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| August 14th, 2024 at 6:43:21 AM permalink | |
| JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 1061 | I started Blood Meridian last year. I read less than half of it before I quit. It wasn’t the violence so much as the unrelenting bleakness. I decided that I was just not going to enjoy it. I think I made the right choice. A government of laws and not of men. - John Adam’s |
| August 14th, 2024 at 7:53:45 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 165 Posts: 6374 |
Some people cite 'the Judge' as making it worth the read. Apparently a real person, he is depicted in the book as a monstrous genius verging on the supernatural. I will certainly agree McCarthy winds up with quite a fascinating character. I don't think much is known about the real person >>> Judge Holden is a purported historical person who partnered with John Joel Glanton as a professional scalp-hunter in Mexico and the American Southwest during the mid-19th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Holden I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| August 15th, 2024 at 4:02:45 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 165 Posts: 6374 | I was recently surprised to learn that the B52 is subsonic. It is likely that the bomber will still be in use on it's 100 year anniversary. >>> the B-52 will be with us through mid-century, making it the longest-lived combat system in an era supposedly characterized by rapid technological change https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2020/06/02/five-reasons-the-air-forces-b-52-bomber-will-be-the-first-jet-ever-to-stay-in-service-for-100-years/ I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| August 15th, 2024 at 4:50:40 AM permalink | |
| GenoDRPh Member since: Aug 24, 2023 Threads: 5 Posts: 2824 |
This is a subject of some interest to me. Not for any real reason, other than I think the B-2 is a cool-looking aircraft. That being said: The outer coating of the B-2 stealth bomber degrades in rain or precipitation. This means that wherever a B-2 is, there needs to be a hanger to house and project it. The windows of the B-2 do not open, which means the hatches and doors are the only means of opening up the aircraft,. This means the hangers used to house and protect the B-2 must be air conditioned to keep the aircraft cool. There features were corrected in the design of the B-21. The attached article doesn't say it, but Pentagon war planners do not think a B-52 can survive a nuclear or conventional strike deep into enemy (i.e Russian of Chinese) territory. The aircraft is too large and too slow. That's why they removed the gravity bombs from its mission profile. That's also why the Air Force is buildng the B-21 Raider. |
| August 15th, 2024 at 5:18:41 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 165 Posts: 6374 | We have had plans to replace the B52 with supersonic bombers for a long time. Of course we actually have supersonic bombers, have had them since 1958 I think, and have used them and they are in service now. From what I can gather, none that we have now, these stealth bombers, these are not meant for the scaled-up deep penetration nuclear attack role. I think that there is a perception that the need for this role is too diminished. If that changes then I think the B70 Valkyrie would go into full production, now it's in perpetual testing phase and the B52 lives on not an expert and don't play one on TV I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| August 16th, 2024 at 5:54:14 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 165 Posts: 6374 | somebody had the opinion that the debatable mistake recently of intentional-walking Soto only to have Judge next batter was a mistake based on left-handed/right-handed pitcher strategy [I have no idea] >>> why are left handed pitchers effective? Why Does a Left-Handed Pitcher Have an Advantage? Both left-handed pitchers and batters do better in baseball. Since the majority of hitters are right-handed, lefty pitchers are considered valuable. A curveball from a left-hander breaks inside on a righty – a harder pitch to hit. __ [another answer] Statistically in Major League Baseball (MLB), left-handed batters are less successful against left-handed pitchers than right-handed batters are against right-handed pitchers, leading to some left-handed pitchers being used strategically as left-handed specialists. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| August 16th, 2024 at 8:22:00 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22930 | If you just turn the pitcher the other way, you can use your other hand. ;.. Sorry. heh. "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP. |
| August 16th, 2024 at 9:55:51 AM permalink | |
| JimRockford Member since: Sep 18, 2015 Threads: 2 Posts: 1061 |
The second quote reflects the lefty righty thinking and it’s statistically verified year after year. It’s not accurate for every batter but the exception would be well known in the league. A government of laws and not of men. - John Adam’s |
| August 17th, 2024 at 5:55:39 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 165 Posts: 6374 | So I've read the book now, and watched the film again. I realize now that I didn't see the end of the movie! Maybe not much past the middle. No wonder I felt some things were not explained. Back when I watched it I must not have recorded it, having a more limited ability to do that in those days. Or maybe I quit watching it because I was reeling from the violence and gore, not impossible. McCarthy will do that to you. The movie was fairly faithful to the book. Screenwriters were the Coen brothers and they did change some things. They have Chigurh kill the man who hired him, and I need to double check this, but I think he says something like " you shouldn't have given the Mexicans a receiver for the transponder" which indicates that they wanted an explanation for how the Mex. gang found the first motel in which the guy [Moss] stashes himself and the money. But I think McCarthy wanted us to understand they had other means, a good network. For sure it makes no sense they would have a transponder receiver, they couldn't find the money that was stashed in the HVAC ductwork, with a receiver they would have kept trying till they did Ironically, both the book and the movie don't explain well that Moss figured out someone was waiting for him in his motel room because he could tell the curtains weren't how he had left them. In both cases it's indicated but hard to pick up on. Also ironically, the movie shows the Mex gang using their resources effectively later, managing to get the ill mother-in-law to give up the motel the Moss people were all heading to by just getting her to run her motormouth. In another change, the sheriff [Bell] played by Tommy Lee Jones has what I call an Anti-John-Wayne moment. At least I think they want us to know that he figures out Chigurh is still in that last motel room and that if he completely searches the room he'll be killed. He's not connected by radio to local police so he decides, evidently, it's time to just leave. If I remember right, that's all they show about that. You may disagree; but for sure there is an anti-J.W. moment in the book at this same time. Bell in the book figures out Chigurh may be in that room, does *not* go in, but drives a distance away while able to call for back-up and does so. John Wayne would have gone in there guns blazing. I appreciate the realism of that . A theme of the book is Bell's guilt over not being John Wayne during action in WWII for which he got a medal he feels he didn't deserve. You were warned I ramble on >>> [searching for the surname Chigurh, you come up empty, responses say his nationality is intended to be unknown] His background and nationality are left undisclosed and largely open to speculation. When writer Cormac McCarthy visited the set of the film adaptation of his novel, the actors inquired about Chigurh's background and the symbolic significance of his name. McCarthy replied, "I just thought it was a cool name." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Chigurh I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| August 18th, 2024 at 4:35:35 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 165 Posts: 6374 | I've had problems with hornworms in my tomato plants this year. If you are on your guard, and your plants are healthy and growing, it's not too bad, but they sometimes damage the fruit, and they were pretty bad about that this time. At first I was not on my guard, because I haven't had a problem in years. The caterpillar has a predatory wasp that lays eggs on it. The eggs are very visible and the first year I saw that going on, I had no more problem till now. It's a very large caterpillar, and quickly gets to almost the size of a hot dog. The horn it has cannot hurt you, so that's a mystery I never see the moth it turns into, so I was wondering about that, and how big it is >>> Adult moths ... Mottled gray-brown with yellow spots on the sides of the abdomen. The moth has a wingspread of four to five inches. __ Adult hornworms are large, heavy-bodied hawkmoths with a wingspan of up to five inches. Adults are often mistaken for hummingbirds due to their large size, rapid wingbeats and quick movements. __ Is the hawk moth nocturnal? Like the tobacco hawk moth, the five-spotted hawk moth is nocturnal and feeds on night-blooming or crepuscular flowers. Along with moonflowers, tobacco, petunias, and honeysuckle, it also pollinates some species of phlox, bouncing bet, and sundrops that bloom very early or late in the day  I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |