by "TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
Published 02/24/2017 at 20:35
by "TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
Published 02/24/2017 at 20:35
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STARS: 3
Give me an answer, and I’ll give it a question.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
02/24/2017 at 20:41, STARS: 1
Deep Space Nine.
"That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms" (thatbastardkurtis5)
02/24/2017 at 20:42, STARS: 0
Tom Jones.
"BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather" (bugeyedacura)
02/24/2017 at 20:44, STARS: 1
Anal Beads.
"DanZman" (DanielHarpel)
02/24/2017 at 20:44, STARS: 1
It’s been genetically altered for size.
"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
02/24/2017 at 20:46, STARS: 0
Miata.
"Birddog" (maintmgt)
02/24/2017 at 20:46, STARS: 0
An Album Cover.
"CB" (jrcb)
02/24/2017 at 20:46, STARS: 0
Miata.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
02/24/2017 at 20:48, STARS: 1
1991 Accord with a dead hooker in the trunk.
"Matt Nichelson" (whoismatt)
02/24/2017 at 20:49, STARS: 0
.
"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish)
02/24/2017 at 20:49, STARS: 1
Ayam Cemani
"garagemonkee" (monke)
02/24/2017 at 20:50, STARS: 0
vtech
"Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz)" (galileo-humpkins)
02/24/2017 at 20:52, STARS: 1
Zucchini, but I don’t use it for cooking.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 20:53, STARS: 1
Why does your baseball bat look like that?
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
02/24/2017 at 20:53, STARS: 0
A binder of coupons for Burger King from 1987.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 20:54, STARS: 3
What happened to Joe?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 20:54, STARS: 1
Which Star Trek series is the worst?
"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
02/24/2017 at 20:54, STARS: 0
Every Aston Martin except the DB9.
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
02/24/2017 at 20:55, STARS: 0
The Weather Channel.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
02/24/2017 at 20:55, STARS: 3
YOU GO TO HELL, HERETIC.
"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
02/24/2017 at 20:57, STARS: 0
Three beers and 25 hours to go.
"Spaceball-Two" (spaceball-two)
02/24/2017 at 20:57, STARS: 1
Booooooooo!
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 20:57, STARS: 2
So how are you doing on that new... project of yours?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 20:58, STARS: 0
Where can I get information on the weather in my area?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 20:58, STARS: 4
Name something that has “bum” in it.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 20:59, STARS: 1
Sexify your bumticles.
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
02/24/2017 at 20:59, STARS: 0
I’ll give you five.
Syclone.
Typhoon.
‘96 Impala.
Miata.
Your mom.
"ThePenguin" (ThatOtherGuy7)
02/24/2017 at 20:59, STARS: 1
THIS ISN’T A QUESTION I CALL SHENANIGANS.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 21:00, STARS: 1
YOU’RE NOT A QUESTION.
"ThePenguin" (ThatOtherGuy7)
02/24/2017 at 21:00, STARS: 0
Underrated
"ThePenguin" (ThatOtherGuy7)
02/24/2017 at 21:01, STARS: 0
Is this an answer? Because I didn’t ask a question...
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 21:02, STARS: 5
What are some things that are unconditionally loved by good sons?
"Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer" (smallbear94)
02/24/2017 at 21:03, STARS: 0
And some more, because why the hell not.
- Uranium Centrifuge.
- The smooth aftertaste.
- Three dead hookers and one lightly used marital aid.
- The entire Harry Potter series.
- Jumping a rusty Jeep on a Segway.
- Random acts of juvenile violence.
- 99 bottles of beer on the wall.
"Birddog" (maintmgt)
02/24/2017 at 21:05, STARS: 0
So close!
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Can’t find a good video of this one. Sorry.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 21:05, STARS: 4
What are you driving nowadays?
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
02/24/2017 at 21:06, STARS: 0
BRONCO.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 21:06, STARS: 3
Besides the DB9, what are the best Aston Martins?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 21:07, STARS: 1
So you’re a breeder? What do you breed?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 21:07, STARS: 3
Why aren’t you wearing underwear?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 21:07, STARS: 1
Can you imitate typical Jalopnik?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 21:07, STARS: 3
Can you imitate typical Jalopnik?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 21:07, STARS: 4
Who makes the best landline phones?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 21:08, STARS: 1
So where are we going for dinner?
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
02/24/2017 at 21:09, STARS: 0
Captain Janeway.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
02/24/2017 at 21:16, STARS: 0
43.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
02/24/2017 at 21:16, STARS: 0
Wombats.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
02/24/2017 at 21:17, STARS: 0
Brown mustard, exactly three pickles and a chocolate milkshake with a broken straw.
"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
02/24/2017 at 21:18, STARS: 0
Nissan Juke.
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
02/24/2017 at 21:18, STARS: 0
-_-
"Xyl0c41n3" (i-am-xyl0c41n3)
02/24/2017 at 21:19, STARS: 1
Exactly! From bad to good, it goes: Enterprise, Voyager, TOS, DS9, TNG.
"MoFinWiley" (MoFinWiley)
02/24/2017 at 21:20, STARS: 0
Recent research has shown the empirical evidence for globalization of corporate innovation is very limited. And as a corollary, the market for technologies is shrinking.
As a world leader, it is important for America to provide systematic research grants for our scientists. I believe there will always be a need for us to have a well-articulated innovation policy with emphasis on human resource development. Thank you.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
02/24/2017 at 21:21, STARS: 2
Long story.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
02/24/2017 at 21:21, STARS: 1
YES.
"Matt Nichelson" (whoismatt)
02/24/2017 at 21:24, STARS: 0
But that wasn’t a question.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 21:28, STARS: 1
Eggplant or zucchini?
"Carbon Fiber Sasquatch" (turbopumpkin)
02/24/2017 at 21:28, STARS: 0
ThunderCougarFalconBird
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
02/24/2017 at 21:30, STARS: 0
Excellent choice! :P
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 21:31, STARS: 0
Type “But that wasn’t a question.”
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
02/24/2017 at 21:36, STARS: 0
+1
"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
02/24/2017 at 21:38, STARS: 0
I forgot what i was going to say.
"fhrblig" (fhrblig)
02/24/2017 at 21:39, STARS: 0
Pecorino romano cheese.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
02/24/2017 at 21:48, STARS: 0
4
"scoob" (scoobsti)
02/24/2017 at 22:03, STARS: 0
To engage with the quest is to become one with it. We exist as electrical impulses. Consciousness consists of atomic ionization of quantum energy. “Quantum” means a refining of the spiritual. Imagine a maturing of what could be. You may be ruled by materialism without realizing it. Do not let it exterminate the deeper meaning of your journey. Ego is the antithesis of healing. The complexity of the present time seems to demand an unfolding of our third eyes if we are going to survive. Only a prophet of the totality may discover this fusion of consciousness. Where there is pain, fulfillment cannot thrive. We can no longer afford to live with greed. By flowering, we vibrate. This life is nothing short of an evolving paradigm shift of Vedic transformation. Rejuvenation is the richness of manna, and of us. The goal of morphogenetic fields is to plant the seeds of consciousness rather than desire. Balance requires exploration. We reflect, we believe, we are reborn. We are in the midst of an amazing redefining of self-actualization that will amplify our connection to the cosmos itself. Who are we? Where on the great mission will we be guided? We are at a crossroads of understanding and ego.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 22:05, STARS: 0
I don’t know of any ludicrous speeding tickets so I can’t participate in today’s QOTD, but it did remind me of my favorite SR-71 story.
This is an expanded excerpt from Brian Schul ’s book Sled Driver : Flying the World’s Fastest Jet. (which happens to be out of print and ludicrously expensive now, I wish I had bought a copy when I could have afforded it).
There were a lot of things we couldn’t do in an SR-71, but we were the fastest guys on the block and loved reminding our fellow aviators of this fact. People often asked us if, because of this fact, it was fun to fly the jet. Fun would not be the first word I would use to describe flying this plane. Intense, maybe. Even cerebral. But there was one day in our Sled experience when we would have to say that it was pure fun to be the fastest guys out there, at least for a moment.
It occurred when Walt and I were flying our final training sortie. We needed 100 hours in the jet to complete our training and attain Mission Ready status. Somewhere over Colorado we had passed the century mark. We had made the turn in Arizona and the jet was performing flawlessly. My gauges were wired in the front seat and we were starting to feel pretty good about ourselves, not only because we would soon be flying real missions but because we had gained a great deal of confidence in the plane in the past ten months. Ripping across the barren deserts 80,000 feet below us, I could already see the coast of California from the Arizona border. I was, finally, after many humbling months of simulators and study, ahead of the jet.
I was beginning to feel a bit sorry for Walter in the back seat. There he was, with no really good view of the incredible sights before us, tasked with monitoring four different radios. This was good practice for him for when we began flying real missions, when a priority transmission from headquarters could be vital. It had been difficult, too, for me to relinquish control of the radios, as during my entire flying career I had controlled my own transmissions. But it was part of the division of duties in this plane and I had adjusted to it. I still insisted on talking on the radio while we were on the ground, however. Walt was so good at many things, but he couldn’t match my expertise at sounding smooth on the radios, a skill that had been honed sharply with years in fighter squadrons where the slightest radio miscue was grounds for beheading. He understood that and allowed me that luxury.
Just to get a sense of what Walt had to contend with, I pulled the radio toggle switches and monitored the frequencies along with him. The predominant radio chatter was from Los Angeles Center, far below us, controlling daily traffic in their sector. While they had us on their scope (albeit briefly), we were in uncontrolled airspace and normally would not talk to them unless we needed to descend into their airspace.
We listened as the shaky voice of a lone Cessna pilot asked Center for a readout of his ground speed. Center replied: “November Charlie 175, I’m showing you at ninety knots on the ground.”
Now the thing to understand about Center controllers, was that whether they were talking to a rookie pilot in a Cessna, or to Air Force One, they always spoke in the exact same, calm, deep, professional, tone that made one feel important. I referred to it as the “ Houston Center voice.” I have always felt that after years of seeing documentaries on this country’s space program and listening to the calm and distinct voice of the Houston controllers, that all other controllers since then wanted to sound like that, and that they basically did. And it didn’t matter what sector of the country we would be flying in, it always seemed like the same guy was talking. Over the years that tone of voice had become somewhat of a comforting sound to pilots everywhere. Conversely, over the years, pilots always wanted to ensure that, when transmitting, they sounded like Chuck Yeager, or at least like John Wayne. Better to die than sound bad on the radios.
Just moments after the Cessna’s inquiry, a Twin Beech piped up on frequency, in a rather superior tone, asking for his ground speed. “I have you at one hundred and twenty-five knots of ground speed.” Boy, I thought, the Beechcraft really must think he is dazzling his Cessna brethren. Then out of the blue, a navy F-18 pilot out of NAS Lemoore came up on frequency. You knew right away it was a Navy jock because he sounded very cool on the radios. “Center, Dusty 52 ground speed check”. Before Center could reply, I’m thinking to myself, hey, Dusty 52 has a ground speed indicator in that million-dollar cockpit, so why is he asking Center for a readout? Then I got it, ol’ Dusty here is making sure that every bug smasher from Mount Whitney to the Mojave knows what true speed is. He’s the fastest dude in the valley today, and he just wants everyone to know how much fun he is having in his new Hornet. And the reply, always with that same, calm, voice, with more distinct alliteration than emotion: “Dusty 52, Center, we have you at 620 on the ground.”
And I thought to myself, is this a ripe situation, or what? As my hand instinctively reached for the mic button, I had to remind myself that Walt was in control of the radios. Still, I thought, it must be done - in mere seconds we’ll be out of the sector and the opportunity will be lost. That Hornet must die, and die now. I thought about all of our Sim training and how important it was that we developed well as a crew and knew that to jump in on the radios now would destroy the integrity of all that we had worked toward becoming. I was torn.
Somewhere, 13 miles above Arizona, there was a pilot screaming inside his space helmet. Then, I heard it. The click of the mic button from the back seat. That was the very moment that I knew Walter and I had become a crew. Very professionally, and with no emotion, Walter spoke: “Los Angeles Center, Aspen 20, can you give us a ground speed check?” There was no hesitation, and the replay came as if was an everyday request. “Aspen 20, I show you at one thousand eight hundred and forty-two knots, across the ground.”
I think it was the forty-two knots that I liked the best, so accurate and proud was Center to deliver that information without hesitation, and you just knew he was smiling. But the precise point at which I knew that Walt and I were going to be really good friends for a long time was when he keyed the mic once again to say, in his most fighter-pilot-like voice: “Ah, Center, much thanks, we’re showing closer to nineteen hundred on the money.”
For a moment Walter was a god. And we finally heard a little crack in the armor of the Houston Center voice, when L.A.came back with, “Roger that Aspen, Your equipment is probably more accurate than ours. You boys have a good one.”
It all had lasted for just moments, but in that short, memorable sprint across the southwest, the Navy had been flamed, all mortal airplanes on freq were forced to bow before the King of Speed, and more importantly, Walter and I had crossed the threshold of being a crew. A fine day’s work. We never heard another transmission on that frequency all the way to the coast.
For just one day, it truly was fun being the fastest guys out there?
"scoob" (scoobsti)
02/24/2017 at 22:07, STARS: 2
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"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 22:08, STARS: 0
"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo)
02/24/2017 at 23:07, STARS: 0
"PatBateman" (PatBateman)
02/24/2017 at 23:16, STARS: 0
42.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 23:16, STARS: 0
What is 41+2?
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
02/24/2017 at 23:24, STARS: 0
Dung.
"PatBateman" (PatBateman)
02/24/2017 at 23:25, STARS: 0
41+2?
Are you certain?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 23:39, STARS: 0
What do you consider the Nissan Juke to be?
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/24/2017 at 23:39, STARS: 4
I’m not, but apparently you’re pretty bad at math.
"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
02/24/2017 at 23:44, STARS: 0
Close, but the correct question is: what’s brown and sounds like a bell?
"pjhusa" (pjhuskinja)
02/24/2017 at 23:46, STARS: 0
cars.
"TheHondaBro" (wwaveform)
02/25/2017 at 00:01, STARS: 0
What are things?
"MLGCarGuy" (thejdmguy)
02/25/2017 at 03:03, STARS: 0
The Ultimate Speed Check.
"No Prius Needed" (nopriusneeded)
02/25/2017 at 09:52, STARS: 0
Jalopnik in its current state and the Nissan Juke.