Blackhorse_Six

Okay ...

With the expression "Things come full circle" in mind, do you think that we might go from Star Trek to 40k as we expand our galactic presence?

I'm aiming at society in general  ...

Violence is a given.

It is who we are ...

First, this belongs in fiction.

 

Second, this is a retarded topic.

Sorry ... I'm new here

Don't reckon that I'll ever make that mistake again.

What with you being Admin and all, I'm sure you can move it to the appropriate location?

Or Delete it ... It is your house, after all ...

Howdy Folks

A few weeks ago, Blackhorse_Three posed the following questions on the WOT forum ...

In your opinion, will the future of man be more like Gene Rodenberry's utopian vision, or more like the dystopian universe of Warhammer 40k?

If you were to put some of the great science fiction stories of the future (or of a galaxy a long time ago and far, far away) on the timeline of human societal evolution, how would you do it?

Just finished reading the entire thread.

Nice work, folks.

Tip o' the Hat to Jeeps.

I like how I can find those items mid-rack and a cut-rate on the end-cap ...

Works just great for me.

Remember the Stereo Wars, when we all had stack-ups?

My 1974 Sansui stack-up still works just fine.

Sorry, I told my wife those are her inheritance after I kick the bucket.  She was just thrilled to hear it.

Hmmm ... Maybe she would ...

Note to Self - Cookies for Walter, flowers for Walter's wid wife ...

My tank books.  This does not include the bookshelf I have of general WW2 books.

 

 

Look at all those Hunnicutt books.  

I remember when those books were first-run items in the bookstores ...

At $65 to $100 each, I could never justify buying one vs the latest ASL module (or a couple of them).

Boy, was I stupid ...

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Hey Walter, will those books to me, would ya?

I'll send you some cookies next month ....

does anyone know anything about the iranian military's maintence?

Who the hell would be making their replacement parts and end-item components?

Outside of the Ayatollahs, Iran is actually not nearly as fundamentalist as Saudi Arabia

Years ago, when I was milling-about in a Sears store one afternoon, I encountered a blonde, blue-eyed caucasian woman whose conversation in English with another woman carried a German accent.

When I addressed her auf Deutshce, she replied that she just happened to speak German but was in fact Persian.

She had studied German in Tehran, but before traveling [escaping] to the US, had never been outside the country.

At that time, she told me that the average Iranian held greater favor for Americans than the Iranian government was putting-on.

Every now and then, I catch a glimpse of things in Iran which continue to suggest that, but I won't be getting all kumbaya about it anytime soon.

Which will mean Canadian and American lives at risk for a shithole that isn't worth wasting the life of a single US or Canadian serviceman to protect.

Except for the oil ...

Daniel Yergin, The Prize is a great read ...

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Still RO'd on the house forum. Looks like one or both of those nitwits have skated again.

Tied, do you have any good general histories of those clashes that you could put-up here?

Have to agree on the portholes, though I didn't realize they were so damn big ...

For those who aren't aware of what's going on here, Gen. Schwarzkopf passed away back in 2012.

Good point, but it doesn't change my thought at all ...

... murdered to death.

And medical weed shops are popping-up all-over Hell around here ...

There are some awesome photos here, Tied ...

A few I 'd like to use for the Desktop but cannot copy for some reason ...

I watched the videos without sound, just to watch the men ...

We aren't too different ...

Thank you for that glimpse.

They all rally like supernovae for the Holidays, then wink-out ...

RIP, Gen'ral

Well there is a handy dandy means of determining which is the case, that being that words have meanings, and rhinocerous and nashorn refer to the same animal. Other than that it's tall boxy and grey which is the height of pretension, especially when it doesn't have the armor to be a box tank.

Tall is usually not a synonym for squat though, which is why I doubt it is talking about the Nashorn. 

Narrower and taller than an ISU. The Jagdtiger is closer in height to it than an Elefant.

We are getting lost with the tall vs squat argument.

 

It is pretentious looking. We need a scale for determining what is a pretentious looking tank.

Sorry, but I didn't read any further before replying ... most of you already know that I often do that ...

Based on the info in the newspaper article, the Russians may not yet have destroyed or captured a Nashorn, but rather may have observed it from a distance as it shot at them from a hull-down poz ...

The sword isn't for the guy getting beheaded. It's to show those watching what is what and where they stand.

Yep - I know ... multiple hacks and all ...

North Korea is OUR fap material god dammit (at least the one in the middle)

 

 

America's fap material is closer to Sweden (for Liberals) or maybe Russia (for conservatives) 

Really?

I like the one on the right, but all of us could probably agree that the one on the left is ugly ...

At least until the pub closes, after 6 hours of hard drinking ...

Neon-yellow/green safety vest ... LOL ...

Sadistic theocratic middle-east regime uses a sword (Saudi National Razor) instead of more efficient guillotine (French National Razor) ...

I haven't read anything on giant squid aggressiveness. I guess most is speculation based on other squid species(Humboldt) and Kraken legends.

And battle-wounds on sperm whales ...

I'm surprised at the docility of this animal, given the reputation of it's species ...

(If it really is an Architeuthis)

T-62 ...

115mm Smooth-Bore FTW

I'm just an Old Guy with a fading memory, but I can recall smuggled footage and photos of T-62s in Prague, 1968

That was my first glimpse of them and the ASU-85.

Ancient ...

LOL, I was alive when most of those were in production ...