Recent content by alpine44

Liberia is a flag of convenience country. Other countries' ships run under the Liberian flag to take advantage of their non-existent (safety) regulations. Liberia could be a prosperous country just from this income if it were not for the corruption that is part of some cultures social DNA.

I would go with the Suzuki in Supermoto trim and then find a used set of wheels with knobby tires for weekends in the dirt.

Some morons tried to steal my XT500 in the 80 in Germany. The bike was parked in front of the house I rented an apartment in. I found it in an alleyway a few houses down, just following the black skid marks on the sidewalk. The thieves attempted to kick start it and after that failed, they tried...

Before you put these impulse loads on a recovering skeletal structure, I would make sure that (semi-)static loads do not cause pain. I.e. AFTER you do not have any discomfort during normal activities and strength-building workouts.

Budweiser/AB had sold out to Belgian InBev long before the Tranny debacle.

Digging through my earlier adventures, I remember a case where an environmental allergen led to a very rapid incapacitation. A friend and I rode our motocross bikes through the woods and traversed a large patch of fern. Unbeknownst to him, my buddy was severely allergic to the fern spores and...

This "runaway" fear mongering is utter bull. Let's start with the realization that the amount of Carbon atoms is constant on this planet if we ignore the miniscule amounts we shot into outer space. This carbon is either in the ground as coal and oil, or in biomass (plants and critters), or...

I second that. My 629 had a 2x EER Leopold on it and busting clays at 100 yard was a breeze. Would have never sold it but unfortunately lost it in a boating accident.

"What good is that license actually doing?" you asked. Well, it kept you off the airwaves, didn't it? And that may be a good thing as you will hopefully glean from the comments below. I am going to raise the first BS flag on your statement that Ham radio vs calling a friend in Japan via cell...

Why do we have this odd habit of the buyer posting his intent publicly? Is this how Ebay, Craigslist or Gunjoker works? Just contact the seller via PM and haggle things out. Once the seller has a deal he updates the thread with SPF. When funds have arrived, SOLD is posted in the thread title...

Goggle "IgG4 covid vaccine" and read the first paragraphs of the linked research findings. Even Google is not hiding (yet) that repeated jabs cause undesirable, permanent 'firmware updates' of your immune system. Anyone gambling with the jabs, out of fear of Covid or for political fealty, is a...

We know that the Russians have our missile silos and cities programmed into their MIRVs and they know that we do the same. All you need is to push a button in response and that's why nobody pushed the button so far. If the goat fuckers knew that anytime they manage to hit one of our bases, then...

I am glad you used the word "beat cop" since this is what we call LEOs who see themselves as community members who are tasked to provide educational and remedial services to their community. The other group is power hungry dicks and chicks who, at the expense of community improvement, sold...

Right now "AI" is like a young child repeating what it heard in the marxist parent's house. A parrot, understanding neither the meaning nor the consequences of the words it concatenates according to language rules. When AI truly becomes sentient, understands the concept of truth vs agenda, will...

The LEAP engines are a higher bypass ratio design. The first set of blades you see from the front is basically a ducted turboprop. Most of the ingested air gets pushed out between the outer shell and the inner jet engine core. A smaller percentage goes through the inner compressor section, the...