Wow, good stuff.
And FIREFLY!!! (bad aj for forgetting firefly!)
Yes, I like firefly as well (who doesn't?).
I'm not a beer guy. I'll be happy with a case of 6.8 SPC, solely. "Tactical" loading, please, and those 85g Barnes TSX Bullets.
beer and ammo...damn, thats what my paycheck turns into, how did you know!? (though, the most exotic request was sam and 6.8SPC...phew, I thought it was gonna be some of my 338LM and some weird belgian beer!)
Hmmm, Screen name: Birdman. Occupation: Defense Contractor.
No chance you're affiliated with these guys? http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/05/25/birdman-weapons-systems-homeboy-nyte-sytes/
No, not the same birdman...but that is damn funny (though, probably limited in sales if it was real since anyone who holds a weapon that way probably doesn't know how to align sights on the target)
Based on your nuclear power plant experience, I'm rather curious what you think about the situation in Japan right now?
How did I know japan would come up...well, since I am actually rather tired of talking about this (its hard enough to spend all day working on related stuff. I can summarize quickly...
1. that kind of thing can't happen here
2. new plants, it REALLY can't happen here
3. plants I work on developing, (genIV)( are prevented by the laws of physics from having any core damage from occuring
4. the MSM sucks...and can't report anything accurately
5. its amazing how many people can't (undersand the metric system (micro/mili), understand that radiation is all around us, and are the modern day equivalent of a caveman being afraid of the night taking away the sun, because he doesn't understand how it works...I wish people would just TRY to learn (even wikipedia is pretty much accurate on how nuke stuff works!)...
6. We in teh industry see japan in almost a glass half full fashion...what occured was the ABSOLUTE WORST CASE (for a real plant, not some POS russian one that didn't even have a containment building), and the overall impact was really small (in terms of long term damage and loss of life)...so I think people should concentrate more on teh OTHER effects of the disaster (how come no media is reporting on the massive petroleum spills at refineries, the associated loss of life, gas main breaks and deaths, etc...
7. Even if you INCLUDE chernoybl and japan, on a loss of life per TWhr basis, nuclear is the safest of ANY power production method (and thats even not fair, I'm including worst case accidents for nuclear, but not long term loss of life from pollution and production for fossil fuels).
Anyway, can we drop that topic for now? please :)