OK, from the pov of an NRA certified firearms instructor, my personal take is this: any hand or long gun that does not require the owner/operator to cycle the bolt per shot is a semi-automatic, unless the firearm discharges multiple times per trigger pull. Any weapon that discharges continuously until the trigger is…

I am currently working in Sierra Leone (my second time around). It is difficult for people to appreciate just how poor the country is. The recent Ebola outbreak combined with some other factors caused the mining industry here to close down almost entirely. That industry contributed 40% of the country’s GDP. The…

While I agree with many of the sentiments expressed, I would just comment that at most any medium to fine dining restaurant, the norm would be not to clear (or “bus”) the table during the main course. This comes from the subtle “move it up” signal that the action sends.

Can we run it in sunny ZA? cap it at ZAR15k (=US $1-00)....

Two words for Bernie - and they involve sex and travel....

How has nobody sued Hersheys for imitating chocolate?

Sadly sexual violence in South Africa is incredibly high (>100 incidents per 100 000 population), and those figures are estimated to be under reported by at least 60%...

Glad to see someone understands the translation - Chile con Carne ...
Chili with Meat - in other words, the base recipe is for a chili (a form of bean for the uneducated) sauce, SUPPLEMENTED with a meat in order to make it more tasty/desirable/edible.....

The pilot and captain made the decision to run the ship onto a sandbank to slow down the rate at which it was listing. If I understand the sequence of events, as the ship began to depart from the dock, the engineering crew began to transfer fuel from one tank to another. Bear in mind that a ship like this can carry…

Apologies for the delay in replying - In normal operations a vessel such as this should not tilt either side of the vertical (or "list") by more than 1 1/2 degree. the balancing act is keeping the cargo, ballast and effects of the sea from taking the ship outside these parameters. in other words, listing is leaning to…

Yes indeed, roll-on roll-off

Seriously - this is an issue for some little lady who probably can't even name the capital of Kenya? I have to say that we have officially passed the point of no return. The human race is on the path to oblivion.

Just a nitpicking point - this is NOT a container ship, but a PCTC aka RoRo vessel....

I spent 11 years working on vessels like this, both unloading and loading cars, trucks and pretty much anything that could move and fit in the entrance. So long as the stevedores (longshoremen in the USA) did their job properly, none of the vehicles on board should have moved more than a few inches. The apparatus for…

Not so much an awesome quitting story, but an awesome reason for getting canned...

If you stop for a minute to enjoy,the least you do is donate a dollar.

If I recall correctly. there was a period in the UK when particular "hot hatches" came with a mandatory driver training course that had to be attended prior to vehicle collection. Not as an "add-on", but included in the sticker price. Feel free to correct me, as this is a vague recollection.

It would be interesting to see the number of fatalities per 10 000 motor vehicles. In South Africa the statistics for 2010 (the most recent complete statistics available!), the number is 16.02 fatalities / 10k registered motor vehicles. For that time period, there were 8.8 million powered vehicles on the road, and 9.2…

Fascinating to watch the breathing patterns of the pilot - see how his chest heaves, amazing video. Props to the pilots, all of them in service.