|
Wistful of Dollars posted:Danger vehicles to watch in Calgary: Cobalts, Sunfires, Grand Caravans, Neons and every god damned lifted pick-up. Hexigrammus posted:Imagine a city full of Calgarians well past retirement age, rich enough to have a large RV in every second driveway. Welcome to the Parksville-Qualicum area. Mean, median, or mode, the oldest city in Canada, loaded with people who shouldn't have been licensed at 30, never mind 80. Haha when I lived in Australia for a while I lived in the equivalent town of there and yeah, it's insane. My favourite is the old people who just literally drive in the middle of two lanes. Yes, that is definitely a person who should still have their license. A couple months before I left a woman was killed in a mall parking lot because some old person pressed the gas instead of the brake and pinned her against the wall.
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 17:08
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 14, 2024 15:55 |
|
|
Powershift posted:You could probably train a monkey to pass the test for a class 1, especially these days with automatic trucks everywhere. I drive truck in Alberta for almost 10 years, and this is way more common than you'd think.
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 17:29
|
|
|
Vintersorg posted:Fire all Conservatives into the sun. Isn't the Liberal platform to include everyone? Oh wait, I forgot that only when it's convenient for you. I can't wait to see this country divide even further with your ironic bullshit.
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 17:40
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/MikeRoach3/status/1015212921071329281 fun thread about the F-35, I knew about a few of the problems, but certainly not all of them
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 17:56
|
|
|
Evilpiggie posted:I drive truck in Alberta for almost 10 years, and this is way more common than you'd think. I drove truck hauling fluid in Alberta for 4 years, and only ever went over weight on private roads. Newer trailers wouldn't even be over weight loaded to the lid with kerosene or diesel. Maybe dump truck drivers are a different breed.
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 18:11
|
|
|
Evilpiggie posted:Isn't the Liberal platform to include everyone? Fire all Liberals into the sun too tbh
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 18:14
|
|
|
Dreylad posted:https://twitter.com/MikeRoach3/status/1015212921071329281 Yeah that thread is basically bullshit. I mean, the clue should be that the account is active hundreds of times a day, retweets all kinds of strong opinions about antifa and nazis, and lots of anti-western sentiment. It's almost as though it could maybe, possibly be a Russian twitter bot!
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 18:14
|
|
|
Dreylad posted:https://twitter.com/MikeRoach3/status/1015212921071329281 Hahaha this thing basically cant fly in cold weather and we still invested in it? e: Oh its a troll account? Boo.
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 18:16
|
|
|
Dreylad posted:https://twitter.com/MikeRoach3/status/1015212921071329281 What a dud, I can't believe 1.4 trillion dollars couldn't even accidentally create something good.
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 18:18
|
|
|
MrChips posted:Yeah that thread is basically bullshit. I mean, the clue should be that the account is active hundreds of times a day, retweets all kinds of strong opinions about antifa and nazis, and lots of anti-western sentiment. Makes some pretty dumb statements too like going on about vertical takeoff (something that never happens operationally and is only applicable on the -B anyway) and zomg GLUE! Modern epoxies are incredibly strong so it is a ridiculous complaint. It’s just clickbait pretty much. Also that weirdo is way too into transformers.
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 18:19
|
|
|
Furnaceface posted:Hahaha this thing basically cant fly in cold weather and we still invested in it? I'm pretty sure the "can't fly in cold weather" thing is actually true though.
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 18:26
|
|
|
MrChips posted:It's almost as though it could maybe, possibly be a Russian twitter bot! lol Dreylad fucked around with this message at 18:35 on Jul 7, 2018 |
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 18:31
|
|
|
Powershift posted:I drove truck hauling fluid in Alberta for 4 years, and only ever went over weight on private roads. Newer trailers wouldn't even be over weight loaded to the lid with kerosene or diesel. I was running ready mix concrete trucks and running scrap steel. Not nearly as professional as patch work (At least I hope)
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 19:11
|
|
|
Buy a goddamn Dassault Rafale
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 21:09
|
|
|
Evilpiggie posted:Isn't the Liberal platform to include everyone? ACAB - All Conservatives/Cops Are Bad
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 21:11
|
|
|
EvilJoven posted:So what exactly is that woman saying Trudeau did to her? I'm not at a computer and trying to find anything not vague on my phone is proving difficult. Cbc leaning toward butt grab quote:The former publisher of the newspaper told CBC News her recollection of what the reporter told her was that it was "a very brief touch" on her rear end.
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 21:45
|
|
|
Arcsquad12 posted:Buy a goddamn Dassault Rafale Didnt they even offer to have the parts made here in Canada so we could fully maintain and support them? Like, how is our government this corrupt/dumb? e: As soon as I ask the question I remember this dumb province elected a Doug Ford led OPC party to a majority. 
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 23:11
|
|
|
Furnaceface posted:Didnt they even offer to have the parts made here in Canada so we could fully maintain and support them? Like, how is our government this corrupt/dumb? The short answer is because Canada is joined to the US at the hip. Every time the "oh maybe the F-35 sucks, we will look into it" comes up there's absolutely nothing because Canada isn't going to pull out of this.
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 23:38
|
|
|
Arcsquad12 posted:Buy a goddamn Dassault Rafale Why ? If we just want to be cheaper than f-35 and not follow interoperability with the USA why dont we just get a bunch of new f-22s or better yet f-15s? vincentpricesboner fucked around with this message at 23:53 on Jul 7, 2018 |
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 23:51
|
|
|
zapplez posted:Why ? If we just want to be cheap and not follow interoperability with the USA why dont we just get a bunch of new f-22s? Because that's not up for export.
|
|
#
?
Jul 7, 2018 23:53
|
|
|
Or neither because it's not WW2 and it's been proven that twitter bots are more effective that fighter jets
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 00:08
|
|
|
zapplez posted:Why ? If we just want to be cheaper than f-35 and not follow interoperability with the USA why dont we just get a bunch of new f-22s or better yet f-15s? US isn't producing F-22s still (hell we aren't even opening the line for ourselves and we know 187 is far too few to have down the line) and they were never for export, even to FIVE EYES countries. Canada should really have purchased some form of new production F-15s instead of the hoary remains of Australia's F-18 squadrons but being that this is Canadian arms procurement it's a disaster at every step.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 00:11
|
|
|
The only people getting new f15s nowadays are japan.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 00:39
|
|
|
The Duggler posted:What a dud, I can't believe 1.4 trillion dollars couldn't even accidentally create something good. The F-35 development basically followed the same development process as this bit from "The Pentagon Wars" about the Bradley. It's supposed to be everything for everybody and consequently ends up being mediocre all around because it turns out the reason we have specialized equipment in the first place is that to be good in one area you have to make sacrifices in others.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 00:41
|
|
|
Arcsquad12 posted:Buy a goddamn Dassault Rafale loving this. During the whole F-35 drama under Harper when it came out that the government had only considered the F-35, despite saying the contract would be open, numerous manufacturers issued statements. One that really made me sit up and take notice was from Dassault. They were making a public offer to not just sell us the Rafale, but also help set up manufacturing plants here in Canada to produce our own spare parts, potentially up to and including the airframe (meaning we would be able to manufacture Rafales on our own,) but also they offered to give us the source code for the fighter, so we could modify it to suit our needs. That last part bears consideration alone.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 00:42
|
|
|
Lars Blitzer posted:they offered to give us the source code for the fighter, so we could modify it to suit our needs. That last part bears consideration alone. If we have some cadre of government super programmers who could do something useful with fighter jet source code maybe we should turn them loose on fixing the phoenix thing for a weekend.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 00:46
|
|
|
See if we were really smart we would have gone with the Rafale already, or we'd have bought into the recently-started French/German project to build the replacement for their Rafales/Tornados and got some pretty massive workshares to keep the Bombardier family in the finest of nose candy. But yeah, we're not, so...
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 00:56
|
|
|
Abolish the Canadian forces
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 01:00
|
|
|
Or we could buy the Swedish build-a-bear equivalent the Saab Gripen and customize them into flying Mad Max jets.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 01:03
|
|
|
I think the Gripen is probably the right size/capability for Canada but that Dassault Rafale offer was insanely good.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 01:16
|
|
|
Evilpiggie posted:Isn't the Liberal platform to include everyone?  wutIf you’re right you’re shite.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 02:26
|
|
|
Arcsquad12 posted:Or we could buy the Swedish build-a-bear equivalent the Saab Gripen and customize them into flying Mad Max jets. Or just duct tape some cardboard wings to a fleet of Saab 99s. Any threat is going to roll over us in a number of hours so it doesn't really matter anyways. Canada wanting fighter planes to protect it's land is like an American wanting a gun to protect their home. We're more likely to kill ourselves with it than neutralize any threat. Powershift fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Jul 8, 2018 |
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 02:36
|
|
|
Arcsquad12 posted:The Trudeau elbow is a catastrophe. He should have gone for a strangle, I mean come on Justin. Chretien already settled this years ago. Trudeau will never get a beer named after him at this rate.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 02:36
|
|
|
MrChips posted:Yeah that thread is basically bullshit. I mean, the clue should be that the account is active hundreds of times a day, retweets all kinds of strong opinions about antifa and nazis, and lots of anti-western sentiment. Uh, whatever that twitter account may or may not be (and that's a lot of transformers and GI Joe references from a Russian twitter bot), everything they said about the F-35 is true. It's the worst plane project ever made, it can't fill any of the roles it's supposed to, it can't even VTOL without setting everything on fire including itself, it's purposely designed to be impossible to kill because every country and state involved in its creation now suffers sunk cost fallacy, and it's the biggest fraud in military industrial complex history. Trudeau should've killed it on day 1 of his administration.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 05:47
|
|
|
MrChips posted:Yeah that thread is basically bullshit. I mean, the clue should be that the account is active hundreds of times a day, retweets all kinds of strong opinions about antifa and nazis, and lots of anti-western sentiment. Lol what the gently caress, the west is the great Satan
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 05:54
|
|
|
The hilarious thing is that the F-35 can't even do what it was originally meant to do, which was to save money by making three planes that were similar enough to share components to cut down on parts. Even without the 35B the others sacrifice so much that they're mediocre at best and have a limited payload...unless they carry more poo poo on external hardpoints and severely impact their stealth.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 06:38
|
|
|
Why are you reading the lovely twitter version of the article instead of the source? https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-f-35-is-a-terrible-fighter-bomber-and-attacker-and-unfit-for-aircraft-carriers-c6e36763574b Seriously. Take the time to read it. It's hilarious. Yes it's a loving lemon. It was supposed to be ready for operational testing in 2008. It won't be "ready" until 2020, and even then, it will still be plagued with problems well into the future because the fundamental design is hot garbage, and has been from the start.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 07:14
|
|
|
Svaha posted:Why are you reading the lovely twitter version of the article instead of the source? Yeah it turns out that when you just write a giant blank cheque to an arms contractor they aren't in any hurry to actually get that poo poo out the door.
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 07:21
|
|
|
Sad to see this thread overrun with Russian troll accounts
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 13:27
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 14, 2024 15:55 |
|
|
We argued about arctic sovereignty, but what we really need is internet sovereignty!
|
|
#
?
Jul 8, 2018 13:37
|
|
