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CRUSTY MINGE posted:The army, not to be outdone by the marines, must have its' own dedicated troop killing machine. Can we stop with this Pierre Sprey style bullshit? If I want that, I'll beg to be let back into the Lions led by Donkeys discord after I told a mod to gently caress off when he said I was shadowboxing for calling Pentagon Wars "Bullshit" in a discussion about the Combat Reformers?
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psydude posted:Air travel post-pandemic been absolutely atrocious. I take trains whenever I can now, but that unfortunately only works to replace some short-haul flights. Air travel post-9/11 has been terrible. I'm genuinely sorry for anybody that never got the airport experience that should be.
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You mean without screaming, shrieking TSA agents making old ladies cry at the security line?
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There was no such thing as the TSA or DHS. DOT ran everything. You walked to the boarding ramp to wave your people goodbye (or meet them coming right off the plane). If you wanted to fly somewhere, you showed up at the desk and paid cash for a ticket 30 minutes before it left. The seats weren't comfortable, but they weren't the torture devices they are now. Literally the biggest complaint that most people had about air travel was that you couldn't smoke anymore.
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GD_American posted:There was no such thing as the TSA or DHS. DOT ran everything. You walked to the boarding ramp to wave your people goodbye (or meet them coming right off the plane). If you wanted to fly somewhere, you showed up at the desk and paid cash for a ticket 30 minutes before it left. The seats weren't comfortable, but they weren't the torture devices they are now. It was odd how people could wander the terminal trying to sell pencils. Also, my uncle was a pilot and I got to job shadow him and was allowed into plane cockpits and airline map rooms to look around. There was the smell of smoke in an office and someone just said it was a bagel in the toaster and there was no alarm.
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oh yeah it was practically a part of the pilot's job to let little kids into the cockpit and let them sit in the pilot seat, and then they gave them a set of novelty wings to pin on. Basically, the part in Airplane with Bobby, but without the gags
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My last flight before 9/11 I was late getting to the airport. When I checked in at the desk my flight had already started boarding. They said they would call ahead to security and that I needed to hurry. At security they waved me around the x-ray line and told me to run. Less than 10 minutes from entering the airport to sitting in my seat.
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GD_American posted:There was no such thing as the TSA or DHS. DOT ran everything. You walked to the boarding ramp to wave your people goodbye (or meet them coming right off the plane). If you wanted to fly somewhere, you showed up at the desk and paid cash for a ticket 30 minutes before it left. The seats weren't comfortable, but they weren't the torture devices they are now. Domestic flights in Australia are still like this. One of my coworkers showed up at the airport 20 minutes before takeoff and had no issues getting on the plane. Meanwhile, I was there the classic hour and a half beforehand.
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GD_American posted:oh yeah it was practically a part of the pilot's job to let little kids into the cockpit and let them sit in the pilot seat, and then they gave them a set of novelty wings to pin on. It's a drat shame this has been lost.
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Tiny Timbs posted:About that... I posted this before but I have a ton of PTO and researched trains as a more comfortable, cheaper alternative to air flight. I found out this is the cheapest roomette you can take on a train where you can have a desk/lay down. There is a second seat across from you, facing you. Chopstix fucked around with this message at 11:44 on Jan 19, 2023 |
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Chopstix posted:I posted this before but I have a ton of PTO and researched trains as a more comfortable, cheaper alternative to air flight. I found out this is the cheapest roomette you can take on a train where you can have a desk/lay down. the shitter sitting directly next to the passenger was one of the most bizarre things I've seen in those cars. Like... nobody else does their sleeper cars like this, anywhere, ever. orange juche fucked around with this message at 12:07 on Jan 19, 2023 |
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Jan 19, 2023 11:47
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Haha that is so disgusting. What the gently caress.
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I'm thinking of the thousands of steps it takes to go from a concept to manufacture and installation and marveling at the fact that in all that, nobody stood up and said "no, this is very obviously stupid and we shall proceed no further."
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Carth Dookie posted:I'm thinking of the thousands of steps it takes to go from a concept to manufacture and installation and marveling at the fact that in all that, nobody stood up and said "no, this is very obviously stupid and we shall proceed no further." The company that made those cars is out of business iirc, surprise surprise because the only customer for passenger intercity rail was the federal government and they always run their poo poo until the wheels fall off, well that and the en suite shitter next to the passengers seat. When your customer only buys rolling stock every 30 years you can't make a company off of it.
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Jan 19, 2023 12:38
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Amtrak is like if an army reserve motor pool were somehow turned into a company.
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Amtrak isn't all terrible. Their San Diego-LA train service is the only sane way to travel between those two cities.
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aphid_licker posted:I hope there's another seat-and-shitter combo on the other side, facing this one Battle of the dueling shitters
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Arrath posted:It's a drat shame this has been lost. Well you can blame Russia for that one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_593
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bees everywhere posted:My last flight ever on a Blackhawk was really nice - middle of the night, foggy but with a full moon, flying low through the Himalayas after a fresh snow. I always liked riding in Blackhawks, but not so much other aircraft: C-130s made me airsick, C-17s and CH-47s you're just crammed in there like sardines most of the time, and those rickety old Pumas seemed to be bullet magnets (never happened to me but my XO almost caught one in the back of his head). Yeah my last was sitting next to the open door in a Blackhawk NOE at the base of the Italian Alps for an air assault training mission. I was less than two months from getting out and about as over the army as one could possibly be, but it still made me stop and think about how I'll never get a chance to do poo poo like that again. Helicopters may thirst for our blood but I'd rather ride that tiger than get blown up by IEDs, and getting shot at in a helicopter is way more chill than when you're walking.
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Jarmak posted:Yeah my last was sitting next to the open door in a Blackhawk NOE at the base of the Italian Alps for an air assault training mission. Dasharezonejustleave.jpg
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https://twitter.com/defenceu/status/1615967295746048001?s=61&t=mk8wCR4nHafLA756YPVPlw At this point only the Ariete and Merkava remains.
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I don't understand how they are so loving good at this.
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Murgos posted:I got to do a doors open strapped into the side seat, tree level, apocalypse now style UH-1 Huey ride once. It was pretty cool. That's the best part of being a passenger on military flights. I really liked the osprey flights I had, even when they did some kind of crazy sharp turn before landing that I swear had the gear floating off the pallet along with my rear end out of the seat against the seatbelt.
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Sweden is sending 50 CV90 IFVs, which are arguably one of the most modern IFVs in service, especially as they were being considered by the Army as a Bradley replacement. These plus the 50 Bradleys make German's self congratulatory donation of 40 Marders look pretty weak too. That said 140 Western heavy IFVs will bring some serious firepower in combined arms warfare. https://twitter.com/SwedishPM/status/1616049209547067400
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Pine Cone Jones posted:https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/1616204105713688576?t=K75NW100mPdt4uaZG0hVMA&s=33 Dunno about the quality of that account: https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/1615856838435651586
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Yeah, I'm a little skeptical, but https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1616207659404824616?t=LRCBmjMDKI4cG7OmP28UEw&s=19 Is what made me share it, so we'll see.
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:They're already going to get Challengers, but I wouldn't mind seeing their request video. Something based around the old TR7 commercials would be styling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt_yViTllFs
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Something based around the old TR7 commercials would be styling. That, but Yakety Sax soundtrack and speed applied to the video.
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I just want them to tank parody the Toyota commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmSEC6hSBes
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I feel like the Russian narrative from a few months ago that western support for Ukraine was on the verge of drying up might have been a little bit wrong
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Tbh all of Europe owes Ukraine a big thank you for stopping Russia on their territory rather than say, Finland. The Baltics get it.
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Nystral posted:Is the job market as hopping as it is on the IT side? I have an 18 yr old that is looking for some advice on possible careers. Late, but yes, and you're at the right time to ride a wave of federal grant money for local infrastructure cybersecurity. I'm a consultant in the space, most of the OT I deal with is water and wastewater systems.
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Nystral posted:Is the job market as hopping as it is on the IT side? I have an 18 yr old that is looking for some advice on possible careers. Join the navy reserve as an IT, get a clearance, never volunteer for anything and ride out your first contract and leave. Field Service Tech jobs requiring security+, secret clearance for $35 an hour.
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Crab Dad posted:Join the navy reserve as an IT, get a clearance, never volunteer for anything and ride out your first contract and leave. In retrospect I really wish I'd done this instead of being going greenside HM.
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Herstory Begins Now posted:I feel like the Russian narrative from a few months ago that western support for Ukraine was on the verge of drying up might have been a little bit wrong It's in Russia's favor for the narrative to be, "LOL, Russia sucks, Ukraine is pwning them so hard no one even needs to help them" if that influences leaders not to continue to provide aid or as much aid as they would otherwise. Russia is accumulating manpower and still finding reserves of PGMs sufficient to suppress Ukrainian power grid and other essential resources so this war seems far from over.
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Crab Dad posted:Join the navy reserve as an IT, get a clearance, never volunteer for anything and ride out your first contract and leave. A family friend was a Coast Guard engineer, now he works for a telecom in a boxy building with maybe one other person on site, I think he has to be there because if the power went down and there was an issue with the generators phones would stop working for a big chunk of a major city. Combo of technical role & clearance means he has a large house.
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