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Drimble Wedge posted:Not to turn this into the Secretariat thread, but here he is in the Preakness (second leg of the Triple Crown). Watch at about 1:06 -- he was dead last, then dropped it into gear and passed everybody. The greatest stretch run of all: Silky Sullivan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT_YxcoDhtY&feature=related
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Minas Tirith, made out of 420,000 matchsticks: Apparently the guy that made this has been doing things like this for as long as I've been alive, all within 20 minutes from where I grew up, and I had no idea. Check it out.
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MisterFusion posted:I'm sorry it's so small, and I'm pretty sure it hasn't been posted yet, but here is one of the best parts of the most bad rear end hour of television I've ever seen: Here's bigger! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdkCpnGMyGw
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The Stizzle posted:Simo and Carlos were both snipers, but Carlos' stalks are of legendary status. They were cut from a different cloth. I wouldn't say quantity is the issue, it was how it was carried out. You're right about that, but not for the reason you think. You want to talk about skill? Carlos' most famous shot was against another sniper. He was already in the guy's sights, and just from the glint on his lens, he managed to send a bullet straight down the other sniper's scope and through his eye. A legendary, once-in-a-lifetime shot. It wouldn't have gone down that way with Simo on the other side. Simo never used a scope. Over 800 recorded kills, all through iron sights. Let's take the warfare talk back, way back. The martial arts, like pretty much everything, were invented in India. Kung fu, karate, kickboxing, everything owes its existence to the original martial arts, practiced so long ago that they predate the region's own recorded history. There are many famous weapons in Indian martial arts such as the talwar and the khukri, but the most unique is the urumi.  Ancient India produced a unique kind of steel called wootz. A sword forged from it is hard enough to hold a razor-sharp edge, but flexible enough to roll itself up and extend like a party horn when swung. More training is required to use this sword than any other weapon on earth. It could chop its own wielder's head off with a mistimed flick of the wrist, and practitioners undergo years of intense study. Like everything from India, it is completely bad rear end, older than dirt, and pretty silly looking.
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That's completely awesome. If you ever get a chance to train with John Will (Australian BJJ guru) he's got a great story about finding a (edit)1960s book about ancient Indian martial arts, a mixture of wrestling and kickboxing done primarily with spiny knuckle-dusters. Will, being one of those guys that loves to train with everyone, was enamoured, especially with a picture of two men engaged in combat, and headed off. The thing is, it hardly exists anymore. So he goes to the area where the book was printed, hoping to find something. He's really not hopeful, but he figures he might get some more info. He heads to a local Hare Krishna temple, that he's heard is a bit of a hub for Ancient Indian stuff, and who opens the door but the guy in the photo, with racks of the old knuckledusters behind him, some dating back centuries. EDIT-  for reference, the martial art is called Vajramushti, and I believe Will met the gentleman on the right. To raise you in the ancient warfare stakes, There's tons of stories of amazing last stands and remarkable deeds, but one that's stuck in my memory was a low key one I heard years ago. Once, a Spartan youth caught a fox. He was starving, as he'd often been while training. When the land's owner caught him, the youth stuffed it down his shirt, knowing he'd be beaten severely if he was found to be stealing. While the landowner interrogated him, the youth didn't answer, but looked increasingly strained, finally falling down dead. Why? The fox had gnawed into his stomach. And he hadn't talked. Snowman_McK has a new favorite as of 07:02 on Sep 1, 2010 |
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RandomFerret posted:You're right about that, but not for the reason you think. You want to talk about skill? Let's talk stalking. quote:The clearest picture of the courage necessary to be a sniper is found in Hathcock's stalk of a North Vietnamese Army General. The stalk covered 2000 meters of flat ground with nothing more for cover and concealment than grass that was only two feet high. Carlos Hathcock crawled "inches per minute and yards per hour" for two days and three nights to cover a distance that could be walked, by a man at normal speed, in ten minutes. The entire time Hathcock was moving into his FFP, enemy patrols were walking all around him. One NVA soldier even brushed Carlos' leg as he walked past the sniper hiding in the grass. On the morning of his fourth day, without having eaten any food and having had very little water, Carlos finally made it into the right spot. He found himself 800 meters from the target area. At the appropriate time, Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock fired his devastating shot, killing the NVA General. Only after having made the shot, did Hathcock exit his FFP to escape the furious search for the sharpshooter who had seriously damaged the command and control structure of the NVA units operating in the area. The only true way to get the full picture is to read his book, Marine Sniper. That stalk was a suicide mission, taken on with no previous details to the mission, and deemed "almost completely impossible" by his superiors. To take the mission, he had to say yes before they would tell ANY details, including time, date, location and target. He was by himself, for 3 days, with absolutely no support. He worm-crawled on his side, pulling up the grass he flattened with his feet as to not leave a trail. He endured blazing heat, cold nights, hunger, dehydration, bug bites, and delirium. Morning, afternoon, and evening patrols walked within inches of him at times. It took him minutes to unscrew his canteen, take a sip from the cap, and repeat the long, quiet process to close it back up. He survived on crackers and salt, and not much else. He crawled 1.25 miles on his side, over the period of 3 days. It is one hair-raising tale. All in all, two very intelligent individuals that caused a lot of terror and damage to opposing forces.
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 The piper of D-Day died recently. http://www.economist.com/node/16885894
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FAH Q posted:
So what's to his right that's casting that long shadow?
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IUG posted:So what's to his right that's casting that long shadow?  Click here for the full 1280x825 image.
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funtax posted:
Well played, sir.
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funtax posted:
God drat, that vault dweller is huge!
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Cleretic posted:God drat, that vault dweller is huge! You must not have met Mel Gibson. He's tiny, like Patrick Swayze (even BEFORE the cancer!).
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funtax posted:
This is my new background picture. Thank you, sir.
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Eh, gently caress it- I'll jump on the "my Dad was pretty badass" bandwagon: He's on the far left.  ...and again. 
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Polio posted:Eh, gently caress it- I'll jump on the "my Dad was pretty badass" bandwagon: Is that the UN Flag on the background? Was your dad an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. by any chance?
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      These guys were recruited to salvage this ship.  Here's the full article.
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Spider Crusoe posted:Here's the full article. That was a fantastic loving read, and those guys are real-life superheroes. Everyone should read the article. Do it.
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aas Bandit posted:That was a fantastic loving read, and those guys are real-life superheroes. Everyone should read the article. Do it. You're not kidding. Holy goddamn gently caress that is an amazing story.
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Spider Crusoe posted:Here's the full article. Unlimited master's license sounds so cheesy, but drat if what it entails isn't badass.
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Captain McStabbin posted:Unlimited master's license sounds so cheesy, but drat if what it entails isn't badass. By that point I was 100% hooked on the story. I can only echo the others, this is some excellent read.
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Jim DiGriz posted:By that point I was 100% hooked on the story. I can only echo the others, this is some excellent read. First time I've been inclined to emptyquote. Talk about an awesome read. Very, very nice link.
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Psycho_Path posted:Reading that has made me want to watch Daylight. Hate to point out the obvious but this would be a cool movie to watch. They could just take the article and script it, as the writer seems to have that movie feel going on already. Good read though
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Jaybe77 posted:Hate to point out the obvious but this would be a cool movie to watch. They could just take the article and script it, as the writer seems to have that movie feel going on already. Spielberg's optioned it.
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Yeah, gently caress Deadliest Catch, those guys need their own show
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Spider Crusoe posted:Here's the full article. Holy poo poo, talk about live fast and die hard. What a crazy rear end bunch of fuckers.
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 A 5-year-old boy in Australia got a henna tattoo on family vacation, but had a bad reaction to the chemicals, and may have a permanent scar on his arm in the shape of a dragon. Goddamn doctors, trying to treat this child's medical badass condition.
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a bunch of ants posted:
All right, bald dude is the man, but I can't get over the fact that the guy 2 to his left looks like Matt Damon.
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Ozz81 posted:Can't have a badass thread without the original "goddamn sexual Tyrannosaurus" I re-watched Running Man not too long ago and couldn't stop laughing at his aerobics instructor bits.  Still awesome. 
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