tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post3547348922326849035..comments2024-03-29T04:38:28.940-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Small WorldOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59946959381771914292017-04-21T09:43:58.865-07:002017-04-21T09:43:58.865-07:00Good to know.Good to know.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43385916337707791702017-04-21T09:27:18.895-07:002017-04-21T09:27:18.895-07:00I'm hoping the bad times stay in abeyance for ...I'm hoping the bad times stay in abeyance for another six years, so I can hit retirement and establish a rural and defensible compound out on the high desert...and all of my friends will be welcome, of course.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48439260871827206822017-04-21T09:17:19.590-07:002017-04-21T09:17:19.590-07:00For the last eight years it felt like no one was a...For the last eight years it felt like no one was at the wheel.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33220664038031292112017-04-21T09:16:14.154-07:002017-04-21T09:16:14.154-07:00I also liked the "parchment from a major reed...I also liked the "parchment from a major reeducation camp" comment. I am a firm believer in "not everyone needs to go to college, or should."OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32001912006249686422017-04-21T08:47:32.854-07:002017-04-21T08:47:32.854-07:00And the 2kt course corrections? We need them at 5...And the 2kt course corrections? We need them at 500kts, but I'm afraid the 2kts is far slower than the winds blowing us off course, to the effect that we'll sink before the it's too late.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56566681891278560322017-04-21T08:39:15.619-07:002017-04-21T08:39:15.619-07:00Cowman- parchment from a major reeducation camp! ...Cowman- parchment from a major reeducation camp! Hilarious, and sad. Your whole comment is pretty sobering. As to your walking dead points elsewhere- who the hell are these people? Don't they have jobs? Protesting? Even if I wanted to, I have to go to work so I don't have the time or the desire to protest. STFU and get a job is what I say to them, maybe a little more fistfully than they'd like.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-20343908978060622132017-04-20T17:21:12.777-07:002017-04-20T17:21:12.777-07:00I'll echo that sentiment!I'll echo that sentiment!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41026266350913917582017-04-20T17:03:32.424-07:002017-04-20T17:03:32.424-07:00I have nothing good to add to this comment thread,...I have nothing good to add to this comment thread, so I'll just say: Stay as safe as you can, y'all.<br /><br />Paul L. QuandtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3973783664555312402017-04-20T16:06:29.151-07:002017-04-20T16:06:29.151-07:00Wow. Great comment Andrew.
There are days when I ...Wow. Great comment Andrew.<br /><br />There are days when I too miss the big bad Soviets. At least they were somewhat rational actors.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63446775839898037222017-04-20T16:03:02.408-07:002017-04-20T16:03:02.408-07:00Hahaha!
Love it.Hahaha!<br /><br />Love it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-24357044694211987512017-04-20T15:19:10.710-07:002017-04-20T15:19:10.710-07:00We were fine as a nation in not getting too involv...We were fine as a nation in not getting too involved in international affairs as long as the rest of the world left us alone. Unfortunately, sometime after the US Civil War, other nations and their problems began to really become our problems, and, as usual, we (the US) had to overreact and then we end up where we are now. (Yeah, a brief synopsis of a rather vast, overly complicated issue, but that's what it all boils down to.)<br /><br />Now, if we had supported the Kaiser in WWI like we should have instead of the Sax-Gothas... Or better yet, not helped anyone on either side and just gone and really taken care of the Mexico issue once and for all (stick it to Pancho Villa and all the other raiders and corrupt officiales that caused that issue,) well, who knows? <br /><br />Unfortunately, we are back into a world where "Duck and Cover" drills are not too far off, maybe even the Civil Defense program restarted (and all those shelters reactivated) and citizen awareness of 'international can mean right here' is on a significant rise (except for the Clinton Archipelago.)<br /><br />It was weird, those few years after the fall of the Soviet Union, to not be concerned as to the primary, secondary or tertiary strike status of the spot I was currently occupying. (When my dad was first stationed at Vandenberg, he rented a house in Santa Maria, and later told us kids that the hills will help 'with the weather.') Now, thanks to the local nuclear cow lizard college and the mass of morons there, I live on the outskirts of a 1st strike location for international hooliganism of one sort or another. Thankfully I don't have to near the habitable areas the local reds (yes, Reds. Got into a shouting match with a card-carrying commie professor more than once) control very often.<br /><br />And, yes, I pray now like I prayed when living on primary targets during the deep part of the Cold War. I pray our leaders have the fortitude to shut down foreign idiots (not like the previous administration - not to name any names or point fingers (cough, cough.)) I pray that calmer minds prevail within the rank and file of the oppressors, so that our rank and file won't be forced to react (which never turns out well.) I pray that if none of the above happens, mayhaps nature or a random rock from upstairs will stonk the problem for us. <br /><br />Actually, I find myself praying much more these days. The evil overlords of the USSR were at least somewhat sane, unlike the legion of nutburgers in charge everywhere.<br /><br />Man, I picked the wrong time to re-read Tom Kratman's "Caliphate." Just finished it (again) and I read the news and then your post. (You know it's bad out there when the MSM are reporting international stuff like it's as bad as it actually is. YIKES!!!) I think I'll steer away from the whole Baen bookshelf and find some mindless happy fluff to clear the dark thoughts. (And, God, if you're listening, please let Le Pen win (and survive to take control of) France. PLEASE???)<br /><br />Maybe I'll jump back into the first part of the New Testament and stop right before "Revelations", which reads much like the MSM these days... Sigh.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88596660458765510812017-04-20T13:29:28.422-07:002017-04-20T13:29:28.422-07:00Thomas Sowell once referred to one of his classmat...Thomas Sowell once referred to one of his classmates as "Nasty, British and short".Mike aka Proofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08931553845065187278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36526942950086306462017-04-20T10:53:36.058-07:002017-04-20T10:53:36.058-07:00The casual racism of the Victorian era. Seen it be...The casual racism of the Victorian era. Seen it before.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14962294441023522212017-04-20T10:34:04.587-07:002017-04-20T10:34:04.587-07:00Now I remember where I'd heard those lines bef...Now I remember where I'd heard those lines before! (Job going swimmingly? Sounds like my world some days.)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61593352496339970622017-04-20T09:21:57.004-07:002017-04-20T09:21:57.004-07:00The illustrations are also quite fabulous. (The ca...The illustrations are also quite fabulous. (The casual racism, not so much.) So, scratch that. It's QUITE clear they were NOT to be taken seriously. <br /><br />a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74896679895661025752017-04-20T09:12:17.960-07:002017-04-20T09:12:17.960-07:00It's perhaps even more fitting that the work t...It's perhaps even more fitting that the work those famous lines are taken from ["The Modern Traveller"] is a humorous satire of the wealthy Victorian "explorer." Things like <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3LkOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=suppose+a+rhino+knocks+you+down+and+walks+upon+you+like+a+mat&source=bl&ots=b6zHWW8ldL&sig=4xqMbmxDDcGX-Xd6ox3k7mHvs-Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwicpMSFsrPTAhWGYiYKHYRDBM4Q6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=suppose%20a%20rhino%20knocks%20you%20down%20and%20walks%20upon%20you%20like%20a%20mat&f=false" rel="nofollow">faking rhino attack photos with a stuffed rhino</a> -- because nobody'd buy the book if it didn't have photos! He also drives another rhino away by making eye contact and staring at it in a determined, British way. Heh.<br /><br />So it's not clear to me that the Maxim Gun lines were even intended to be taken seriously in their own time (1898) since they were uttered by a caricature. (The narrator's companions are named Blood and Sin.)<br /><br />All of which I've been learning today, since Ron said that. Had to go back and check some things. Can you tell that my job is going swimmingly?a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-31286275962802008462017-04-20T08:04:29.998-07:002017-04-20T08:04:29.998-07:00There are scary times ahead, I hope we weather the...There are scary times ahead, I hope we weather the storm.<br /><br />But if not, no one can say that they weren't warned.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36187181251753673892017-04-20T08:03:14.143-07:002017-04-20T08:03:14.143-07:00Good point Joe. The assholes do indeed have better...Good point Joe. The assholes do indeed have better hardware these days.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-523969010930991912017-04-20T08:02:33.702-07:002017-04-20T08:02:33.702-07:00Kon-Tiki, I had forgotten that story. That was pre...Kon-Tiki, I had forgotten that story. That was pretty awesome.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68055490475365260842017-04-20T08:01:57.884-07:002017-04-20T08:01:57.884-07:00Juvat - as the Mayflower could, in theory, make 12...Juvat - as the Mayflower could, in theory, make 12 knots, doing the Great Circle Thing would have been faster, but yes, the old sailing ships were at the mercy of the wind and the current. I kinda sorta neglected to mention that. Thanks for having my six.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-45707660128381601722017-04-20T07:59:22.998-07:002017-04-20T07:59:22.998-07:00a bear - you get mad style points, even if it'...a bear - you get mad style points, even if it's not entirely accurate.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36192016672066385492017-04-20T07:58:12.646-07:002017-04-20T07:58:12.646-07:00Ron - twice.Ron - twice.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55974313307824825762017-04-20T07:28:47.102-07:002017-04-20T07:28:47.102-07:00My greatest anxiety regarding the continued existe...My greatest anxiety regarding the continued existence of our nation is the character of her citizens. The schools are teaching propaganda in ALL classes, the media is for all intents and purposes anti-civilization propaganda, and a clearly large majority of the people believe that they are property of the government and the president is king. Now we've got trump as president, only because a felon couldn't quite steal the election. Americans are so "overworked" and so "busy" that they can't be bothered. They've got to make sure their kids start adulthood with only crushing debt and a devalued piece of parchment from a major reeducation camp, you see. At the rich end there are no rules or laws. Those who inhabit the belly of the inner city and other bastions of relative poverty are wards of the king and are classified, officially mind you, as voting monkeys. The upside is that American sovereign citizens can steer the boat back on course. But it'll only happen at 2kts, vice 500kts. That doesn't match up with the "this old house" project timeline, so it probably won't happen. I HOPE I'm wrong, and I'm safe and protected regardless, but I'm just trying to be objective.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65659418759655686062017-04-20T06:57:19.882-07:002017-04-20T06:57:19.882-07:00I'm aware of these things, I just couldn't...I'm aware of these things, I just couldn't think of a better plug-in with the right number of syllabobbles.a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33325695257156684632017-04-20T06:52:57.646-07:002017-04-20T06:52:57.646-07:00In general things are safer than in days of old, a...In general things are safer than in days of old, and we have less assholes to deal with, the scary thing is the efficiency of today's means of destruction that current assholes can utilize. joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.com