I also golf. Golf is far less satisfying. Also, I spend more on balls than I do on ammo. I suck at golf. I am fairly good at target shooting.

this sounds like you’ve never been around, fired, or understood guns. maybe take some time to learn both sides of the story before you make brash statements.

for instance, i’ve spent time in gun-less cultures (Denmark, France) and I live in a gun proliferated culture, I carry one every single day, rain or shine.

once…

I feel sorry for people so locked into preconceived notions that they can’t imagine normal, calm, rational, non-paranoid people carrying a gun.

They are indeed. The CAA mandates the technical and engineering requirements for warbirds down to which individuals at specified companies are licensed to work on them. In addition, the maintenance and inspection schedule is also drawn up by the CAA and is much, much stricter than when the aircraft was in service.…

I don’t know how I forgot this yesterday. The Basler BT-67, also known as the Motherflippin’ Turbo-Prop DC-3

Any Flying boat!

XB-70 possibly even more impressive than the SR-71...Mach 3+ with enormous range and payload. And just look at it!

That’s not the Spruce Goose.that is the Boeing 314 ‘Clipper’ that Pan-am operated for trans ocean service in the 1930s. These were glam aircraft and only very rich people used them like the Concorde. The Clipper could get you across the Atlantic in a little over a day when the only other method was a ship which took…

Growing up when I did, I’ve always had a soft spot for the Phantom:

The plutocrat in me loves this. I want to build a new one as a flying yacht.

-16 years on a bike

Overflowing with testosterone.

You don’t like loud pipes? Because you’re not a biker.

Why would Jalopnik commit to more and better motorcycle coverage with Lanesplitter and then proceed to write a post on Jalopnik inviting a bunch of car drivers to vote on what they hate most about motorcyclists? Are the same people writing for both blogs? I hope…

The automatic flashing headlight, typically seen on Goldwings more than anything... I get it, you want people to see you, but it’s a little too effective and crosses the line into being an annoyance for others on the road.

Tassles.

So let me get this straight....

Holy shit, this analysis is amazing. Deadspin - hats off you to for sorting through all of this and displaying it in an easy to read way. I just wish the root of all this was something to actually give a fuck about and not some PSI in a football from a one-sided playoff game (PSI aside, the Colts folded and got…

Because they cut ties with Osama long ago, and the patriarch had something like fifty wives, so there's a lot of them.

This is just a fact of life. These are the same people that are whining about every gawd damned thing they can. Nothing better to do. No life. Petty haters.