A bad thing happened in INDY!

[rhino]

if we're talking about precision work, absolutely. If we're talking about a drive-by, walking into a mall, a crowded street, very little aiming is required. there's a reason auto weapons are effective for suppression -- it's because when you fire it, the enemy knows that they better stay behind cover or it will chew them up in a very short time. seriously, folks, the notion that a 249 will somehow not chew through a crowd of shoppers faster than a semi is ludicrous.

Oh, what the heck to you know, anyway?

Some day I will share the benefit of my vast military experience with you. All three quarters of my freshman year in ROTC was no piece of cake, sir. And the third quarter wasn't even mandatory . . . I volunteered.

 

[iChokePeople]

Oh, what the heck to you know, anyway?

I watched a couple of youtube videos and I read a LOT of forums and blogs...

Some day I will share the benefit of my vast military experience with you. All three quarters of my freshman year in ROTC was no piece of cake, sir. And the third quarter wasn't even mandatory . . . I volunteered.

ROTC is brutal. Brutal. If it was Air Force ROTC, you probably have quite a chest full of ribbons for your service. If it was Navy, you probably still prefer liquid soap.

 

[scoutsniper]

I watched a couple of youtube videos and I read a LOT of forums and blogs...



ROTC is brutal. Brutal. If it was Air Force ROTC, you probably have quite a chest full of ribbons for your service. If it was Navy, you probably still prefer liquid soap.

i cant stop luaghing at this but i just wanna make sure this is sarcasm right? if not then dear lord....

thanks for the luagh

 

[rhino]

I watched a couple of youtube videos and I read a LOT of forums and blogs...

Don't lie. Someone else watched/read them and told you about it!

ROTC is brutal. Brutal. If it was Air Force ROTC, you probably have quite a chest full of ribbons for your service. If it was Navy, you probably still prefer liquid soap.

It certainly wasn't for the faint of heart, that's for darn tootin'. It was Army, sir. U. S. Army. I even had to swear the oath and do the PT test. Did I mention that I volunteered for my third tour . . . er . . . quarter? That's when we went orienteering, deep in the Ia Drang Valley (i.e. the woods behind Rose-Hulman, but that's splitting hairs). It got dicey when I got stuck half way to my knees and my squad abandoned me (so much for no pachyderm left behind, those bastiches!). After I got myself stuck, I took a shortcut out of the woods to the parking lot, then drove my Chevy Citation to the destination point. It was a stick shift, man! MANUAL TRANSMISSION. Hell, I was there . . .

 

[ghuns]

It certainly wasn't for the faint of heart, that's for darn tootin'. It was Army, sir. U. S. Army. I even had to swear the oath and do the PT test. Did I mention that I volunteered for my third tour . . . er . . . quarter? That's when we went orienteering, deep in the Ia Drang Valley (i.e. the woods behind Rose-Hulman, but that's splitting hairs). It got dicey when I got stuck half way to my knees and my squad abandoned me (so much for no pachyderm left behind, those bastiches!). After I got myself stuck, I took a shortcut out of the woods to the parking lot, then drove my Chevy Citation to the destination point. It was a stick shift, man! MANUAL TRANSMISSION. Hell, I was there . . .

Who says there are no more heros? I just wanna thank you for your service. As someone who still drives a stick shift, I know what you went through. I'm here for ya man.

 

[iChokePeople]

Don't lie. Someone else watched/read them and told you about it!





It certainly wasn't for the faint of heart, that's for darn tootin'. It was Army, sir. U. S. Army. I even had to swear the oath and do the PT test. Did I mention that I volunteered for my third tour . . . er . . . quarter? That's when we went orienteering, deep in the Ia Drang Valley (i.e. the woods behind Rose-Hulman, but that's splitting hairs). It got dicey when I got stuck half way to my knees and my squad abandoned me (so much for no pachyderm left behind, those bastiches!). After I got myself stuck, I took a shortcut out of the woods to the parking lot, then drove my Chevy Citation to the levy. It was a stick shift, man! MANUAL TRANSMISSION. Hell, I was there . . .

Those stick shifts can be tricky...

Also, FTFY.

 

[iChokePeople]

i cant stop luaghing at this but i just wanna make sure this is sarcasm right? if not then dear lord....

thanks for the luagh

Do I seem like the sarcastic type to you?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Who says there are no more heros? I just wanna thank you for your service. As someone who still drives a stick shift, I know what you went through. I'm here for ya man.

Ah, so PTSD = Post Traumatic Stickshift Disorder?

 

[ghuns]

Ah, so PTSD = Post Traumatic Stickshift Disorder?

Well, mine IS NOT a Chevy Citation, so I don't have it that rough.

 

[Dead Duck]

Ah, so PTSD = Post Traumatic Stickshift Disorder?

That's what Yeager went through.

 

[rhino]

Who says there are no more heros? I just wanna thank you for your service. As someone who still drives a stick shift, I know what you went through. I'm here for ya man.

Noted and appreciated. I may print a hard copy of your message and share it with the boys in group.

Those stick shifts can be tricky...

Also, FTFY.

You're old.

Do I seem like the sarcastic type to you?

No, do I?

Ah, so PTSD = Post Traumatic Stickshift Disorder?

It happens. You should see a circa 1981 high school girl trying to get a VW bug into reverse. Rhino to the rescue! (yes, I drove a volkswagen in high school)

Well, mine IS NOT a Chevy Citation, so I don't have it that rough.

You can't know my pain unless you've lived through it!

 

[singlesix]

uuugghh let this thread die in peace

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

trying to get a VW bug into reverse.

I remember something about having to pull up or push down on the stick...or lift a lever with one hand and move the stick with the other or something like that. Those brain cells are bye bye.

 

[rhino]

I remember something about having to pull up or push down on the stick...or lift a lever with one hand and move the stick with the other or something like that. Those brain cells are bye bye.

Push downward (toward the floor), then forward and left at the same time. Almost the same as first, but pushing down gets you into reverse.

 

[iChokePeople]

I remember something about having to pull up or push down on the stick...or lift a lever with one hand and move the stick with the other or something like that. Those brain cells are bye bye.

That's pretty much the line rhino used on every girl he ever lured into his beetle. Both of them.

and now I have this mental image of rhino driving an old-school beetle.

 

[HeadlessRoland]

I bet this case made it into the presidents national security brief. I wouldn't want to be the thieves who took these guns!!! Hell is about to fall on them

What would that matter? It's fact that the treasonous-in-chief doesn't even attend over half of his daily security briefings.

 

[Trigger Time]

What would that matter? It's fact that the treasonous-in-chief doesn't even attend over half of his daily security briefings.

It's a pretty serious thing is all I was saying. If he's too stupid to attend them that doesn't make the information any less important

 

[rhino]

That's pretty much the line rhino used on every girl he ever lured into his beetle. Both of them.

and now I have this mental image of rhino driving an old-school beetle.

Once they get inside, there's nowhere left to go.

 

[ghuns]

Push downward (toward the floor), then forward and left at the same time. Almost the same as first, but pushing down gets you into reverse.

Wow, that's exactly how the 6 speed in my Audi works. And for the record, your Citation was prolly more reliable.

 

[rhino]

Wow, that's exactly how the 6 speed in my Audi works. And for the record, your Citation was prolly more reliable.

Audis, VW, and Porsche have some common and mingle ancestry along the way!

We had a VW 411 that had the Porsche 914 engine, for instance.