Warhorses Are Single Use
Interesting vid:Essentially all that training that makes a warhorse is undone by the first time it gets hurt during the battle.If I use this, there's going to be some pissed players.A saddle horse is...
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Photo Test
The work around works well!Huzzah!Dunno why the normal way of doing it broke, but the html for the work around, when you look at it, is MUCH simpler code.
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Pic Code
The code that the "Insert Image by URL" button generates is:Click to embiggen.That gives this result: If I just copy-paste the image I right clicked and "copy image" it gives this code: And this...
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Mayday Mayday Mayday
It's May first, or May Day! So in opposition to my socialist brothers and sisters, I'm being whimsical!M16, XM16E1, M16A1, M16A2, M16A4. Semi-auto clones, of course...Princess Luna, Princess Celestia,...
View ArticleWaste Of My Time
Drove the hour down to Bay Pines Hospital CW Bill Young Medical Center thinking I was going to be getting tested for my apparent nerve problem.NOPE!It was a consult with a neuro doctor to discuss...
View ArticleCan't Spell Barbie Without AR
I moved the M5 RAS over to Dottie because it looks cool and Valentine will be rocking the Brownell's A2 handguards that came with the barrel.Pics will get added tomorrow.If I need a War On Terror A4...
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You Might Be A Fighter Pilot...
But I'm a draftsman who converted LOTS of ordnance to GURPS for Twilight: 2000.The controversy at hand is a claim that the PGU-28A/B 20mm SAPHEI (semi-armor piercing high-explosive incendiary) is as...
View ArticleSame Difference
In AD&D Devils and Demons are different.Interestingly, demon is derived from daemon which is just Greek for devil.
View ArticleI Don't Believe That's What They Had In Mind
I am morbidly fascinated by watching both the hyper-liberals and the libertarians citing the Constitution in such a way as to make it a suicide pact.I don't think the founders intended it to be a...
View ArticleExplain It To Me
How is it that a district judge can make a national ruling, but a circuit decision is limited to the circuit?I thought that any decision was supposed to be limited to the jurisdiction the judge was...
View ArticleIt's The Sights
Dissy Dottie ends up 1.5 oz. heavier than Valentine with the same handguards3.7 oz. are from Dissy Dottie having a big block of aluminum UTG fixed rear sight and Valentine has the much more svelte...
View ArticleA 13.3 Pound Gun That Offers No Advantage Over An 11 Pound FAL Is A Bad Plan?
Who knew?The FAL isn't suppressed and doesn't have optics, but the XM157 has a failure rate high enough that you're using the irons as a matter of course anyway...I, for one, am shocked, SHOCKED, to...
View ArticleBreaking Willing Suspension Of Disbelief
When wondering if Knight's Armament Corporation had survived the 1997 nuclear war, I looked up where in Florida had taken hits.MacDill AFB took a 1 megaton hit.Crystal River took nothing.That's...
View ArticleSome Good News
One good piece of news from the docs.I've lost 10 pounds since the last time they weighed me.Not really sure how, but I will take it.
View ArticleSpeaking Of Weight
Changing from A2 handguards and an aluminum USGI magazine to the M5 RAS and a gen 3 PMAG adds 13.2 ounces to an M16A4.That's a bit of an abbreviation.That's an M5 RAS, 2x 5-rib panels, 1x 11-rib panel,...
View ArticleI Thought The L Stood For Light
There's some rumors that the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) will be cancelled.I had not been paying much attention, so I looked it up.First there's the eye-watering price. $370 to $399 thousand...
View ArticleDrip Drip Drip
The drain valve on the water heater had a very slow drip. Like a drop on top of the dryer every week kind of leak.Like all leaks, they don't get better over time.Like most people, I put off doing...
View ArticleHow Many Years Is It Now?
When did the 82nd turn in their last M551A1(TTS) Sheridan?1997.How many attempts have there been to replace it?At least two versions of the LAV-25 with a 105mm gun.The Ares light tank beloved by...
View ArticleDue Process
Isn't it amazing that the Dems care about due process for illegal aliens but don't care about due process when it comes to gun owners.I'm sure I'm not the only one who noticed how the language changed...
View ArticleSetting Yourself Up
If you mention some things without giving context, you open yourself up to obvious replies.If you mention your dishwasher died, expect people to ask if you're going to remarry.If you mention your...
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M60A5
I already made stats for the M48 getting its turret replaced with the Teledyne low profile turret for my GURPS: Twilight 2000 conversion.There was a planned M60 version too! Shaves 8.1 tons off the...
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Sixteen Pounds All Up
An XM7, loaded with 20 rounds with suppressor and XM157 optic is 16.1 lb.3.8 kg for the bare rifle. 8.38 lb.0.64 kg for the loaded magazine. 1.41 lb.0.66 kg for the suppressor. 1.46 lb.2.2 kg for...
View ArticleAt The Vet
Mist is at the vet to be spayed.She was less than thrilled by being put in the carrier.
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Conical Kitty
Mist is back from the vet!She's pooped, eaten and drank. She's trying to groom, but is being impeded by the cone.She's not letting the cone get in her way, but...She hates the cone. HATES. THE....
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