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ancroidubh 6 points ago +6 / -0

Research the “OODA Loop. It stands for “observe, orient, decide, act”.

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ancroidubh 3 points ago +3 / -0

Yeah, I know. I've lived in both places.

Chapel Hill / Carrboro are woke as fuck. A few years back the mayor of Carrboro had a painting of an American flag in his office. The stars were replaced by little white swastikas.

Durham is a cesspool of the ghetto and wokeness.

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ancroidubh 1 point ago +1 / -0

I’ll settle for “you did ok”.

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

I hear you. As a youth I spent a few summers working on a relative’s farm. It convinced me to stay in school…

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ancroidubh 1 point ago +1 / -0

I used one of these at a charity event some years ago. As porta-potties go, it was quite posh.

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

You’re welcome.

We’re up early on this Sunday morn, no?

Have a good day of rest, fren.

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

Turboprop aircraft, like the C-130, are relatively quiet because the thrust is from the propellers and the freedom sound mostly follows along behind. Turbofan engines, like on the C-17, have a ducted fan and a huge air intake that howls like a banshee. In fact, that type of power plant derives a significant fraction of its thrust from suction and some of the sound energy precedes it.
Both are really very loud, it’s just where the sonic energy is produced.

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ancroidubh 3 points ago +3 / -0

That is a C-17 Globemaster III.

It’s the sound of freedom.

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

You are more than welcome. Thank you for lifting me up. I’m glad to share my lifetime of learning. You would be amazed at how little it is appreciated.

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

Because it was designed as a development of a race car for production car classes. It was decidedly not a fiasco, winning the first race it entered in 1961. The placement of the brake rotors and calipers inboard on the diff was genius, taking all of the brake system mass away from the suspension, reducing what is called “unsprung weight”. Using the axle as a suspension arm did the same and reduced the weight of the car.
One of the designers of the KE engine was Harry Weslake. The valve adjustment was usually done once at engine build and generally not needed again until rebuild. Synchronizing the carburetors is needed whether they are SUs or Weber DCOEs and is a chronic problem.
They are one of the most beautiful automobiles ever made and a well set up one is a dream to drive, the big in-line six seemingly pulling forever.
I’ve worked on a fair few of them as a professional service tech some decades ago. They need maintenance a lot, unlike modern people movers, resulting in an undeserved bad reputation because of careless owners.
Knowing all that, I’d still love to have one.

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ancroidubh 9 points ago +9 / -0

The E-type is a classic, from back in the day before all of this woke bullshit.

Be warned though, the maintenance is a fucking killer, even if you are competent enough to do it yourself. For example, to service the rear disk brake calipers, the differential must come out of the car. The rear axels (half shafts) are part of the rear suspension. The engine and transmission leaks oil like an old Triumph Tiger and tuning the carbs is an art form. Oh, and adjusting the valves involves taking the camshafts out of the cylinder head and using a micrometer and math.

If I had the money I'd buy one in a heartbeat...

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ancroidubh 2 points ago +2 / -0

"Received"...

"I" before "E" except after "C".

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ancroidubh 5 points ago +5 / -0

I've said this many times and I'll say it again: never swing a stick like you're hitting for the bleachers. It telegraphs your move and it can be blocked or parried. Hold the stick in both hands and poke with the end of it. It can easily break bones, head shots can be killers. The moves are rapid and cannot easily be dodged or blocked. The "sectional density" (look it up) is huge for a bat or a riot baton. The two-handed hold is more difficult to break and can be used on defense to parry or block kicks, punches or other strikes including other sticks. Stick fighting is probably the oldest armed martial art and is worthy of study and practice. Personally, I prefer to be somewhere else but if trouble finds me, I'll just yeet it away.

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ancroidubh 7 points ago +7 / -0

I worked for Ma Bell for over twenty years from ~1980 - 2000. Today, it's Cingular with a stolen trademark. It is no longer the locus of scientific, mathematical and engineering innovation that it was for almost a century. The Judiciary brought it down in 1984 and it took another twenty years to die.
I was and still am very proud of my service with the company.

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