The coolest thing about a helicopter with rotor blades powered by ramjets? The rotor blades are surrounded by a ring of fire. Johny Cash would have approved.
Oh, yeah. There was this time I was pinned down by this guy that played left tackle for varsity... Well, at least he used to before he was a vampire... Anyway, he had this really, really thick neck, and all I had was a little, little Exact-O knife ... You're not loving this story.
Buffy ,'Beneath You'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tommyrot - Dec 21, 2009 10:15:06 am PST #26567 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
SuziQ - Dec 21, 2009 10:15:59 am PST #26568 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Burrell, I have to accept the same when it comes to CJ. Cooking is my thing and dishes are supposed to be his. But when he forgets, I try to just do them and not get upset about it. Less stress on both of us. He does a bunch of chores, including cleaning the litter box. I'm happy to pick up the slack on dishes and not have to deal with the litter box.
Burrell - Dec 21, 2009 10:17:00 am PST #26569 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Same deal at our house, SuziQ.
Jesse - Dec 21, 2009 10:18:14 am PST #26570 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am the person who can't do all of the dishes all of the time, most of the time. I hope my future spouse isn't also that person!
Typo Boy - Dec 21, 2009 10:22:39 am PST #26571 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah. The formatting sucks. You have to scroll pretty far before you realized that it is an index to a bunch of posts rather than just a single post. It is a true conceptual index, so that most posts are linked are under more than one category. The idea is that any time you encounter a talking point you can just scroll down the index to you find something pretty close to what the denier is saying and the click onto a refutation that will probably be broad enough to rebut the particular version. Sometimes you will have to search a little, but its never taken me more than a few tries to find refutations.
Gudanov - Dec 21, 2009 10:23:59 am PST #26572 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
The ring of fire helicopter is awesome.
I've got to go airplane geek here for a moment and share two of my favorite prototype aircraft from the 40s.
The XP-55 Curtiss Ascender [link]
And the Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose [link]
Neither made it to production, but they looked cool not making it.
tommyrot - Dec 21, 2009 10:27:54 am PST #26573 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The XP-55 Curtiss Ascender [link]
That was a cool-looking airplane, but not really a great design due to stability issues. I think the Japanese Shinden (another canard fighter) was better, but the war ended before it could enter production: [link]
Also, I think the Shinden looks slightly better.
Typo Boy - Dec 21, 2009 10:28:06 am PST #26574 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Oh, and here is a really short answer to the specific 1998 point.
That is actually from a shorter site doing the same thing "How to talk to a Climate Skeptic" does.
tommyrot - Dec 21, 2009 10:33:21 am PST #26575 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, and I was surprised that the Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose had a 2,300 hp engine but a top speed of only 381 mph. The P-38, P-47 and P-51 (the main USAAF fighters of the time) were all faster. Pro'lly why the thing never entered production.
Gudanov - Dec 21, 2009 10:39:08 am PST #26576 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I've read higher figures for the XP-54's speed, but it and it's engine were definitely flawed. Still, very cool looking.