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The OH-58D Kiowa is the US Army's premiere manned scout helicopter which is based upon the ubiquitous Jetranger in civilian service. It has been modified to reduce its noise signature, a passive wire-strike protection system, and most prominently, a mast-mounted sight resembling a beach ball that sits atop the rotor that allows the Kiowa to observe the enemy while remaining hidden behind fixtures such as a tree-line, a berm, or even buildings.

 

One night, a couple driving in Louisiana in their convertible decided to duck into a secluded parking area at night for a little "auto-erotica." Unfortunately for them, it just happened to be in the Fort Polk training area where OH-58 pilots were conducting night-time scouting maneuvers.

 

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"The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete."

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"Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."

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He watched The Lion King too often and now he wants a mane.  :facepalm:

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http://cbrrescue.org/

 

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http://michigansaf.org/

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New tackling style. Also, no penalty given for that.

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I'm fairly sure the guy just tripped.

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That doesn't matter though, if you trip you can't reach for another player like that, especially not to pants him :p

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Naturally. From the reports I've seen though, the Villa players didn't even half-heartedly appeal for a penalty. Too weirded out to think clearly perhaps. :p

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That doesn't matter though, if you trip you can't reach for another player like that, especially not to pants him :p

 

Sure, but when a guy has to choose between grabbing whatever is closest and hitting the ground with his mouth, the instinctive reaction in a split second is usually pulling someone's pants down

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I am Dan Quayle of the Romans.
I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.
Heja Sverige!!
Everyone should cuffawkle more.
The wrench is your friend. :bat:

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Not exactly funny, but it makes you in a very good mood:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SZFRvuJ2a0

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Size comparison image of various sci-fi spaceships.

 

Rather large, so better to just open it via browser rather than the forum.

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Hmm so the motherhip in Independence day wouldn't even fit that chart.. wow.. How could 1 nuke even scratch it?

 

Also no Serenity?

Fortune favors the bald.

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They have some Serenity/Firefly ships but it looks like they're the larger ships. The Firefly class itself was about a 3rd of the Longbow Patrol Cruiser in size.

 

Interesting to use this to get a sense of scale for ships from other series (or that aren't included).

 

V'Ger was 3 times as large as the Independence Day ship...yikes!

The Sovereign/Harbinger reaper types were about 2km so about the size of the Athena Class Command ship from Starship troopers.

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Heh, didn't expected the Lexx to be this big. But ok, it is eating planets for fuel, after all...

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