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[derspiess]

And the morning after my body reminds me I'm not as young anymore. Ice skating was fun,  but I should have taken it easy.    I is old.

When we went last Friday I made the mistake of going with size 10 skates (I'm 9.5 and they only had whole sizes).  My ankles were killing me and I had to use foot muscles I didn't know I had.

[lustindarkness]

And the morning after my body reminds me I'm not as young anymore. Ice skating was fun,  but I should have taken it easy.    I is old.

When we went last Friday I made the mistake of going with size 10 skates (I'm 9.5 and they only had whole sizes).  My ankles were killing me and I had to use foot muscles I didn't know I had.

Yeah, a loose skate will kill you.

[Eddie Teach]

My own innate clumsiness would kill me.

[Martinus]

I'm almost tempted to get behind the paywall for this:
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/crime/article4284461.ece

An aristocratic perfumer who used the sperm of a big-game hunter to become pregnant after the end of their relationship was ordered yesterday not to contact him.

This sounds like a premise for a lurid early 20th century novel.

[Malthus]

Check this out - firing up "The Beast of Turin" for the first time in over 100 years ... 

http://jalopnik.com/watch-a-28-5l-fiat-start-for-the-first-time-in-a-centur-1665309191

[CountDeMoney]

Check this out - firing up "The Beast of Turin" for the first time in over 100 years ... 

http://jalopnik.com/watch-a-28-5l-fiat-start-for-the-first-time-in-a-centur-1665309191

What a magnificent sound.  Great video.

[Josquius]

I divide my officers into four classes: the clever, the lazy, the industrious, and the stupid. Each officer possesses at least two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious are fitted for the highest staff appointments. Use can be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy however is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal with all situations. But whoever is stupid and industrious is a menace and must be removed immediately!"

—General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord

[Ideologue]

I can be made use of!

[Ed Anger]

I can be made use of!

I'd give you a penal battalion.

[CountDeMoney]

I can be made use of!

I'd give you a penal battalion.

A division of dicks.

[11B4V]

My new gortex gear has arrived. Sitka jacket and pants.



along with a couple sets shirt/pants from natural gear

[Admiral Yi]

Honest question: what's the point of cammo gear when you have to wear dayglo on top of it?

[PDH]

Honest question: what's the point of cammo gear when you have to wear dayglo on top of it?

Sometimes you are the hunter, sometimes you are the hunted.

[Razgovory]

I can be made use of!

I'd give you a penal battalion.

I think Ide would make an admirable NKVD officer.

[Jacob]

Honest question: what's the point of cammo gear when you have to wear dayglo on top of it?

When America collapses (due to the government, foreigners, zombies, aliens) and it becomes a post-apocalyptic wasteland, any advantage in gear can be the difference between life and death.