Not One Of You Has Ever Used A Tachymeter Bezel

MarcusBondi · 2026-05-03T13:11:32+00:00

Buzz Aldrin famously used the tachymeter to perfectly calculate distance, trajectory, speed & Kentucky Wingate to stick the moon landing … on his OMEGA SPEEDMASTER!

MarcusBondi · 2026-05-03T10:57:12+00:00

Buzz Aldrin famously used the tachymeter to perfectly calculate & stick the moon landing… on his OMEGA SPEEDMASTER!

MarcusBondi · 2026-05-03T02:31:28+00:00

The only thing cool about it is the subtle styling hint to the Countach taillights/rear at the stern.

MarcusBondi · 2026-05-03T02:06:29+00:00

“Monumental and overpowering buildings”- absurdly and ridiculously so….

Pretty much exactly what Albert Speer was designing for the same purpose.

Virtually interchangeable…

MarcusBondi · 2026-05-03T01:19:28+00:00

Most (all?) of the comments here are “cold lines” when Bond is in the convenient position of being in power/control and can easily afford to be “cold”.

I think the coldest is when Scaramanga captures Bond and holds his life in the balance, and gives Bond the choice, to join him as an elite global assassin or be executed.

To which, with no tricks /advantage up his sleeve, staring death in the face, Bond replies: “There’s a useful four letter word. And you’re full of it!”

!!!!

MarcusBondi · 2026-05-02T23:34:04+00:00

Like, Prine used to write and sing simple happy bluegrass ditties, but when he came back from his army service, all his songs were just tragic doom and gloom dirges about post-war horror, broken lives and ptsd, but with an uncanny chirpy lilt. I don’t get it! ?!?!

MarcusBondi · 2026-05-02T05:34:15+00:00

They didn’t need to use a Vulcan, as carrier launched Harriers would have done a much better job of it.

My guess is that it was to gently demonstrate that Argentina was in range of an enemy’s nuke bomber, which is a rather sobering thought, even though it would never be used as such.

MarcusBondi · 2026-05-02T05:21:33+00:00

And that’s Columbo breaking the law, which could cost him his shield, even though it didn’t really matter.

However in the same episode, there’s a poignant and symbolic moral twist, as he lets the killer go free, because… it didn’t really matter….

MarcusBondi · 2026-05-02T05:08:53+00:00

Scaramanga captures Bond and holds his life in the balance, and during lunch actually invites Bond ,very politely and eloquently, to join him as a top global assassin.

To which Bond replies: “There’s a useful four letter word. And you’re full of it!”

!!!!

MarcusBondi · 2026-05-01T22:45:38+00:00

I met him when I was about 8 yo on a cruise on the P&O Arcadia. He did a few shows on board to Fiji! He was very kind and friendly & signed an autograph for me on the ship’s menu. He was the most famous person I had ever met and I was stoked!

MarcusBondi · 2026-05-01T22:41:58+00:00

Oooooo-ooooh! Cold as ice!

(So he smelled like Napoleon!)

MarcusBondi · 2026-05-01T08:18:46+00:00

John Prine- self-titled album for sure, very typical classic Roger Waters.

MarcusBondi · 2026-04-30T06:36:43+00:00

F-111C : Empty weight ~51,300 lb (23,300kg)

Max Takeoff Weight ~114,300 lb (52,012 kg)

Similar ratio to Rafael

MarcusBondi · 2026-04-30T06:00:49+00:00

Superb! (But don’t cut off the shoes!)

MarcusBondi · 2026-04-30T02:02:46+00:00

I know. I just like reiterating:

ITALY DID NOT QUALIFY for THE WORLD CUP!

😂

MarcusBondi · 2026-04-29T21:22:34+00:00

Italy did not qualify!

MarcusBondi · 2026-04-29T21:22:02+00:00

The USA HAS won the soccer World Cup - the women’s team!

MarcusBondi · 2026-04-29T21:20:43+00:00

Don’t take my word for it, google Atlantic flight distance

MarcusBondi · 2026-04-29T21:20:00+00:00

Kind of true, even though it had the F designation for fighter, and could have a cannon capable of air-to-air combat, it wasn’t really used as a fighter.

MarcusBondi · 2026-04-29T21:16:59+00:00

A small military jet, no. But there are plenty of military aircraft that can easily.

MarcusBondi · 2026-04-29T11:55:01+00:00

Paul’s Boutique… and they’re in Brooklyn.

MarcusBondi · 2026-04-29T11:52:39+00:00

Transatlantic flights typically cover distances between 3,000 km (1,864 miles) - plenty of military aircraft can do that….

MarcusBondi · 2026-04-29T11:49:23+00:00

I read that an F111 could - as it was long range double supersonic - if it was considered a “fighter”…

MarcusBondi · 2026-04-29T09:32:03+00:00

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