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  1. 9 hours ago, Tex-19 said:

    The real concern here shouldn't be about Ojo or even this class as of July. The concern is that the paradigm has shifted and Texas appears to no longer be playing the same game as other schools. Before House settlement, Texas was the one doing the money-whipping. Now it seems to have reversed.

    Several people on here/9.95ers supposedly in the know have alluded to some schools not stopping at the settlement cap through various means. Maybe the current admin/staff will be different but pre-NIL Texas liked to play by the books. That means going back a similar disadvantage Texas faced against bag gamers.

    All that being said - I always believed the House Settlement would even the playing field in a negative way for Texas. Even if everyone were strictly compliant, the financial advantage Texas previously had is now much smaller on a relative basis.

    Many here know this better than I, but I don't think there is a HS recruit now that will start for Texas as a true freshman, certainly not Day 1. Not being able to offer starter time is an undeniable fact that will hinder Texas in signing top recruits at every position. 

    9 hours ago, irishtexan said:

    Jesus, fellas. Act like you’ve been here before. Jeesh!

    Nothing makes you question the "Texas only admits the top 7%" mantra, like reading this board. Surly Horns is outstanding in some respects (I don't post or read CR), but some of the takes here are f*cking embarrassing.

    5 hours ago, campcrunk said:

    Bobby: "Ojo's gonna be ranked outside the top 100 in a week or two."

    I'll say it here, Ojo doesn't sign with TTech on signing day. His rating will fall, he coasts his senior year and gets whipped on the field, and he just isn't worth $5 MM.  Whatever he signed is predicated on him signing with TTech, no signature, money.  

    4 hours ago, victory88 said:

    He’s a tackle.  Gerry is adamant about it.  He has seen Turntine numerous times for years and is a much better evaluator than the guys running the recruiting services.  He’s said he has tackle wing span and may be the most athletic lineman in the last two OL classes.  He’s also ranked in the top 10 in his high school class academically and has tremendous work ethic.  He’s said multiple times that Turntine has been at the top of the Texas board for years.  Flood has been recruiting him for 3 or so years as a tackle.  He will probably be the most ready tackle prospect from a technique and feet standpoint since Banks.  He simply has to put on about 30 pounds.  That is probably the only thing holding him back.  Gerry said he is already squatting a ridiculous amount at his current weight.  

    Thank you. good post.

    4 hours ago, dcar00 said:

    Ojo gonna be buying his QB's and RB's steak dinners and watches instead of the other way around.  too funny.

    Tech is desperate.  would have loved to have him but not for that kind of scratch... 

    The first time he "Ole's" and his QB gets sacked or the RB gets blown up in the backfield, 

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    2 hours ago, statsman said:

    If he’s Kelvin Banks 2.0, he is worth it. If he isn’t, there are a bunch of ways this deals screws up their team. 

    Banks came into a wide open OL room. He was a stud and played at a high level right out of the gate, but I'm not sure he would be a day 1 starter today. Maybe, but he was going to start the day he signed.

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  2. 51 minutes ago, Homesickhorn said:


    Waldemar, Loma Linda (Mo Ranch), and Stewart all sit on the north fork (I think)of the Guadalupe.
    Mystic, Heart of the Hills, Arrowhead, and La Junta all sit on the south fork. I have no idea if it makes a difference, but I’m pretty sure they collide right at Hunt. Hence, La Junta getting absolutely pummeled.

    Tragic. Prayers for all.

    Our ranch is 20 miles south of Mystic.

    Please don't rush to judgement of officials at the various agencies. The most rain fell west of here, and water levels rose 20-30 feet in minutes. Cell phone service is spotty at best all over the Hill Country, much worse during heavy thunderstorms. Driving on the curvy, hilly, tertiary roads is hard in broad daylight, the faster you go the more nauseous you get. At night, in the rain, with every low water crossing full of running water, it is extremely dangerous, and a tin star on your chest doesn't change that. We drove the backroads from Kerrville to Utopia in 2004, the one and only time, and I've probably driven between those towns 50 times in 20 years.

    18" of rain in 24 hours, in the Hill Country is catastrophic.   

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  3. On 6/27/2025 at 3:42 PM, Scholz said:

    Emmitt Smith

    Emmitt Smith, from Escambia HS in Pensacola,Florida, was highlighted in Parade Magazine. I still remember reading his mini-profile in the Faces in the Crowd section for his HS career. We lived at Eglin AFB when I was younger. Pensacola was the nearest big town.

    Not sure if they even had ratings back then, but he wouldn't have been a 3*.

  4. 3 hours ago, Armybrat said:

    Longer than that (LBJ, Charles Whitman, James Cross)

    James Cross? LBJ's Air Force One Pilot?

    I went to HS with his kids. My father used to fly "space available" on the weekly LBJ mail run between Andrews & Bergstrom.

    Did he do a waste dump over Taylor, or something? 🙂
     

  5. 26 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    Here's the problem.

    We tore up the Obama deal and no one is going inside Iran anymore to assess/inspect. All of this is a bunch of bullshit that doesn't move the needle until the regime is gone.

    Which regime, ours, theirs, or both?

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  6. 2 hours ago, Parliament said:

    How much would shutting the Strait down affect the US economy?  I know it would shwack our oil-importing allies, but not us it seems.  We are a net exporter.  Do we have a direct economic incentive to send our Navy to try to keep it open?

    ^^^I'm not advocating pacifism.  Asking questions is all.   

    There is one oil market in the world. ~ 100 Million BPD is produced and consumed.

    If the supply is cut by 20 Million BPD, you have 100 Million of demand chasing 80 MM of supply. Everybody gets fucked, except the producers. Everybody.

    The US is an exception. We are a "net producer", good for the US producers.

    BUT, and that is a big BUT, the US exports a lot of the lighter grade sweet oil produced from the shale plays, and it imports a similar quantity of the heavier, sour oil that is the preferred feedstock for the US refining industry, which was retrofitted 20 years ago to produce transportation fuels; gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from the bottom of the barrel oil production.

    In the event of a Strait shutdown, the imported oil will come at an inflated world price, and gasoline and diesel prices will rise proportionally, which kicks the US economy square in the nuts. 

    2 hours ago, Keyah said:

     

    World Class tankers are 2-3 million bbl capacity, ~ $160-$250,000,000/per load. 

    And you worry about auto and home insurance.

    1 minute ago, Keyah said:

    No matter the year, Oman and the GCC are relevant. 

    IMO, If Iran wants to start some real fuckery, the Strait is it. Light one tanker up, and everybody is in the game. Iran gets creamed in the process, bombed to the stone age, but everybody will pay for it for a while. The prices always go up a hell of a lot faster than they come down. Prudent refiners will secure long term supply under long term contracts, and prices won't come back down until the long term contracts expire.

    I think Iran follows previous actions, tells the parties that be in advance, they are going to make some face-saving response, but behind the closed doors, they push away from the table, and 

    ... there is not a reasonable mind within a sniff of the table.

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  7. 23 hours ago, ClubWhatever said:

    I'm not a defense wonk, but I don't like that the military gave the entire playbook for the attack in a PC.  Why?  All we need to know is that they did the deed and the results.  Does anybody need a sales job that they are good and have good stuff?

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    22 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

    I had nothing to do with any of this. I was scouting lakes for a project. 

    Town Lake isn't big enough any more?

    21 hours ago, Armybrat said:

    Amateur…..

     

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    Where are your paisley ties?

  8. 14 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

    God, they're so fucking stupid. "That clown show." The clown show that just want it's 4th director's cup in 5 years. The clown show that their coach said "physically manhandled them" or something similar, at home, at the renewal of the football rivalry. The clown show that stole THEIR coach, who they know says was an amoral shitbag, and won the SEC in year 1 with a transition roster. The clown show that FIRED their alum coach, who was doing awesome, for being a shitbag, and that same shitbag turned them DOWN when they tried to hire them. That clown show that just won a woman's softball national championship, that volleyball team that just spits out national championships, that men's and women's swimming and diving that's legitimately contending every year, and poached the US Olympics coach after our legend finally retired. 

    I guess they can enjoy being relevant in track and field...until we start spending money there too. Tick Tock, aggies. 

    Sign me up for fucking clown college, because after 2010-2023, I'll walk around wearing this kind of clownery till I fucking die. 

    Per Elko, "they (The Texas Longhorns) physically annihilated us."

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    Commit it memory. Save it wherever you save shit. Consider a tattoo. 

    Don't ever forget those words.

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  9. Ships collide in Hormuz Strait in shadow of Israel-Iran war

    British security firm Ambrey says the incident involving an oil tanker was not security related.

    Published On 17 Jun 2025


    Two oil tankers have collided in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical oil checkpoint just off the coast of Iran.

    British maritime security monitor Ambrey said that the collision on Tuesday of the Adalynn and the Front Eagle is “not security-related,” despite the proximity of the accident to the war raging between Israel and Iran and concerns over its impact on navigation.

    Shipping company Frontline said a fire was extinguished on the Front Eagle tanker, 15 nautical miles (28km) off the UAE’s Gulf of Oman coast. It added that no pollution had been detected.

    The United Arab Emirates coastguard said it had evacuated 24 people from the Adalynn oil tanker.

    The Front Eagle was loaded with 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude oil and was en route to Zhoushan in China, according to monitoring service TankerTrackers.com.

    The Adalynn, a Suezmax-class tanker owned by India-based Global Shipping Holding Ltd, had no cargo and was sailing towards the Suez Canal in Egypt, the monitoring service said.

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  10. 38 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    They had that before.  They were, indeed, much happier.

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    The Iranian Revolution spooled up the year I graduated. I have no first hand knowledge of any those sweet things.

    I'm betting everybody was much happier.   

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  11. 44 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

    Going to agree to disagree on this point.  It's not the 19--s any more.

    Neither of us know and its all purely supposition. Either way, I'm pretty confident the current Iranian regime is going to end and I'll choose the cup half full vision. Again, it can't get a lot worse for the people or the western countries so.. FAFO.

    I agree with this. Watch the first 3 minutes of Argo.

    The world has changed a lot since 1979. America does't have anywhere near the influence, and a lot of countries have a lot of money = influence.
    I'm not offering any endorsement or criticism of anybody, but Iran migrating towards a Qatari/Emirates mindset would make the world a much better place. As Charliie Wilson opined, "You think they might be a lot happier over there if they could just get women and booze in the same room at the same time?"

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  12. 3 hours ago, Bateshorn said:

    Yeah, If the Isrealis have complete air superiority and control over Iran, any bombing they are doing at this point is to reduce ballistic missile strikes and destablize the Iranian regime.  I'm sure Trump is promising relief in his gross ass zero sum way. 

    To build on @BurntEyes comments:  Since the Iranians are mere weeks away from enriching to weapons grade and maybe a few months from a deliverable warhead to Isreal, it's now existential to the Isrealis. If they have to use their own nukes preventively to protect Tel Aviv, they will, so it's unfortunately in our interest to finish what Isreal has started.  I don't make the rules, but that's the reality. 

    It's wild how much the entire Islamic world is basically: I'm all good. That ain't none of my business. 

    I agree. Israel will finish this, while they have the chance, and while the rest of the world waits (and quietly supports).

     From the Bullock Musuem, 

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  13. 16 hours ago, KYHorn said:

     

    Just to add to some of your points, I think the motivations and pressure behind SA's push to maintain high oil production via OPEC over the last 6 months has become much clearer.

    I agree. Even though most Iranian oil goes to China & India, it doesn't matter who produces the oil. 

    It is a zero sum game. Take a major source off the table, and the buyers frenzy flips the stabilized market to a sellers market with to guardrails.

    The biggest difference being, that Iran appears to be totally isolated this time, with everybody else watching from the sidelines.  

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  14. I am just reading what is posted, and offer this article without comment. I have no definitive information, one way or the other.  

    B-52s Join B-2s On Diego Garcia,10 Bombers Now At Indian Ocean Island

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    This is the most bombers seen at Diego Garcia for many years, but it's very likely that at least some of the B-2s will rotate back home soon.
    Joseph Trevithick - Updated May 8, 2025 5:24 PM EDT

    Satellite imagery indicates there are now 10 U.S. heavy bombers – six stealthy B-2s and four B-52s – on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. A key question now is whether the arrival of the B-52s, which occurred this week, will lead to the B-2s departing the highly strategic British island territory. Since they first deployed to Diego Garcia in March, the B-2s have been used in strikes against Houthi militants in Yemen, with which U.S. authorities recently concluded a ceasefire deal, and their presence has also been a huge show of force aimed at Iran.

    A low-resolution satellite image taken today, seen in the social media post below, appears to show the six B-2s and four B-52s. An array of other large aircraft, which could include KC-135 tankers, as well as C-5 and C-17 airlifters, are also visible. KC-135s arrived at Diego Garcia along with the B-2 in March, and C-17s have also been key to supporting that deployment.


    Satellite imagery had already emerged yesterday that looked to show a pair of B-52s having touched down on the Indian Ocean island. This all also aligns with online flight tracking data that began emerging earlier in the week, which had pointed to the deployment of two separate pairs of B-52s from Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana to Diego Garcia.

    While testifying before members of the House Armed Services Committee yesterday, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Andrew Gebara, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration, did say “there’s a Bomber Task Force of B-52s going on as we speak,” but did not name Diego Garcia or provide any additional details.

    The Air Force uses the term Bomber Task Force (BTF) to refer to irregular deployments of bombers to forward locations around the world, as you can read more about here. The last known B-52 BTF deployment, which saw four of the bombers head to RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, wrapped up in March.

    In response to questions about the B-52 deployment and whether the B-2s will now depart Diego Garcia, a U.S. defense official told TWZ that “we have nothing to provide.”

    Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) “routinely conducts global operations in coordination with other combatant commands, services, and participating U.S. government agencies to deter, detect and, if necessary, defeat strategic attacks against the United States and its allies. To preserve operational security, we do not discuss details about exercises or operations,” the command, which oversees the vast majority of America’s B-52s and other bomber fleets, also told Air & Space Forces Magazine in a statement.

    Sending six B-2s to Diego Garcia in March was already a major show of force. This represents roughly a third of the 19 of these stealth bombers currently in operational Air Force service. Only a portion of the B-2 fleet is actually available for mission taskings at any one time, too.

    The B-2s are the Air Force’s preeminent aircraft for prosecuting penetrating nuclear or conventional direct strikes deep inside heavily defended enemy territory. The stealth bombers also offer a unique conventional strike capability against deeply buried and otherwise hardened targets through their ability to drop 30,000-pound-class GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) precision-guided bunker buster bombs. B-2s, each of which can carry a pair of MOPs on a single sortie, are the only aircraft currently certified to employ these weapons operationally.

    In April, U.S. officials told TWZ that, despite reports at the time, B-2s flying from Diego Garcia had not dropped MOPs on Houthi targets in Yemen. Since March, B-2s forward-deployed to the Indian Ocean island have conducted strikes targeting the Iranian-backed Yemeni militants using other still unspecified munitions. B-2s flying from their main operating base in Missouri had also struck the Houthis last October with a still unknown mix of weapons.

    Questions have emerged previously about the utility of employing B-2s, which are very expensive to operate and maintain, against a non-state group like the Houthis. At the same time, the Yemeni militants have demonstrated that they have air defense capabilities that present real threats. This, in turn, may have contributed to the use of stealthy aircraft like the B-2 and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, as well as a noted increase in the employment of air-launched stand-off munitions by non-stealthy U.S. aircraft. The Houthis have succeeded in downing an alarming number of U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones. You can read more about what we know about Houthi air defenses in this recent TWZ feature.

    As already noted, sending such a large number of B-2s to Diego Garcia had also sent signals well beyond Yemen, particularly to Iran. TWZ had highlighted the strategic messaging factor of employing the stealth bombers after the October 2024 strikes on the Houthis.

    Diego Garcia was used for years as a launchpad for bomber sorties against targets in Afghanistan and Iraq. The U.S. military has also previously sent B-52s to the Indian Ocean island amid heightened tensions with Iran in the past, though they do not offer the penetrating and GBU-57/B employment capabilities of the B-2. B-52s have dropped MOPs during testing, but are not cleared to do so on operational missions. B-52s can employ a wide range of other munitions, including AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) cruise missiles and smaller precision-guided bunker-buster bombs.

    It’s interesting to note that Gebara also highlighted the value of having a mix of stealth bombers like the B-2s and the incoming replacement B-21 Raiders, and non-stealthy B-52s, at yesterday’s hearing before the House Armed Services Committee. The Air Force’s B-52 fleet is in the process of being massively upgraded and is expected to continue serving through at least 2050, as you can read more about here.

    “The decision to go forward with the B-52 was a decision made several years ago in that we needed a high-low mix of capabilities,” he said. “So, it would not be cost-effective to the American taxpayer to have all high-end, exquisite things when many missions could be done with the proverbial ‘old truck’ that’s paid for and we just need to do some upgrades to it.”

    The current massing of the huge force of U.S. heavy bombers on Diego Garcia now does follow the announcement of a ceasefire deal between the U.S. government and the Houthis on May 6, which officials in Oman helped broker. There is already skepticism about whether the agreement will hold, especially given that the Iranian-backed Yemeni militants have pledged to continue their campaign against Israel.

    The Houthis say they will continue to target Israel until it stops its operations in the Gaza Strip, which first began in response to attacks launched by Palestinian terrorist groups in the enclave on Oct. 7, 2023. Israel, just this week, has conducted its own major airstrikes on Yemen’s port of Hodeidah and the international airport in the country’s capital Sanaa.

    The U.S. government is also currently engaged in negotiations with Iran, primarily over the latter country’s nuclear ambitions. In recent months, President Donald Trump and other American officials have threatened direct action against Iran should those talks fall through, as well as over Tehran’s continued support of regional proxies like the Houthis.

    “I would much prefer a strong, verified deal where we actually blow them up … or just de-nuke them,” Trump said just yesterday during an interview with radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt. “There are only two alternatives there, blow them up nicely or blow them up viciously.”


    “Message to IRAN: We see your LETHAL support to The Houthis,” U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth also notably wrote in a post on X on April 30. “We know exactly what you are doing. You know very well what the U.S. Military is capable of — and you were warned. You will pay the CONSEQUENCE at the time and place of our choosing.”


    There are reports that Hegseth’s comments were among the factors that prompted Iran to pressure the Houthis into the ceasefire deal with the United States.

    Swapping out the B-2s for the B-52s on Diego Garcia could align with the current focus on diplomatic efforts, while still retaining additional heavy airpower assets for use in future operations targeting the Houthis or Iran. B-2s can and do perform non-stop global power strike missions from the United States, as was demonstrated in the strikes on Yemen last year, and the bombers could still take part in future operations in the region if called upon.

    Other factors, including the cost of sustaining a deployment of six B-2s on the Indian Ocean island, could also contribute to a decision to send the B-2s back to their home base following the arrival of the B-52s. The B-2 fleet has unique maintenance requirements, and some of the stealth bombers now at Diego Garcia could require work that cannot be performed at this kind of forward location.

    There is the possibility, though it seems less likely, that a combined force of B-2 and B-52 bombers will remain in place at Diego Garcia for the foreseeable future. Doing so could help step up pressure on Iran and its regional proxies like the Houthis.

    At the same time, the satellite imagery in hand now of the increasingly tightly packed conditions at the airfield on the island does underscore the limited infrastructure there, especially when it comes to enclosed shelters. The initial deployment of the B-2s in March had already highlighted the lack of shelters at Diego Garcia. This, in turn, had further fueled a heated debate over whether the U.S. military should be investing more in hardened aircraft shelters and other fortified infrastructure at key facilities globally, particularly airbases across the Indo-Pacific region, amid the possibility of a future high-end fight with China.

    Part of why Diego Garcia is so strategic is that its remote physical location has historically helped reduce vulnerability to attack, especially from smaller countries like Iran. However, the array of potential threats to the island, particularly from missiles and drones, continues to grow. You can read more about the hardened infrastructure debate and how it applies to Diego Garcia specifically in this past TWZ feature.

    For the moment, at least, 10 U.S. heavy bombers do look to be arrayed at the Indian Ocean outpost.

     

     

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  15. 3 hours ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

    Howell is really looking for anything at this point.  And who gives a shit about last year's DL when we landed Sharma, Charles, and Terry.

     

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    Aggy gonna Aggy. preaching to the choir, I know.

    They just ignore the Head-to-Head recruiting battles Texas has with Ohio State & Georgia, and to a lesses extent, USC, Oregon. and the local school of the day, for the cream of the crop in HS football every year that would never consider Aggy, but for a steaming pile of shit, opps!, or cash. 

    Because those guys never consider aggy, they don't exist. Therefore A&M is close to Texas in talent.

    Better business model than selling ice to the Eskimos. Looch gets to fleece the locals year round. 

  16. 2 hours ago, Scholz said:

    He’s at the precipice of an enormous crossroad.

    I get what you are saying, kind sir.

    Having hiked up to the precipice of the numbered peaks at Breckenridge, I can assure you, there are no crossroads there, just a one way trail up.

    The ride down? Standing at the top of the world, the purest of wind blown snow, the glitter filled air with newly formed ice crystals. Adrenaline overwhelms the rational thought processes. You gently slide over the edge, and immediately you are sliding face first towards the snow fence before the rocks that define the cliff, and the recreational skiers down below.

    Somehow, you make it down, alive and in one piece. One more data point of a charmed life lived. Back among your people, the rational thinkers, on the marked trails.

    The moment defines you. Skiing is meant to be a gravity sport, with the skis pointed downhill, not up. Time to grow up, old man.

    Yes, the kid has a big choice in front of him. Choose wisely, son.

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  17. 4 hours ago, Reese Bennett said:

    It goes like this with standards being lowered at each age with the first real drop in mid-20s and perhaps the biggest drop coming around 40-50:

    Grades 1-6: only attracted to the best of your age.

    Grades 7-8: the best grade 7-8 girls

    High School: the best high school girls with occasional looks at the quirky ones who will give you a blowjob

    College: ages 18-22 with a little more interest in freaks

    Age 23-30: 18-35 quirky/freak ratio is diminishing but standards are also being lowered as you start to squint at sevens

    Ages 30-40: 18-45 any female that's a six or up is good to go

    Ages 40-50: 18-55 Same as previous age, but a bigger range

    Ages 50-60: 18-40 are nice to look at, but only seriously looking at 40-65 (unless rich enough to pull younger)

    Ages 60-70: Lots of looking at 18-50, settling for anyone under 65 who is not yet a plus size and seems like they have the patience for Viagra to kick in.

    Ages 70-80: Not sure. I'll update this post when I get there, but it seems like it'll be mostly memories by then.

    Caveat: for this scale, marriage increases your age by at least 10 years.

    I don't disagree with your summary.

    I liked the phrase my bud always shared with me. "Go ugly early." Save yourself time and money, with a very high hit ratio.

  18. On 6/7/2025 at 12:50 PM, Judge Roybeanbag said:

    Generally speaking, we have our shit in buildings, not out on a tarmac day to day.  

    23 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

    so i saw on a youtube channel that the nuke bombers under the START II Treaty are required to be easily photographed from space to show Russia (and in reciprocation, US) that the other are not hiding bombers other than the times they are on a mission.   

    meaning the bombers cant be under cover, or in hardened shelters, they have to be visible to both sides.

    interestingly enough, Putin declared the START Treaty void back in 22 when he attacked Ukraine.    so that may mean we start hiding the bombers.

    because heres the deal... Ukr just showed how a group with low budget could take out Capital assets.

    the vid I showed basically said that going forward, the air force will have no choice but to declare no trucks are allowed to idle or rest within at least 15 miles of a US air base without having been cleared.... thats gonna cause all kinds of security chaos forcing truckers to move just in case one of them

    and it also means we have to be on the lookout of hidden drones on maritime shipping that just happens to go near Guam, Hawaii, Alaska, Diego Garcia, Marshall Islands, etc

    Ukr just showed a very simple road map to take out millions of dollars of planes for pennies on the dollar. 

    There was an article in one of the threads here that discussed same. Basically, the Nuke treaties had a requirement on being able to verify aircraft, and that only certain named bases could house them.

    1 hour ago, Ghost of LL said:

    I think that's wrong.  Just put into Google Maps "Minot AFB," "Barksdale AFB," and "Dyess AFB" and count the number of B-52 are out on the flight line of the first two and how many B-1s are on the flight line at Dyess.

    And to be real honest, I don't see just a whole lot in the way of hardened shelters for the aircraft at those bases.  I see the hardened shelters for the weapons.  But it looks like those would be driven to the flight line and loaded on to the aircraft.

    Over the years, I have updated my Google Earth to include all of the Air Bases I have been to or have some knowledge about things that have happened. I've done similar things to O&G facilities I've been to, and others of significance.

    I'm glad Bergstrom is no longer an AFB, and the only explosive proximate to my domain is the buried propane tank and a few gas cans.

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