lloyd christmas
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What's the worst thing about eating bald pu$$y?
Putting the diaper back on...
Dude
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What do you call a black pilot?
A pilot, you racist
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Terrible news. My thoughts go out to the families.
This article is a great example of what I absolutely hate about the media. The very last paragraph and the parting shot is about another P-51 crash from a couple years ago. You all better be constantly looking to the sky. Apparently, it is raining P-51s. These ass clowns in the media take every single chance they get to put a negative spin on everything they report on. I guess that is what sells.
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Sad news from President Obama's home town.
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Then why open a TFI in little rock next year? And I've heard rumors about opening another TFI in Montana.
I wonder who's getting better rumors?
Connecticut is standing up soon too. We have a couple crews taking their first two airplanes to them next week.
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The gov furloughed me. I am not stepping foot on that base on my furlough day. Fuck em. Unless its to get beer.
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Gotta give props to the AFE guys. Everytime I hear of guys getting out safe, I stop and thank the guys in our squadron. They don't get enough credit.
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Here's some reading...
Sorry, you've got to share an article with proof. An article with "may" in the title isn't going to cut it.
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You were doing fine right up until this point.
Being homosexual is uncommon but part is a part of the human condition. Being an asshole has nothing to do with that. It sounds like the people you ran into were assholes, regardless of their sexual orientation. Ever known a complete hound dog at college or in your squadron who hit on anything with tits and a pulse? Same thing. Straight as an arrow. Still probably an asshole.
Homosexuality isn't a chosen lifestyle. You can let your religion or ignorance tell you that all you want, but it doesn't make it right. And to base your argument on religious grounds is a weak place to stand when you're talking to anyone who doesn't share your mythology.
So you know for a fact that being homosexual isn't a choice? I haven't seen that "mythology" proven yet. Did you miss the recruit story above?
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I'll tell you where I'm coming from on this. When I was 22, I was as bigoted and ignorant on this score as you and some of the other guys here are. I had no respect for fags and didn't think they had any rights to anything, much less being in the military. I even worked for one who was as flaming as you could get and I barely tolerated his presence. Then on day my girlfriend dumped me. I was in bits when I went to work that night. My boss noticed and asked me what was up. I told him I'd just been dumped and we ended up in an hour long conversation about relationships - love, emotions, getting dumped, the lot. We both knew he was talking about guys and I was talking about girls, but the words, the feelings, the affect on our lives was exactly the same. That day at work I realized he had the same emotions that I did, in every single way. That's what convinced me that we're actually the same, and that homosexuality was about as valid a reason to hate someone as their liking the wrong breakfast cereal.
I find it really funny that you think people with differing opinions are bigoted and ignorant. Before I joined the military, I had a guy that worked for me at an airport. He was as flaming gay as you can get. He harassed me and the other dudes at work constantly. Eventually, I had enough and went to my boss. My boss brought in another manager who was gay to shed some light on what was going on with this dude. He said to me, you went to college right? I told him that I had. He said how many nights a week did you go out looking for women? I said all the time. He wanted to know how many times that worked out for me. I was honest and told him not as much as I would have liked. He explained that gay dudes are still dudes so they don't say no like most women do. He said it is normal and common for dudes to go out to these the gay clubs and get busy with multiple dudes in these clubs every night. He explained that this dude doesn't understand that his coworkers weren't interested or that he was even harassing other people. It was normal for him. Another story, I have a family member that runs a fairly large organization. This is a public service organization that employs a large number of gays. He talks all the time about how the lesbians in the company "recruit" and prey on recently single women. He sees it every day. That is where I have a problem. Our society has been led to believe that the homosexual lifestyle is just about peoples feelings and equality. We have been fed this "ideal" stereotype of gays by the media and Hollywood. Gays are portrayed on TV as healthy, educated committed people who are just like you and me while heterosexuals are portrayed as dysfunctional. We have mommy swap shows and shows like Mistresses on ABC. There are plenty of studies that show the rates of domestic abuse, substance abuse, number of partners, lengths of relationships and health issues are much worse for gays than straight people. The lifestyle has serious consequences. Not to mention anatomy, biology, religion or evolution don't jive with the gay lifestyle.
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People....
Her pussy is hairy.
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Benefit to the C-17, all the tiedown hooks on the floor are rated to 25k. Oh, and the pallet locks are strong, probably a lot stronger than anything in a 747. Speaking of, is the 463L pallet anywhere close to the same dimensions as a regular commercial 747 pallet? 463L measures 108"x88"...
463L is the system the AF uses to move cargo. 463 comes from April 1963 when it was designed. It not only includes standard size pallets (108x88), but also includes the dual rail systems in all the cargo aircraft and the material handling equipment like K-loaders. It doesn't appear that the civilian 747s are designed with this in mind.
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They took off 500lbs of life support and loading equipment on the Herc to save weight. Why not fly with 500lbs less in gas? You don't need 38K to fly a 4.0. 37.5 would do just fine and I could have all my other crap back.
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From looking at those pictures, you are right, there doesn't look to be many straps providing AFT restraint.
*Assuming they(National Cargo or other contractors) use the same restraint criteria as the AF, the minimum for AFT restraint is 1.5x cargo weight. So for the MRAP, you would need roughly 60k worth of AFT restraint. If you could get all the required restraint from these straps (5k straps???) and maybe an average of 60% of that applied to each strap that was giving AFT restraint, it would require 20 straps alone just for AFT restraint. If somehow those straps and tie-downs were good for 10k, then only 10 straps for AFT.
*Nerd talk from a former load
On the Herc, you need at least 3.0 Gs forward, 2.0 vertical, 1.5 for aft and 1.5 lateral. So if you have a 28K MRAP you would need 84K lbs of forward restraint, 56K vertical and 42K for aft and lateral. We use 10K tiedown fittings, chains and devices but because of the angle you usually get around 7500lbs per chain/device. It is possible to use straps but like someone said earlier, they are subject to tearing especially when under that much tension and when run over a sharp edge. What is also interesting to note in those Atlas pictures is some of the straps are not attached using a ratchet. They look like they are just tied into the ring on the floor. It is not easy to tie a knot and keep tension on it when restraining cargo.
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I never intended for my question to turn this thread into a high school girls locker room fight
You must be new here.
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Barry McCockener
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189th will start taking over the H schoolhouse and AD will augment.
First crew goes to the 62 on April 15. One crew per month after that. Latest word anyway...
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They must still be looking for that Viper...
Is there any truth to that story?
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In broad terms you reduce future benefits by changing the program to include less generous benefits for future enrollees, you can even reduce benefits for current enrollees if you're feeling bold.
This administration is clearly willing to reduce benefits... In "broad terms" isnt that why we are in the financial situation we are in?
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If you're curious I'd check out the whitehouse.gov issues page and the 2012 Democratic Party planks, I'm pretty sure the answers are 6-9 seconds of googling away. I'm sure you know those things are aspirational rather than realistic, but it's not like this information is hidden.
Sorry, I was asking you for your opinion. The White House isnt the one posting 82000 replies on these threads. FWIW, your answer is exactly what I expected.
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So do you really wanna know or what?
Fuck no.
Well if that's your assessment of the Democratic party no wonder you don't support them. I obviously have different views.
I would like to know what you think the Democratic party's plan is for the future of this country. In other words, if your party had complete control, where would we be in 20 years? Speak to the welfare state/entitlement programs, debts and deficits, size and capability of the military, immigration, gun control and education. I'd like to hear your views and see if they line up with what we have seen over the last 4 1/2 years or so.
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JATO?
MAFFS. The ice is on fire.
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Yes, it is a Garmin. Big rubber band,... but I like the pantyhose idea too.
We carry about 4 Garmin's on an operational sortie.
May be a really stupid question, but how does your standard Garmin act at 70+000 feet? Does it say "turn left in 150.2 miles in 6.9 seconds" or what?
Sad that the Guard has come to this...
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No. We don't wear a flight suit or boots either. The best part about being a technician is growing my hair and beard out. Not saluting is good too.