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  1. It was used (among many applications) to raze cities, as were almost all subsequent incendiary devices.
  2. Or look up Greek fire? Look up medieval incendiary tactics, attacks, and material such as tar and pitch.
  3. Hard cast I'd assume?
  4. Always laughed at the scene in The Highwaymen with Costner going into the gun store and walking out with an arsenal of Thompsons, BAR's, 1911's, shotguns, etc.
  5. Seriously, what's the backstory here with this apparent serial killer?
  6. "Los Diablos Tejanos" - The Texas Devils. Empire of the Summer Moon goes deep into the orchestration, implementation, and efficacy of the Rangers against the Comanches and Apaches that had fought conventional army units to a standstill. The above-mentioned Paterson and later Walker pistols, were originally scoffed at by the Army. The Rangers realized they needed the same capabilities to fight Indians from horseback and be able to travel for extraordinary lengths of distance. Revolvers gave them this capability and it changed the face of warfare forever. Comanches were so adept at using their mounted archers they could fire from under the neck of the horse at a full gallop and put dozens of arrows on target to a single musket ball in return, who also had to dismount to fire and reload. The new Walker pistols also had a faster reload, larger powder capacity, and much longer range. Combined with Comanche and Apache tactics, it was game over compared to a rider with just a bow and a lance or Mexican soldiers with cap & ball rifles. The first true "special forces", akin to what the SAS did in N.Africa.
  7. Nice, I'd swap out the sights for something you can see in low light situations, but other than that nothing more iconic that a clean 1911.
  8. Late to the party, I know - but just started season one. The ITK (Ice Truck Killer). SO hooked....
  9. Seems to be confirmed this fuck is the perp.
  10. It's a real mystery isn't it....
  11. She has the abilities of a role player and the overinflated ego of a Hollywood actor. A third of her rebounds are from her own damn misses within feet of the rim. It's laughable.
  12. Definite new Surly motto!
  13. They're Michigan State that so desperately wants to be Ohio State....
  14. We did that with an old fridge at the trash pit at the ranch. I was picking crap out of the surrounding trees for hours. Not my finest hour.
  15. That's the vast majority of schools. Very, very few make it to the top, let alone in multiple sports. Thing is, they don't see where they fall in the historical hierarchy of college athletics and think money will solve all their problems. They want so deeply to be relevant they have no perspective. They talk about Texas' arrogance, but look back over the years how they talk down to Tech and the other schools. Then if/when they start to have some success, the school collectively freaks out and puts so much damn pressure on the teams that they invariably implode. Rinse. Wash. Repeat.
  16. I wish I was getting married because THIS is what all the groomsmen would be getting as gifts!
  17. Jesus man, it was a technique used back in the 60's that engendered a complete eradication.. If it's still on the books, then that raises a bigger question.
  18. Back in the day, lot's of ranchers used pine tar on open wounds like that. Especially if it's not near the head/eyes/ears. That's case by case basis treatment. You have to extract the larva and treat the wound. Same on livestock as humans. If it gets bad, they'll go back to fly-vasectomies and release a billion horny male flies to hump the ladies into extinction.
  19. "silencers" sigh.....
  20. We still have the old dip-tank my g-father built for his livestock on our place. Back in the day they eradicated them with sterile flies that wouldn't produce eggs. They'd radiate the males, box them up, and air-drop them all over the state to release them. This was in the 60's, and my dad would talk about finding the boxes. If you wanted more flies, you'd dig a few out, send them off to the county, and wait. It was Dr. Edward F. Knipling (of Aggy lore) that helped with this. Collapses the population. Come on agroids, you're a damn Ag school - do something about this shit.
  21. We were talking about that last night also. There were eight of them I believe.....gang of eight.
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