Comments for Answering Sanger's snark

Answering Sanger's snark

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:55:16 -0600

So, SangerM, having pulled his nose off of his grindstone for a bit to grace us with his snarkalicious presence, tried to engage in a smack down in my braggadocio post.I promised an answer yesterday, but this week is simply killer at the day job, the day job having spilled over into being a night job too, for a moment.But yes, Sanger, I do have some exotics...And I have some pretties...And even this fine example of the gunmaker's art::Any other questions, boyo?...

Comment from SangerM on 2009-11-07

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:33:26 -0600

Casey,

Heh... Not only taxi. Earlier in the day, I got pics of it coming in for a landing. I'll post those with the others. Today was ok, the static displays were anemic, but there was a B25 and an AC130 that they actually let us take pics inside of this time, and some decent older stuff, and three old willy's jeeps fully tricked out that I took pics of just for John.... The flight stuff was ok, too, and I got some good pics, but on the years when there's no demo team (thunderbirds, etc.), the flying is pretty much the same--left to right, right to left, fast, slow, mixes of old and new, etc. I'd like to see, e.g., an Osprey with fast roping, or an RCAS do some high-end aerials, or maybe a predator toss a hellfire at something (well ok, maybe not that). Instead we got AF Academy parachutists, AETC trainers in tight formation, and the same old tora-tora-tora skit (uing an AETC T6 as one of the American planes this year, just sad....).

But hey, it was an air show and it was free, and if the USAF stuff looks a little used (and it does), well, that's shows it's being used to good purpose, and I don't have a problem with that....

Comment from Casey on 2009-11-07

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:25:34 -0600

John, the model on the right looks like an Art Asylum product, from here. I am familar with the name as one of my favorite modeling sites (Culttvman.com) has an online store which offers the Art Asylum line. They also offer a 1/128 scale model of the Seaview, at 39" long.

SangerM, You got to watch a B-17 taxi by?

You utter bastich.

I mean that in the nicest way, of course... Heh.

Sometimes, when I'm in my "if I were as rich as Bill Gates" fantasy world, I imagine buying my own Fortress. The F model, natch. :) Maybe a YB-40, just because. Then I'd get my own P-38.

You might like the Art Asylum tricorder, as it include not only blinkenlights (as John says) but "a detailed removable scanner" as well. Too bad it doesn't twirl around and make that warbling noise, else you could really mess with you co-workers minds... Heh.

Comment from SangerM on 2009-11-06

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:06:10 -0600

My old palm pilot (and now my new one) has a small app that replicates a tricorder, with all the sounds, etc. I used to love flipping up the hard cover I had and working the thing while waving it around some coworker's head, etc, and declaring it empty or lacking solid form or the like....

You know, small things for small minds... :-)

P.S. Outside my window, even as I write, I am watching a C17 chase a C27 I think it is, a B17 taxi into position on the tarmac, and earlier there were a pair of F22s and an F18 setting off all the car alarms in the parking lot. Before that an F4 and an A4 were making lots of noise as part of the NamVet flyby.... Tomorrow is Air Show day here, and everyone's been practicing. I'll try to post some pics by Sunday. (So there, Mr. I have lots of really cool guns.... :-D )

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-11-06

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:54:56 -0600

Both of those phasers make noise and have blinkenlights and one of them (but I don't remember who makes it) the small phaser is removeable.

Comment from Casey on 2009-11-06

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:33:49 -0600

Just what kind of phasers are those, anyway? Are they purpose-built props, copies of a styrene model still rarely available on eBay (costs some money), or the newer Art Asylum replica? The latter is nice if you like "working" models, as the smaller hand phaser is removable, and there's sounds. :)

For the Trek fans out there, Art Asylum now makes a prop communicator (including sound clips from TOS) and a tricorder as well.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-11-06

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:12:19 -0600

Oh, and no, my shotgun is not like the weapon you linked to, though the engraving is very similar.

Comment from John (not the Armorer) on 2009-11-05

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:23:22 -0600

Ooohhh! Nice!

Comment from eric on 2009-11-05

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:03:16 -0600

more pics of the Naked Nagant please.

Comment from SangerM on 2009-11-05

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:32:24 -0600

Well.

That went ugly in a hurry.... LOL!

And uh, thanks John, I am impressed.... I like the phasers (though I really would like to get my hands on one of those plasma guns I linked to... I've played a LOT of HALO... And the pistoles, and especially the shotgun, which looks a LOT like the one I linked to.

I don't know enough to know if they're the same model. Are they? That would be an odd twist, eh?

P.S. you win.... i'm demure-ful or contrited or whatever...

PPS, yeah it has been grindstone time... New job, standing in front of a fire hydrant with my mouth open, and then discovered this am I left the ID card in the keyboard at work last night.... it went downhill from there.... :-!

Comment from Neffi on 2009-11-05

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:06:37 -0600

Glue guns can get you into sticky situations...

Comment from jim b on 2009-11-05

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:17:16 -0600

They can be Bill .... but only when fitted with the special proctology adaptor.

However in the interest if dignity, I won't include the link to the proctology videos.

Comment from BillT on 2009-11-05

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:51:37 -0600

Hot glue guns are exotic?

Heh...