Recent content by James Snover

Because it lends average folks mobility. That's what the Left really hates: you, going where you want, as you wish. Even just having the ability to do so is an anathema for them. It was never about the environment.

One of the worst mistakes you can make is to bring a gun to knife fight. On top of that, a gun is stand-off weapon, the entire point of it is to stop the bad guy before he gets near you. Gonna be saying some prayers for the officer, and his family.

At the time, the Buick Nailheads were the torque kings of GM's engine lineup.

Yep, you had to be married. And they interviewed you, your wife, and your kids and immediate family. If you passed that, you had to go and spend two weeks with some pilots and crews, just to see if you were the kind of guy who could get along with others, or if you were one of those assholes who...

There's a section in Ben Rich's book about the problems they had when learning to live with Titanium. They found that in the summer, when local municipalities put lots of chlorine in the water to suppress algae, it attacked the titanium! An engineer drew a line on a panel with a fountain pen. A...

The materials played a part, but most of the stealth is from the shape. The rear tails angle inward, the fuselage has no sharp corners between any two sections, so the radar can't get a good return. And the inlet spikes shielded the engines, which was good, because spinning compressor fans...

It could cause problems if there were pinholes in the ceiling of the hanger. They'd initialize it, and the system would lock on to the pinholes because it thought they were stars! They had procedures to re-boot it, and a good thing, too. At Mach 3.2, if you get 1 degree off course, pretty soon...

No comment. I don't want Mr. Smith getting mad at me!

Ya know how your Dad always told you, "Son, don't ever stick your dick in crazy?" That goes double for Black Holes. Because if you do, a, you can't feel anything because no information can cross the event horizon, and, b, you aren't going to get your dick back. Import safety note there, my...

Jake at Animagraffs has always made the most incredible 3D-modeled cutaway videos. His features on the steam and diesel-electric locomotives are amazing. But this time he has totally outdone himself. This video is almost an hour long, and it's got more info on my favorite plane in one place than...

I have not seen them. The only lurking I did was in Hottest Wives. I'll look those threads up.

You guys are the best. I've missed you all so much.

If this was the verification, what was the question?

Been gone a while. Work tried to promote me into management, it went sideways faster than a nuke in a Uranium mine. You know? You try and tell your bosses "This isn't going to work out like you're thinking. History will not judge you kindly." And they're all, like, "Oh, Jim, you always crack us...