Just call a nine line brief for a fast-mover. A couple of 2000 pounders would do a number on that thing.

You'll shoot your prop out...

The last run, at 1+33, is the closest to what it actually sounds like on the ground. At 1+03, the buuuuurp sound is what a cannon sounds like inside the jet, except that inside is a little more muffled but you also feel the vibration, like hearing that sound being played by a big speaker that is sitting on the roof…

The modern 'teen-series jets (including my old Tomcat), which all use the M-61 cannon, have their cannons canted upward a bit to pull a little bit of lead on the target, which will, presumably, be pulling G, itself. Because of this upward cant, all of these jets can shoot themselves down by flying into the arc of…

My wife and I moved to Japan in 1994. Our first week there, went to dinner at the Korean Barbecue outside the front gate of NAF Atsugi (a US air base in a Tokyo suburb). I slathered my first bite of hibachi-grilled meat with a butter-pat-sized gob of wasabi, not knowing what it was (and, to be fair, my pat size was…

It's not my demands. You made an incredible statement. I asked that you provide a source. Your source is that you read it in one of two newspapers twenty years ago, you can't find it, and that if I want more evidence than your word on the Internet, I should do your research for you.

Gerunds are verbs that function as nouns when -ing is added (such as "I like swimming."), so saying "casing" is a proper variant of the correct term for the brass portion of a cartridge, the noun "case," is incorrect.

I may be welcome to find it, but that's not my duty; I'm not the one making the assertion. Given my knowledge of the Navy and submarines, especially those dating back to the early last century, I'll just conclude that an all female crew recommendation is extremely improbable in a published, double-blinded, peer…

Cite your source; this is a most unusual assertion and needs proper verification before being given any credibility.

You're close... Casings are for sausages; cases are for cartridges. Cheers!

It's sooo funny when you say racist things "satirically," because the satire makes the racist thing you've just said just disappear. Let me try. "Green-skinned Martians sure do like dem some of dat fried Moon rock." Wow, that was super funny, and couldn't offend anyone or be construed as racist because everybody…

I thought it was wrong to judge people for physical characteristics over which they have no control. Is it not, or are you a brazen hypocrite?

I lived for two years on a seagoing city with 5,000 residents. We even had our own airport. It ain't all it's cracked up to be...

I see the term "conventionally attractive" thrown about quite a bit. It seems redundant and a little snarky, to me. If one is conventionally attractive, then one is attractive in the way the word is commonly used. So, why not just say "attractive"? It feels like saying UA means, "If you like what most people like,…

This one is for the album cover: The Pointy Noses, Pos and Hold Live.

Really? You think the act of playing basketball, and nothing else, is what should determine the salary of the player? Because, it's mostly about the player's dominance (overall or, perhaps, in a specialty) at basketball, with a secondary consideration being his personality/popularity.

Agree with your thoughts. Wonder why "steward" and "waiter" could not properly be considered the gender-neutral terms, if "actor" and "writer" could be. "She is the flight's steward" or "Angie was my waiter" sounds fine to me. "Server" just leaves me cold, and "flight attendant" is sterile, too.

Yep. To generate the power and speed necessary to penetrate a defense, the attacker needs to know how to kick or punch, meaning using the whole body, like a golf swing. Just tossing one's fist, knee, or foot out there will likely result in a blocked or ineffectual strike, even against an amateur who is just winging…

Cold red center, charred outside: Charred Rare or Pittsburgh or Black and Blue

"Deck running" a current jet is entirely possible, given some combination of a light jet, a strong wind, and a fast boat, at least theoretically. I know of no US jet that has actually tried it on a conventional carrier. Russian jets do it with ski jumps.