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  • What Happened When The Mods Pulled My Post?

    04/09/2013 5:27:53 PM PDT · by Darksheare · 5,026 replies
    About a quart of Gin ^ | April 9 2013 | A Demented Mind
    I just spent alot of time posting!I see that, looks like you hit a small bump.Pictured: Small BumpWhat happened?Well, someone set up us the bomb?I'm serious!Oh, well.. looks like your post got pulled. Augh! I spent alot of effort on that! How did it happen?!Couldn't be because you were doing it wrong?What the, how'd you get that video of m-- uh.. I don't even wear that!Right Skippy. *cough* Well, since you asked, here's how posts get removed. First, if it is against TOS it gets seen.Then it gets marked.Okay, I have that much.Then the mods gather:Pictured, mods gathering.I don't think...
  • One dead, two hurt in Orange County plane crash

    11/21/2007 12:55:39 PM PST · by Darksheare · 22 replies · 306+ views
    Newsday ^ | November 21, 2007
    MAYBROOK, N. Y. - The pilot was killed and two passengers injured in the crash of a single-engine plane in the woods near Stewart International Airport early Wednesday, authorities said. The plane lost contact with controllers before 2 a.m. when it was attempting a second landing at the airport following a failed first approach, FAA spokesman Jim Peters said. State Police said one of the passengers called 911 after the crash. Rescuers found the wreckage hours later. Pilot Brian H. Early of Radnor, Pa., was found dead, police said.
  • Outing the RKBA's closeted skeletons

    08/11/2004 6:13:12 PM PDT · by Darksheare · 203 replies · 1,603+ views
    RKBA breakroom | not yet printed | RKBA
    We here at the Road Killed Beeber Association have had it come to our attention that we have skeletons in our many varied closets. So it was decided to out our skeletons to air in the daylight and exorcise the zombies hiding behind our collective couches. At least we thought those were zombies but they turned out to be people we don't know watching television.. It has even been rumored that atleast ONE of us is posting 'Dead'! (I swear it isn't me.) Though sometimes I do wake up with the odd irrational fear of holy water and wooden stakes....
  • Stryker Briade News: Howitzer Test Firing

    04/27/2004 6:10:46 PM PDT · by Darksheare · 3 replies · 470+ views
    Stryker Brigade News ^ | April 26, 2004 | MEGAN SCULLY
    April 26, 2004 Howitzer Test Firing We mentioned a while back that General Dynamics has developed a 105mm howitzer prototype for the Stryker vehicle platform. The system was successfully tested at Elgin AFB this month. The folks at GDLS sent me a few photos from the test, which can be viewed in our photo gallery (one, two and three). The following articles describe the event. Howitzer Test-firing Draws Four Militaries' Attention By MEGAN SCULLY Top U.S. Army artillery officials are evaluating a new, 105mm howitzer, developed by General Dynamics and South Africa-based Denel, that packs the same punch as 155mm...
  • Stryker Brigade News: Stryker Howitzer Prototype

    04/05/2004 6:51:21 PM PDT · by Darksheare · 76 replies · 3,317+ views
    Stryker Brigade News ^ | 5th April 2004
    April 05, 2004 Stryker Howitzer Prototype General Dynamics Land Systems has, as a private venture, developed a 105mm self-propelled howitzer for the Stryker vehicle platform. General Dynamics is the current manufacturer of the Stryker vehicles. The company will be test-firing them in Florida this month. See below for photos.
  • Skateboard squabble ongoing Tamaqua magistrate to decide public vs. private nuisance

    02/12/2004 3:51:18 PM PST · by Darksheare · 18 replies · 321+ views
    TNONLINE.com ^ | Feb. 12, 2004 | JOE PLASKO
    Monte Simard will have to wait a while longer before a Tamaqua justice decides whether the 13-year-old can ride a skateboard in the basement of his Schuylkill Avenue home. Monte, the son of Tamaqua Councilwoman Ann Simard, had his summary hearing on a disorderly conduct charge before District Justice Andrew B. Zelonis continued until Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 4 p.m. Attorneys for the Simards and their next door neighbors, Mary and Noranne Baddick, will prepare briefs on the case prior to the hearing date, at which time testimony will also be heard, said Zelonis. Simard's skateboarding on a homemade ramp...
  • JohnEdwards.com Spam.

    11/11/2003 3:30:44 PM PST · by Darksheare · 12 replies · 252+ views
    Info@JohnEdwards2004.com | 11/10/2003 | Darksheare
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  • Smokers Told to Fetter Their Fumes

    11/22/2001 7:47:28 AM PST · by Darksheare · 18 replies · 221+ views
    Wash.post ^ | Wednesday, November 21, 2001 | Jo Becker
    Smokers told to fetter their fumes Go here to observe idiocy in action.