Last Person #5

[Anarax]

After practice the class and I had the privilege of listening to one of the students talking about themselves at length. It was a pleasant surprise for no one asked nor encouraged her to continue, but for our benefit she did anyways.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Oh goody....the next 7 days we have temps in the upper 80s into the 90s with 70% humidity or greater....thunderstorms and the possibility for tornados..... my only question is when did the mid-west and Florida get together and move to upstate NY

 

[jks9199]

No...they're tiny compared to a Tank

Abrams Tank
length: 42.04 ft
width: 12.0 ft
wheelbase: ain't got wheels
weights: 60 tons

1966 Eldorado convertible
length: 224 in (18.7 ft)
width: 80 in (6.7 ft)
wheelbase: 129.5 in (10.8 ft)
weights: 4500 lbs
base curb weight: 4806 lbs

I want a tank... doesn't have to be an Abrams. A Sherman would still be fun...

 

[Xue Sheng]

Don't tell @Buka , but I'm going to be in Boston early 2019....

 

[hoshin1600]

Don't tell @Buka , but I'm going to be in Boston early 2019....

Buka is in Hawaii now. i think im the only one from around Boston now,, actually im from Woosta.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

I want a tank... doesn't have to be an Abrams. A Sherman would still be fun...

Pretty much any working tank would be sufficient.

 

[AngryHobbit]

Don't tell @Buka , but I'm going to be in Boston early 2019....

Any chance you might swing to Boston in a sort of roundabout way? By way of North Carolina?

 

[AngryHobbit]

I want a tank... doesn't have to be an Abrams. A Sherman would still be fun...

Might I suggest an old Soviet T-34? Sure, it's a tin can with a big gun attached in the front, but, as with Kalashnikov machine gun, you can do pretty much anything with it - leave it in a swamp or bury it in the middle of a desert, then bring it back out - and it will still work.

 

[jks9199]

Might I suggest an old Soviet T-34? Sure, it's a tin can with a big gun attached in the front, but, as with Kalashnikov machine gun, you can do pretty much anything with it - leave it in a swamp or bury it in the middle of a desert, then bring it back out - and it will still work.

But I can't read Cyrillic...

 

[Xue Sheng]

Buka is in Hawaii now. i think im the only one from around Boston now,, actually im from Woosta.

I went to High School...... about 10 miles west of Worcester just off of Route 9 and went to Elementary thru Junior High about 60 miles north east of Worcester on the North Shore

I know @Buka is in Hawaii but he is going back to visit Mass soon and if he hears I', coming he will likely not show up .

The last time I talked to him and said I was going to be in Boston...... he moved to Hawaii.... and YES..... I took it personally

 

[granfire]

But I can't read Cyrillic...

I'll send Eastwood over, he can translate.
Better yet, Chick Norris, and it translates itself.

 

[granfire]

What year is that Opal? I like the lines of that thing.

OpEl.
the von Opel family got their money from that.
And the Manta is such a lovely car....the VW Golf was it's greatest rival, and it spawn a ton of fun jokes:
What is left of an Opel Manta when it burns out:
A golden Necklace and a crying hairdresser.

They made plans to narrow the car to 90 centimeters (to allow both elbows of the driver to hang out the window)
But the Kenwood stickers are 1.20m.....

 

[AngryHobbit]

But I can't read Cyrillic...

So? There are like two buttons and a lever.

 

[Xue Sheng]

So? There are like two buttons and a lever.

 

[AngryHobbit]

Like I said - two buttons and a lever.

 

[Xue Sheng]

Like I said - two buttons and a lever.

PFHHT...only slightly less complicated than a modern Tank

 

[AngryHobbit]

PFHHT...only slightly less complicated than a modern Tank

I think the original design was more economical. There was more room for the driver's elbows.

 

[Gerry Seymour]

PFHHT...only slightly less complicated than a modern Tank

I love what looks nearly like an early Mac on the left there. Very modern.

 

[AngryHobbit]

I love what looks nearly like an early Mac on the left there. Very modern.

High Tech!

 

[Xue Sheng]

Its an Abrams Cockpit......