So I remember reading years ago that field surveyors carried .45 caliber weapons for protection against bears. I was wondering if that option was there for field geologists? Seems to me, if I were doing that job, I’d want one with me just for a fighting chance.
Opinions, field folks?

I started university on a Geology-Physics course, but then switched to Electronics. I sometimes wonder what path my life would have taken if I’d stuck to the original plan. At least I’ve been air conditioned in the summer, heated in the winter, and have had no real encounters with bears or crazy-ass toe-in’s...

okay, that’s crazy sh*te

I’m not so sure. Yes, we could have committed to a manned launch much earlier, but we weren’t as willing to risk an astronaut’s life. As it was, our boosters were iffy when Sheppard finally was launched in Freedom 7; booster reliability was downright scary before that. The Soviets seemed happy with higher risks. I…

“until the United States sees a tactical advantage to establishing a permanent moon base, we’re not going to see one”

gocha. and what’s good for rich guys is good fer America

First time I heard of it was when I went looking for images of that comet strike on Jupiter back in 1994. I stumbled on this:

Check the link; it works better.

What does that mean?

That’s it. you’re suspended from posting for the next 15 minutes.

Yeah, self-policing... that’s the ticket...

Except for the Mustang, Fw-190, Me-262, and a few others.

Disagree all you like.

Ouch.

You can ask 10 laymen perhaps, but not 10 experts...

Pretty darn good tank, yes. The best in the war? No.
The Germans realized that, when they encountered the T-34 at the gates of Moscow, that it was better than the Panzer 3’s and Panzer 4’s that made up the bulk of their tank armies. It had thicker armor, it had sloped armor, and it had a powerful gun. The emergence of…

I’ll give 2 points for bizarreness...

Yeah, let’s NOT do that...

2 points for the top one.

lots of points for that.