Sunday, December 12, 2004
tuck it in for the day
Excellent day! Spent some time with my new (almost) neighbors, got a bag of details finished, and did some rigging for the first (and very late) really cold snap. It has been below freezing 5 times so far this year but with no killing freeze. It's supposed to be 22 degrees Wednesday morning according to my local reporting station in Cross City which means it will probably be between 17-19 down here in the swamp. With 27 years of paying attention, I'm rarely off. Gonna be a three dawg night!
I've got a raft of fusses mostly put together, one of them referenced and cross-referenced and runs about 56 MB. Not likely to be published soon. Another that is all original from me, only ~15 MB but I need food-and-kibble money for it, a couple of non-gruntled thoughts that old farts like me tend to grouse about, and a shorty about AIDs. I've got to quit reading African news. ...and Hollywood news.
Speaking of sex, did you read this post? The decision is no longer mine!
Two months from today plus or minus a bit. Due about Valentine's day. They will be weaned most likely by the first week in April and all but one or two will be free to those that pass my test. If you are interested, let me know. There's a web site with Cookie's last litter here plus a lot of random un-coordinated stuff.
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Rant level = 2 (calm, but the 95 has been dusted and re-oiled)
By now it is extremely unlikely you've not read or seen what the MSM has had to say about the "under-armored" Hummers. It's enlightening to check the specs on the HMMWV:
Description and Specifications
"The HMMWV (High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) is a light, highly mobile, diesel-powered, four-wheel-drive vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission. Based on the M998 chassis, using common components and kits, the HMMWV can be configured to become a troop carrier, armament carrier, S250 shelter carrier, ambulance, TOW missile carrier, and a Scout vehicle.
The M998 is the baseline vehicle for the M998 series of 1 1/4-ton trucks, which are known as the HMMWV vehicles. The HMMWV vehicles include 11 variants. " (snip)
The Hummer was not designed to be a heavily armored vehicle, indeed as a 1 1/4 ton machine, it wouldn't take much to turn it into a very Low-Mobility, No-purpose Stuck-all-the-time Vehicle.
Take a look at this terrorist training clip and consider the level of armor that could conceivably be of use:
Humvee Attack in Iraq (1.26 MB wmv)
Here's another. (3.55 MB wmv)
A primer on Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) / Booby Traps.
70 ton M1A1's seem to have had a few problems. Not many, they are really tough. Their job is a wee bit different than that of the Hummers. Stack up enough boom and trigger it under anything and bad things happen. Body armor is next I suppose. (just self expressing total disgust with MSM coverage of our <5% of the world's population truly attempting to do something to prevent the rest becoming an overpopulated 5th century)
I've got a raft of fusses mostly put together, one of them referenced and cross-referenced and runs about 56 MB. Not likely to be published soon. Another that is all original from me, only ~15 MB but I need food-and-kibble money for it, a couple of non-gruntled thoughts that old farts like me tend to grouse about, and a shorty about AIDs. I've got to quit reading African news. ...and Hollywood news.
Speaking of sex, did you read this post? The decision is no longer mine!
Two months from today plus or minus a bit. Due about Valentine's day. They will be weaned most likely by the first week in April and all but one or two will be free to those that pass my test. If you are interested, let me know. There's a web site with Cookie's last litter here plus a lot of random un-coordinated stuff.
* * * * * *
Rant level = 2 (calm, but the 95 has been dusted and re-oiled)
By now it is extremely unlikely you've not read or seen what the MSM has had to say about the "under-armored" Hummers. It's enlightening to check the specs on the HMMWV:
Description and Specifications
"The HMMWV (High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle) is a light, highly mobile, diesel-powered, four-wheel-drive vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission. Based on the M998 chassis, using common components and kits, the HMMWV can be configured to become a troop carrier, armament carrier, S250 shelter carrier, ambulance, TOW missile carrier, and a Scout vehicle.
The M998 is the baseline vehicle for the M998 series of 1 1/4-ton trucks, which are known as the HMMWV vehicles. The HMMWV vehicles include 11 variants. " (snip)
The Hummer was not designed to be a heavily armored vehicle, indeed as a 1 1/4 ton machine, it wouldn't take much to turn it into a very Low-Mobility, No-purpose Stuck-all-the-time Vehicle.
Take a look at this terrorist training clip and consider the level of armor that could conceivably be of use:
Humvee Attack in Iraq (1.26 MB wmv)
Here's another. (3.55 MB wmv)
A primer on Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) / Booby Traps.
70 ton M1A1's seem to have had a few problems. Not many, they are really tough. Their job is a wee bit different than that of the Hummers. Stack up enough boom and trigger it under anything and bad things happen. Body armor is next I suppose. (just self expressing total disgust with MSM coverage of our <5% of the world's population truly attempting to do something to prevent the rest becoming an overpopulated 5th century)
