Ah, the problem with most people is they just grab any 688I pic off the web instead of making sure it wasn't stationed in Hawaii instead of NLON as the boat in the story is =) At least they didn't do what someone else did and while discussing an improved LA grabbed a Sturgeon .. though how someone can mistake the…

The lower picture with the 688I. My husband was on both the San Juan and the Miami and it resembles the Miami more strongly than the SJ [the way the missile hatches are arranged fore the sail and the way the SEAL delivery vehicle is mounted aft the sail.

Yay. And can we poor people who *can't* afford $40K for wheels get a manual on something more like $16K ... ?

Going from what I can see, the now melted down Miami? Or at least that is what the area before the sail looks like, I don't think it is the San Juan.

I do crush road trips if I absolutely have to get somewhere - I start out fully rested, drive until I am tired [first day is usually a good solid 12 or 14 hours] then find a rest area *with people* [I am female] and nap for about 1 sleep cycle [in me that runs an hour and a half] then I comb my hair, go pee and tank…

I am thinking Buffalo Club ... Been there a couple times back in the 1970s and while I never did a sit down meal there, I did a couple hors d'oeuvre buffet receptions there and it strikes me as something they would have served back then.

If the chef tossed it on the flat top to grill the outside, if the steak is about 1.5 inches thick then the inside is thawed and cold. Been there, done that. I happen to like raw beef and make my own steak tartar but have been known to get a frozen steak 'touched up' on a flat top or grill. If the steak is thin, under…

Or to those of us who live paycheck to paycheck and *our* beloved pet gets to where the vet bill is going to be more than $100 or so, we have to put them to sleep because we can afford either the mortgage payment or to treat our pet ... that is as much as my husband makes in a year plus what little I get in disability…

I am another one that wants to be used for science - I am dead, I am not using my body for anything important at that point in time. While I do actually have a plot with the rest of my family, I want whatever is left to be cremated and really don't care what happens to my ashes. They can flush me if they really want…

Not sure it would actually be actionable ... if they were calling them self mayonnaise, that would be an issue, they are calling them self mayo - mayo is technically not mayonnaise ...

Hm, cheddar is not difficult to make, though you do need raw milk to do it best [you can add something to homogenized milk to get it to react properly] and you do need a bacteria to add for proper flavor. Cheddaring is adding the rennet and bacteria to raw milk and letting it sit in a warm oven of about 110F until it…

One of the reasons I shifted to Guild Wars 2 - everybody who manages to tag any mob can loot it so if 10 people tag a cue little [very dead] wolf, every person can loot it. Just like every resource spawn can be mined/chopped down/plucked - one of the most fucking annoying things in WoW was killing my way to an ore…

Makes me wish my gamer buddy Marc was still alive, he would have absolutely loved this. don't console game, but this almost makes me want to spend some money and get one just for the memory.

I miss the old Civ when they gave you a choice, I think the alt to Gandhi was Ashoka. I also seem to remember the old benny to being India was your population never rioted when you changed government types. I should dig out my old discs and play again.

That would work for me, but again, I don't get motion sick at all. I love flying, and don't get the panic attack if I can't see everything that is going on.

I am agreeing with you, negatory to turning their sexism against them. Unfortunately they are vaguely within custom in the way they treat women not of their kith and kin. If they were capturing their own clan women or the women of the families that follow heir specific mufti then there would be a problem.

When we do one of our cross the country drive trips, I crank up the google and figure out where we are going to be every 450 miles or so. I pick out and make reservations for the hotel, and then I check out which restaurants are in the area and we decide if we are going to go out or make something in the room. We…

One of the reasons I recommend to people who ask me what do do after high school to give serious consideration to joining the military. It takes 10 REMF per guy at the pointy end of the stick so if you choose your MOS right, you have a decreased chance of being at the pointy end of the stick. The person simply needs…

I gave up dealing with it years back ... when you have chickens, you never get eggs that are old enough to peel easily. So when the egg thingies came on the market, we got a couple sets of them. Quick spritz of pan release spray, crack the egg into them, screw back together, drop into water and cook. I can go anywhere…

No, traditionally women are a prize of war, and as non-muslims or heretics, they are valid to purchase as slaves, and it is traditional to convert and marry slaves. In their eyes, they are doing nothing wrong.