Well-written and reasoned.  Real life examples would be the XB-70 Valkyrie and the original Northrup flying wing aircraft from the 1940s.  Sure, they worked, but B-52s were more cost-effective.

Bucky is living off his WWII pension, plus about 70 years worth of full-service POW pay, I'd bet.  Plus VA care for his therapist.

But at least the Jalopfolk know how to wrench.

No, it's the guys whose sexual awakening occurred on the Owlship.

Amazing, but true.

Don’t be ridiculous. Florida doesn't have a thumb.

Slant six?

How many last summer?

There -is- reason to question his Judgement.

Okay, this triggered me. Who do I sue? 

Asymetrics forever!

You have just described several orders of magnitude more thought process than deer are capable of. 

I had a deer attack my stopped vehicle as well. I saw deer coming out of the woods, steered between two of them as I stopped, and the one I stopped in front of stared at my car for a moment, then head-butted my driver’s side back door, turned around and went back the way he came.

If only there had been something interesting about these apart from the body.  ND.

I miss Bill Knapp's...

Is no one going to mention these?