There are some white dots on a black background that look better than others:

" tends to side with them over disputes about excessive noise, smells, and other nuisances."

For those of us who lived through it the first time, it is not an era I ever thought we would return to. I remember arguments at "cocktail parties" in the 60s, at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis, between a friend of the parents who had a Fallout Shelter and those neighbors who did not.

You know, it is occasionally necessary to see inside.

Not really. You start out carrying everything you THINK you might need, then after the shoulder ache, you begin to distill it down to a collection of just the tools you need. Quite an interesting process.

I've honestly tried to use various sizes of the Cocoon, and find it to be too bulky to be truly useful. I have a Waterfield 6x0 Pouch that is durable, and holds pretty much what a small Cocoon does.

Most Computer users, regardless of OS, are incredibly stupid about backups. I know a photographer who kept years of work on a portable HD, only to loose it while on vacation. It was her ONLY BACKUP. Not even on local drives.

1) USN SSGN. Think Hunt for Red October and the Soviet Oscar class.

Didn't they already try this with the Maybach? Or whatever that bloated limo was called?

First off, a 27 min average one way commute in California is, well farcical. Secondly, you're just jealous 'cause I'm zippin down the HOV lane on the 57 Fwy while you're stuck goin nowhere fast in your gaz guzzler. Ha Ha.

Yes Jay, that's where you drive a Main Battle Tank from.

The last stop on the Crenshaw line is Aviation Blvd and La Cienega, which is a 2 miles away from terminals at LAX. So you have to transfer to a bus, then go to LAX? Ever been to London Heathrow or Paris DeGaule where rapid transit actually goes to the terminals and all you need is an escaltor or elevator to get to…

The travesty of the LAX modernization is that there is a light rail line a few miles away and THERE ARE NO PLANS TO EXTEND IT INTO THE AIRPORT PROPER SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DRIVE AN AUTOMOBILE TO GET THERE.

Soviet Ekranoplan?

Which is why, of course, you decided to peruse Aeronautical Engineering, yes?

Not in California, the CHP is now using SUVs

This is interesting, because in Los Angeles, I would like a horn so loud it can blow paint off of a car.

Lamborghini owners drive like cocks, and have no respect for the absolute power under their right foot.

As big and Tron like as it seems, the objective reality is that heavy armor is the Dinosaur of the modern battlefield. Large, set piece battles pitting heavy armor forces against each other have no relevancy with today's asymmetric, light force warfare. Tanks are so much a part of the last war, and represent the rut…

Windows Key - M minimizes everything back to the desktop.