We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:18:31 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html Sat, 30 May 2009 06:29:00 -0600 What, everyone doesn't have a kettenkrad? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89281 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89281 Sun, 31 May 2009 12:03:28 -0600
The best whatsis are the ones that show you a piece or a segment of something so common you cannot help but to know it intimately,

Okay, fine.

Then you leap off into: How many people would recognize a Kettenkrad from a picture of the engine?

Snerk.  How many people (when generalizing) know what a Kettenkrad is?  Hmmmm....  Nah, now that we've put it out here, they'll snap to tracked motorcyle way too fast.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89280 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89280 Sun, 31 May 2009 11:31:34 -0600
In other news, how do I get my hand on one of those practice RPG thingies?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89279 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89279 Sun, 31 May 2009 10:55:57 -0600
]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89277 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89277 Sun, 31 May 2009 09:28:14 -0600
And I'm thinking if I had started off with the shot of the bolt-face, this would have gone a much different direction.

And yes, Argent (the guy in Australia) has been a good student of Whatziss presentation.

The funny thing is, with Argent, half the time he has no idea what is is, either. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89276 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89276 Sun, 31 May 2009 07:22:14 -0600 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89272 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89272 Sun, 31 May 2009 00:32:04 -0600 Mr og...less obscure???? You better bone up on pre WWII Italian machine guns, pre WWI Lee Enfield counterfeit bolt action something or others and some way off the wall hazmat decontamination gizmo with a fact sheet in a foreign language. This one was relatively easy but some of us just can't help funning around. And then there's that down under guy who is diabolical. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89270 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89270 Sat, 30 May 2009 22:47:33 -0600
Preferably something that's a teeeeeny bit less obscure.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89267 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89267 Sat, 30 May 2009 19:58:50 -0600 Parma Woods.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89260 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89260 Sat, 30 May 2009 13:04:19 -0600
"more enjoying than simply putting holes in a sheet of paper."

Oh, and their trap range is great there, too.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89257 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89257 Sat, 30 May 2009 11:22:13 -0600
Would that be Lake City, John?  That is a very good one, and you're right, a little strict about things on the line (3-5 secs between shots, etc).  But they kind of have to be strict, I've seen some people out there that I felt should have been warned a little more sternly about safety issues, if not more.

Need to find me a place outside of town where I can just set up empty cans and plink all day.  Seeing a 45acp throw a can into the air is infinitely more enjoyable holes in a sheet of paper.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89256 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/05/the_whatziss_re_5.html#comment-89256 Sat, 30 May 2009 11:19:43 -0600