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Bobby_Batronic

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  1. You can always buzz it and decide if you look ok with the bald look or not. Not everyone is sex symbol material sans hair. I noticed that my hair was really thinning and the pharmacist spouse figured out that something in the multivitamins I was taking was blocking something to the hair follicle. Quit taking it and the density came back.
  2. Looks like the product of an F-35 and YF-23 having too good of a time after the company mixer.
  3. I refuse to believe that there are two coaches of the same name in the entirety of college football. Thanks, made a bad assumption.
  4. Four mismatched aides surrounding an uncentered field.
  5. West Coast with more than a smattering of shotgun for 3rd and long which we were in quite a bit. The dreaded QB waggle was our gotcha play, and dear Shawn assured us that in just three years time our WR’s would be able to run the routes precisely. I’ll still never forget tuning into a Louisville game to watch that Teddy Bridgwater phenom play only wonder what kind of hot garbage offense he was in. Then I found out who the OC was. Or that time Swoopes completed a long pass to win the game in the final seconds against ISU, and Watson lost his shit in the press box because it was the wrong read or something. In that vein of thought I learned through media days that TCU hired Tim Beck to be their OC. I both acknowledge that he’s a pretty good dude, and that I feel much better about our defense giving them a smooth futtbucking when we meet.
  6. Storing liquid hydrogen is pretty much a no go for flying because of the extensive insulation and whatnot required to keep it liquid.
  7. The question is whether the battery tech is evolving slowly enough to justify building intermediate step airframes that will last 20-30 years.
  8. It’s a much smaller turbine that isn’t required to move large fan blades. Like a trolling motor versus a big outboard.
  9. He also mentioned sprinkling magic fairy dust with both the ESPN crew and during the presser. Flashbacks to Herman deer in headlights post game after his opening loss to Maryland. F it. He at least seems human and likable when he speaks.
  10. I wasn’t thinking direct placement into modes of transportation, but more the magical unicorn farts needed to recharge said electric vehicles in a clean manner with small, perhaps city centric plants. Just spitballing, but its not unimaginable.
  11. The point would be reduction in emissions. One smaller power plant creating electricity for two ducted fans versus two turbines. Its not a one to one example, but an A321 burns 15 gallons a minute at cruise. Or 900 gallons an hour. It’s APU with bleed and electric load on it burns about 45 gallons an hour. So yeah, a significant reduction in emissions is available. It would be an intermediate step and a significant decrease in emissions even if such a power plant had to burn 200 gallons an hour to either recharge the batteries or power the electric fans directly. Airbus is currently working on both regenerative braking and electric motors on the main wheels to allow the plane to taxi with APU power alone versus 1 to 2 engines. Impractical for a short taxi, but probably invaluable at places like LGA or with significant off gate weather holds.
  12. Lost in all this craze is the fact that new geared turbofan models of the 737 and 320 burn a gallon a minute less fuel than their predecessors. I would think the logical intermediate step between them and electric planes would be something like having an APU provide power to two electric motors with battery back up like a diesel electric locomotive. Or have the apu top off the batteries as needed. They're obviously still a few leaps in technology away from practical emission free travel. BTW, the navy did patent small fusion reactors recently. That would be a start if it ever reached fruition and battery and other electric tech took another step forward with stuff like graphene etc..
  13. Scroll up and show the new NEZ scoreboard going in if you’re actually on site.
  14. Username checks out.
  15. The Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies were quite good. Have reread both several times. I’ve tried some of Abnett’s other stuff and didn’t like it as much. I’ve read both Pariah and Penitent from his new Bequin trilogy. They seem to be taking a long time setting up what could be a dramatic finale. Depends where he wants to go with it. Eisenhorn, corrupted as ever, remerges to fight against Ravenor as an Elizabeth Bequin clone created by the congnitae locates one one of the lost primarchs. Cherubael, the traitor legions and most of the original characters are there too though the first two books have a more whodunnit type of feel with nice reveals at the end.
  16. Sell. It’ll probably happen 3-4 times No one plays 80’s SEC offense anymore. B/S: We have any single receiver with 800+ yards and 10 TD’s this year.
  17. Worse. It’s misspelled, uncentered and lacks the proper pluralization. This shit will get out of control and we’ll be lucky to live through it.
  18. Thanks. May FCB finally be right.
  19. I thought it was going to be a throwback to the mid to early 90’s field logo, and I liked it. I don’t hate the shadowed Texas shape, but it seems more at home in Conference USA or something. Either way it should be relatively short lived.
  20. Everyone is sweating the logo and no one has noticed that the endzone lettering is placed caddywampussed inside the five yard lines, and are gibberish? Great googly moogly.
  21. Pretty sure they’re second only in size to our nuclear carriers. They’re about 80 feet shorter, and displace 60-70,000 tons. That might qualify as pathetic for a cruise ship in the Caribbean, but as warships go it’s a really big MFer. They’re not rolling around in the Ark Royal anymore. I saw one in NYC Harbor some time ago and thought it was one ours until I saw the second island.
  22. Black lighting too?
  23. The Bonnie Dick was a problem in port during heavy maintenance with contractors aboard, much of the crew off, and some of the fire suppression systems shut down. The Admiral Kantkeeptheenginesrunning is literally followed around by a dedicated tug boat for when it invariably breaks down.
  24. You mean they boys and girls buying old Russian carriers to use and copy for their own?
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