roughboy wrote:can lead melt like metal and allumium

Apparently Aluminum isn't a metal anymore (metalloid for all you sticklers out there ).

You'd have half a deer if you hit it with an elephant gun round.

the show on discovery about ghost hauntings LOL! I totally agree. That reminds me of a hi-fraking-larious SNL sketch when Hugh Laurie was hosting. He and a few others were doing a 'ghost-haunting' type show and they encountered an infrared signal and a wierd sound. It turns out that the guy Hugh wa...

If there was a way to place a large positive charge on a target (ionize it) then the massively negative charge from your taser-weapon would reach out and strike the positively charged area like a lightning bolt. There would need to be a huge charge in the taser to reach that far, however. I think it...

If there was a way to place a large positive charge on a target (ionize it) then the massively negative charge from your taser-weapon would reach out and strike the positively charged area like a lightning bolt. There would need to be a huge charge in the taser to reach that far, however. I think it...

Ha ha, holy $hit, that thing was shooting 500mL bottles, I think. That was so awesome! Filled with gasoline, no less.

I'm going to make a coaxial pistol very similar to that! The idea has been floating around in my head for awhile, and now that I know it works, I'll have to get in gear :) I'm going to build an airsoft rifle on the same principle (small bore coaxial). Anyway, Sweet pistol! Very clean and professiona...

so what fun things do you do? Mostly fix things. If I don't end up with a specialty, I'll be assigned as a crew chief on an aircraft, or a helicopter. Pimpman: I thought about the Marines, cuz, y'know, I loves the killin'! But, then I decided that I wanted to do AF Combat Control, basically the AF ...

I thought about doing linguistics, cuz, how freakin cool is that? But I realized that there would be a lot of classroom instruction, and that is something I want to minimize in my career...

They issue the recruits at Boot the pinless M16 to prevent a "live fire incident". Gomer Pyle, anyone? Yeah, I wouldn't file off any critical parts like that. Horrible idea, especially on a rifle that's government property.

They have you replace the firing pin when you graduate.

What's with the goddamn joysticks?

I get to run around with an M-16 with the firing pin filed off, w00t.

Yes. Boot for the AF is at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. I'll be going to get my ass kicked there in July (I think). It's six weeks.

I'll have to throw in a few mistakes in my (otherwise excellent, IMO) 'drill and ceremonies' so the Drill Instructors don't notice me

Most pilots going in and out if Iraq (in the air) are Cargo guys dropping off and picking up Army and Marines entering or leaving. Most Fighter-Bombers or strike fighters aren't being used too much these days. The grunts usually call in a AH-1 or Apache to blow some shit up. Fighters take too long. ...

“I hope to get my preferred job choice of Airframe Maintanance.”???? What’s wrong with being a fighter pilot? Do you even get to fly? Not everyone in the AF is a pilot, you know :) Besides, I would've had to go to the Airforce Academy in Colorado Springs. It seemed a likely choice for me, before I ...