dc-3 fuel efficiency
The DC-3 is powered by two Pratt & Whitney radial engines…two very thirsty radial engines. I did a fuel cost comparison for the DC-3 vis-a-vis some modern piston and turboprop GA planes once, and the operating costs for the old Gooney Bird are shockingly high. It’s seriously half as expensive to feed the engines on a Learjet for a similar distance. If you’re looking at a used one: bring money.
toddlers playing with guns
If you can’t figure out on your own that toddlers and firearms do not mix, you probably shouldn’t own guns, or have kids. Guns are lethal devices, and toddlers have the common sense and safety awareness of a three-week-old puppy. Use your brain.
“hate libertarians”
Then you’re either a Conservative or a Liberal. One kind hates the libertarians because they want to let people smoke pot, and the other hates them because they want to let people keep their own money. Also, you probably like the idea that in a libertarian society, nobody can tell you what to do…but you probably hate the part where you don’t get to tell anyone else what to do, either.
apple alumninum keyboard “swap keycaps”
They’re all the same size, so you should be able to swap them around, but there’s no easy way to pry them out of that flat base. (Since the keys all have a flat surface, you could print out your own key cap stickers, too.) Also, now I am thinking about running a contest for the best scientific description of the non-existing element “alumninum”.
cook me dinner woman
Hey, look…another resident of Violent Acres trailer park gets hooked up to the Intarweebs. That sort of request should be answered by the woman in question with a nod and a sweet smile…as she takes the cast-iron skillet off the stove and then cracks it right across your stupid face. Learn some manners…or better yet, learn to cook, and then make her a meal for a change. And making Kraft Mac and Cheese or tossing a frozen pizza into the oven does not qualify as “cooking”.
how to fuck a 16 yo
You take away their Xbox and ground them for a week, right before that totally awesome party over at Chad’s is going down, thereby totally ruining their life. (If you’re talking about actual intercourse, the mechanics are the same as for a non-minor, but let’s hope for your sake that you’re roughly in the same age group as the object of your desire…in which case, Becky Henderson is so totally not going to do it with you, especially not now that you’re grounded, and won’t be able to make it to Chad’s party.)
realistic eight year old girl
Ew. Just…ew. Please make sure you get your whole head in front of the shotgun, you sicko.
novels written in present tense examples
“Fight Club”, “House of Sand and Fog”, “American Psycho” are a few examples, but there are plenty more. It’s not an uncommon narrative device, and it works well when done properly. A lot of writers, however, don’t have what it takes to make a novel in First Person Present Tense not read like an eighth-grader’s summer camp story.
best laptop for writing a novel
The Alphasmart Neo, no doubt about it. A third the weight of a laptop, and three times as sturdy. Write anywhere, and never worry about your battery life again. I bought mine last fall, and the battery is still at 88%, despite the fact that I use it daily. Oh, and those batteries are three off-the-shelf AAs, available everywhere.
us coast guard royal navy
Once upon a time, the Royal Navy was the most powerful force on the world’s oceans. Then they got bumped to second place behind the U.S. Navy, and then…well, let’s just say that the U.S. Coast Guard isn’t very far away from being able to beat up the current Royal Navy.
math calculation and area code
Since US area codes have three digits, the number of possible combinations is 10×10x10=1000. (That’s purely the mathematical solution, not the practical one, since a lot of numbers are not valid for area codes. For example, they never use a leading zero, which means the whole block from 1-99 is out. There are lots of other invalid combinations, but only a total telco nerd could list all of those.)
munchkin computer ram
You’re probably looking for Mushkin computer ram. Mushkin RAM modules are made in Russia, and they work as well as any other RAM. (In case you really wanted to know about the RAM in my computer: 2GB of whatever Gateway had their factory stuff into the RAM slots.)
That’s it for this edition, friends and neighbors. Tune in again next Monday for a new round of…Search! Term! Safari!
11 Comments
July 7, 2008 at 4:47 am
I think I might need to be next with that shottie, ’cause the mental imagery that elicited is just rank.
July 7, 2008 at 9:03 am
Alumninum: The process whereby those who have successfully passed their finals and become alumni of an educational institution, eat those who have failed their examinations and thus do not qualify as alumni.
Num, num!
July 7, 2008 at 9:15 am
realistic eight year old girl
The author of this creepitude is the reason why castration should be a legal and mandatory punishment for sex offenders (8th Amendment objections noted).
July 7, 2008 at 11:14 am
Flat White: Only if we scale back what constitutes “sex offence” to not include “peeing on the side off the highway”. Because where castration as a punishment for molesting an 8 year old doesn’t seem particularly cruel or unusual, castration as a punishment for taking a leak in public goes a bit beyond the pale.
July 7, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I’ve gotten to where I look forward to Monday Search Term Safari nearly as much as I did the Sunday Smith (Monday Myth). ‘Course, STS is a little more regular…
July 7, 2008 at 7:56 pm
I don’t hate libertarians, I take exception to them when they promote freedoms at the cost of responsibility and a society like that won’t work.
I do hate liberals, they are a far bigger threat to you libertarians than I am as a conservative.
July 7, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Libertarians don’t promote freedom at the cost of responsibility. On the contrary, libertarians firmly believe that you can’t have true freedom without responsibility.
Libertarians also believe that you don’t have the right to preemptively punish people because of what they “might” do. This is probably where you are making your mistake.
July 8, 2008 at 9:12 am
On the contrary, libertarians firmly believe that you can’t have true freedom without responsibility.
That entirely depends on the “Libertarian.” When it comes to brass tax, it’s very difficult to absolutely summarize what all Libertarians believe because there are so many versions. Take the touchy topics of drugs, same-sex marriage, smoking, and abortion. You’ll find Libertarians that support local and even state restrictions on them. Then there are other Libertarians so hard core they are almost anarchists and reject even the idea of local zoning and building codes.
Libertarians also believe that you don’t have the right to preemptively punish people because of what they “might” do.
Maybe I’m being obtuse, but Libertarians aren’t unique that way.
July 11, 2008 at 8:54 am
I just want to say that once my old branch of service gets their new project deepwater boats, we can and will be able to kick the crap out of the Royal Navy.
We’re also far better sailors.
July 12, 2008 at 8:38 am
“realistic eight year old girl”
*fingers in ears* La la la la la la la la! Clearly you’ve completely misinterpreted what this person was looking for, and s/he was really searching for a website dedicated to third graders discussing global warming and the upcoming election, as well as mocking those who are still playing Neopets and wishing for sparkly ballerina unicorns.
August 2, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Thank you