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Ag with kids

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  1. We better not find out the 738 ALSO had an MCAS on it...
  2. Actually, I was there at the WSMR SMR for the initial testing. This was in mid '94 to late '95. The missile FUCKED UP the tanks we fired at (once we got the issues worked out). Anyone in the tank died a quick death though. First thing was an overpressure of about (large number) atmospheres. Soooo...you basically got crushed to death in a few milliseconds. So, you didn't have to suffer from the next thing, which was the high temps that came from that and would have incinerated you. And, hopefully, not much of your BBQed body got sucked out the exit hole when the pressure dropped. NASTY shit.
  3. Well, I don't think the journos actually know shit about them and they yada yada yada like they think they do. Hypersonic just means they fly at a velocity of at least Mach 5...but it sure SOUNDS scary. Yeah, hypersonic NON-ballistic missiles exist...and we've had those also since the 70s. I worked on one in the mid 90s that was designed for anti-tank purposes. If you think the damage from the Javelins looks bad, I give you the "hypersonic" LOSAT:
  4. This is the most badass one they made. You even had to think in Russian to fly it!!!!
  5. Meh...hypersonic is an overused term by journos... Every single ICBM is hypersonic pretty much after boost phase...we have ABMs to handle those and have had them since the 60s. The PAC-3 was downselected in 1993 and went into service not long after that. It can take down "hypersonic" missiles easily. I left that world mid-90s so I know the badass tech we had then is probably dwarfed by what we have now.
  6. The fact they're having to pull them out in Ukraine is crazy. This is a proxy war and our proxy is doing WAY better than anyone expected.
  7. Oh...and an AMEX Business Platinum deal. If you know about AMEX, their deal is that you can only get a bonus once in your lifetime for any card. However, apparently, several offers have come out recently without that language. I saw I had one in my account: 150K pts for $15K spend/3 mo plus 10K pts if a AU spends $1K in the first 3 mo. So, 160K pts for $16K spend. And, since the AMEX MR pts are supposedly worth $0.02/each, that's $3200 worth of points for the $695 annual fee (also has the $200 travel credit to offset that cost). Now...I currently have the AMEX Bus Plat. But, after reading some stuff, it appears you CAN get the bonus. So, I applied and was approved immediately. I now have TWO AMEX Bus Plat cards. I'll cancel one after the first year but still have all those points. Luckily, I've got some business expenses coming up that needed to be taken care of, so I should easily hit that $16K spend...
  8. The FAs on my SWA flight yesterday were AGAINST masks. FA starts with the normal speech: "Masks mandate still in place. I know, everyone is tired of these things...ESPECIALLY us since we have to wear them 8-10 hrs a day, but we have to do it". Kind of surprised me. Pilot even made smart ass comment about them, too. Luckily it was a short flight from Corpus to Hobby. The FAs never got up during the flight so I had mine down on my chin the whole flight.
  9. I posted this earlier, but... There should be TWO categories... OPEN: ANYONE can compete here. X, XX, XXY, XY, XYY, XXXY doesn't matter. WOMEN: ONLY XY can compete here. Everything other than XX and XY are basically biological aberrations (which is why they're so rare). I'm not denigrating them, just pointing that out.
  10. Your username "sort of" checks out...
  11. My Dad just sent me the news...SHIT! That place opened the same year my Dad moved back to SA as a kid - he literally grew up 3 blocks from there off Santa Barbara. It was our go to place when I visit him.
  12. Is that a body flying in towards the end of that tank video????
  13. I was born in Japan. Apparently, the earthquakes there freaked my mom out so she made us move...
  14. And...wouldn't an attack that harmed/killed any of them be considered an act of war against a NATO country triggering Art. 5?
  15. I'm not a morning person and all my kids are grown so I don't care if it's dark in the morning. And I don't care if it inconveniences anyone else. My opinion is that it's better to have more daylight later in the day and my opinion is the only correct one.
  16. Only godless heathens support the DH!!! Are you a godless heathen? Well, are you????
  17. I've even seen the text of the bill and they didn't hide any BS in it, like $17.3 billion to study the migratory habits of pygmy hunters in the Australian Outback or some dumb crap like that...
  18. The executive director at the research center I work at was a former Army Colonel. Anytime ANYONE suggests cannibalization of any of our equipment to make something work he gives them a stare that could melt steel... He does NOT like his logistics messed with.
  19. I think we lost only 1...Maj Gen Greene...
  20. I think it was Mark White that it happened under...I'm pretty sure the jump was in 1986 - my freshman year. Still...I look back and think about how fucking cheap tuition was and shake my head.
  21. Is someone reading the Adolph Hitler Military Field Manual or something?
  22. Is it really a yacht if it doesn't have a 70 ft sailboat and a 70 ft powerboat on it as skiffs?
  23. I thought that was the case, too. I'm a fan of the Azores. My folks met there. My Dad and I went about 7 years ago and it was an amazing trip. It's such a beautiful place.
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