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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 1:30:35 AM

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I've got one of these things being sold as "tactical" flashlights. It's actually pretty cool. It has gear to take three AAs but I use those lithium 18625 batteries and have chargers for various sizes besides so I don't have to get out the cigar box with all the Duracells and Everreadys or make a trip to the drugstore to get more. My question is this, what makes a flashlight "tactical"? Is it because you can put a dent in somebody's skull with it?

That's why police will hold their flashlight in reverse, thumb in the back, so it can be swung over hand like a club.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 1:34:09 AM

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I would like to see it...alot

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 1:36:23 AM

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Although I would hope to not have to wear protection....

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 1:44:43 AM

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I've got one of these things being sold as "tactical" flashlights. It's actually pretty cool. It has gear to take three AAs but I use those lithium 18625 batteries and have chargers for various sizes besides so I don't have to get out the cigar box with all the Duracells and Everreadys or make a trip to the drugstore to get more. My question is this, what makes a flashlight "tactical"? Is it because you can put a dent in somebody's skull with it?

The size is 18650. I own over 7100 of them

I think the term "tactical" for flashlights is like Corinthian leather.

Bill

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 2:41:42 AM

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I've got one of these things being sold as "tactical" flashlights. It's actually pretty cool. It has gear to take three AAs but I use those lithium 18625 batteries and have chargers for various sizes besides so I don't have to get out the cigar box with all the Duracells and Everreadys or make a trip to the drugstore to get more. My question is this, what makes a flashlight "tactical"? Is it because you can put a dent in somebody's skull with it?

The size is 18650. I own over 7100 of them I think the term "tactical" for flashlights is like Corinthian leather.

Bill

That's "fine" Corinthian leather to you, my friend.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 7:21:26 AM

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I didn't see any Corinthian Leather, either fine or rich, in Wrath of Khan.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 11:02:25 AM

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I've got one of these things being sold as "tactical" flashlights. It's actually pretty cool. It has gear to take three AAs but I use those lithium 18625 batteries and have chargers for various sizes besides so I don't have to get out the cigar box with all the Duracells and Everreadys or make a trip to the drugstore to get more. My question is this, what makes a flashlight "tactical"? Is it because you can put a dent in somebody's skull with it?

The size is 18650. I own over 7100 of them I think the term "tactical" for flashlights is like Corinthian leather.

Bill

Bill needs that many for his starship. In time trials he reached warp factor 5.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 11:48:42 AM

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I just had a vision.
When I was young I was very outdoorsy. Spent a lot of time hiking, backpacking and camping. I had better looking legs than most of the other kids as a result. However it wasn�t until I was around 30 that I ever went skiing. Went to Vail for a week and learned to ski. That was the best week in my entire life.
So here�s the vision. A ski resort for people like me. The courses would have some beautiful vistas, maybe in the Ozarks, but be about half cross-country and half downhill. No lodges. You bring sleeping bags and a tent. It would be like a bowling alley, you could rent (for next to nothing) some old beat-up skis and ski boots. I would have scoured the world for old beat up VW vans still serviceable. No T-bars. You wait for the next van and go put-put-put up the hill. No lodge, no bar. Pack some weed. The ski instructor would be Betty White. No place for adrenaline junkies. Maybe Helen Mirren could fill in for Betty now and then. Gorp. Gorn Gorp.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 11:56:25 AM

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I've got one of these things being sold as "tactical" flashlights. It's actually pretty cool. It has gear to take three AAs but I use those lithium 18625 batteries and have chargers for various sizes besides so I don't have to get out the cigar box with all the Duracells and Everreadys or make a trip to the drugstore to get more. My question is this, what makes a flashlight "tactical"? Is it because you can put a dent in somebody's skull with it?

The size is 18650. I own over 7100 of them I think the term "tactical" for flashlights is like Corinthian leather.

Bill

Bill needs that many for his starship. In time trials he reached warp factor 5.

I'm picturing Bill looks like Darren McGavin and he has about a thousand battery chargers christmas treed to one outlet and sparks are always flying.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 1:18:51 PM

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why use a VW van...

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 1:19:11 PM

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I've got one of these things being sold as "tactical" flashlights. It's actually pretty cool. It has gear to take three AAs but I use those lithium 18625 batteries and have chargers for various sizes besides so I don't have to get out the cigar box with all the Duracells and Everreadys or make a trip to the drugstore to get more. My question is this, what makes a flashlight "tactical"? Is it because you can put a dent in somebody's skull with it?

The size is 18650. I own over 7100 of them I think the term "tactical" for flashlights is like Corinthian leather.

Bill

Bill needs that many for his starship. In time trials he reached warp factor 5.

I'm picturing Bill looks like Darren McGavin and he has about a thousand battery chargers christmas treed to one outlet and sparks are always flying.

You know you're replying to yourself.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 1:19:49 PM

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I didn't see any Corinthian Leather, either fine or rich, in Wrath of Khan.

Maybe the one on the right?

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 2:43:09 PM

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

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quote:

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I've got one of these things being sold as "tactical" flashlights. It's actually pretty cool. It has gear to take three AAs but I use those lithium 18625 batteries and have chargers for various sizes besides so I don't have to get out the cigar box with all the Duracells and Everreadys or make a trip to the drugstore to get more. My question is this, what makes a flashlight "tactical"? Is it because you can put a dent in somebody's skull with it?

The size is 18650. I own over 7100 of them I think the term "tactical" for flashlights is like Corinthian leather.

Bill

Bill needs that many for his starship. In time trials he reached warp factor 5.

I'm picturing Bill looks like Darren McGavin and he has about a thousand battery chargers christmas treed to one outlet and sparks are always flying.

You know you're replying to yourself.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 2:43:52 PM

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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

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quote:

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

I've got one of these things being sold as "tactical" flashlights. It's actually pretty cool. It has gear to take three AAs but I use those lithium 18625 batteries and have chargers for various sizes besides so I don't have to get out the cigar box with all the Duracells and Everreadys or make a trip to the drugstore to get more. My question is this, what makes a flashlight "tactical"? Is it because you can put a dent in somebody's skull with it?

The size is 18650. I own over 7100 of them I think the term "tactical" for flashlights is like Corinthian leather.

Bill

Bill needs that many for his starship. In time trials he reached warp factor 5.

I'm picturing Bill looks like Darren McGavin and he has about a thousand battery chargers christmas treed to one outlet and sparks are always flying.

You know you're replying to yourself.

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I have long conversations with myself. You're just a figment of my imagination.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 2:49:32 PM

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I have long conversations with myself.

This actually explains quite a lot

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 3:02:46 PM

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Bill needs that many for his starship. In time trials he reached warp factor 5.

Looks like Bill isn't the only one out there in deep space!

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 6:58:10 PM

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I have long conversations with myself. You're just a figment of my imagination.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 7:27:59 PM

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Mount the Guard....

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 7:31:45 PM

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I wonder if the Girls are at attention....GP

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/9/2017 7:43:56 PM

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Mount the Guard....

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This is good to see purely in the name of equality and diversity. It used to be that to be a Guardsman for one of the 5 elite regiments (2 English - Coldstream and Grenadier, Scottish, Irish or Welsh) one had to be male and at least 1.86m tall. I understand Prince Philip was keen to add a 6th Regiment and to open up the field to ladies. Now instead of a minimum height, one must have suitably long legs and big charlies. A sensible policy for a happier Britain one feels

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/10/2017 12:47:19 AM

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Mount the Guard....

warspite1

This is good to see purely in the name of equality and diversity. It used to be that to be a Guardsman for one of the 5 elite regiments (2 English - Coldstream and Grenadier, Scottish, Irish or Welsh) one had to be male and at least 1.86m tall. I understand Prince Philip was keen to add a 6th Regiment and to open up the field to ladies. Now instead of a minimum height, one must have suitably long legs and big charlies. A sensible policy for a happier Britain one feels

Jolly good fellow, Prince Philip.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/10/2017 1:41:30 AM

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It was KING Philip that came over for green stamps, wasn't it?

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/10/2017 6:15:35 AM

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I'm picturing Bill looks like Darren McGavin and he has about a thousand battery chargers christmas treed to one outlet and sparks are always flying.

They are in something kind of like a starship, and I can charge all of them in about an hour, for free.

Bill

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/11/2017 1:37:11 AM

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Mount the Guard....

warspite1

This is good to see purely in the name of equality and diversity. It used to be that to be a Guardsman for one of the 5 elite regiments (2 English - Coldstream and Grenadier, Scottish, Irish or Welsh) one had to be male and at least 1.86m tall. I understand Prince Philip was keen to add a 6th Regiment and to open up the field to ladies. Now instead of a minimum height, one must have suitably long legs and big charlies. A sensible policy for a happier Britain one feels

Jolly good fellow, Prince Philip.

It's no wonder the British Empire nearly conquered the world ......

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/11/2017 3:03:17 PM

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Mount the Guard....

warspite1

This is good to see purely in the name of equality and diversity. It used to be that to be a Guardsman for one of the 5 elite regiments (2 English - Coldstream and Grenadier, Scottish, Irish or Welsh) one had to be male and at least 1.86m tall. I understand Prince Philip was keen to add a 6th Regiment and to open up the field to ladies. Now instead of a minimum height, one must have suitably long legs and big charlies. A sensible policy for a happier Britain one feels

Jolly good fellow, Prince Philip.

It's no wonder the British Empire nearly conquered the world ......

warspite1

Mmmmmm Looks like we have a commie subversive in the ranks. Note that all troopers are sporting HM Queen Elizabeth's GBP Sterling symbol placed neatly on the upper thigh? Well no.3 is not. If it was up to me I would ensure that she is taken out of line and given a suitable course in correction. Or better still she can discipline me instead....

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/11/2017 3:05:32 PM

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/11/2017 3:30:48 PM

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Mmmmmm Looks like we have a commie subversive in the ranks. Note that all troopers are sporting HM Queen Elizabeth's GBP Sterling symbol placed neatly on the upper thigh? Well no.3 is not. If it was up to me I would ensure that she is taken out of line and given a suitable course in correction. Or better still she can discipline me instead....

Keeping with military tradition the entire unit should do the disciplining.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/11/2017 7:26:01 PM

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Mmmmmm Looks like we have a commie subversive in the ranks. Note that all troopers are sporting HM Queen Elizabeth's GBP Sterling symbol placed neatly on the upper thigh? Well no.3 is not. If it was up to me I would ensure that she is taken out of line and given a suitable course in correction. Or better still she can discipline me instead....

Keeping with military tradition the entire unit should do the disciplining.

No. 3 also looks to be a little short in the height dept.

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/11/2017 7:34:00 PM

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Mmmmmm Looks like we have a commie subversive in the ranks. Note that all troopers are sporting HM Queen Elizabeth's GBP Sterling symbol placed neatly on the upper thigh? Well no.3 is not. If it was up to me I would ensure that she is taken out of line and given a suitable course in correction. Or better still she can discipline me instead....

Keeping with military tradition the entire unit should do the disciplining.

No. 3 also looks to be a little short in the height dept.

warspite1

Not so. In order to make the 6th Regiment (Phil the Greek's Own) Foot Guards more inclusive, the height minimum has been done away with. Charlies and legs are the key criteria

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RE: OT Things to ponder - 3/11/2017 8:38:43 PM

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Mmmmmm Looks like we have a commie subversive in the ranks. Note that all troopers are sporting HM Queen Elizabeth's GBP Sterling symbol placed neatly on the upper thigh? Well no.3 is not. If it was up to me I would ensure that she is taken out of line and given a suitable course in correction. Or better still she can discipline me instead....

Keeping with military tradition the entire unit should do the disciplining.

No. 3 also looks to be a little short in the height dept.

warspite1

Not so. In order to make the 6th Regiment (Phil the Greek's Own) Foot Guards more inclusive, the height minimum has been done away with. Charlies and legs are the key criteria .