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It’s Monday morning, which means it’s time to milk the Stats page for easy blogging material!
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The Neo will cost you $219 if you order it from Renaissance Learning, and their reputation among writers and journalists means that even a used one on eBay rarely goes for much less than $180 or so…that is, if you can even find one. People who have them tend to hang on to them. I plan on keeping mine long enough to have them put it into the pine box with me when I take that final dirt nap. Who knows, I may go some place where I can keep up that 1,000-words-per-day schedule.
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The Feebs carry Glocks. They get their choice of either a Glock 22 or Glock 23 at Quantico. Personally, I think they downgraded when they moved away from the S&W Model 13 to autoloading pistols. That was a no-nonsense fighting gun.
donated organs shouldn’t be allowed
Huh? I mean, I’ve heard arguments against organ donation for profit, and some of them make sense, but what kind of argument could you offer against organ donation per se? I don’t need my spare parts anymore when I’m dead, and even if my family can’t get any money for my heart or kidneys, it would be a complete waste to let them rot with the rest of me when they can save someone else’s life.
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See “Alphasmart Neo” above. Weighs two pounds, runs for a year on three AA batteries, comes with a great keyboard, and doesn’t distract you with the Internets or even Solitaire. It’s an input-only device, which really increases productivity.
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Kind of sounds like me, although I’m not a munchkin. I just wrangle them…hence the title of the blog.
putting g1000 in an older baron
You can’t do that. The Baron 58 is type-certified for the Garmin G1000 glass cockpit, and you can only order a new Baron with one installed. Retrofitting an older Baron is not possible yet. The only Beech aircraft certified for G1000 retrofit is the King Air C90 turboprop.
vietnam war statistics under truman
Harry S. Truman left office in 1953. American participation in the Vietnam Conflict didn’t kick off until 1959.
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Remove the magazine, retract the slide, and make sure the weapon is clear. Lock the slide to the rear with the slide lock lever, then rotate the disassembly lever located near the front of the trigger guard. Grasp the back of the slide and guide it forward off the frame. Turn slide and barrel upside down, pinch in the locking “button” at the rear of the barrel locking wedge, and slide the barrel out of the slide assembly. Your Walther P1 is now field-stripped.
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It was largely undamaged, packed with refugees, Wehrmacht units, and factories, and close enough to the advancing Russians to make a good demonstration of what Allied air power can do.
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I like maroon on beige, or amber on black. Supposedly, the most eye-friendly color pattern is amber on green.
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Less prone to breakage, easier to fix in the field (just sew a loose button back on with your issue sewing kit), and more quiet in operation.
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“Best” is subjective, but a great many heavy-duty typists like the tactile feedback of the buckling-spring design in the old IBM Model M. It makes a terrible racket, but it feels awesome, with distinct tactile feedback…not too heavy, not too mushy.
revolvers a more elegant weapon
Yes, they are. From a more civilized era.
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The German Army Knife doesn’t have a pocket clip, nor does it have a provision to attach one. I keep a “monkey fist” paracord-wrapped ball bearing attached to the lanyard ring on the GAK, so I can lift it out of the pocket with the paracord.
I just noticed that today’s edition is mostly helpful rather than mostly snarky. I’m going to have to work on my attitude this morning…
May 5, 2008 at 6:54 am
snark is available in abundant supply.Helpful is rare. Perhaps helpfully snarky or snarkilly helpful is what you’re looking for.
I enjoyed “A Bettered Life” by the way.
Keith
May 5, 2008 at 8:57 am
Definitely too helpful.
And, the Glock is a downgrade and isn’t a no-nonsense fighting gun? Are you trying to start another religious debate?
May 5, 2008 at 12:08 pm
While Truman didn’t go into Vietnam, he did start it with his backing of the French claim on Vietnam. Had he backed the Vietnamese instead and told the French hands off, it is much less likely that Vietnam would have gone communist.
May 5, 2008 at 1:01 pm
“American participation in the Vietnam Conflict didn’t kick off until 1959.”
Officially, you mean. I had a friend who was working with Montagnards in Vietnam and Cambodia in 1956.
May 5, 2008 at 2:42 pm
You do get some odd Google hits.
Like BobG pointed out, US participation in Vietnam goes back to before 1959.
The earliest instance of US involvement in Vietnam I am familiar with was in 1945. An OSS unit called “Deer Team” parachuted into Vietnam. Deer Team’s mission was to train and support Viet Minh troops fighting the Japanese. Major Rene Defourneaux (retired) was one of the OSS officers assigned to this mission and writes about it in great detail (though partially censored by the CIA) in his book “The Winking Fox”, which is currently in its third printing. It’s an interesting read if you can get your hands on it.
May 5, 2008 at 3:39 pm
One reason Dreseden was targeted was specifically at the request of the Russians, who wanted to cut off German communications and reenforcements.
May 5, 2008 at 3:40 pm
(Dresden. I can spell, but I can’t type.)
May 5, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Was going to chime in about Viet nam, but see I’m late. Man I can’t wait to see the firestorm from the godboys with Grocks!
May 5, 2008 at 5:17 pm
well, i was going to say i’m glad there weren’t any religious inquiries, then it turns out that there’s apparently this fringe cult worshipping austrian plastic…idolatry can be confounding, yes? jtc
May 6, 2008 at 9:46 am
Well, you can’t retrofit a Baron with the G1000 (I’m not a fan of glass cockpits, anyway), but you should be able to install a primary flight display from Aspen Avionics. It slides into a standard 3″ instrument hole, so no cutting the panel. An MFD should be along shortly.
AOPA is installing the Aspen PFD in their sweepstakes airplane.
I’m seriously looking at one as an upgrade for my Cessna 182, but that is a few years into the future. I’m going to be completely redoing the panel. I have to find room for the backup instruments, too. New stuff is coming out all the time, so if you are desperate for a two screen glass cockpit, wait a bit and see what is developed.
May 6, 2008 at 10:06 am
“Type Certified,” maybe. But you could probably put a G1000 into an older Baron 58 with a Field Approval, if the local FSDO is cooperative.