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Yeah. I'm a little more anal about tailgaters since having said first Forester totalled by a dimwit in Florida when I was stopped at a red light. She apparently didn't see either the light or the other twenty cars also stopped there as she came barrelling along. You'd think that your trailer...

Strange. I'm a Subaru Forester owner - my third one. (No lesbian jokes please) I wanted a mini SUV and got it. My 2010 was built close to the ground with a low hood because of its flat Boxer engine. The 2017 was bigger and taller especially in the hood. My 2025 is bigger again and is much more...

I'm not sure generating a lot more power would make a difference - we'd just use it all for generating Bitcoins. (Sarcasm - for anyone who missed it) Southern Ontario first became an major player in heavy industry because of cheap power. We still have power, but it's far from cheap. What's...

Ahh! So that's why every time someone on the highway is following me with only a half a car length between us when I'm already doing 10kph over the speed limit it's a pickup truck. The hood distorts their ability to judge distance. :giggle:

Howdie. Yup I'm an older one. We lived in Birch Cliff Heights, just two blocks up from Birchmount Park CI. In fact I took my Grade 9 at RH King and then transferred from ST&T to A&S so that I could go to BPCI which had just opened that year. I can't ever recall being in the Malvern Area in...

I don't want to sound dismissive, but Newfoundlanders never really entered into our consciousness in Toronto (Scarborough actually - it makes a difference). There was no world north of the 401 nor east of Markham Rd. :giggle:

You see, that's where my theory of having a Constitution that guarantees "freedom from religion" is much more useful then one that guarantees "freedom of religion." The last one is only useful until there's a block of folks that is even more attached to their religion then you are to yours...

I've stayed away from hi-tech stuff - it's just another thing to break that costs a lot to fix and - more likely then not - makes it impossible not to fix it. Until this last one which came with quite a few bells and whistles including Start/Stop as standard. I'm not fond of it either. When I...

That's the point for me. If I knew this would stop at the middle it wouldn't bother me. (wherever the middle actually is - actually I know where that is - it's where the extreme left and extreme right are equally pissed off) But it won't. It's taking a huge swing which won't stop there. I...

Ability will not out if its been formed by a decade of propaganda. Yes some may escape their indoctrination, most will succumb to it. Primary and secondary education is the foundation of beliefs. That's where the guardrails need to be. Once they get to post-secondary then they will be able to...

Interestingly when I applied for law school the application process looked for a broad diversity of pre-law education as preferred. It wasn't just humanities, it extended to hard sciences, politics and theoretical studies. The belief was that a broad education developed the critical thinking...

ICE agents at poling booths checking for illegals? I wouldn't put anything beyond this gang. There are far too many Americans who have drunk the MAGA Kool-Aid. For them its a win just to disrupt the election. Remember that Republican initiatives aren't really to make elections fair - it's to...

Canada has some strong choices to make in the coming months and years. I'm glad JT is gone. I wish Poilievre was too. 🍻

The email is within JAG but refers to a Dept of War direction. Interestingly I read the caution going to the UFLEP program people as "friendly advice" warning them of the poisoned atmosphere and the possibility that their self funded schooling may not be recognized by DOD down the road. I think...

You're the one that gives us daily updates about how far air defence systems can reach. Believe me, for a target as lucrative as an AH-64, the rear area IS forward. There will be systems that see that far back and systems that will shoot there. Hell, before they get those fielded there will be...

You probably don't want it that far forward. This strikes me as an old workhorse trying to stay relevant. How many pickup trucks with this weapon system can you buy and maintain for the cost of an AH-64? Or anti-drone drones? 🍻

When you work in HO scale with few large surfaces, you can cover up imperfections with just a slightly thicker coat of paint. :giggle:

The VLS has me tilting SK.

Oh what the hell, one more on the reorganizations to MBCTs. This is a recent line diagram of the reforming 101st Airborne (from Wikipedia) which shows the brigades and the division in their new MBCT structures. This provides an explanation of why the MBCTs are down to 1,900 all ranks from the...

And here's another one this time on the MBCT's Multi-Functional Reconnaissance Company. 🍻