tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7192315382671044987..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Clearing tabs...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18543258585935858172011-05-13T15:45:42.091-04:002011-05-13T15:45:42.091-04:00Finished my tour in former West Germany in '77...Finished my tour in former West Germany in '77 (MOS 45B, Small Arms Repair). Returned home to the West Coast. At the time, I remember feeling that not much had changed, but the word was moving on at a faster pace. I used to tell war stories---now I teach history :DRHT447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69034285063799795232011-05-12T11:28:55.599-04:002011-05-12T11:28:55.599-04:00(and really, is there *anything* more sociopolitic...(and really, is there *anything* more sociopolitical than musical screenshots of times past?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38711705430736794932011-05-12T08:58:38.338-04:002011-05-12T08:58:38.338-04:00"...not every post on this blog has a sociopo..."...not every post on this blog has a sociopolitical slant."<br /><br />Oh but it does, innocent intent notwithstanding. ;)<br /><br />We'll have to see what '13 is to '09...but I'm not terribly optimistic that the scales will fall from the eyes of this gen of electors, as happened to me when it was Morning in America...<br /><br />ATAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69919977877500854692011-05-12T06:50:13.171-04:002011-05-12T06:50:13.171-04:00"'81 was to '77 as '45 was to ..."<i>'81 was to '77 as '45 was to '41.</i>"<br /><br />Heh. Too true.<br /><br />Of course, not every post on this blog has a sociopolitical slant.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76197121615856410232011-05-11T23:16:45.111-04:002011-05-11T23:16:45.111-04:00"...looking back...'77 and '81 are pr..."...looking back...'77 and '81 are practically the same..."<br /><br />The goggles of time do blur the details don't they? Point taken, but that particular span? <br /><br />'81 was to '77 as '45 was to '41.<br /><br />For people of a certain age during each of those windows, the contrasts are actually sharpened in retrospect.<br /><br />All for naught, it would seem.<br /><br />ATAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72717720100119415932011-05-11T22:52:21.060-04:002011-05-11T22:52:21.060-04:00Well, I'm reserving judgement on this weapon u...Well, I'm reserving judgement on this weapon until I can try it out in Call of Duty.Steve Skubinnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72531427594847492872011-05-11T22:47:06.503-04:002011-05-11T22:47:06.503-04:00Funny how old you thought people your now current ...Funny how old you thought people your now current age were in 1981 and how you don't feel that much older...<br /><br />I was in Korea July '77 to Feb '81.Hobiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393344788210904114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72111962661377984762011-05-11T22:07:54.579-04:002011-05-11T22:07:54.579-04:00Bayonets actually make a certain sense on riot gun...Bayonets actually make a certain sense on riot guns, as you're engaging at "Oh Shit" ranges with no time to reload. Also, it makes it hard for a low left bounce-up to grab your muzzle in a tight left turn and lousy visibility. At least if he wants to keep his fingers. <br /><br /> But only if you actually clear houses for a living. With flash-bangs, not mops and brooms. What demographic are they really looking for?<br /><br /> Me, I'd feel a tad shiny if I showed up at the club with a scattergun and attached toadsticker, but... <br /><br /> Throw in the ergonomics of a railroad tie and it really does resemble a Mattel toy, with more unneeded attachment points than an erector set.<br /><br /> Is it just me, or does it really have a Transformers persona? Which might explain said targetted demographic.Ed Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09676740819579030462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13885505045332088432011-05-11T17:53:29.552-04:002011-05-11T17:53:29.552-04:00It needs a bayonet lug.
Wv: unfunbj
Seriously!It needs a bayonet lug.<br /><br />Wv: unfunbj<br /><br />Seriously!TBeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996700909201966666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70755147766177658702011-05-11T17:52:36.533-04:002011-05-11T17:52:36.533-04:00Ain't as tacticool as this item.
Now where ha...Ain't as tacticool as <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7296/1489/1600/rem11-3447.jpg" rel="nofollow">this</a> item.<br /><br />Now where have I seem that shotty before ...Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66232518418020455612011-05-11T17:17:17.030-04:002011-05-11T17:17:17.030-04:00Wait.
So they set out to build the "ultimate...Wait.<br /><br />So they set out to build the "ultimate tactical shotgun" and choose the Remington 1100 as the platform?<br /><br />How many tactical cool points do you lose if your o-rings give out in the midst of clearing a warehouse of tangos or whatever it is the mall ninja kids do these days?Justinhttp://multigun.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16067727069511205102011-05-11T17:06:18.607-04:002011-05-11T17:06:18.607-04:00Mister_V,
"Plus it looks like a Magpul catal...Mister_V,<br /><br />"<i>Plus it looks like a Magpul catalog threw up on that thing.</i>"<br /><br />That's one of the funniest things...<br /><br />I mean, the guys at Magpul aren't 'tards; there's a reason behind most of the things they make. And the reason behind the AFG has nothing to do with parking it halfwat back under the foreend of a shotgun just to show that it's "tactical"...Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22985107517754962102011-05-11T16:38:47.810-04:002011-05-11T16:38:47.810-04:00I look at that thing, and I hear, "DRAAAAAAAK...I look at that thing, and I hear, "DRAAAAAAAKE! WE! ARE! LEAVING!"<br /><br />The Elite Tactical Advantage Devastator: When you absolutely, positively have to kill every xenomorph between you and your dropship, before taking off and nuking the site from orbit.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16662107530685604572011-05-11T16:32:50.597-04:002011-05-11T16:32:50.597-04:00I especially like how they talk about the North Ho...I especially like how they talk about the North Hollywood Shootout and bodyarmor... and then just immediately start talking about buckshot and "total diameter of projectiles".<br /><br />Buckshot ain't so good at going through body armor, last I heard.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-13390361779374912632011-05-11T16:26:08.614-04:002011-05-11T16:26:08.614-04:00Re: the "Elite Super Tactical Ultra Advantage...Re: the "Elite Super Tactical Ultra Advantage +1 Vorpal Tactical Devastator Decimator Defenestrator Did-we-mention-tactical Shotgun WMD,"<br />never before have I wanted to take a red pen and edit the grammar of a website. F-, mall ninjas, F-. Plus it looks like a Magpul catalog threw up on that thing.Mister_Vnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-91381732955963848102011-05-11T16:16:38.408-04:002011-05-11T16:16:38.408-04:00Remington has a military? Hmm.
CIIIRemington has a military? Hmm.<br /><br /> CIIIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89073219587689025112011-05-11T16:02:30.057-04:002011-05-11T16:02:30.057-04:00Samson: If you install that 8-track, don't eve...Samson: If you install that 8-track, don't ever use it.<br /><br />Use destroys 8-tracks. Specifically, it's that aluminum clip the ties the ends of the tape together. <br /><br />Eventually, a tape will break, and if you don't eject it and throw it out the window in time, that clip will jam in the deck and kill it permanently.<br /><br />You used to often see streamers of 8-track tape on the road shoulders from people trying desperately to prevent deck destruction ...Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-536894358185653242011-05-11T15:27:52.944-04:002011-05-11T15:27:52.944-04:00Jenny, you are right, there IS a difference!Jenny, you are right, there IS a difference!staghoundshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976667812875074135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90619988642612923592011-05-11T15:27:23.766-04:002011-05-11T15:27:23.766-04:00"The Elite Tactical Advantage Devastator Shot..."The Elite Tactical Advantage Devastator Shotgun: The Weapon of Choice for Elite Team Fighters" <br /><br />Me? I'll wait 'til they come out with something for <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drxA9d3Ddjw" rel="nofollow"><b>elitist</b> team fighters</a>!ExurbanKevinhttp://www.exurbanleague.com/misfiresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63748697286935215252011-05-11T14:43:16.300-04:002011-05-11T14:43:16.300-04:00@jimbob,
Almost as strange as your Rip Van Winkle...@jimbob,<br /><br />Almost as strange as your Rip Van Winkle moment on your homecoming is coming home and finding everything <b>exactly the same as you left it</b>.<br /><br />Almost as bad is the people. You spend ages away; and when you meet one of your high-school buddies or friends from your past, and it's infuriating (to me at least) when you go, "My GOD, it's been ages! What's new?" And your friend goes, "Ah, y'know, same ol' same ol'."<br /><br />WTF? After 10 years?!<br /><br />You almost feel disappointed when things DON'T change. You've changed and gone through so much, it almost seems insulting when other things and other people don't do the same.<br /><br />Now about the WonderWeapon. It's true that they didn't use "operator" nearly as often as they could, but they make up forit by their gratuitous use of the word "platform."<br /><br />Easily puts them in the running for this year's Waffenposselhaft award (literary division).<br /><br />gviglobal village idiothttp://www.alpharubicon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-9050501209566162882011-05-11T13:40:15.232-04:002011-05-11T13:40:15.232-04:00ESB was SW amped up (as it should have been). RotJ...ESB was SW amped up (as it should have been). RotJ was dumbed down. The JarJar Trilogy... *shudder*Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31044254479239117402011-05-11T13:35:48.551-04:002011-05-11T13:35:48.551-04:00North,
No, I totally agree.
The second was the b...North,<br /><br />No, I totally agree.<br /><br />The second was the best of them, from a purely critical standpoint, although they could have stopped with the first one and have made movie history. Instead, it's turned into a bloated 6 episode toy commercial.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55235463098645508312011-05-11T13:34:43.030-04:002011-05-11T13:34:43.030-04:00Classic rock and New Wave...what are we to make of...Classic rock and New Wave...what are we to make of The Clash's <i>Give 'Em Enough Rope</i>, produced by Jack Douglas of Aerosmith fame?<br /><br />Actually, that is still one of my favorite Clash albums, not least because it's the first Clash I bought and the first thing I bought after <i>Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols</i>.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4371035517362638072011-05-11T13:23:19.965-04:002011-05-11T13:23:19.965-04:00Agreed. SW and then ESB and I thought it could onl...Agreed. SW and then ESB and I thought it could only get better. Then Lucas lost his mind and decided to infest the movies with "cute" things. The movies should have become more mature, not less.<br /><br />Sorry Tam for the hijack...Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778737553770514684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25888768884193798462011-05-11T13:16:16.276-04:002011-05-11T13:16:16.276-04:00North,
Kein Problem.
Somehow, I remember it as &...North,<br /><br /><em>Kein Problem.</em><br /><br />Somehow, I remember it as '81 as well...probably because I happened to see it in the theater that year.<br /><br />Still the best one of the bunch, by a long way.theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.com