or campaign.
Ouch, sez my head.
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Short answer, because I have personal experience with this. No, I wouldn’t confiscate or destroy a person’s drugs. However, that person isn’t allowed in my house when drugs are in play. What that person does outside of my house is beyond my control.
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I don’t see any subtitles in the video. Check your YouTube preferences and turn subtitles off by clicking on the little CC icon in the upper right of the YT window.
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3 minutes ago, Gracos Kid said:
My first wife was first generation Polish American. Her entire family and friends had names like that!
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I got to tour this Russian sub - B-39 - right after it became a museum in 2005 at San Diego. What a dreadful tour of duty that must’ve been. The skipper’s berth was grim, and the crew’s quarters were dungeon-like. A far cry from German and US subs of WW2. Apparently the Russians don’t give rip about their crews.
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Wiki says 17 knots surfaced and 20 knots submerged. That compares with 17 knots surfaced and 9 knots submerged for US Baleo class WW2 subs. Kilo class subs have snorkels for underwater cruising.
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Remember vaulter Bob Richards from those Wheaties commercials? His Olympic record of 14 feet, 11.25 inches (4.55 meters) in 1956 seems so quaint now. Helluva athlete.
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1 hour ago, Ozark Huckleberry said:
1. baffles in the fuel tanks
2. IIRC, a full center tank shifted the COG aft a good bit, which was bad for maneuvering. So pilots burned fuel out of the center tank first (in transit to oparea), then fed off the drop tanks, wing tanks were used last.
That was my recollection about fuel burn procedure, but didn’t know about baffles. Thx!
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17 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said:
Which sells Uberti and which sells Pietta?
Clarification about Taylors: my cap guns are Pietta, my cartridge guns are Uberti.
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Cimarron sells Pietta. I believe Taylor’s sells both.
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I understand the weight savings, but I don’t understand how overall weight reduction improves changes to center of gravity if the tank remains in the same place. There’s still a lot of fuel sloshing around. It would need to be redistributed somehow to minimize changes in COG.
Not being a P-51 driver, I don’t have the answer. Perhaps someone can provide the detail?
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Development of the fiberglass pole around 1960 allowed vaulters to take advantage of its flexibility to spring them over the top. Like the Fosbury Flop in the high jump, it was revolutionary.
In time, techniques by the vaulters kept increasing record heights. These days, the combination of new materials and athletic training & technique results in amazing performances.
The first time I saw it in person was at the Kansas Relays in 1972. I was stunned. Woe to the vaulter when that pole snaps in two. 😱
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Vaulters have been doing that for decades.
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I learn something new every day!
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Some of us lack the ability to refrain from hitting “send” when replying. At least we have an edit feature to reply with “delete” or “never mind”. 😁
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Note the subhead states it’s a nuclear powered sub, but the text says it’s diesel-electric. Seems the Mirror (and other media sources) should get their people on the same page. Several others have called it a nuclear sub as well.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russian-nuclear-submarine-surfaces-near-35986816.amp
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Not only is it overkill for our game, it’s really hard on the ears of those around you, even with hearing protection. Many of us struggle with damaged hearing already, so if you’re must shoot artillery loads, be courteous and warn the posse - especially the TO and spotters - ahead of time.
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I’m thinking this may be less about a future means of confiscation than a future means of taxation like the “fees” we pay for cars and other property. Imagine an annual fee for each gun you own in order for you keep it. That’s a lot revenue.
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3 hours ago, Alpo said:
Any idea what she is?
I assumed she was a battleship, from the comment about "the most powerful in fleet", and because it says she's a museum. But none of the battleships were number 21. The current number 21 doesn't look anything at all like that.
If it's not a carrier or a submarine or a PT boat I can't identify it just by looking. It's like modern cars - they pretty much all look alike to me.
So what is she?
Almost certain that’s the USS Iowa - BB 61 - and somebody has messed with the hull number for the photo. Why, I don’t know.
No other US ship(s) has the lines of an Iowa class battleship.
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8 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
I always used LRN that would 9mm bullets in my .357s
My 9mm rounds are always jacketed because my only 9mm gun is a Glock I use for EDC.
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1 minute ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:
Wake Of the Red Witch... got et by a giant octopus.
EXCELLENT, Hardpan!
As I recall, that was the main difference between that movie and “Reap the Wild Wind”.
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I’d love to see how TV forensics would ID a hollow point plucked from the victim. Hollywood bullets are always so pristine.
I haven’t watched a TV cop show all the way through since the 70’s. Has that situation ever come up on these shows?
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6 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:
It's yesterday at Buckshot Bears place!
I thought it’s tomorrow.
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Svenghoulie Saturday.
in SASS Wire Saloon
Posted · Edited by Abilene Slim SASS 81783
She freaked me out as an adult when I first saw it well over 50 years ago. I’m still unwilling to watch it a second time.