Side note: if the Chinook is so fast because it has twin rotors, why aren’t there more twin rotor choppers out there? Why isn’t there a twin rotor attack chopper? Why hasn’t someone mounted an A-10's Avenger cannon in a Chinook?

Oh god, even before Mapquest, trying to navigate anywhere outside of your comfort zone was such a pain. I remember being a kid and having to read the map for my dad while he drove, which invariably ended up at some point with him holding the map over the steering wheel and glancing back and forth between it and the…

I wonder how literally anything got done before the internet.

I bought my first car (a Camaro) in 1985 - I went from dealer to dealer in Houston looking at their inventories until I found one with a good color, okay options, and the right engine. It took weeks of Saturdays. Then I found one and bought it. No research was done except to read Car and Driver, Motor Trend, and Road…

I gotta say, it’s pretty impressive that there are sports like Indy and NASCAR (aka draft-racing on ovals) where bulk crashing at 200mph is _expected_ and it’s generally assumed everyone will be fine.

Don’t forget to add the cost of security&maintenance for all of the above, per diem for deployments, lodging, food, rental cars ect.

Heh, and I felt ballsy every time I smuggled a fifth of tequila into Al Udeid.

Born and raised in Santa Rosa here and I can definitely say that the only reason Santa Rosa is the top city on the list is because of Russian River brew co. Definitely excellent beers but what puts it on the map is Pliny the Younger. It’s really an amazing beer.

My Ex-Boss was on of these pricks.

I almost want to buy you a blowjob and a steak for this statement alone “.if you like it, shut up and drink”

Location. It mentioned Pflugerville, TX (my current home town, which does have a fair share of craft breweries, actually), and then said “OK, not even on the list, but nearby Austin TX is #12.”

And when I scrolled down it then moved to Santa Rosa for the #1.

It is really a clever web page. Kudos to the designer.

I always thought some of that had to do with Anne Heche having some mental illness issues at the same time wasn’t really helping her either.

Agreed. I didn’t watch the show regularly, and I am not gay. But I made sure to watch that episode. I knew that it was a cultural tipping point. Prior to that, nearly all references to gay characters on TV were fleeting with characters typically being written out after coming out of the closet (like LA Law) and there…

Younger people may not realize, this was a HUGE deal at the time. Like, the world stopped and watched this happen.

*Army Aviators