Tell us something we don't know....

[baboon]

One trip to Houston and you saw that many gay couples? Bullshit!

Saying you saw that many in one trip, is more than many of us saw in years of living in Houston? Again, Bullshit!

You are either a liar, or a troll.

Randall’s had a store in Montrose. I went and worked one day for time and a half and it was more then I could stomach. I could have gone there & worked 60 hour weeks for a month.

I remember one couple that came up to the service meat counter in particular! Both covered in hickies, one had his hand down the other pants. We’re I threw up in my mouth was as they decided what they wanted one put his head on the others shoulder kissing the others ear lobes!

The very next day I was asked if I wanted to go over there for a month. I told the meat merchandiser I’d quit before I did that!

 

[LaborLawPaul]

I once got a Remington 115 grain HTP that wasn't. Measured .357. Woops.

 

[Vaquero]

I once got a Remington 115 grain HTP that wasn't. Measured .357. Woops.

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You gotta be shitting.

 

[LaborLawPaul]

You gotta be shitting.

I shat you not. I've often wondered if it would have made it out of the barrel had I not noticed before loading it.

 

[Vaquero]

I shat you not. I've often wondered if it would have made it out of the barrel had I not noticed before loading it.

That's a 158 gr .358 diameter bullet made for .357 magnum in the early '80s.
I haven't seen those scallops in decades

 

[LaborLawPaul]

That's a 158 gr .358 diameter bullet made for .357 magnum in the early '80s.
I haven't seen those scallops in decades

Would love to know how it made its way to the 9mm line that day. Accident? Disgruntled employee? Aliens?

 

[easy rider]

Would love to know how it made its way to the 9mm line that day. Accident? Disgruntled employee? Aliens?

Casper.

 

[Vaquero]

Would love to know how it made its way to the 9mm line that day. Accident? Disgruntled employee? Aliens?

Agree. A story we'll never know.
I bet it'd punch like Tyson though.

 

[General Zod]

OK. I'm sure many of you are somewhat familiar with this aircraft:



The Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird. A spy plane that cruised at Mach 3.2 at altitudes over 80,000 feet, outran every missile fired at it from hostile nations, and was designed in the early 1960s by insanely gifted engineers with slide rules. Here's what you may not know...

This...is the Blackbird's sibling, the YF-12A.



The YF-12 was a prototype for a missile-armed, Mach 3+ interceptor, intended to shoot down Russian bombers as far from US territory as possible. It was armed with three AIM-47 long range radar guided missiles, which flew at speeds slightly higher than Mach 4 (they were originally designed to fly at speeds approaching Mach 6, but they never got the rocket motors to produce enough thrust) carried internally. The usual beak-like nose of the other Blackbird variants (A-12, SR-71 and M-21) was replaced by a radome with a round cross-section, which changed the aircraft's flight characteristics enough to require a third vertical tail surface for stability - you can see it under the tail of the aircraft in the pictures above. It folded to the left for landing.

And here's the mind-boggling part: The YF-12 program was a success. There were seven live missile shots taken during the initial testing program, all at speeds around Mach 3 and altitudes over 70,000 feet. One missile failed because of a faulty gyro in its guidance system. The other six were successful hits - including the final shot, fired from 74,000 feet at Mach 3.2 at a maneuvering QB-47 drone (a remote controlled B-47 bomber) at an altitude of 500 feet. The missile scored a direct hit. The Air Force was impressed and placed an order for 96 F-12B aircraft in 1965.

And then...nothing. The contract was back-burnered for 3 years, then canceled by the Air Force when it became clear Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara would never free up funding for the YF-12s. And so the two existing examples (the third aircraft was written off after a landing accident in 1966) of the largest, fastest interceptor ever built were turned over to NASA in 1969 for high speed/high altitude experiments. One YF-12 crashed during NASA testing when an engine fire broke out on final approach, and the last one resides at the National Museum of the US Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

 

[General Zod]

Another angle on the YF-12A showing off the radome and the cut-back chines on the fuselage...and an AIM-47 missile on a loading cart near where the front missile bay was located.

 

[LaborLawPaul]

And here's the mind-boggling part: The YF-12 program was a success. There were seven live missile shots taken during the initial testing program, all at speeds around Mach 3 and altitudes over 70,000 feet. One missile failed because of a faulty gyro in its guidance system. The other six were successful hits - including the final shot, fired from 74,000 feet at Mach 3.2 at a maneuvering QB-47 drone (a remote controlled B-47 bomber) at an altitude of 500 feet. The missile scored a direct hit. The Air Force was impressed and placed an order for 96 F-12B aircraft in 1965.

Makes me wonder what they really have now.

 

[pronstar]

Pretty good vid here…this channel, Mustard, uses CAD and CGI to bring older planes back to life. It’s really well-done content, and they’ve got quite a following. Highly recommended




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[Army 1911]

Today's star date is 47634.44

 

[BRD@66]

Today's star date is 47634.44

Thank you Mr. Data.

 

[General Zod]

Makes me wonder what they really have now.

Well, thanks to Robert McNamara they never had F-12s. He saw any new fighter or interceptor as a threat to his baby project, the F-111 super fighter that was going to equip the Navy and Air Force and be the greatest fighter and interceptor ever...

...and wound up being a pretty decent tactical bomber for the Air Force with no air-to-air weapons.

 

[1086Cowboy]

The phrase "balls to the wall" isn't inappropriately originated. It comes from ball topped throttle levers in fighter planes.

 

[Tnhawk]

Was just walking past a yellow jacket nest (that I didn't know about) and the little fuckers stung me 4 times innthe upper back. Gave me chills and felt sick for an hour or so afterward, Benadryl helped.

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While checking calibration of some flow valves at a gasoline terminal, I go hit on neck and face by yellow jackets. Took Benadryl then and again that night when I had breathing problems.

 

[Axxe55]

While checking calibration of some flow valves at a gasoline terminal, I go hit on neck and face by yellow jackets. Took Benadryl then and again that night when I had breathing problems.

Dayem! Sorry to hear that. Hope you get to feeling better soon.

 

[Axxe55]

Thank you Mr. Data.

He's probably been binge watching all the Star Trek series!

 

[Tnhawk]

Dayem! Sorry to hear that. Hope you get to feeling better soon.

I should have mentioned that happened at a time before I retired. My manager wrote me a safety violation for carelessness. That's one of the reasons I decided to was time to retire.