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Punic Hebil
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posted 17 May 2013 00:12 EDT (US)

The Man with the Laughs

Gooooooooood-byyyyyyye Vietnaaaaam! That's right, I'm history... I'm outta here. I got the lucky ticket home, baby. Rollin, rollin, rollin'... keep them wagons rollin', rawhide! Yeah, that's right... the final Adrian Cronauer broadcast... and this one is brought to you by our friends at the Pentagon. Remember the people who brought you Korea? That's right, the U.S. Army. If it's being done correctly, here or abroad, it's probably not being done by the Army.

In honor of Robin Williams, I've decided to forsake the rules and simple post a lot of what made him special to us: his humor and ability to make us laugh!!

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Jafar: You stay out of this!
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When Christopher Reeve was in the hospital after his accident, Robin came to visit him. Reeve said this about that surprise visit:

Then, at an especially bleak moment, the door flew open and in hurried a squat fellow with a blue scrub hat and a yellow surgical gown and glasses, speaking in a Russian accent. He announced that he was my proctologist, and that he had to examine me immediately...it was Robin Williams...for the first time since the accident, I laughed. My old friend had helped me know that somehow I was going to be okay.

When Stephan Spielberg was filming "Schindler's List", Robin would call him to cheer him up. I think I only called him once, maybe twice. I called him when I was representing People for the Valdheimers Association. A society devoted to helping raise money to help older Germans who had forgotten everything before 1945. I remember him laughing and going 'thank you.'"

WARNING: Language

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[This message has been edited by Terikel Grayhair (edited 12-13-2014 @ 02:35 PM).]

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Scenter102
Legionary

posted 11 January 2014 10:31 EDT (US) 1176 / 2504

I'm pretty sure nuclear carriers have the best space heater around.

Terikel Grayhair
Imperator
(id: Terikel706)

posted 11 January 2014 11:52 EDT (US) 1177 / 2504

That may be true. But you still have major problems backing it up to a tent to turn it on.

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Scenter102
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posted 11 January 2014 12:49 EDT (US) 1178 / 2504

Get a bigger tent.

Terikel Grayhair
Imperator
(id: Terikel706)

posted 12 January 2014 03:57 EDT (US) 1179 / 2504

And a tent on a drydock or a waterside cliff where the ship can pull in.

Do you know how much draught that things have? It is not like you can park one in the Patapsco River, or along the Rio Grande, or even anywhere within a mile of the Alghero Beaches on Sardinia (known for being very shallow for a long ways out, for those who have never traveled there).

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SwampRat
M2TW Ladder Leader

posted 12 January 2014 08:07 EDT (US) 1180 / 2504

British tanks have 12-cylinder diesels, right? They can make tea, but can't do the above.

I've no idea about the side coming off things, but I'm fairly sure a dodgy diesel should kick off a fair bit of heat (and noxious fumes). Heck, wouldn't sticking a car engine into a tent (pref. with the exhaust-pipe not in the tent) have a similar effect?

My VW Polo could take your M1 thingymado, no trouble

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Terikel Grayhair
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posted 12 January 2014 10:38 EDT (US) 1181 / 2504

M1 exhaust comes out at 1500 degrees Fahrenheit. Diesels get hot, but not that hot, and the turbines throw the heat out of the tank through the rear grills.

A policeman once pulled over my tank for speeding. He parked 15 m behind the tank. By the time he got done writing the ticket, the paint on the front part of his car had been boiled off.

Let's see you VW Polo strike back like that.

EnemyofJupitor
HG Alumnus Superbus

posted 12 January 2014 11:44 EDT (US) 1182 / 2504

Which is more reliable, a Polo or a tank?

And I shall go Softly into the Night Taking my Dreams As will You

SwampRat
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posted 12 January 2014 14:50 EDT (US) 1183 / 2504

I've never seen an M1 park at my local supermarket without getting a parking ticket.

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Punic Hebil
Centurion
(id: Punic Hoplite)

posted 12 January 2014 15:38 EDT (US) 1184 / 2504

I'll try sleeping naked next time. The Siberian Clipper has passed so it's warmed up considerably since then. Though if anyone wakes me up for some stupid reason, they might get a little surprise if I make the mistake of jumping into action....

I am the Carthaginian who became an angel, and surrendered his wings for a life on the sea of battle.

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Awesome Eagle
Spear of Mars
(id: awesomated88)

posted 12 January 2014 17:45 EDT (US) 1185 / 2504

Which is more reliable, a Polo or a tank?

Depends which country it is in. If China- i might go with the Polo..

I'll try sleeping naked next time. The Siberian Clipper has passed so it's warmed up considerably since then. Though if anyone wakes me up for some stupid reason, they might get a little surprise if I make the mistake of jumping into action....

Well..... it is the navy after all....

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[This message has been edited by Awesome Eagle (edited 01-12-2014 @ 09:16 PM).]

Punic Hebil
Centurion
(id: Punic Hoplite)

posted 12 January 2014 20:22 EDT (US) 1186 / 2504

It's not gay if you're underway

On a completely unrelated note: isn't there a place where we can buy HG merchandise? I think I remember a shirt that looked pretty good, and I remember it helped HG out. Anyone got the link?

Awesome Eagle
Spear of Mars
(id: awesomated88)

posted 12 January 2014 21:17 EDT (US) 1187 / 2504

On a completely unrelated note: isn't there a place where we can buy HG merchandise? I think I remember a shirt that looked pretty good, and I remember it helped HG out. Anyone got the link?

No- but this would be awesome! If they have bigger sizes i will totally buy some!

Scenter102
Legionary

posted 12 January 2014 21:22 EDT (US) 1188 / 2504

No- but this would be awesome! If they have bigger sizes i will totally buy some!

Seconded(maybe thirded)

Terikel Grayhair
Imperator
(id: Terikel706)

posted 13 January 2014 02:04 EDT (US) 1189 / 2504

I can make a few inquiries.

I take it there are possbile orders for 3 shirts? All XLs, or Xl, XL and L?

Awesome Eagle
Spear of Mars
(id: awesomated88)

posted 13 January 2014 02:44 EDT (US) 1190 / 2504

Hate to reveal my lack of fitness and overall round shape- but do they go up to 3 or 4XL?
If not I will still get one as a momento.

Any other available Merchandise such as pens and hats or stuff like that?

[This message has been edited by Awesome Eagle (edited 01-13-2014 @ 02:58 AM).]

Jax
HG Monument
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posted 13 January 2014 05:33 EDT (US) 1191 / 2504

I had a HG shirt once, but I have literally no idea where it is now. I don't think I ever wore it, but I remember it felt like it would be pr warm.

house won this

Ischenous
Legionary

posted 13 January 2014 06:00 EDT (US) 1192 / 2504

Just realised I have 161 tabs open. I guess that's what comes of doing most your referencing in one night for a piece of coursework and getting stuck.

Calling all new people. USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION before asking a question. Thank you.
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Punic Hebil
Centurion
(id: Punic Hoplite)

posted 13 January 2014 06:52 EDT (US) 1193 / 2504

I'm a large. I would also buy a hat and a mousepad.

Jax
HG Monument
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posted 13 January 2014 06:52 EDT (US) 1194 / 2504

When I get too many tabs I start aggressively closing them, but generally this turns out to result in terrible "oh god I need to find this again" situations.

house won this

EnemyofJupitor
HG Alumnus Superbus

posted 13 January 2014 07:19 EDT (US) 1195 / 2504

I had a combination of the two last night- I'd kept a note of what sources I'd used for which bits of information, but by the time you get back to checking your sources you swear you're not on the same page any more. So you fudge it >.>

And I shall go Softly into the Night Taking my Dreams As will You

Awesome Eagle
Spear of Mars
(id: awesomated88)

posted 13 January 2014 14:37 EDT (US) 1196 / 2504

I would also buy a hat and a mousepad.

Oooo, a mousepad would be cool. I need a new one anyway.

General Sajaru
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posted 14 January 2014 02:26 EDT (US) 1197 / 2504

I've no idea about the side coming off things, but I'm fairly sure a dodgy diesel should kick off a fair bit of heat (and noxious fumes). Heck, wouldn't sticking a car engine into a tent (pref. with the exhaust-pipe not in the tent) have a similar effect?

My VW Polo could take your M1 thingymado, no trouble

The M1 Abrams tank is quite possibly the only land vehicle made in the past half century that runs on a turbine engine, similar to those that you see on airplanes; as such, M1s run best on aviation fuel but will take just about any sort of liquid hydrocarbon fuel and diesel doesn't explode the way av gas does. Also, the exhaust air doesn't have the same sort of poisonous chemicals found in most diesel or petrol engine exhausts and as Terikel pointed out, it's a lot hotter.

I've never seen an M1 park at my local supermarket without getting a parking ticket.

Back up til you hear breaking glass, then three feet forward

Depends which country it is in. If China- i might go with the Polo..

If it's a Russian tank, definitely the Polo; at least it's designed by Germans.

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Awesome Eagle
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posted 14 January 2014 05:21 EDT (US) 1198 / 2504

If it's a Russian tank, definitely the Polo; at least it's designed by Germans.

I am not too sure. Historically Russia has always made quite reliable machines and tanks owing to the variety of climates that it faces- with the T-34 the obvious example. When the German tanks were stuck frozen, the t-34s could keep going, which added to the Russian feirceness in Winter warfare in Russia. General Winter- Russia's greatest commander...

Scenter102
Legionary

posted 14 January 2014 05:46 EDT (US) 1199 / 2504

IIRC the USSR actually had better tank tech at the begining or WWII just not many of them.

Terikel Grayhair
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posted 14 January 2014 07:23 EDT (US) 1200 / 2504

The T-34 was, like most Russian equipment, designed by geniuses for use by morons. (That is the saying, which goes well with th fact that upwards of 60% or more of the USSR was illiterate at the time, especially in the East, and very few people understood technology above the level of the horse.)

The tank used sloping armor- one of the first to do so- which gave it more effective stopping power than flat-surfaced armor which relied only on thickness (and therefore weight). When the Germans learned that painful lesson, they began fielding the Panther- arguably one of the best tanks in the world until the mid-1950's.

The 73mm cannon cannon on the T-34 sucked, but after it was upgraded to the 85mm it became quite impressive.

The treads, like the engines, were designed only to move. They had wide metal, durable tracks, where the Germans had narrow, elegant complicated tracks with rubber inlays that did not damage roads so very much. The Russian tanks designers gave less than a rat's ass about roads and made tracks that could withstand some terrible driving. Incidentally, it turned out that the wide treads helped keep the tank mobile and the weight spread, whereas the narrow, elegant tacks of the Germans concentrated the weight of the vehicle to that it sank up to its belly in bogby mud.

Another factor was price and ease of maintenance. Like most Russian equipment, it was bone-simple to maintain- just throw more oil and gasoline into it and hti it a time or two with a mallet. It's low tech made it cheap and easy to make, too- whereas German factories were struggling to put out 12 PzkwV tanks per month, the Russian factories were churning out 200-300 T-34's in the same period, if not more.

Surprising to the Germans, the T-34's simplicity and light weight, combined with the sloping armor, was not a light tank they could so easily ignore. It was undoubtedly one of the best tanks of the war, especially in the early days, and its effectiveness was a huge surprise to those who laughed at it.

[This message has been edited by Terikel Grayhair (edited 01-14-2014 @ 07:27 AM).]

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