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psyco1

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  1. If it's raining hard enough, you're gonna get wet to a point, all the gear will do is delay that for a while. I wore a mesh + waterproof liner a few years ago on a 2000mi+ ride that rained about half the time and I could squeeze water from my waterproof gloves and my forearms were wet, but the rest of me stayed dry.

    That said, a lot of long distance riders seem to swear by giving their gear the Nikwax treatment.

    http://www.amazon.com/Nikwax-103-Hardshell-Twin-Pack/dp/B000PGOOIS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305734205&sr=8-1

    I'm going try it when the silicone spray I've given my cold/rain gear stops working.

  2. I wonder if bin Laden is still alive and being interrogated. We'd never know, we'd never hear or see Osama bin Laden ever again. A rich source of intel that would be hard to pass up, and easy to fake.

    I was wondering about the dumpy look of that place also. But if a squad of Seals tossed the place looking for stuff, it's about what we'd expect. I heard they took out about 4 duffel bags of data. Plus several computers, a lot of hard drives, and a big box full of thumb drives.

    edit: photos of the crashed Blackhawk in the courtyard.

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3560829/Black-Hawks-blackened-wreck.html

    I've read it was hit by an RPG while in flight. The photos also appear to show two different helicopter tail sections.

    edit: actually, neither tail section looks exactly like a Blackhawk. It seems to be something else.

    wiki: The 160th SOAR fly MH-47G Chinooks, A/MH-6M Little Birds, MH-60K Black Hawks and MH-60L Black Hawks.

    None of which exactly match the parts. Who knows.

    editedit: wait, here ya go. Bill Sweetman knows... unknown stealth helicopter.

    http://www.channel4.com/news/stealth-chopper-helped-hit-bin-laden

    I saw somewhere that it was 17C warmer than what they thought it would be, warmer = less lift and power and it entered a Vortex Ring State while transitioning from forward to vertical, causing a premature decent and the tail to hit the compound wall.

    I can't wait to see this aircraft when the bring it out.

  3. It didn't happen.

    “They were never here,” said Brian Chalk, police chief in Brandon, Rogers’ hometown.

    Had there been any sort of confrontation, the people who turned out to pay their respects to Rogers would have likely gotten to Westboro protesters before the police had a chance to arrest them, said Mark Baker, city attorney for Brandon.

    http://www.stripes.com/blogs/the-rumor-doctor/the-rumor-doctor-1.104348/did-a-mississippi-town-beat-the-westboro-baptist-church-1.142724

  4. You can buy a used one from ebay and activate it if the ESM is clear and you already have a plan. I'm on Sprint and ditched my sons ancient flip phone and upgraded him to a Samsung Instinct, Verizon will do that too.

  5. All the dialog in that game was great, the lady that voiced GlaDOS and the guys that did Wheatly and Cave Johnson did an awesome job. I'm playing it through again because it's such a fun game and hope to find some more easter eggs along the way.

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