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He (and others I've encounteed) never got that the sole reason I was able to help them as much as I did, was because I had a vehicle that was capable of carrying those supplies and tools, and doing it in an efficient and comfortable manner.

I had one person bolt for the shrubs when I stopped to help, and they saw I was wearing my 1911. I hollered out "You might want some of this water if you're intent on communing with the rattlesnakes"!

They came back after a bit, but you could tell they were terrified.  That one was amusing as they'd taken the jack and lug wrench out of their vehicle to "improve their mileage".

I like how the comments sections is filled with a bunch of manchildren arguing how "the super rich corporations" will kill this. Because clearly Google is just a bunch of small timers who only care about the interest of people and never profits! or that giving them a monopoly on transportation if they effectively did kill the automotive industry would somehow, you know, not make give them complete control over an area they really shouldn't have.

 

Yeah, I'll keep my privately owned car, thanks though. I wouldn't even be bothered if people, perhaps, maybe just thought both could exist in the same world, you know, perhaps people who couldn't afford a car or wouldn't want one otherwise could use this, and those who actually do want one keeps their automobiles, but that's clearly just not possible and nothing more then wishful thinking.

I won't even go into the sheer disconnect from reality in which many "kill the car" people exist.

Once encountered a guy who'd driven a Smart well into the Bradshaws, run out of fuel, then was trying to "walk" to Prescott in summer.

In the time from when I picked him up, rehydrated him, driven him to his car (where he'd abandoned his wife) given her water, then put five gallons of fuel in his shitbox, He'd tried a number of arguments as to why the old Ford truck I was driving was killing the world and how I needed to drive a motorized roller skate, or some shit.

I just smiled and handed him another bottle of water. 

The volume of stuff I'll carry, it'd take more time to load the "Google-mobile" than it'd take to get to the destination..

Then there is the location of the destination.  Google is working under the assumption that people all live and travel to where there is pavement. 

If one travels in the southwest, you'll find that there is by far, more unpaved roads than paved once you get out of the few metro areas. I'm doubting Google is going to deliver a car to a remote address near Ash Fork Arizona, for a brisk jaunt to Wikieup, or Four Corners.

For what it's worth, I'm really jealous of your MAS. That thing must get attention at the range.

A shocking number of people have no idea what they are.  I've had my MAS 49 called "A Garand" (or Garand Copy) by a lot of people.

If I come across the image, I'll try and post it.. Basically (IIRC) the stab control box had some trimming pots that could be bumped out of adjustment,  and that a lot of folks would not bother to retrim, (or maybe paint quick align marks) to help get the thing back on track if this occured.

I have a relative who was in M4's in the 50's and he never mentioned mechanical issues or fragility with the stab, so take that for what it's worth.

Only difference is that there were no computers in 1920s-30s 

There were, they were mechanical, and very very large.

You'd not have found one controlling something as mundane as ride control for a car, rather they were used for things like gunnery prediction for AA or the fire control centers in ships.

 

 

 

 

This controlable rotary shock absorber was prototype for testing.

 

Basic idea behind it is to decrease hull vibration/oscillations during driving at speed to increase stability of platform and gun accuracy as a result.

I'll have to wait til I get moved in and sorting my books, but I'm fairly sure that is a modernization of an old concept . I've seen a diagram for a controllable rotary shock used on Packards (or another 20's/30's era luxury car) where the valves were controlled via Bowden cables to a dash monuted selector.

If I can find it in a timely manner, will try to post as this looks a lot like that system.

And the Tokarev TT-33!

It's of the same concept but since it also incorporates the feed lips, I consider it of the same tree, but a different branch.

Annd cheeps is still at it.

I reported his dumb ass, here's the body of it-

"Can you ban this moron yet?

Read the thread. He's posted trash and been called on it, insulted posters, and generally been a mewling, fetid, meatslapping slackwit the whole time.

Barring that you can issue me another three day RO, because my response to his idiocy will likely earn me another."

Reaching the point where I may very well, be thoroughly done with that forum.

That feckless lickspittle can get away with posting utter nonsense, but god (mod) help you if you get tired of his rampant, windowlicking retardation.

I'd like to think this gets his 'tarded ass banned, but who am I kidding. The kid has some kind of parasitic hold on the mods there.

For someone who's a long and demonstrable history of being a totally worthless individual, he sure does seem to get away with a lot of sheer bullshit.

When is the dead tree edition? Nothing against E-books, but I prefer something on a shelf.

 I'm already crafting my next "vacation letter"...

After Walt managed to get one of Luigi's abysmal links to work, turns out there was zero reference to "ronson" and the M4.

Not that I expect it to shut that idiot up, or make him rethink his stance.

One failed project mentioned, the "creeper tank", I cannot find any other information on.

These should give you the general idea.

I was in when we transitioned from MCI's to MRE's.. Neither were great, the MCI's were usually from the early to mid 1970's and had not aged well at all.

The MRE's were..

Well, a horrorshow. 

The early "ham and cheese omlette" for example was a rubbery mass in some kind of salty brine. Now, it tasted okay, but you were better off eating it in the dark. The eggs were a distinct shade of OD, with bits of pinkish ham, and yellowish "cheese" .

All in all it looked far too much like a piece of rubber dog vomit.

Also, god help you if you got any of that brine on you. It'd stink terribly after an hour or so.

So something that is a semi-palatable "brick" of what tastes and smells like V8 juice does not seem that bad to me.. (Especially if I could secure a source of vodka, and a jar of dill pickle spears...)

That sounds really awful. 

Compared to some examples of rations fed to U.S. soldiers?

Not really.  Probably would need to be made a bit more visually appealing.  You can find stuff like "Datrex" which while tasting fine and being nutritious, is not the most appealing thing to eat.

A great deal of the improvements to MRE's had to do with making the food in them more palatable. 

Early ones had horrors like "freeze dried beef patty" or "freeze dried pork patty", for example.

A couple from the collection..

First, a MAS 35-

And next the SACM 1935A-

The two, bracketing a M1911A1 to illustrate their comparative sizes.

This is the "packet" lockwork, something the French were pushing in their service pistols.

to the left is the '35A, and the MAS 35 to the left. The concept lived on in the SiG P210 and the MAC Mle 1950.

The magazines. The two are not interchangeable, which I'm sure merely added to the misery already suffered by French logistical officers.

MAS35 to the left, 35A to the right. The MAS 35 has a removeable baseplate.

 

 

"Murphys oil soap, warm water, then linseed oil and lots of rubbing."

 

Yes, but what did you do for the Enfield stock.

 

Made it very happy.

Wait wait wait...

 

North Korea has submarines?

Image related-

The problm with this solution is it turns FO into a projectile.

I marvel more at an article that is very dependent on the written word instead of being nothing but a collage of pictures with three paragraphs of writing scattered around. 

That is why I collect old "American Rfileman" magazines from the 20's, 30's and 40's.  Actual serious writing, few but relevant images.

A superb contrast to what that title has become now.

About damn time you showed up here.

 

No offernse, just super drunk right abouit now.

In the middle of moving to Kentucky, so not as much "free" time as I used to have.

I'm glad I switched over here. The HAV was becoming way too circle-jerky. Then, when there weren't enough non-HAVers to yell at, people would just get mad at each other. Also, I love Tied, but I am very tired of his schtick.

 

Anyhoo, I'm staring at the stock on my new Enfield, and I'm sort of getting that buyer's remorse after a purchase. The feeling will fade in time, as I know that good stocks on Enfields are rare, wood and metal will fade, and that I'll learn to love the deficincies, but does anyone have a good regimen for treating and preserving some nasty wood?

Murphys oil soap, warm water, then linseed oil and lots of rubbing.

Well, if HK can't get it right, how do you expect the Indians to do better?

H&K -had- it right, for a time.

Then they apparently found some really good mushrooms, or something.

Not to spin off topic, but their internal small arms development has been a comedy of errors as well.

A case of "par for the course" perhaps?

Only a 3 day RO for that beatdown? The mods must like you. I've been RO'd for longer than that for calling someone a fucking moron in the diplo section going back a while.

I did not use much profanity, shy of the parts regarding broken condoms and buggery.

I've seen horse owners post signs every 100 feet along their fence asking hunters not to shoot their horses. The COW trick is pretty excessive if one has to go that far.

He was right off a main highway, and a lot of us suspected that the "accidents" were frustrated downstaters trying to not go home with nothing to show.