#offworldproblems

Thunder...Thunder in Paradise!

I still do not understand the craze that is a wedding in the USA and the costs associated. Especially in the US where the divorce rate is something like 50%.

Yeah that quote is way off. It goes like this:

Chevy Corvette

Don't forget the laser, particle cannon, and robot arm.

This has got to win. Where Audis have cameras to help you back up this thing has a sky crane with a camera that gently drops the vehicle down then flies itself away to smash itself.

As someone whose employer holds a sizable annual convention and tradeshow, I'd like to add one thing to this (from the meeting planner/logistics/help desk perspective):

Nuclear powered with a full science lab...

Ryan, some thingsh in here do not react well to bulletsh.

I would've have liked to have seen montana.

One ping only, Vasiliy.

"I think they want to defect!"

Before divorce:

My buddy sold his house, bought an FJ40, and went and lived on the beach in Mexico for two years. It wasn't a pretty divorce, nor a happy thing to watch happen to a friend. He's better now. Surfing and sand is good therapy.

I was a member of VS-21, the "Fighting Redtails", also based in Atsugi, and part of CVW-5 back in the late 90's. Back then, digital cameras were just beginning to come out, but nothing like the Go Pro video stuff seen here. I have nothing but memories and a few grainy actual photos of my time on the carrier. An…

For the longest time, I always assumed a tailor was an expensive thing that only rich people needed. Then, I had no choice but to get some pants tailored. I went in, did the measurements, waited for him to sew them up, and got a bill for $8. That's $8 to make a pair of pants fit considerably better. Since then, I've…

Sorry, you are wrong, the worst movie car is the one that is less useful than the ship that carries it.

Funfact: the Lockheed SR-71 and D-21 combo was the loose basis for an 80s GI Joe version called the Night Raven. I can't link from my phone, go look it up. Loved that thing.

I know I nailed two of them, but I don't see how this was not one of those two: