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SurlyGator

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  1. From "what you read." Sure.
  2. I'm still trying to wrap my brain around Iceman is Slorch, Slorch is Iceman. Sorry for your loss, brother!
  3. This is the kind of wisdom I have grown to expect from Surly. Spot on.
  4. Trauma response in BFE on the gun forum not going away...
  5. Now this thread is back on track.
  6. The high thread is that way ----> Just kidding, I can kinda see it, and I'm not high. Just one generous pour of brown water in.
  7. So true. There's a reason gymnastics has a higher injury rate than football.
  8. In @Brisketexan's defense, this thread is for mash-ups made from what is available when supplies are scarce. You know that bread will be the last bread eaten in the house.
  9. I suggest you keep that little nugget to yourself in this instance...
  10. It's definitely on the way.
  11. SurlyGator

    Getting old sucks

    You could do worse. If confirmation is needed, just ask @NeverMarryAStripper
  12. Yeah, I'm going to have to call Bovine Scatology on the premise that the VW was parked right there DURING the fires and came out looking like that....
  13. Keeping your gastroenterologist happy, I see...
  14. Reading comprehension: Part Two - How does it work?
  15. Not serious enough for thoughts yet?
  16. We got a Tour De Franzia fan up in here!
  17. Dammit cruser, quit AIDS-ing up the thread!
  18. Chip fights getting salty... I'll see myself out.
  19. Well, this sent me down a YouTube rabbit hole. The company whose pilot was interviewed for this clip (Dauntless Air) is based in Minnesota, but has three hangars with one of them being in Cleburn. That plane is part crop duster, part seaplane, part (water) bomber, and is the largest production single engine plane on the market. Those pilots make it look easy. It isn't.
  20. The analytical brain in me wonders how much trial and error went into finding the right size probe that would pull a sufficient amount of water quickly without jerking the nose down too hard towards the water. That's some serious science at work right there.
  21. I don't get the VLC Media Player reference, and something tells me I should be happy about that fact.
  22. I'm not a pilot, but it sounds more like a crap ton of pilot error. Even if they did lose both engines to bird strikes (a la Miracle on the Hudson), they were airborne more than twice the amount of time that Sully was, plus they did a go around teardrop which would be next to impossible with no thrust. Could the APU have been damaged and wouldn't start? Maybe, but with the redundancy built into airlines I would think that would be highly unlikely.
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