Posts by Gman

Harper one the popular vote by a massive margin too. Showed how we in the West are so marginalized by the Quebec/etc vote. And then when we get screwed and lose, the prize is what get to transfer even MORE money to those lazy French fucks. Alberta has a LOT of separation rumblings right now, a lot of the friends I have that are among the rich/elite, like the owner of the first range/company I worked at, the Mannix family, are really started to think it isn't just a bunch of us wildeyed crazies who truly want out of Confederation. It's going very mainstream in the place it needs too, among the $ and influence that comes from it.

If Pierre Poilievre loses or something fucked up happens and he can't run against Trudeau et al, Alberta is going to peace out I think, and along with it Sask and Manitoba. BC would be put in an interesting spot then, I think they'd likely come along as for them to export anything to the rest of Canada then would be subject to toll collection for both rail and trucking through the central Western provinces.

Still, I think PeePee can and will win, and he'll put us back to some sense of normality if he sticks to his platform. For now, all handgun transfers are frozen, you can't buy/sell anything, same with most mag fed semi auto rifles/etc.

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Gman might remember that show...

I had a massive library of absolute shit industry stock music, so bad it was hilarious (which is why I snagged so much of it). I still have some of it I'm sure.

OMFG, wife wants to kill you right now, I can't stop humming/singing that intro song, hahaha.

DOO DOO, DOODOO DO DOOOOOO. YOU GOTTO LIVE IT UUUPP! So many memories brought back from the days of having one of those 10 foot satellite dishes and only a local antenna for Canadian channels.

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IT'S. NOT. FAIR.

Do you think it's fair, and that the elections are secure...or even semi secure?

Wow that first vid sucks. Wish it'd hit the PRC headquarters instead of the good Chinese (Taiwan).

Brutal, I'll be the death toll will hit between 3 and 10k. Or worse.

If Pierre Poilievre can't win the next election, or hopefully force one earlier than the extra year Trudeau gave himself over the time when elections are usually called, it'll be time to fix bayonets. So many are holding on and hoping that PP can finally take power away from this lunatic party coalition of the Liberals and the NDP.

On a brighter note, the first Canadian Maple Leaf 1oz gold coins/bars that I bought against my father's will 30+ years ago have now increased 1000%, one thousand percent. Among some of the very few things with the Maple Leaf on them that still makes me smile to look upon.

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How many of you tards got covid? How many times? What is it like to be vulnerable to covid and too fragile for a vaccine? I wouldn't know. I've had two vaxes and zero covids.

I had Covid before there were vaccines. Never got a vaccine, have never needed one since, despite spending 2 weeks in a hospital that had 21 rooms, 15 of which had covid patients in a bad way when I shattered my leg, as well as being around TONS of people who were in the middle of their covid infection at subsequent doctor/hospital appointments. I had also been taking Plaquenil prior to Cov19 infection as I have SLE/Lupus and it's a common medication prescribed for that.

My Covid19 experience was a scratchy throat for about 12 hours, and losing my sense of taste for maybe 6 tops.

When stupid forms that have your preferred pronouns as an optional fill in, I always put "His Majesty/Your Highness" in. I then add a foot note that I have a 23 and me link to King Richard's DNA (he fathered at least a couple hundred bastard children they say, so the odds are if you have an ancestry in the UK, you have a fair chance at being a descendent, and thus claimant to the throne).

Here behind the lines in Canada, this is become very common on various forms/etc.

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So I binge watched episodes 5 thru 8 this afternoon/evening. 6 and 7 were really good. I even remarked to the boss how it was really picking up. Then 8 happened and they totally jumped the fucking shark. Unfucking real the racist pandering. Every conceivable racist stereotype. It's like a late-seventies blaxploitation movie. If I were black I'd be fucking pissed. Hell.. I'm not and am anyways.

Man, I felt exactly the same way. The first few episodes pissed me off, what with the 109s and 190s moving at 1500 mph across the screen, and the tracers looking like they hypersonic as well. So lame, and unrealistic looking considering the $ they spent on CGI and whatnot.

Then some of the later episodes got pretty good. Then the go Tuskeegee go episode came. I could sense each instant of lameness as it came, with the missus telling me to "stfu and just watch" as I yelled and shouted shit a the screen. Talk about wrecking a comeback, and seizing defeat from the jaws of victory.

Phantom is imminent. Ya!

SO much in the pipeline that is badass. C130 will be fun, especially with the inevitable mods for making it a gunship/AC130, hell they devs may even make a gunship available with the release. With DCS adding a lot of ground targets like various infantry and trucks/apcs, an AC130 multicrew would be a riot. Super pew pew.

Coming this year -

Hellcat

F4U1D Corsair

LA7

Mig29 full fidelity - (my favorite fighter since I saw the first time they appeared in the Western world back in 1989 at Abbotsford international air show here in Canada). Cannot wait for this one.

Mig17

Chinook Helo

Kiowa helo

Mig23 (eff ya!)

F8 Crusader - last of the gunfighters, real single engine rocket ship which IMO is going to dominate the cold war servers with only Fox1/early Fox2's and guns

A7 Corsair - great little attack bird, had one of the best systems for unguided bombs even to this day. Also had 1000 rounds of 20mm aboard, so a ton of strafing and even a2a as it apparently had a few really good turns in it before it would be out of energy. Shot down some Mig17s in Vietnam to prove it.

A6 Intruder - next to the Mig29 this is the next most anticipated for me. Having an entire late cold war carrier air wing strike group, at least without the supporting aircraft is going to be so cool - Hornet Cs, F14A/B, A7 Corsair, A6 intruder...just missing the Awacs, Helos, and Cod.

F100 Super Saber

Kfir

A1 Skyraider

F104 full fidelity (just have a mod now with basic fidelity)

Two others I nearly forgot -

Tornado GR1 Ground Attack - When Falcon 3.0 first came out, Spektrum Holobyte was so jazzed by the unexpected sales that they went on to use that $ to produce what was at that time easily the most complex and fun flight sim - Tornado. Having a terrain following radar modeled back then was incredible. I remember flying under power lines in that sim, and the weapons aiming stuff was very complex for the time as well. So it'll be good times to have it in DCS.

Also, Typhoon is still in the pipeline. That plane well own all in PVP online, as it's radar will be easily the best if the model it accurately, but the thing also is an effing amazing turn fighter. With 12 A2A missiles aboard, a great gun, it's going to be a blast.

All of these aren't likely to appear in 2024, but at least 1/2 of them will be early access before 2025 IMO. A lot to look forward too, Vulkan API and the dynamic campaign especially.

I've read/seen from usually reliable sources that Russia is down to just one single operational A50 AEW aircraft. They aren't being manufactured anymore either. It's unlikely China has any of their AWACS/AEW to spare to sell to Russia either. Seriously crippling to Russian air power IMO.

Meanwhile the USA/NATO are adding new 737 Wedgetail AEW aircraft at a pretty quick rate, to replace and augment the current fleet of AWACS planes.

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Pretty cool...

https://www.instagram.com/reel…eet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

That is pretty cool - I wouldn't mind having those retracting wheel stands on a sport/touring type bike. I'm thinking specifically of the Honda VFR1200 I had, a 2010 model.

Great channel here for Navy news, I've been a member of his site since before he was on Youtube, TONS of great info. Former 20 year sonar man on attack and SSBN subs, and works in classified tech stuff surrounding sonar and undersea weapons still as a contractor.

He says that the submersibles are made in and sent from Iran. Very trusted source.

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Crew Chief. A 22 year old MSG responsible for a very complex machine and ten lives.

https://b17flyingfortress.de/e…42-30342-taint-a-bird-ii/

Wow, I didn't know that. Did he operate one of the gun stations too, like the top turret or nose guns? Did he talk to you much about flying in the war?

Wait - Sluggish was your father on B17s? Man, that's crazy, I bet you have some incredible stories from him. One of my grandfathers flew on Lancasters doing ferry runs from where they were built here in Canada to the UK, he never dropped bombs though.

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I’m taking the wife to see the falls from the Canuck side later this year. Should I not go through customs near there? I have a low threshold for bullshit, don’t need an international incident.

I'm going to be in Ontario a fair bit off and on this year Razer, let me know when you're up here. If you have time and the inclination the National air and space museum is about a 3 hour drive from Niagra (everyone and I mean everyone drives 80 if not 85, ask Slamfire), and it's fantastic. Plus one of the curators does QA testing for the same bunch I do some with from DCS/ED, and I'm sure he'd hook us up with a backstage tour - I want to see their Go229 and some other stuff that isn't on display yet.

Beekeeper- I liked it for the same reason. Plus Statham hates the left.

Dune 2 - I can't wait until March 1. Dune part 1 was my favorite film of the last 10 years, and early reports from some Youtube channels I watch and trust say it's possibly the best scifi film of all time. I usually have a hook up at our local Imax, but even those screener tickets are all spoken for, so I have to wait until opening day/night.

I've been watching "See" on Apple+ with Jason Mamoa, pretty good so far, 1/2 way through season 2.

I'll give Mr/Mrs Smith a whirl tonight too. Monsieur Spade is on the list too.

Any ideas?

My father is betting everyone he can get to listen to him that Tulsi Gabbard will be the pick.

I do think it may well be a woman, Kirsti Noem, Gov of S.D. is my pick on that score.

Slow Horses is excellent, I still need to finish season 2 however I thought 1 was really good.

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My Bro in law has a US Post Office Box right on the NY Border. He makes the drive over periodically to pick up stuff he buys online and just drives it over the border. Round trip, about an hour.

There is a US mail station drop just south of Coutts AB in Sweetgrass Montana. 90 percent of the business they do is from people in Alberta driving down to pick stuff up. I used to do it every 2 weeks back when my company was doing a lot of LE sales circa early 2000s. Clearing customs with an in person agent was so much less hassle and worth the drive, money, and time.

GG what do you sell - blades, for what exactly? Interested, I haven't been around enough know what everyone is up to.

One of my postal codes ends with "2S5". So, if you have messy handwriting, its pretty easy for orders to get fucked up - I rarely have anything sent to that house. Had Canadapost literally lean a 1301 Beretta tac shotgun in its box up against a neighbors houses because the driver couldn't figure it out (simple), and he/she just gave up and mark it "delivered". Good game, assshat.

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I confess I like mine... still getting used to it though... but I can get out and ride so... when it warms up that is...

also love the storage area it has beats the saddle bags n trunk on standard bikes considerably IMHO

That's so cool Wrag. I SO wish I had grabbed the one I had a chance at, silver color (my fav next to green), and had about 10,000 KM, so like 6200 miles or on it. Like new. Storage area, I had plans in my head already of getting a fuel bladder or fuel cell I could carry in the large rear middle compartment to extend the range out far enough I could ride through the mountains to BC or to Fort McMurray here in AB where there is a stretch of road where at certain times of the day there is NO fuel for 250km or so. Have a break apart 10/22 and my 14" Mossberg pump 12 gauge stored in there too. Plus get a good audio system for our helmets as the missus would be riding shotgun, and our current setup for riding together - which we haven't done in ages - is old and gimped.

I do wonder what it would handle corners like, I'm sure straight and level flying is pretty good, and simple. Not being able to lean and bring the bike right over especially in tighter turns would be a bike switch that I'll wager is pretty uncomfortable at first.

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I'm glad you still have your leg Gman.

Thanks Elfie, me too.