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On this day in 1991, four generations of American aircraft carriers from Battle Force Zulu steamed in formation following Operation Desert Storm. USS Midway (CV-41) – Midway-class (commissioned 1945) USS Ranger (CV-61) – Forrestal-class USS America (CV-66) – Kitty Hawk-class USS Theodore...

Season five of Mission: Impossible marked a moment when the series’ core formula met a particularly memorable ensemble. Airing at the dawn of the 1970s, it reflected a world fascinated by espionage, shifting politics, and high technology. Led by Peter Graves as the unflappable team leader Jim...

This is the T249 Vigilante, which carries the largest Gatling gun ever made - a 37 mm, six-barrel rotary cannon that can fire 3,000 rounds per minute. Each round is almost half a meter long, tipped with a projectile that weighs twice as much as the A-10's 30 mm T249 Vigilante - Wikipedia

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I decided to install the air dam on the front bumper. The ‘new’ bumper didn’t have the mounting provisions for the air dam. So, I matched up what I could and drilled holes where the fasteners needed to go. The ends didn’t have the material to attach the air dam, so I made two brackets from angle...

There was software that the company that I worked for for over 30 years, that was export controlled. Humans were involved in limiting the escape of algorithms, data, programming etc and just with that point, there’s always going to be an escape.

China will succeed. They are totally driven to success, at our expense. They will steal from everyone for their benefit.

The image shows the island superstructure of the future aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) being lifted into place at Newport News Shipbuilding. Draped with red, white, and blue ceremonial bunting, the completed island block is hoisted by the shipyard’s massive gantry crane. The...

I am slowly getting some pieces cleaned up - lower crash bar and attaching brackets. We had about 4” of snow over the weekend so I also cleared the apron outside the garage and enough of the driveway (about 0.2 miles) so my brother in law and his wife could head home.

I think that I got her.

Here’s another appearance of Shatner and Nimoy: 61 years ago today, November 24, 1964, - Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner's first appearance together, 1964's "Man From U.N.C.L.E." episode "The Project Strigas Affair." Shatner played a pest control business owner recruited to convince Communist...

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Especially the ‘doofus’ repairs. I just finished ‘repairing’ or more accurately, bringing back to functional operation, our tractor, Lucifer (International Harvester Model 666). The loader bucket would barely tilt in one direction. It was fine tilting up, but would only tilt back down about...

Why does it have to come off? Looks great!

I’m glad that the engine configuration has been worked out. It looks great! You might want to do what I do regarding projects and toss all financial records (receipts, bills, credit card statements, etc). Keeping those things only led to sadness for myself. ;^)