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Charlie Harley, #14153

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  1. Yup. Latest generation of equipment to gently lower troops to the ground. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-11_parachute
  2. It was an impressive feat of engineering and construction to build it the first time. I can’t imagine removal, disassembly, moving, and rebuilding.
  3. Graeter’s Ice Cream in Cincinnati has some of the best donuts in the world. Their dunking stick is about the best piece of sugar coated fried dough ever created. https://www.graeters.com/media/pdf/0920_Graeters_Bakery_Guide.pdf
  4. Does anyone have experience with photo enhancing? This is the technology which can take an old photo that's slightly blurry and bring out more details? I have an old picture of my dad parachuting out of an SA-16. I'm trying to reach the tail number but the only thing I can see is a gray blog where the number should be. I'd love to get a high enough resolution to bring out the number. I appreciate any guidance or insight y'all might be able to offer.
  5. Watching them as they come out. Time well spent so far.
  6. I was shocked at how loud they were when going through mortar quals. I was expecting “poop” like in the movies. The sergeant explained that the “poop” sound came from the microphone’s inability to capture loud noises. “Clamping” is the technical term.
  7. Tennessee has a number of car factories and li’l ol’ Maryville just saw S&W open their new headquarters and factory in 2023.
  8. Which “predictable profile” best fits your narrative? Loner white male connects with like minded individual/s and acts out a first person shooter video game? Muslim terrorist acts out their version of jihad in mid-America? Gang members of some non-white ethnicity? I’ll propose an idea…. How about we wait for evidence and facts before jumping to unsubstantiated “conclusions” or blathering with nothing but speculation, rumor, and bias to stand on?
  9. We wondered that too. At least the Thunderbirds didn’t have far to travel as they’re based at Nellis AFB in Vegas.
  10. Two-plus hours of the finest cinematography ever captured on film. Richard Gere’s greatest performance, even ahead of Pretty Woman with Julia Roberts. Debra Winger at her best. Louis Gosett Jr earning every ounce of pseudo-gold in his Best Supporting Oscar. Just sayin’. Y’all have a good night.
  11. Legitimate question. I used to work at a pretty sophisticated research lab and always wondered who made the first micrometer to verify accuracy of all the other micrometers? Who made the first 500 gram mass with which we calibrated scales to measure the weight of other 500ish gram masses? Turns out it’s a group called the National Institute of Standards and Technology. As to the “Who made the first file?” question, I’m comfortable with the flat rock answer. Old tools have always fascinated me, especially the skills to really use them.
  12. She single handedly emasculated Billy Joel and ruined his music. Piano Man vs Uptown Girl. No comparison. I did a lot of backstage theater work in college. Met a lot of “stars”. Except for one individual they were all very down to earth and friendly. Nice folks who just happen to make their living in a high profile fashion.
  13. I’ll toast him with a whiskey tonight. He gave voice to a lot of us.
  14. What would be considered “normal” for a modern revolver of quality manufacture? I had the feeler gauges out looking at some Smith & Wessons this weekend. Two recent J-frames came in at about .002” as well as a 1983 L-frame 686. But then a tried a 1960s N-frame Highway Patrolman and it was at .009”. They all shoot great so there’s not an issue there. The two J-frames are going to get tested over a chronograph this weekend. One had been magnaported. One has the original barrel. Luckily their BCGs were near identical.
  15. There must be some discontinuities somewhere, assuming I’m half remembering the books correctly. Bob Lee was “Bob the Nailer” a Marine from Vietnam, a loner who occasionally has to apply his unique skills. Earl was his dad who was a cop in Hot Springs, Arkansas during Prohibition. I’ll have to read this one for more detail.
  16. Mark Twain was the first writer to use American dialects in his work. “More honest” is correct by modern standards, and probably by educated standards in his day. But “honester” has a simple folksy roll that reflects a dialect of that era. It’s completely in sync with his style.
  17. I’m not a Twain scholar but a huge fan of the man and his work. Many people smarter than me say that Mr Lewis was the inspiration for the character Jim in Huckleberry Finn.
  18. I think your original idea of a shim at the front of the cylinder would work. Cut it from a feeler gauge and see what happens. This isn’t a gun deserving of too much overthinking.
  19. “There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.”
  20. I would say a woman needs a curved belt if she wants to be comfortable for a day’s shooting. But men are not cylindrical through the hips either. Glutes, hip bones, and beer guts all ad to our “topography”. The good news is that most people don’t need a custom curve in their gun belt. Simply go to a vendor, try a few on, and buy which one feels best to you.
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