I Don't Remember It Being This Complicated
My dad and I dropped a 350 into a '47 pick-up and it didn't seem as complicated as this to get the electrical system updated to 12v in 1984. We replaced the entire starter and alternator without...
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Daytona Spring Fling 2025
The Beast and the car formerly known as Biscayne SS.My buddy JT rode with me and we met with Adam. Adam is whom I sold the Biscayne SS to and from whom I bought The Beast. Attendance was, I am told,...
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Grecian Formula
This is an M1951 web gear compatible Greek M1 Garand ammo pouch.It is 2 lb. 11.5 oz. with four 8-round en bloc clips and 8.4 oz. empty.There are M1951 style grenade loop and retainers (as shown with my...
View ArticleThings You Can't Do Anymore
In 1984 or 1985 the motorcycle gang club my dad was a member of decided to do a winter road trip to Mexico.We started in Minneapolis.In WINTER.If you rode the whole way, you got a special patch!Since I...
View ArticleNot Suppressing Your 1st Amendment Right
I am not saying you cannot say that.I am not trying to forbid you from saying that.I am making fun of you for saying that.
View ArticleFB
I'm reading about how Boeing got the contract for the Air Force's F-47A.Most of the press is saying that it's Boeing's first "clean sheet" fighter design.That's not true.The FB was not developed from...
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Ooops!
This is just down the road from me!Plane flips after emergency landing. No injuries, they say.When I first saw the pics I thought it looked like a very survivable crash.
View ArticleFTL Speeds
In case I never calculated it before:Jump 1 is 170.1cJump 2 is 340.1cJump 3 is 510.2cJump 4 is 680.3cJump 5 is 860.3cJump 6 is 1,020.4cBy way of comparison...Larry Niven's Known Space quantum I...
View ArticleNow With Better Cameras
If you remember this post from a couple years ago...A different channel has revisited it.It goes without saying, do not stand in front of 75mm cannon unless you're Superman.
View ArticleFrom A Treatise
I was reading about dueling and found a translation from the Italian:"He runs his mouth as if he could hold a sword."That, is a burn.
View ArticleA Warning
While everyone focuses on the weaponry; the truly impressive and frightening thing about the US military is this:We can put a fully stocked, fully staffed, ready to begin sales, Burger King anywhere on...
View ArticleI Like Big GURPS And I Cannot Lie
I keep sticking my nose into RPG debates abotu which rule set is best.Being a passionate advocate for GURPS, it's the rule set that I think is best.I'm the first to admit that I haven't played a...
View ArticleWuhan Flu Redo
Back when COVID first started going around, me and The Boy (and Marv) all clearly had it.I never got vaccinated, I figure that catching and surviving a disease being the surest form of immunization I'd...
View ArticleContractual Obligation
There is, often, a deliberate disconnect between what marketing says and what the contract stipulates.If you signed the contract based on the marketing and didn't read the contract, that's on you.If...
View ArticleFair Winds Anjin-san
Richard Chamberlain has shuffled off the mortal coil at 90.I enjoyed his work in more than one instance.Most especially in the Shogun miniseries.
View ArticleCrunch
That crunching was not a bit of eggshell missed in the making of hard boiled eggs in the chicken salad.It was a point off the back of a molar.Happily, no pain!Sadly, the dentist doesn't open until...
View ArticleNo Dentist For You!
I am sure glad my cracked tooth doesn't hurt because I cannot see my dentist.They can get me in today, but the fucking insurance that The Lovely Harvey pays for every paycheck apparently doesn't show...
View ArticleFor Fuck's Sake
The company we're insured through did not change.The member ID number did not change.The group ID number did not change.The persons covered by the policy did not change.So why did my dentist think the...
View ArticleYeah
Watching the last season of Cobra Kai and they discover a chest in Mr Miyagi's old house where they find he had a dark past.Um...I could have told them that from the first movie.Staff Sargent Miyagi is...
View ArticleSpeaking Of Itty Bitty Ribbons
The Clint Eastwood film "Heartbreak Ridge" has an interesting scene.When he first arrives at his new duty station Gunny Highway bumps into his future LT.LT Ring looks at his ribbons and gives a little...
View ArticleAsking The Important Questions
Should Northrop-Grumman win the F/A-XX bid...What cat name should be applied? I like Bobcat because the stealthy thing will almost certainly be tailless.
View ArticleCrowned
Got my tooth, temporarily, fixed.I needed a new crown on the bottom, aft-most molar on the starboard side.This tooth has been a bane for years.It was the first tooth I'd ever needed a filling in.The...
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