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Climb into a bomber while on the deck of a carrier in bad weather, knowing that your life depends on getting to the Chinese mainland, and that the odds of getting back to America are incalculably small. Better men than I.

Stardom/awards/big bucks did not always go to those who "deserved" them. Thanks for the laughs, Mr. Knight.

Those that died in the blast were not the only victims. A good friend was an ATF agent at the time, assigned to picking out bits of evidence from body parts. It affected him so deeply that he had to take an early medical retirement, and eventually became an elementary school teacher. The kind you wish your kid had in the classroom. I know it's unusual to sympathize with government employees, but most are pretty normal human beings. Thank goodness for the professionalism of the agents who constructed the case against Timothy McVeigh.

The rebels got spanked at Lexington and Concord, but got even as the British returned to Boston by adopting sneaky hit and run guerrilla tactics, picking them off as they marched in formation. Remember; if you're in a fair fight your tactics suck.

Lots of LEOs/ police agencies preferred .32 caliber handguns in the 1870s. European countries continued that preference into the early 20th century...look at all the 7.62/7.65 mm handguns made in Germany, France, Spain, England... A .357 Magnum case filled with blackpowder is actually a pussycat. I used thousands in SASS matches over the years. It's the smokeless powder that makes the difference.

I think a few minute's exposure to a space vacuum, perhaps with rotation to ensure uniform heating from the sun, would kill odor causing bacteria and mold spores better than a washing machine. Avoid burning stuff up unnecessarily. I used to work for P&G. I have no objection to them making a profit (a great, well managed business) just thinking of alternatives.

I bet the church smells wonderful for a while! 😁

Maybe a few folks would have loved the .357 Mag, but I suspect most would not have seen any need for the additional noise and recoil. The .38 Special Heavy Duty, created by S&W in 1930, and the ancestor of the (1935) Magnum, was created because bad guys were in steel capsules called cars. LEOs wanted a bullet that would pierce steel in the 1930s. No cars in 1874. So I suspect most LEOs would have continued to use less powerful cartridges. US Cavalry soldiers complained about the recoil of the original blackpowder .45 Colt, so much so that the lower powered .45 Schofield became the Army's standard ammunition. Hard to imagine they would embrace the snappy loud .357 either.

Thanks, that worked.

I tried but I can't remember my old password which is required to make a new password. Catch 22.

In the pipeline, 5 by 5... Farrell; Aliens (2) I read the book. Her name was Farrell not Ferro. Otto subtitles again.

Two seasons, 71 episodes. Scroll through the episode list on IMDB and see a lot of familiar faces! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050071/episodes/?season=1

Ticks are sufficient to forego turkey hunting where I live. Rattlers are for watching online, not sitting on. Copperheads are in the woods around here. Rarely lethal, but completely intimidating.

For me it's H, onions. My wife is allergic to onions. If she ate onions on a pizza, (never happen because she could see/smell them). I would be cleaning up puke and diarrhea for at least 24 hours. Otherwise, B; broccoli. Never seen broccoli on a pizza. You gotta be kidding.

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Geez, folks... varnishing a pair of headlights takes less than 5 minutes and less than $10, and lasts 1+ years. I'm satisfied. Do it your way if you want to.

As well as proving someone besides NASA can travel into space and back.

Well done, you made it usable again! Both of our cars are old enough that the headlight covers (lenses?) have become foggy and scratched. I found that "painting" the lenses (plastic covers) with a clear urethane varnish restores clarity. The varnish eventually wears off but can be refreshed, just like re-varnishing furniture. Something for those with clouded headlight covers to consider. Clean the surface to prep it like you would anything else to be varnished, and try a test spot. You might try varnishing that fuel gauge lens just for grins and getting your dad's ghost off your back by keeping it as a spare!

Rule 16 covers relief from abnormal conditions. It's long. https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/rules/rules-2019/players-edition/rule-16.html

It's very easy to confuse "s" and "f" on the phone. True and severely edited story: An elderly nearly deaf client asked me for another client's phone number. The second client's name had an "s" in it, which the deaf lady kept pronouncing as an "f". "No, no," I said. "S" like in Santa Claus!" Long pause. Then she said, "There's no F in Santa Claus." And if you say it fast, it takes on a whole new meaning.

Magic stumps can be found in rural places; put some money in the stump and come back a few hours later and the money has changed into a jar of shine! 😉

I never had a problem with knockdowns using #9 shot, and if you are shooting at clay birds (poppers) the extra pellets you get with smaller shot sizes can be an advantage, giving a hit on a marginal swing.

We traditionally have lasagna for Christmas dinner. We started the tradition. Didn't take any time at all. 😃

Keeping wolves and wolf crossbreeds poses a problem for veterinarians. To my knowledge ( at least as recently as 2002) no vaccine company has vaccines tested and approved for wolves or crossbreeds. If a veterinarian vaccinates one of these animals, he could be sued by the owner or the person who was bitten, or if the animal died from rabies, distemper. etc. Not a situation a veterinarian wants to be in. If you own a wolf or wolf crossbreed, recognize that you are putting your vet at risk if you request the usual services. Don't be surprised if he/she seems reluctant. As far as the science goes, I applaud experiments in resurrecting extinct species. If Jurassic Park became a reality, I'd go!!

I guess we can tell Shortcake, "Bob's your uncle!" 😀