Ignore the moron. I fell for this before, keyboard ninja is trying to get enough material to amuse itself with quoting people in circular bullshit.

There is no salve for your issues.

Concur completely

Really should have upgraded the VC-10’s. What a fantastic aircraft that was, still a viable design, just needs to be re-engined and put some modern avionics in it.

Since I’m apparently doing a whole thing on banking here, I’ve got another complaint: sometimes, when I visit the ATM, it is out of order. How the hell. Does a MACHINE. Go OUT OF ORDER? The self check at the grocery store is never “OUT OF ORDER.” My iPhone is never “OUT OF ORDER.” My watch is never “OUT OF ORDER.” My…

I see a lot of R1 here

The longevity of those birds is a testament of just how well built they were from the beginning. Terrific aircraft and a testament to those engineers with slide rules and pencils in the 60’s, and the guys that kept improving up through the 1980’s.

It is just a dog, a highly trained and valuable dog.

But it is just a dog. They’re replaceable. Many handlers will have multiple in a career. The human is the critical link in the chain, without a competent handler, there is no useful dog for this kind of work.

Yes, I value any dog’s life vastly more than the majority of people on this planet.

It is a station wagon. Guy here has a 2014, it has been ripped up pretty amusingly on African roads. He just got the plastics fixed and re-applied. It was running around for 6 months without all that lower cladding, still missing the smaller bits by the wheels lol.

This works better from the front, but the beak bit in side profile is less than flattering.

Would still burn the tread right off that rear tire in a heartbeat, even if I am more of a 690 Enduro KTM kinda guy. Good bike coverage today in general.

I disagree on “handicapping” for HVT or LEO SWAT-style raids. Just not that many targets inside buildings generally- but that’s personal comfort zone and training I think. I agree on reliability completely, if the driver keeps them clean and oiled everything is gravy with all modern Glocks, Sigs, and H&Ks. (Probably…

No, there are a few guys specifically coming to Africa to use .500 S&W on game. You are right though, most use rifles. I imagine it is hard to get permission to use a handgun, most places require .375 H&H or higher for really dangerous stuff.

Ok.

Revolvers simplify techniques with shields- no reciprocating slide to worry about banging and stove-piping, which if you’ve ever played with these tactics you find out pretty quick can be a problem at infrequent yet inopportune times due to environment and movement with walls, bodies/arms, and the shield. Yes, you…

Having gone up against these characters once in my career, I can tell you that is not the best plan. They won’t field battle formations very long, and we’ll go back to the IEDs and funding from black marketeering from the shadows we saw in 2004-2009. These are the same guys running it under new political cover. Better…

I too survived such things. On snowmobiles all winter for days at a time too.

For a trunk wound, no tourniquets won’t work, but for limbs, unless its only seeping, throw that thing on there. One of the big things we learned in the military adventures of the last 15 years is that tourniquets early save lives in extremity wounds.

When I was a first responder, I had like 3 of them. One in my car, one in my kit bag that sat at my desk, and a nifty one that attached to my belt.

Yes, however, who’s to say they both won’t be built on the Explorer platform?

What are you on about? There is more money if he wins the race, and Lorenzo would have still won the championship.