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Badass and feel good 
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Jan 4, 2013 23:02
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Hell yeah opening doors is loving sweet.
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Jan 4, 2013 23:11
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Babe Magnet posted:Hell yeah opening doors is loving sweet. 14-year-old schoolgirl and outspoken equal education rights advocate who was shot by the Taliban for being "pro-West" (among other points of contention), is recovering relatively quickly. According to medical officials at the British hospital she was transported to after her assassination attempt, Malala can now stand with assistance and communicate in writing.
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Jan 4, 2013 23:14
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From today: http://jezebel.com/5955314/14+year+old-girl-shot-by-taliban-is-speaking-shows-no-signs-of-brain-damage?tag=malala-yousafzai "Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban for being an outspoken proponent of equal education while walking home from school, continues on her remarkable path to recovery, having finally regained the ability to speak."
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Jan 4, 2013 23:17
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gently caress yeah. Glad she's doing well.
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Jan 4, 2013 23:31
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A pair of young gentlemen enjoy a pleasant cycling tour through a picturesque town and the countryside.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJ1N050sVo
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Jan 5, 2013 12:58
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:A pair of young gentlemen enjoy a pleasant cycling tour through a picturesque town and the countryside. I spent the entire time like this: 
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Jan 6, 2013 23:20
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Wasn't sure whether to post this in animal intelligence or here. Local newspaper just ran a story about a white-tail eagle killing a crow, before being chased the hell away by a murder of angry friends and family  Pretty badass, considering the white-tail eagle is over twice as big as a crow, and has been known to kill wild boars and deer.     As someone who has been attacked by crows for accidentally wandering too close to their nest, let me assure you that they are fiercely protective of each other, and they can and will gently caress you up. Nastyman has a new favorite as of 16:48 on Jan 15, 2013 |
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Jan 15, 2013 16:46
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Jan 15, 2013 16:50
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Nastyman posted:Wasn't sure whether to post this in animal intelligence or here. Local newspaper just ran a story about a white-tail eagle killing a crow, before being chased the hell away by a murder of angry friends and family gently caress crows. I saw a murder chase off a tawny eagle from a zebra carcass in Zimbabwe a few years back. You aren't kidding that eagles will gently caress poo poo up, but a murder of crows could probably drive off a lion or two if they really wanted to.
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Jan 15, 2013 23:22
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Men In Black budget cutbacks?
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Jan 16, 2013 01:08
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Feed the birds, tuppence a bag...
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Jan 16, 2013 01:29
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Sharks have been known to take other fish from fisherman's lines: A real badass would've reeled in the shark too. 
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Jan 16, 2013 01:48
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Snakes on a plane... Just another day in Australia.
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Jan 17, 2013 01:25
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Reverse image search lead me to this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wixsy8jWV6E
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Jan 17, 2013 02:40
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The plane was flying from Australia to Papua New Guinea, so it most likely stopped over at some lovely strip before crossing the strait and that's where it boarded. Sadly, that poor python died 
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Jan 17, 2013 02:48
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He died but that motherfucker hung the gently caress on when a lesser mortal would have let go. His soul was surely sent to the reptile Valhalla.
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Jan 17, 2013 03:09
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This is more crazy engineering than true badassery but just imagine how badass it would be to operate it. This is the Marion 6360 aka The Captain. Note the front end loader underneath it.  It was the largest machine ever to move on land, weighing in at 15,000 tons.  A pickup truck, front end loader, and a man hanging out by its tracks.  Each of those track links weighed 3 tons.  12 men, one bucket and plenty of room to spare. 
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Jan 17, 2013 03:40
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I was going to say something about the infamous Bagger 288  but I went to Wikipedia to check the weight and that thing is heavier.  Edit: the Bagger is still larger though. FirstPlayer has a new favorite as of 10:01 on Jan 17, 2013 |
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Jan 17, 2013 09:40
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The Washington State DOT taking the fight to those damned avalanches. 
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Jan 18, 2013 07:17
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:A pair of young gentlemen enjoy a pleasant cycling tour through a picturesque town and the countryside. Here's the first one of these races I saw on youtube. You can hear the dude's brakes howling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ewLH0TVWkU e. here's another. This guy's wearing a chest mount for the camera and you can hear his heartbeat during the whole thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SybuQOke3TA M42 has a new favorite as of 08:20 on Jan 18, 2013 |
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Jan 18, 2013 08:15
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Detective Thompson posted:The Washington State DOT taking the fight to those damned avalanches. They also have a howitzer  Avalanche Control on May 4 by WSDOT, on Flickr
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Jan 26, 2013 03:06
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Yeah, a lot of avalanche control is done with old cannons and recoilless rifles that are bought up surplus when they become obsolete. It's not just DOT-type groups that use them, there's plenty of ski resorts that have a howitzer or two tucked away. Old artillery seems pretty ideal for the job. The WSDOT with a tank was the first time I'd heard of that, though.
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Jan 26, 2013 03:33
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Detective Thompson posted:Yeah, a lot of avalanche control is done with old cannons and recoilless rifles that are bought up surplus when they become obsolete. It's not just DOT-type groups that use them, there's plenty of ski resorts that have a howitzer or two tucked away. Old artillery seems pretty ideal for the job. The WSDOT with a tank was the first time I'd heard of that, though. I can understand why they want to use artillery for the work, what I'm curious about however is the ensuing shrapnel that probably lies scattered all over the place after they've done the damage control, how do they deal with that?
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Jan 26, 2013 03:36
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Greggster posted:I can understand why they want to use artillery for the work, what I'm curious about however is the ensuing shrapnel that probably lies scattered all over the place after they've done the damage control, how do they deal with that? I would imagine it gets consumed by the avalanche?
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Jan 26, 2013 03:37
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Greggster posted:I can understand why they want to use artillery for the work, what I'm curious about however is the ensuing shrapnel that probably lies scattered all over the place after they've done the damage control, how do they deal with that? I think they use shells that have plastic cases for avalanches.
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Jan 26, 2013 04:47
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Greggster posted:I can understand why they want to use artillery for the work, what I'm curious about however is the ensuing shrapnel that probably lies scattered all over the place after they've done the damage control, how do they deal with that? Small price to pay for being allowed to blow the living gently caress out of things. 
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Jan 26, 2013 11:58
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If you're interested, here's a paper on the use of artillery in avalanche control in the US. http://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/objects/ISSW-2004-012.pdf
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Jan 26, 2013 17:39
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There's a sewer fire in Omaha, Nebraska, and tower of flame are shooting out of the manhole covers: (click for big)
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Jan 28, 2013 23:47
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Brother Jonathan posted:There's a sewer fire in Omaha, Nebraska, and tower of flame are shooting out of the manhole covers: Haven't you seen Dantes Peak? Days going to get a lot worse once the lakes turn to acid.
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Jan 28, 2013 23:55
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Noblesse Obliged posted:Haven't you seen Dantes Peak? Grandma no! 
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Jan 28, 2013 23:58
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Brother Jonathan posted:There's a sewer fire in Omaha, Nebraska, and tower of flame are shooting out of the manhole covers: Wow that is wild.
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Jan 29, 2013 11:53
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Jan 31, 2013 08:19
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:humans.jpeg what is our obsession with building poo poo then burning it down!?
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Jan 31, 2013 11:47
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We stole fire from the gods and refuse to let them forget it.
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Jan 31, 2013 12:47
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I never knew these beasts got all four hooves off the ground: (click for big)
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Jan 31, 2013 20:35
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Brother Jonathan posted:I never knew these beasts got all four hooves off the ground: Maybe not many witnesses live long enough to report it?
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Jan 31, 2013 21:46
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M42 posted:Badass bike dudes Eventually, one of these guys will be old and decrepit, with a bad back and a bum knee. His grandson will come visit when cyberschool gets out, surly and annoyed because the old man smells funny and all he really wants to do is ride his bike with his friends. He'll speak his mind, too, as children are wont to do before they learn respect, and then Grandpa will pull this old, 2D, low-res footage from the cloud and show it to Little Jimmy. Young James will poo poo his loving pants because Jesus Christ that is so loving badass, and he will look upon the elderly gentleman with new-found respect, asking, "Will you teach me?"
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The impression I get is that she's trying to convey "I am humbly posing for this picture" but her body language can't help but say "Hey Taliban, I didn't hear no bell!"
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