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  1. 33 minutes ago, deadshank said:

    I mentioned semi-precious metals because of the salt air environment on the island.  Aluminum was on the list; however you won’t be able to solder aluminum.   Galvanized, bonderized (paint grip) or any pre-finished metal with G90 galvanized as it’s base material is a no go.  It will all rust in short order. 

    Yep no aluminum you need copper and not the thin gauge  shit.

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  2. 48 minutes ago, G650 said:

    Dude lol. I applaud this.

     

    Somewhat related, I always keep an eye on auctions just to see what things are going for. Sotheby's has a couple of 3900 Nautiluses and the estimates are 30 to 50k. This is a quartz watch!?? The world is mad

    And really, really, really, really, really, ru-ha-eally fucking stupid.

  3. 40 minutes ago, deadshank said:

    Absolutely.  Anywhere on the structure where that construction condition exists, be it roof or balcony, and a flashing detail ends at siding.  Kick outs are a must.  
     

    Needs to be a monolithic and soldered detail.   
     

    Ask @Onboard 2.0   He’s pre-med. 

    I switched to womens studies. I finally figured out I don’t know shit about ‘em.

     

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  4. 27 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

    Oh, show me 'round your snow-peaked mountains way down south
    Take me to your daddy's farm
    Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
    Come and keep your comrade warm

    I'm back In the U.S.S.R.
    Hey, you don't know how lucky you are, boy
    Back in the U.S.S.R.

     

    The judges would have accepted take me back to my old Kentucky home as well

  5. 9 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

    As you know, losing a war to Ukraine will be stunning to the Russian public. The costs will be stunning. The whole issue will be enraging. Russian history is filled with examples of how dissent is tolerated by the autocrat.

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    Yes, take me back to my old Odessa steps.

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  6. On 2/12/2022 at 5:31 PM, RDCanecutter said:

    Glad I'm wearing an old shirt after her voice made me bleed from my ears.

    There is no accent worse than that northeast NJ/NY accent. It’s worse than nails on a chalkboard.

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  7. 4 minutes ago, Hookah Horns said:l. NK on the other have much anyone wants, They get off to being "self-reliant," even if that includes people starving to death en masse.

    Hey what doesn’t kill ya makes you stronger.
    Modern day Spartans they are by God !!

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  8. 11 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

    Of course I'm not asking you to write a school paper for me! Jeez, how could you even think that?

    Hey, if you don't mind, could please you cite four credible literary sources that document the comments that people have made responding to my questions by 2pm today?    

    Hell there’s four sources right here on the surly just drop some screen names on em. Not gonna comment on the credible part though.

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  9. 33 minutes ago, gyroprotagonist said:

    what is the skinny on these Frederique Constant watches?  was just banging around the interwebz looking at moonphase watches and this one came up.  

     

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    this is listed at $4K at Joma.  

    Well, the guy spells his name with a "q" so you just added about $2k to the price...

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  10. 3 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    oh, they exist. lol, the weapons we know about are likely functionally obsolete due to the shit we have behind locked doors

    Oh I'm sure they've finally been able to reverse engineer those UFO's we've got out there in AREA 52... (they moved from Area 51). 

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  11. 1 minute ago, Felix said:

    I'd say doctrine instead of tactics since one informs the other, but in essence I agree.  If our Army had been conducting this operation the Ukrainian military would have been utterly destroyed as a fighting force within a week.  We would have lost people and we'd have the same issues with an insurgency as anyone but the war would have been over for all intents an purposes within a very short period of time.

    Yep, the US military breaks shit better than any other fighting force on the planet...  I also like to think we try to conserve manpower without needlessly putting them at risk.

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  12. 7 minutes ago, Felix said:

    As for the "is armor obsolete" debate like most things it's complicated.  As for pure combat power, nothing beats a MBT, but that also makes them the primary target for the enemy.  The US combined arms strategy is designed to protect the mobile units as they attempt to break through and encircle the enemy, thus breaking supply lines and preventing enemy formations from being able to operate as fuel and ammunition runs out and they can be mopped up by follow on units.  That hasn't change much and still has it's place. Seeing as how we developed these tactics based on blitzkrieg (as did the Soviets) it's well established doctrine.  Tanks operated with infantry, artillery, and air support are extremely effective at controlling territory because of their mobility, firepower, and ability to communicate and coordinate.

    Now on the modern battlefield there are more challenges, but as was touched on above, what sets us apart is our ability to see and engage the enemy.  It's very, very hard to hide from thermal imaging tech and ours is light years beyond anything Russia uses.  All that being said, sure it's easier to kill individual tanks, but formations of tanks used correctly will dominate most battlefields.  Exceptions being urban, forest/jungle, or mountainous. 

    Full disclosure.  I was a tanker.

    Thanks, great post.  Tactics are the essence of victory.. Sun Tzu said that, and if he didn't he sure as shit should have.

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  13. 4 minutes ago, TreatyOak said:

    What's interesting is that over the last few years, YouTube has been hosting lots of GoPro videos of Syrian tanks blundering around urban settings with no air or ground support and getting destroyed. Now, I'm astounded to see the Russians employing the exact same horrible tactics. It appears the Russians are no more competent than the bad Arab armies.   

    When you have an idiot commanding an army who doesn't get accurate Intel or hear about failure that's what you get.  Tanks alone are kind of sitting ducks, especially in urban environments.  

    That and the Russians really aren't the great military MENSA candidates some would believe IMO.  Their systems don't breed innovation, a or take charge mentality.

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  14. Just now, Pescado_Rojo said:

    Not just that. We run a screening force of APCs and DISMOUNTED infantry pushed out far enough ahead to intercept the small teams with shoulder launched ATGMs that Ukraine is using to hit and run the RU armor. Also, our tanks are better designed with an armored magazine with blast doors located in the tank body, not the turret. 

    'Zactly, tactics go hand in hand with, and support our technology.  

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