Open post for those with something to share, updated through the day. New, complete posts come in below this one. Note: If trackbacking, please acknowledge this post in your post. That's only polite.
You're advertising here, we should get an ad at your place...
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First up - it's *someone's* Natal Day!
Click the pic to find out who's birthday it is!
The pic *is* an accurate portrayal of the individual concerned... and even *I* don't know what that important Valour-IT announcement is. -the Armorer
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Allowing for the fact that some of these threats are probably coming from disgruntled Sooner Fans (hey, dudes, you lost, get over it) the others come from people firmly mired in pre-1950's America and the world. Yo, people, welcome to the 21st Century. Get with the program.
SWWBO wants one of these. Fine with me. There might be a terrible spray paint accident in the barn one night... (yes, I know it's 'shopped). -the Armorer
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T-2.5 days and counting to the arrival of *this* at the Castle... -the Armorer
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*A term of art from the artillery. Harassment and Interdiction Fires.
Back in the day, when you could just kill people and break things without a note from a lawyer, they were pre-planned, but to the enemy, random, fires at known gathering points, road junctions, Main Supply Routes, assembly areas, etc - to keep the bad guy nervous that the world around him might start exploding at any minute.
*Not really relevant to today's operating environment, right? But, it *is*
The UAVs (oops, can't call 'em UAVs anymore - they're now Unmanned Aerial Systems... some Colonel got his Legion of Merit for that change...), er, um UAS's we fly over Afghanistan and Pakistan looking for targets of opportunity are a form of H&I fires, if you really want to parse it finely. We just have better sensors and fire control now.
I call the post that because it's random things posted by me and people I've given posting privileges to. It's also an open trackback, so if someone has a post they're proud of, but it really isn't either Castle kind of stuff, or topical to a particular post, I've basically given blanket permission to use that post for that purpose. Another term of art that might be appropriate is "Free Fire Zone"
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