Comments on: So um… Could I get your

By: MrsQ: Philly-Mom

MrsQ: Philly-Mom — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:47:35 +0000

naw. dey makin wunna Deez.

By: hooman

hooman — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:34:48 +0000

is dey makin a hummer?

By: Rusty Shackleford

Rusty Shackleford — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 05:31:38 +0000

It’s St. Vith range in Fort Knox Ky. They weigh like 70 tons there is no excuse. Even with limited rear visibility they have to have a ground guide for all vehicles over 2.5 tons. Plus the Tank Commander can just look backwards from the top. That took speed.

By: Sarge

Sarge — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:46:13 +0000

Your tax dollars at work.

By: PH

PH — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:04:53 +0000

cattle

By: marty

marty — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:33:01 +0000

tanks for the memories!

By: fahrrad

fahrrad — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:53:06 +0000

Dies ist ein gro�er Ort. Ich m�chte hier noch einmal.

By: SpartanCanuck

SpartanCanuck — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:48:31 +0000

In 1993, the guys on the ground would’ve been UNPROFOR (some, but not all of whom were from NATO countries). NATO would come in on the ground two years later, which might make finding the teeth problematic.

By: SK

SK — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:19:13 +0000

The shells are stored horizontally in a heavily armored compartment at the rear of the turret. The top of the compartment is thin to allow an explosion from killing the crew (they are protected by a set of heavy blast doors). Odds are nothing would have happened with a full load since the blast doors are only open when the loader activates a switch.
I saw an ammunition cook-off in Bosnia in 1993 when an A-10 rolled in on a T-55 (could have been a T-62) and hit it with a Maverick guided missile. The turret flew at least 60ft into the air like a bottle rocket (probably a 20 ton casting) and the engine was thrown out the rear of the vehicle. The only thing left of the crew that the NATO guys ever found were teeth…every thing else was torched.

By: akmarksman82

akmarksman82 — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:43:39 +0000

dane cook FTW

I was in my kitchen washing a dish..

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:03:32 +0000

Well certain people who shall remain nameless (no really, we don’t mention her) needed information on how to avoid back pain. Who was I to deny them?

By: AC

AC — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:57:12 +0000

Jings! What did she do?
I am sometimes terrified by the sound of stilleto heels clacking at a certain speed down a corridor… But she was a good teacher. Just scary. And I didn’t do homework…

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:42:54 +0000

Due to one teacher, I used to flinch when I had to write the word ‘garden’
I hope she died in great pain…

By: No one interesting

No one interesting — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:38:32 +0000

Also afficionado.

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:20:46 +0000

Hell, there are websites and an a wiki entry on that subject…

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:56:59 +0000

Yeah man, that’s old news!

By: AC

AC — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:18:35 +0000

Oh, everyone already knows that…..

By: Saint

Saint — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:12:42 +0000

but, um.. what size are Jane’s “cups”? hmmmm?

By: slan agat

slan agat — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:42:43 +0000

Dr. Lee guest lectured in some courses I took in school; even got to tour his lab in Meriden once. Fascinating stuff.

By: No one interesting

No one interesting — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:20:53 +0000

George Lindsey?

By: rhorho

rhorho — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:44:33 +0000

*whinnies*

By: rhorho

rhorho — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:41:56 +0000

Oh-no-you díʔ-’unt!

By: rhorho

rhorho — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:32:59 +0000

Don’t say such things in front of the baby!

By: rhorho

rhorho — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:31:37 +0000

Tell the truth, Jane. All of your cups are in a
locker, labeled “Exhibit A.”

(You didn’t know I had Dr. Henry Lee’s
website bookmarked, did you?)

By: rhorho

rhorho — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:26:55 +0000

I live off of therapist finder’s fees, so thanks!

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:25:27 +0000

Who me? Yeah, I started with a whole tea set but you couldn’t see what it was so I went with just the pot.

By: Fractal

Fractal — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:22:06 +0000

Makin’ more tanks, brb.

By: ACSIS

ACSIS — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:32:33 +0000

The name’s Blücher, Frau Blücher

By: father time

father time — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:21:51 +0000

haha i saw this on family guy lastnight only it was peter and a deer and they were cars not tanks but the said exactly the same thing

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:14:15 +0000

BLUCHER!

By: Saint

Saint — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:08:36 +0000

it was an F-14 I believe. and you should have ducked when you ejected…

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:48:46 +0000

Shoot, and I had a welcome all ready..

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:43:42 +0000

*snort*
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BTW, cool avatar, Jane.. suits you perfectly as I know you’re hiding some arsenic in there.

By: scum-bot

scum-bot — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:05:44 +0000

QUITE not guite, sounds like a real word though….

By: scum-bot

scum-bot — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:05:10 +0000

that sounds guite disturbing out of context….

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:34:59 +0000

From tanks in a committed relationship who are mature and financially secure enough to support a baby tank, of course.

By: Jane St.Clair

Jane St.Clair — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:33:03 +0000

Damn it! That was me, my computer is infected and my cousin has it in his lair. Charlie told me to use his computer because he wanted to use the house computer to play his stupid Age of Empires game.

By: Danbala

Danbala — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:32:29 +0000

Neigh, they have their merits too. Fingers.

By: charlie foxtrot

charlie foxtrot — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:31:29 +0000

Mind? He insists!

By: Tessie

Tessie — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:27:01 +0000

“if tanks had a comprehensive sex education program they would know that it isn’t a failsafe method”
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But then where would we get new tanks from?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:21:49 +0000

It’s a real downer.

By: Grumpy Curmugeon

Grumpy Curmugeon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:20:14 +0000

I guess the upshot of it is: Tanks are very tough, but they are also very heavy! (And they have all sorts of relatively delicate “bits” hanging off them that may well object to having 70 tons try to drive over them.)

You do raise a very interesting point: What would have happened if they had been carrying a full load of ammo? I realise that good ammo is very stable until you want it to go off, but surely there are limits to the amount of abuse a 120mm shell will take!

By: n8

n8 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:16:05 +0000

There was one in San Andreas quite recently…

By: Grumpy Curmugeon

Grumpy Curmugeon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:13:40 +0000

Wow! I di’nt know there was an official symbol. Usually I just see the apostrophe used.

By: Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:40:57 +0000

True, but who remembers who played Goober?

By: Jordo

Jordo — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:37:00 +0000

Why did you stop at a red light and let me hit you doing 80?!?!?! Do you have tools?! Can you fix this?! It even FEELS damaged!

By: PortlandMark

PortlandMark — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:32:44 +0000

Ekshually, I think the Ice T mutant didn’t get any in the movie… it was the goober that got some human pink!

By: lowly grunt

lowly grunt — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:23:47 +0000

LOL

By: Murder,Inc.

Murder,Inc. — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:15:15 +0000

It seems odd to me that only two crew are visible. This *may* have been done on purpose as a training exercise for recovery.

By: rhorho

rhorho — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:06:14 +0000

Glottal stops (glottal plosives) are represented
by the symbol “ʔ” in the International Phonetic
Alphabet. How’s that for useless knowledge?