Now that the elevation is dialed in and the azimuth is set, we take the lanyard and move off in a diagonal direction from the recoil path….

Burnt Sienna

Just going to drop this here, in the US military the Purple Heart is also called “the enemy marksmanship medal”. I have one from an IED that almost blew my hand off, luckily the shrapnel hit my metal watch band, tore it all to hell but it took the bulk of the impact, only ended up with six or seven stitches.

Honestly?, big fingers, small screen, amusing typo...success!

He’s everywhere

A thirty three day old account with double digit negative karma lecturing me about being “one of those kind of people”….well yes I am happily different from YOU.

Why not drinking helps in Russia

He’ll rule from the lower depths as well

Ah a person of hope I see

Actually the next Russian election is Sunday, 17 March, 2024. Don't a worry, he's already won.

For bravely attending every meeting when summoned by his master Putin AND taking a seat by an open window…

Nooo, noooo Mr Koons not here now.

There is an old story about a man who wanted a scenic suicide but wanted it to be painless. So he made a noose on a tree limb over a high cliff that was facing west into the setting Sun. He took a big dose of morphine to make sure he felt no pain. Put the noose around his neck and jumped off the cliff. To be even more sure, he took a pistol with him, just in case the rope didn’t break his neck and he was in danger of slow strangulation. Anyway the rope jerked, the force of the jerk caused the pistol to go off, he shot the rope in half fell into the ocean where he swallowed a lot of seawater and threw up the morphine and was washed up on the beach, scared but alive. Feeling confident he collected his thoughts and began to walk back to town, taking this as a message from the universe that he should stay alive. Singing to himself with new found vigor he walked into the path of a bus and died….the end

If only his parents had had the same thoughts all those years ago….

They are designed to prevent the light from a nuclear blast from
reaching your retina and essentially binding you instantly. Nuclear
bombers have curtains that can be dropped to block out all the ambient
light. These goggles are used during take-off, landing, and re-fueling
where you need to use your naked eye to judge distance. At other times
the curtains are lowered and you are essentially flying on instruments.

One of the few posts here that are really not open to serious criticism or critique. Number 7 is my favorite

1.). Who in their right mind would hire him as a consultant? For what? How to be a fraud?

2.). What island/Country would want to be associated with him? Bahamas still views him as a fugitive and anyone foolish enough to put their influencer reputation in his hands, deserves what they get.

But what would George Santos say?

Too much power but failed to use it, the definition of a blowhard coward

I have always maintained that all jobs are in actuality a series of 5 minute jobs. I break them down into these small units of time and it helps both with making progress and a mental perspective. My mother still refers to me as the "King of 5 minute jobs"

Would have been nice if the article had gone into any detail as to when the AFM threw in the towel…

The “never ending” cup of coffee…

“Come out to the coast. We’ll get together. Have a few laughs…”

This is America where you can sue over anything. The cost to the gun and florist shop to put up even a minimum defense is going to outweigh any “victory” as the time and cost will bankrupt them. G n’ R by zealously defending their marks will deter others. In China there is a saying “kill the chicken to scare the monkey”. Same principle

Well they have to defend their trademark, an argument could be made that there is little chance of confusion, but still this is not that unusual per se and let’s be honest, that name wasn’t chosen by chance. I am sure when they incorporated they were warned about this but now just think of the free publicity. They will change their name and the suit will be dropped.