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4th gen Montanan. Elk trout hotrods jiu-jitsu XC racing ranching telecom.
"A ship is safest in harbor, but that's not what it's built for". Get. After. It.

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Walk around video of my 1951 Ford purchased new by my WW2 vet grandfather. He and I did the first part of the restoration together, the best of times.

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@softwarnet @RSE_VB This just made my day, LOL.

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@Samyk2i @_Saaraahhhhh @MorosKostas Smart. I can't avoid it as people post these clips on X

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@younweb3 @Mileage_impo Me:
- we're on our 3rd GMC w/6.2
- over a quarter million miles cumulative
- zero issues, literally zero
- best hp/mpg ratio of anything on market

They seem to be either incredible or... they blow up & worst engine that's ever existed.

Whacky.

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Truth is hard....

[Fact Leaks @FactLeaksQ]

BREAKING: CNN director admits they only focus on the race of criminals when they are white, covers up when black assailants attack Asians

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@Samyk2i @_Saaraahhhhh @MorosKostas Lol did you see yesterday where some brain dead news host bleated that black people have more fathers at home than white people? Hahahahaha it's so laughably ridiculous, I can't even be mad at em at this point.

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@Samyk2i @_Saaraahhhhh @MorosKostas Me too, but it's averages. Statistically credit scores track perfectly w/IQ, culture norms etc..... and I'd guess if you looked it up Asians & Jews are best then evil whiteys in the middle, and so on.

Hell, I bet credit score tracks w/ father abandonment? Lol

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@Samyk2i @MorosKostas Good point, but this one is new, ripe for getting weaponized against the apparitions in their head (racism!!!!). Remember when healthcare was racist because more black people were dying of COVID? Lol.

They're retarded.

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@_Saaraahhhhh @MorosKostas Haha yep right on cue

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@MCCCANM @Elevert16 An hr and a half each way to work? Damn. Don't blame you for trying to time it a little bit closer.

[TheManWhoFellToEarth @ReturnofColin2]

As memes go, this is particularly powerful.

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SO true. Alan Greenspan's book had a whole chapter dedicated to E vs W Germany. Said the wall coming down opened up the best field experiment of socialism vs capitalism economists have ever been gifted. Annnnnd it's ignored....

[Willis Eschenbach @WEschenbach]

This is for all you good folks who think that socialism is a brilliant plan.

w.

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@randallwcarlson Fascinating @randallwcarlson but one question, was the ice so thick and towering above the mountains that the east side had enough mass to drag the rest of the glacier up and over the CD? I'm trying to picture the physics here.

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@jayho747 @AmiriKing @grok After 9-11, I surely wouldn't work in a high-rise building without repelling gear stashed in my office closet, LOL

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@collinsworth55 @grok That's my assumption, yes. So I think some people believe that crushing the hand strength workouts will increase their lifespan lol.

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Smart engineering:

[Spycraft101 @spycraft101]

In May 1958, CIA pilot Allen Pope was shot down and captured while flying a Douglas B-26 Invader during the Indonesian Crisis. After learning that Pope was being held on house arrest at a jungle resort on the slopes of Mt. Merapi, and had some freedom of movement outside, the CIA’s Technical Services Staff came up with a plan to air-drop an inflatable airplane to him, so he could rescue himself.

According to authors Robert Wallace and Keith Melton, CIA turned to the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, which had been working to develop an inflatable rubber plane called the Inflatoplane. Several prototypes were built for the US military, including single-seat and dual-seat designs.

The single-seat model could be packed up in a mere 44 cubic feet with a 40-hp engine and propeller strapped on top. There was also an onboard air compressor which would maintain positive pressure during flight, even if the aircraft were punctured by several .30 caliber bullets. The Inflatoplane had relatively low top speeds and range but was considered more than sufficient for the Pope rescue scenario.

Inflatoplanes were designed to be filled with compressed air from a canister, but the CIA worked instead to fill the fuselage with chemical pellets. When Pope reached the aircraft, all he would need to do was pour water into the reservoir, which would react with the chemical pellets, quickly filling the rubber fuselage with an inert gas. Pope could then fly himself to safety.

The prototype was tested and ready, but the rescue operation was ultimately canceled for unknown reasons. Pope remained under house arrest until 1962, when he was released after diplomatic negotiations. Some reports indicate two paramilitary CIA officers assisted him in escaping to safety. Pope returned to service with the CIA afterwards as a pilot on covert missions.

Years later when another mission offered the potential of using the inflatable airplane, CIA technicians pulled it from the warehouse only to discover that the rubber was dried up and cracked due to lack of maintenance. The prototype was discarded, never to be used again.

#cia #indonesia #prisoner #rescue #escape

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@jayho747 @AmiriKing @grok Mach tuck speeds would destroy anyone attempting bail out. Still good to have an attempt tho

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@Arkasiraee AI picture is retarded as usual, (radiator fins oriented transversely), but explanation is spot on.

3 sources of thrust on P51: prop, radiator, exhaust. NACA did amazing work.

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HAHAHAHA this is so funny

[Republicans @Republicans]

.@JDVance: "I was talking to my daughter who is 4 years old and I said...I'd like you to identify maybe a couple of toys you'd like to donate...she brings me two of her brothers' toys and I realized that despite my best efforts...I have apparently raised a Democrat."

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