Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

I recently moved to rural Oklahoma. This is where my fathers family is from. They were all die hard Democrats. I argued with my grandpa many, many times about that tax and spend shit (of course, the Republicans do that a lot now, too). Oklahoma was a deep blue state for a very long time. The last POTUS election cycle, every county was red. I think the only state in the nation with no blue counties.

However....these are "new" conservative voters. Inside, they are still a little bit weak. If you call them out for being stupid or disagree with their point of view, you are a mean, scary old asshole. I have learned much about this part of my family that I have been away from for about 30 years.

Or maybe it's just me that's the scary old asshole.
Yup. Me amd JD Vance were in Iraq at the same time in 2005 (cool story bro) but I've learned to give no fucks about soft "conservatives" our country is teetering on the edge of the abyss. I push hard against the left. I fucking hate communism, leftist, bolshevic shit with every fiber of my being.
 
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The sleeping dragon with no guns?! Is that the sleeping dragon they've awoken?
Nah man, a proper rebellion need only an ideology. Weapons are nominal.



Christ is king ✝️

From 13 to 2.4-ish billion in 2024 years. ........ that's about 1,185,7711 per year. We win.
 
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Nah man, a proper rebellion need only an ideology. Weapons are nominal.



Christ is king ✝️

From 13 to 2.4-ish billion in 2024 years. ........ that's about 1,185,7711 per year. We win.


Starting a rebellion with almost no guns is like a bottleneck funnel that separates the smart, dedicated and pragmatic from the weekend brawlers. If a situation is bad enough, a garrotte made from a section of baling wire coiled at both ends for grip would get the user a service handgun or rifle very quickly...
 
I recently moved to rural Oklahoma. This is where my fathers family is from. They were all die hard Democrats. I argued with my grandpa many, many times about that tax and spend shit (of course, the Republicans do that a lot now, too). Oklahoma was a deep blue state for a very long time. The last POTUS election cycle, every county was red. I think the only state in the nation with no blue counties.

However....these are "new" conservative voters. Inside, they are still a little bit weak. If you call them out for being stupid or disagree with their point of view, you are a mean, scary old asshole. I have learned much about this part of my family that I have been away from for about 30 years.

Or maybe it's just me that's the scary old asshole.


Some young conservatives became so because it is the new cool thing to be. Back then the hippies were the rage against the machine. Now the leftists have exerted power for decades and being conservative is the new rebellion and counterculture for a lot of young folks.

Hopefully, most of them would age and mature into the David Allan Coe conservative. These are the "scary assholes" these young'uns mistake them to be. But are they really? Life experiences, especially those who worked and grew up in places where they had to deal with countless stupid and nonsense shit from all manner of people tends to make guys cynical, cold, logical, and with no patience for anything that wastes their time. David Allan might seem scary to some new rising bro-country "star" who thinks he's hot shit just because his first album about trucks, beer, and horses got released, and the reason is because a person of Coe's upbringing, life experience, and career REALLY does not have any patience for dealing with clout chasing fuckboys. But I guarantee everybody on this forum will not hesitate to sit in a saloon with David Allan the whole fucking night downing beers and talking about all the shit that is wrong with society today and nobody would be getting knocked out with a beer bottle...

ETA: This post ain't complete without a song...

The quintessential David Allan Coe:

 
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Yup. Me amd JD Vance were in Iraq at the same time in 2005 (cool story bro) but I've learned to give no fucks about soft "conservatives" our country is teetering on the edge of the abyss. I push hard against the left. I fucking hate communism, leftist, bolshevic shit with every fiber of my being.
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I’ve seen these. Multi-million dollar boats. For all that money and all that horsepower, they are not all that impressive. Even being four cycle outboards I cannot believe it wouldn’t be more economical, and more efficient (and one heck of a lot more practical) with twin diesels. The hassle of trying to operate and maintain six separate engines all hung on a transom staggers the imagination.

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I’ve seen these. Multi-million dollar boats. For all that money and all that horsepower, they are not all that impressive. Even being four cycle outboards I cannot believe it wouldn’t be more economical, and more efficient (and one heck of a lot more practical) with twin diesels. The hassle of trying to operate and maintain six separate engines all hung on a transom staggers the imagination.

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That's actually interesting. I thought it was just something photoshopped. Aren't those engines like $50K/each? How does that even work? Wouldn't it be better to have 1 big engine than 6 smaller ones? Of course, the sum total of my experience with boats is that I have ridden on "It's A Small World" at Disney World.
 
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That's actually interesting. I thought it was just something photoshopped. Aren't those engines like $50K/each? How does that even work? Wouldn't it be better to have 1 big engine than 6 smaller ones? Of course, the sum total of my experience with boats is that I have ridden on "It's A Small World" at Disney World.
Not even and now Mercury Marine is producing a 600 hp engine. Four mounted runs $320,000. And that is just the four engines. Can’t find it now but Mercury advertising shows SIX of these 80K beasts on the back of a boat.

As far as one large engine, technically when fishing offshore, two is preferred to one. And each engine should have a totally separate and isolated fuel system. When one quits and you are 60 miles offshore, it’s nice to have another to get you home.

As I said, two inboard diesels seems to me to be a much better plan. But then, who am I who struggles, trying to convince Brenda that we need a larger sailboat at the expense of say $20,000. (Or right at the cost of our four precision rifles)

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As I said, a third of a million dollars in this picture.
 
I’ve seen these. Multi-million dollar boats. For all that money and all that horsepower, they are not all that impressive. Even being four cycle outboards I cannot believe it wouldn’t be more economical, and more efficient (and one heck of a lot more practical) with twin diesels. The hassle of trying to operate and maintain six separate engines all hung on a transom staggers the imagination.

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It’s just for show. I’ve seen a few boats with 4/6 outboards and it’s pretty much a F-U I have money and i can do it.

My friends cousin is a big time captain, last gig was piloting the owner of nascar France’s boat. So I’d send him pictures all the time, he’d get the scoop of who’s not paying the bills etc
 
I’ve seen these. Multi-million dollar boats. For all that money and all that horsepower, they are not all that impressive. Even being four cycle outboards I cannot believe it wouldn’t be more economical, and more efficient (and one heck of a lot more practical) with twin diesels. The hassle of trying to operate and maintain six separate engines all hung on a transom staggers the imagination.

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It’s just for show. I’ve seen a few boats with 4/6 outboards and it’s pretty much a F-U I have money and i can do it.

My friends cousin is a big time captain, last gig was piloting the owner of nascar France’s boat. So I’d send him pictures all the time, he’d get the scoop of who’s not paying the bills etc


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That's actually interesting. I thought it was just something photoshopped. Aren't those engines like $50K/each? How does that even work? Wouldn't it be better to have 1 big engine than 6 smaller ones? Of course, the sum total of my experience with boats is that I have ridden on "It's A Small World" at Disney World.

It's harder to "swap out" and replace a "one big engine" when needed. And lots more things can go wrong with it, perhaps even leaving one "stranded" out in the middle of the ocean. At least with multiple outboards, you still have some power to return back to port if one engine fails.
 
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Not even and now Mercury Marine is producing a 600 hp engine. Four mounted runs $320,000. And that is just the four engines. Can’t find it now but Mercury advertising shows SIX of these 80K beasts on the back of a boat.

As far as one large engine, technically when fishing offshore, two is preferred to one. And each engine should have a totally separate and isolated fuel system. When one quits and you are 60 miles offshore, it’s nice to have another to get you home.

As I said, two inboard diesels seems to me to be a much better plan. But then, who am I who struggles, trying to convince Brenda that we need a larger sailboat at the expense of say $20,000. (Or right at the cost of our four precision rifles)

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As I said, a third of a million dollars in this picture.

I've seen more and more of those ^^^^^ types of pleasure boats sporting outboard motors instead of the traditional inboard engines.
 
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It's harder to "swap out" and replace a "one big engine" when needed. And lots more things can go wrong with it, perhaps even leaving one "stranded" out in the middle of the ocean. At least with multiple outboards, you still have some power to return back to port if one engine fails.

A lot of it is performance as well. The running gear for a inboard is more drag then a outboard, and diesels typically have a shorter rpm window (500-2500rpm). So you are either stuck with a really high minimum speed or a reduced top end. Outboards will spin well past 6,000rpm.

The downside with outboards is it takes blade area in the water to push the boat, and outboards are pretty limited in that reguard. So that's usually when you start seeing a bunch of outboards, more props to push the load.

I spend 15 years of my life on a boat with a single diesel in the bering sea and only broke down once, they can be very reliable as long as the HP to displacement isn't too far out of center.