Make Us Proud 2015-05-27

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jwhouk wrote:Patience, my child. Good things come to them that wait.
Which is why I'm sitting in a reclining chair with a good view, iced drink, and a sandwich.

BTW - the Wapsi model is about 4 1/2 heads tall with the crotch a bit below half way. This short torso/long legs combo is surprisingly close to the human model in matching the mid-point, but makes the lower legs look very sleek. Also, some have mentioned how the hands and feet look big -- this is a clever trick. If you put the heel of your hand on your chin, you'll notice the fingers extend to mid-forehead. PW draws his hands/feet to this scale to match the big head, so they look huge vs the small torso. Expressions are revealed by eyes, face, and hands, and are major players in his art.
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shadowinthelight wrote:Maybe Devyn is some species of rodent paranormal. Image

And weird glitch, the home page is showing the page for 2014-09-24.
That was my first thought.

Translation: "Hello, I'm Devyn and this is my mouse imitation!"
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eee wrote:Come on, Devyn, this shouldn't be so hard.

"Miss Atsali, I am VERY SORRY to bother you, but Miss Jessie said she would switch our arms and legs on our bodies if we didn't come talk to you, and my chicken friends appointed me to be the one to do it. We think you're wonderful and impressive and an Alpha paranormal, and we'd love to be allowed to get close enough to worship you, and I'm going to go off and join a Buddhist nunnery now. Thank you for your time."

:lol:
Actually, that may be what she said in binary... :lol:

Obviously, Devyn rolled a 1 on her skill check.
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The freshmen girls all were so freaking
that Jessie command they try speaking
poor Devyn they chose
to the challenge arose
but right now, the poor girl is squeaking
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Doing my best not to laugh as I would have done the same at that age. Just with "uh" and "um" instead.
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Sgt. Howard wrote:The freshmen girls all were so freaking
that Jessie command they try speaking
poor Devyn they chose
to the challenge arose
but right now, the poor girl is squeaking
I don't suppose you know any Eddurds, Sarge?
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Gyrrakavian wrote:
Sgt. Howard wrote:The freshmen girls all were so freaking
that Jessie command they try speaking
poor Devyn they chose
to the challenge arose
but right now, the poor girl is squeaking
I don't suppose you know any Eddurds, Sarge?
... is that anything like Ebonics?
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"Congratulations, buddy- you've been volunteered to do something horrifying!"
And just like that, she's ready for the military. Maybe as a mine-defusing cetacean.

*Sniff*

It makes and old EOD 'bot proud, it really does..
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tophoo wrote:"Congratulations, buddy- you've been volunteered to do something horrifying!"
And just like that, she's ready for the military. Maybe as a mine-defusing cetacean.

*Sniff*

It makes and old EOD 'bot proud, it really does..
... heh... you were one of the poor souls that would have to take apart something I would put together...
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Sgt. Howard wrote:
tophoo wrote:"Congratulations, buddy- you've been volunteered to do something horrifying!"
And just like that, she's ready for the military. Maybe as a mine-defusing cetacean.

*Sniff*

It makes and old EOD 'bot proud, it really does..
... heh... you were one of the poor souls that would have to take apart something I would put together...
No he wouldn't. What you're making is not Ordnance, it's just explosive, a home made bomb. EOD deals with the military things that go boom and dealing with them after the idiot troops leave them laying out in the rain for 6 months and then send them back to the depot. Bomb disposal is a whole different ball game. I was EOD in the Army at a couple of ammo dumps. None of the red wire, blue wire junk for me. No thank you that is dangerous!!! Just using a hammer to loose up the detonator on an 155 shell that has rusted in place.
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zachariah wrote:
Sgt. Howard wrote:
tophoo wrote:"Congratulations, buddy- you've been volunteered to do something horrifying!"
And just like that, she's ready for the military. Maybe as a mine-defusing cetacean.

*Sniff*

It makes and old EOD 'bot proud, it really does..
... heh... you were one of the poor souls that would have to take apart something I would put together...
No he wouldn't. What you're making is not Ordnance, it's just explosive, a home made bomb. EOD deals with the military things that go boom and dealing with them after the idiot troops leave them laying out in the rain for 6 months and then send them back to the depot. Bomb disposal is a whole different ball game. I was EOD in the Army at a couple of ammo dumps. None of the red wire, blue wire junk for me. No thank you that is dangerous!!! Just using a hammer to loose up the detonator on an 155 shell that has rusted in place.
Yea i think its just horrible how them Army and Navy and Marine folk treat their toys. We kept ours in nice neat dry tubes under the ground. None of that messy wire stuff either. Just 2 little keys to turn and people see fireworks like they never have before just prior to the start of the next stone age.
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"I'm sorry, but I don't think I squeak your language."
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oldmanmickey wrote:Yea i think its just horrible how them Army and Navy and Marine folk treat their toys. We kept ours in nice neat dry tubes under the ground. None of that messy wire stuff either. Just 2 little keys to turn and people see fireworks like they never have before just prior to the start of the next stone age.
Just don't drop any wrenches.

Schlosser's book (cited in that article) is a fascinating, and very sobering "read". I had no idea that so many nuclear weapons had been lost, dropped, or involved in fires over the years. The Goldsboro crash came disturbingly close to nuking a significant chunk of the Eastern Seaboard, and perhaps rendering Washington D.C. uninhabitable for quite some time.

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eee wrote:Come on, Devyn, this shouldn't be so hard.

"Miss Atsali, I am VERY SORRY to bother you, but Miss Jessie said she would switch our arms and legs on our bodies if we didn't come talk to you, and my chicken friends appointed me to be the one to do it. We think you're wonderful and impressive and an Alpha paranormal, and we'd love to be allowed to get close enough to worship you, and I'm going to go off and join a Buddhist nunnery now. Thank you for your time."

:lol:
One hopes that Atsali doesn't take Devyn's behavior and words in the wrong way.
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Dave wrote:The Goldsboro crash came disturbingly close to nuking a significant chunk of the Eastern Seaboard, and perhaps rendering Washington D.C. uninhabitable for quite some time.
Forget DC. I was a lot closer (Greenville SC).

Much more important.
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AnotherFairportfan wrote:
Dave wrote:The Goldsboro crash came disturbingly close to nuking a significant chunk of the Eastern Seaboard, and perhaps rendering Washington D.C. uninhabitable for quite some time.
Forget DC. I was a lot closer (Greenville SC).

Much more important.
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oldmanmickey wrote:[
Yea i think its just horrible how them Army and Navy and Marine folk treat their toys. We kept ours in nice neat dry tubes under the ground. None of that messy wire stuff either. Just 2 little keys to turn and people see fireworks like they never have before just prior to the start of the next stone age.
Please the Air Force was just as bad if not worse. The boys on the flight line and choppers took far better care of the bird than they did of the bombs and bullets. I had them send back to us 2.5 in rockets they dropped while loading and broke. They then stacked them in an open crate behind the hanger until it was full and then shipped it back to us. Fun and joy as they never bothered to remove the detonators or put safety pins back. Does that sound like the AF was better?
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Well, she's small, has impressive dentition, and makes mouse-like noises. Maybe a tooth faerie, then?
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Well, this conversation has wandered rather far afield.

And wasn't SAC stood back up because the AF kept losing nukes or something?

Damn. I just perpetuated it.
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Dave wrote:
oldmanmickey wrote:Yea i think its just horrible how them Army and Navy and Marine folk treat their toys. We kept ours in nice neat dry tubes under the ground. None of that messy wire stuff either. Just 2 little keys to turn and people see fireworks like they never have before just prior to the start of the next stone age.
Just don't drop any wrenches.

Schlosser's book (cited in that article) is a fascinating, and very sobering "read". I had no idea that so many nuclear weapons had been lost, dropped, or involved in fires over the years. The Goldsboro crash came disturbingly close to nuking a significant chunk of the Eastern Seaboard, and perhaps rendering Washington D.C. uninhabitable for quite some time.

“Until my death I will never forget hearing my sergeant say, 'Lieutenant, we found the arm/safe switch.' And I said, 'Great.' He said, 'Not great. It’s on arm.'” (Lt. Jack Revelle)
yea i had a buddy that went through training with me that was at that site that day. A little more to the story than that but is classified.
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