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Wolfman wrote: ↑Sat Jan 31, 2026 1:37 am NASA’s going to have to go beg Congress on bended knee for the additional money to repair the aircraft…

Some duct tape (to hold in place the pieces that are moving and shouldn't), some WD-40 (for the pieces that are supposed to move and don't), and it's good as new!

Wolfman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 27, 2026 10:43 pm NASA’s WB-57 aircraft had a belly landing at Ellington Field today…

First rule of aviation: try to avoid hitting fixed objects, such as the Earth, with the airframe. Hope everyone is okay.

Wolfman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 27, 2026 4:04 am Please note that this is Out Of Character…

Noted and corrected.

Wolfman wrote: ↑Tue Jan 27, 2026 3:26 am How’s everyone in the US handling this icy blast?

Living large in San Diego at 70 degrees F.

I’ve noticed that a lot of delivery drivers have developed the habit of simply leaving stuff on our doorstep. Without so much as knocking on the door or ringing the doorbell. As we’re right on the street that’s not great. Sometimes we only realise that there has been a delivery when checking our em...

The idea that NORAD keeps a tracking solution on Santa also alludes that they also have a firing solution on him as well.

I wish we could get Teal'c: Private Eye

I'm going to say something as a military veteran, as a science fiction fan, and as a Star Trek fan: Stories about basic training are going to be one of the following: About as interesting as watching paint dry; Utter shite; Both. Training is dull for anyone not actually going through it. The Camp Ar...

kdahm wrote: ↑Tue Dec 16, 2025 4:52 pm Private Rudolph's delay to duty is also being delayed due to the necessity of being refitted with TCAS and ADS-B equipment, in accordance with the S.2503 ROTOR act.

Yeah, Santa needs a better collision avoidance system than listening for Rudolph to yell, "OH S***!""

I do NOT want to think of how that beastie handles a compressor stall or unstart with the engines that far apart.

Nathan45 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 13, 2025 2:55 pm

Craiglxviii wrote: ↑Sat Dec 13, 2025 8:44 am Concorde?

That’s FIREFOX!!!

But this time the telepathic commands are in the Queens English rather then Russian....

"You must think in Received Pronunciation."

18 December 2025 "Oval Office" Presidential Business Suite Ritz-Carlton Hotel Philadelphia, PA It wasn't oval, but it was the President's main working office when he wasn't in the Situation Room, the hotel sub-basement PEOC, or evacuating to a Continuity of Government facility. President ...

Photo: The USS America (CV-66) with an F-14 about to land seen through the periscope of Royal Navy's Trafalgar class HMS Trafalgar (S-107) during the liberation of Iceland, 1987. https://i.redd.it/ghauz6pdrqa91.jpg Even though it was a "friendly" sub, there are still only two types of shi...

Do they need to designate one astronaut or cosmonaut as the parking valet?

Mongo like candy...

The Backfires aren't just a "Force in being." They fly strikes into Florida and the Southeast with standoff weapons like the AS-4 and AS-6, along with anti-shipping strikes. By the time of Brownsville, though? They've either been shot down, destroyed on the ground, or are grounded due to ...

Unless ComBloc intelligence in the planning stages for such a flight had been perfect and their luck during the actual execution exquisite , there’s every chance that such an attempt would’ve seen the fleeing Backfires intercepted by CONUS-based Eagles, or encountering a carrier-group that promptly...

the jafar were pretty bad shots unless they were "good" jafar.....but accountin how cumbersome those firing sticks they had were.... stormtroopers still are the worst ever by far. sterling SMG lasers should be far better than that. (Holds up staff) "This is a weapon of terror. It is ...

(Colonial Anthem Intensifies)

....It might be AI, but man oh man, it's GOOD AI. On the other hand, the Willing Suspension Of Disbelief(TM) needed for this will be incredible. For a one-off movie where nothing really changes, okay - but now they've just stopped the attack on Pearl and have become part of the USN? Made for some g...