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Scooter

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  1. Try sending a retaining collar off a HK P7 striker pin across the room. Couple hours later, I found it where I was working because it bounced off the wall and flew back to where I was.
  2. Even Olympic Rapid Fire Pistol was pretty boring to watch.
  3. Scooter

    Gun Safety

    So I'm watching the Rapid Fire Pistol Event online. It simply amazes me how lax their safety rules are. If they were shooting at an action pistol event, they would be DQ'ed without firing a shot. 1. No eye protection. 2. Finger on the trigger pretty much the entire time. 3. Finger on the trigger while loading the gun. 4. Not keeping the gun pointed downrange while the finger is on the trigger. At least I don't consider the roof of the building to be downrange.
  4. One guy on another forum many years ago posted his UPS tracking number for a rifle he was sending to a smith. It was going two states over on the east coast, sent 2 day. The rifle flew to Oregon 3 times before arriving at the destination a week later.
  5. When I was in Pennsylvania for a business trip, the one that that irritated me the most was the lack of ability of the people to merge on to the highway. For some reason, they don't understand that if you push the pedal on the right, the car will accelerate. If you do this after you make the turn onto the on-ramp, you can carry enough speed to merge easily with the flow of traffic. Nope. They don't understand that. They creep along till they get to the end of the on-ramp at 35 mph, then slam on the brakes because they can't merge in safely with other cars doing 55 mph. I almost ran into the back of another car because I was busy looking back to see if I had a gap to merge into.
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    Scooters

    WHAT? I have to stay off the highway. Isn't there a forum rule to prevent hating other forum members?
  7. Somehow the Germans forgot to put that quote into the BMW 325 owner's manual. For some reason, they always seem to want to TRY to cut me off just because I'm driving a Subaru wagon. Scooby's with hood scoops are faster than you think.
  8. To further disprove the theory, AC-47 miniguns didn't fire at 6,000 rpm, typically about 3,000 rpm. Plus they rarely ever light up all three guns at the same time. A friend's dad was a crew chief on the AC-47's during Vietnam. With all three guns going, they have a hard time flying in circles because the plane will start moving outward from the recoil.
  9. I'm out in the middle of nowhere in Pennsylvania for a flight test. It is freakin humid outside, though it beats the 110 degree and smokey weather back in Sacramento. Luckily the place I'm staying, the cheapest room with AAA discount is one with a spa in the room. You pay $20 more for the room without one. But man does it feel good to get back to the hotel and relax in the spa with the jets going. Only ten more days to go.
  10. Hopefully the test pilot will remember to lower the landing gear.
  11. Brian's new book, "Practical Shipping, Beyond Fundamentals", will teach you how to ship faster.
  12. Oh, this is reassuring. I'm going out to a flight test next week to test a engine filter system for a Sikorsky S-76 A++ and the test aircraft is configured for flying out to oil rigs.
  13. Who said an engineer designed it. It was probably made in China.
  14. If you set the aperture, then exposure compensation would be to change the shutter speed. When in doubt, bracket your shots.
  15. Anyone seen the British comedy Chef! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuo1xHCF9to...feature=related If I had to season my food, I might as well stayed home and cook it myself.
  16. Never like In-n-Out. Maybe that was because I grew up down the street from one. Best place I've been is Tops in Pasadena, CA.
  17. Just don't buy a Rolex. http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=66083
  18. Holy crap!!! Drunk driver falls asleep and plows into oncoming cyclist in a bike race. 1 dead, 10 injured. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24943229
  19. The guy being killed in the filming of top gun is mentioned in the DVD. He was putting his acrobatic plane into a flat spin in order to capture the spinning view. He was doing them over and over and recovering the plane each time, except for the last one.
  20. Notice the middle stop light. Guy probably didn't have a plumb bob.
  21. I finally got around to taking this picture. You gotta wonder how this person ever got a job if he can't get something so simple correct.
  22. You don't drive a Toyota 4Runner, do you? We had a coworker get his stolen at work along with 3 other 4Runners in the business park.
  23. There is that company that everyone loves. They don't show you if they have the item in stock if you order online. They don't tell you of the item is back ordered. They also don't tell you when they will get them. They also don't tell you when they do get it and ship it to you 3 months later when you have completely forgotten about the order.
  24. The harder you try, the slower your draw will get. At least that was my experience. Go slow and smooth and it will naturally get faster.
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