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  1. 42 minutes ago, Bravo said:

    Yep, I am a troll. BTW Those kids are built different from us. My boy made it through fresh 1st semester. 25% dropped out. They thought they had it. Kids coming out of VMI will be amazing people. Y'all have no clue what my boy went through. The libs will make fun of them though. They're all Trump kids. Like All of them. 

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    Helluva an experience those kids go through on the rat line. Know several guys who graduated from there over the years.

  2. 5 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

    Every time I watch the baseball ending scene with Winters' narration and then the final real life interviews with the "were you a hero during the war?" line, I'm a goddamned blubbering mess.  I'm pretty sure no other film/TV series has ever affected me like BoB.  

    David Mc Culloughs 1776 . The story of the war for independence as followed thru Washington’s army, and men. 

    He writes about the last dinner, a celebration between Washington, and his key officers after winning the war, and before heading off to their own lives post war. In many cases these men never saw one another again.

    I had the same lump in my throat feeling about that final chapter, and the band of brothers baseball scene.

    Men who shared a desperate life, and death struggle together over several years, and come out the other end victorious, and alive.

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  3. 4 minutes ago, dad said:

    Hey guys, is anyone qualified to give an opinion on a possible modification of one side of my attic to open up some room so I can actually store some shit in there? I'm thinking I could cut the existing trusses as shown only on the right side and then install vertical ones in place. Then also add some smaller ones up top as seen in the top left. I wouldn't touch the left side and I would leave the vertical center pieces in place. Would this cause any issues? I'm not going to do it if it will make it weaker or subject to imbalanced loads that could cause premature cracking in the garage walls or worse.

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    You need an engineer. I’ve never seen anyone modify trusses. Not that it can’t be done but….

    They’re designed for specific locations, and if you modify load paths you have to account for the new load path down thru your house to the foundation.

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  4. 11 minutes ago, utee94 said:

    Real question because I don't know and haven't ever followed it closely-- how likely is it that Ukraine would be admitted to NATO?

    The NATO charter states potential members can't be added if there is an ongoing conflict within its borders. Russia can keep tensions running high with all kinds off little border incursions to keep that from happening.

    I'd imagine a lot of Euros don't want Ukraine as much as the US would like it probably.

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  5. 8 minutes ago, FartingMonk said:

    I'm much more versed on Taiwan than Ukraine.  Taiwan manufactures something like 60 percent of the chips that are so critical right now.  They would draw in a lot of other countries.  But I think policy makers are outright against attacking the Chinese mainland.  Hainan island is super interesting place.  It's going to be to wipe out Chinese naval assets in the first week otherwise Taiwan goes down.  The South Koreans may not be able to play a role.  The Norks will probably be able to sabotage a lot of their infrastructure.  They have a lot of sleepers there.

    WWIII.....

  6. 5 minutes ago, Hefeweizen said:

    So let’s wargame this a little bit.  Full scale invasion is going to overwhelm Ukrainian forces but due to the size of the country and population it’s going to take a solid month.  What does US/NATO do in that month?  Sanctions are a given but expected and won’t bite right away anyway.  
     

    After a month a new government isn’t going to be stable so is there a protectorate with Russian forces stationed at Poland’s border?  I don’t see that as a stable situation…

     

    And if this happens, does China say fuck it, we’re going in to Taiwan given the lack of fucks given?

     

    I am not sure either China or Russia think the “Allies” have the stomach for conflict right now.

    Is Taiwan the same as the Ukraine situation ?  Seems like we value them a shit load more than Ukraine.

  7. 3 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

    Remember back when Led Stroud was doing his survivor stuff, the ONLY animal that got him spun up were Moose.  Said in the rut they will charge and murder you.  This includes him being stalked by a Jaguar in the Amazon, lions in Africa, and bears in the mountains.  None got him as scared as being in thick brush and hearing a moose charging in.  

    Those fuckers are huuuuge. 

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  8. 1 hour ago, FartingMonk said:

    No way man.  Her representing China while the Olympics are in Beijing is more important than anything else.  After this it isn't going to matter as much.  Her getting 50 million now and maybe another 100+ in the next 4 years while maintaining her American citizenship is a no brainer if you ask me.  Her mom is a Stanford MBA and a private investor.  They know what they are doing.

     

     

    Yeah, that's blood money. She makes plenty of money thru other revenue streams without having to sell her soul.

    I think a lot less of her than I did, not that she or anyone else cares.

  9. 57 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

    Can we talk straps?  Specifically looking at non-metal options for my Seamaster?  Kind of lukewarm on NATO straps?  Anyone know of or used ARTEM or others like them (sailcloth)?

    Maybe like this?  But in blue or gray?

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    Never liked the NATO straps.  Rubber is a good choice because it's sweat impervious.

  10. 12 minutes ago, texasdago said:

    I was referring to the base.  A-Basin is 1,000 feet higher but damn Breck is for sure high for such a big mountain.  What's funny is one of my favorite resorts in Europe is a place called Obergurgl... base elevation is 1,930 Meters or about 6,300 feet.  In the Alps that's considered high because the weather is just a different story there... it has a nice vertical of 4,200 feet with most of it above treeline.  You can go to places like Les Grands Montets where the base is relatively low at 1,252 meters (about 4,100 feet) but that mountain from the top of the second cable car (one they finish rebuilding it) is F'ing 6,600 vertical feet.  It will make you cry its so beautiful... and the crazy part is all of that amazing mountain and its glaciers is essentially lower than A-Basin's base.  

    Oh yeah, I got that. I'm embarrassed I haven't hit A Basin yet, going back in March so I want to hit it for a day then

  11. 22 hours ago, texasdago said:

    I think that list shows the peak of each resort.  A-Basin is at 10,780 so, yeah, it generally gets good snow and holds it.  I've skied it at the end of May with a glorious base.  Monarch is just as high and Wolf Creek is in the 10K+ range.  Ski Santa Fe has a really high base but their snow sucks.

    Yeah the highest peak at Breck is above that (with a boot pack above that if you want), and is often wind swept, and closed because of that a lot.

  12. 22 minutes ago, Bravo said:

    Aren't they the same?

    Nope, crack is a by product of coca leaves (think super high octane coke), and meth is a manmade, synthesized drug.  He's trying to play games, they're both equal opportunity drugs regardless of race.

  13. 1 hour ago, Sgt Hulk said:

    This thread is epic. You and your wife must love each other. I think I’d feed mine to whatever animal is out there after a week 

    Not if she gets you first ….

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  14. 13 minutes ago, Parliament said:

    Just watched a Chinese woman bite it hard on the snowbaord halfpipe.  Literally.  She hit the edge corner with her face.  Sucks for her.  Parents and siblings are off to the Gulag.  Also she has a concussion.

    She won’t have it long. Death ends the  pain .

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