Ray Of Hope!
Looks like them prayers work!Sisinlaw Says:Herk is off the ventilator now for almost 48 hours, just on regular oxygen and doing well! He is a terrible patient! Constantly trying to get out of the bed...
View ArticleControl
What do the flight controls in a Traveller ship consist of?For most things, it's a keyboard. Let the computer and the autopilot do it because it's long and boring.The game rules in OG LBB and G:T...
View ArticleApples Oranges Watermelons
The "why don't we dump 5.56 and replace it with 6.8" debate is raging (again) at Arfcom.I have a whole diatribe about why we should and why we don't (and shouldn't) make such a change.I might even post...
View ArticleRemiss
I've been remiss about reporting it...The Boy has been doing great at school!Something he would not have been able to do without you guy's generous support!Without July he would not have been eligible...
View ArticleSix Eight Debate
6.8x43mm SPC was developed by a group of SF soldiers to fill a need they perceived they had.It failed in this limited role because the firearms industry made a couple of errors. That's a debate for a...
View ArticleSAW 6.8
Not torture porn!Where 6.8 might really shine is in the LMG role.Here many of its down sides against 5.56 are upsides against 7.62.And the Army really needs a new SAW. The M249 is just not very good....
View ArticleLookie What I Can Do
I get "The Movie Channel" with my Dish subscription.This month they've got "Brokeback Mountain" featured.I've discovered an interesting feature on my TV that people who write letters about the filth on...
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Hey!
I just realized something.Tabitha is chambered in 6.8. She's one of the Brony lower guns. 6.8 delivers more energy down range. How much more?Let's just say, it's 20% more awesome!
View ArticleMade Up Stuff
There was once a time when Scots were treated as if they were Irish. Americans couldn't tell the difference.No matter how many fights they got into over the differences; people still treated them like...
View ArticleDisparity
7.62x51mm NATO.Because when empty a ten pound maul trumps a six pound frangible club.
View ArticleImproved Brother
Sisinlaw SaysHerk did good today wore his voice box attachment to his trach for a while and is breathing well with it on. Still wants to get up and go, he mouthed "I want to go home",awww! He is...
View ArticleYeah About That
I just realized my stated aversion to Brokeback Mountain might be taken as homophobic.Not the reason at all.I've not seen anything from Ang Lee that I've liked so far. So I'm not going out of my way...
View ArticleI Should Quit
I'm not doing a good job of expressing my thoughts and practice is not making perfect.If you disagree you aren't seeing what I want to say in my head. It is far better than what I am saying.It's like...
View ArticleProud To Be Scottish
It's SHITE being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English....
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One Thousand Nine Hundred Eleven
This is the 1911th post since I moved over from LiveJournal.Pretty spiffy, no?
View ArticleEscape From ICU
Yesterday Herk was "medically" cleared for rehab. Today he was evaluated by rehab and will be recommended to go over sometime next week! Moved his legs, stuck out his tongue, said "hi", he laid on the...
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Reality Check FTMFW
Sabrina is a semi-auto short barrel rifle clone of an XM177E2 submachine gun.I originally became interested in the XM177E2 because of GURPS: SEAL's in Vietnam.The weight listed for the XM177E2 in the...
View ArticlePublic Apology
I formally and publicly apologize to Roberta X for spewing nonsense on the comments to her blog.What I did said say is not what I intended to say, but I hit send anyways.It was stupid of me to do so...
View ArticleRestating
Some things need to be reposted periodically.“If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed, if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you...
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