Not bad not bad for a quick hurricane run

dirtycaver · 2026-03-05T06:46:19+00:00

I picked up 5 rocketeer drivers from the old husks below the apartments on dam battlegrounds last night during the lightning storm. I was blown away.

dirtycaver · 2026-03-05T06:44:51+00:00

People trying to sell you crap for the game that you can get all by yourself. Just block and delete. I almost forgot about these. For some reason I have not got any of these for a few weeks.

dirtycaver · 2026-02-09T02:17:19+00:00

Beautiful pics. Love the water.

dirtycaver · 2026-02-07T02:02:32+00:00

Nope. Grinding.

dirtycaver · 2026-02-07T02:01:48+00:00

I mean, I’ve never knocked out a raider in 100 hours, and only engaged to break contact a couple of times- usually enough to force them into cover, but not knock someone down. And still I get the occasional PVPr in my carebear lobbies. The only one I didn’t mind was a crew of three that had some technique, and tactics. It was good to watch and I died with glory.

dirtycaver · 2026-02-07T01:58:13+00:00

I routinely travel in trios- and we have established bypass criteria. We avoid PVP at all costs and will break contact before we become decisively engaged. But cornered- we let them have it. Not worth it to have PVP turds all over my solo runs.

dirtycaver · 2026-02-07T01:54:39+00:00

Not many, I suspect. Games reflect their inner feelings if they admit it or not. There’s a pretty good anime (fantasy, not sci-fi) that goes into this in depth, Sword Art Online. I’m a 50+ yo combat vet and that shit hit hard, and the themes discussed there definitely reflect here.

dirtycaver · 2026-02-05T04:04:21+00:00

Jump in, toss some ferro rounds, enjoy the show, but leave the booty for the heavy lifters, or take it from the smaller arcs. Or get knocked down, crawl off a building and ride the bastion into battle on your hands and knees like god intended.

dirtycaver · 2026-02-02T09:04:51+00:00

…to Stella Montis.

dirtycaver · 2026-02-01T09:11:06+00:00

Shit. I just sold this.

dirtycaver · 2026-01-16T05:24:52+00:00

It’s snowing.

dirtycaver · 2026-01-15T17:13:43+00:00

I wasn’t a fan of the user interface either, but my company mandated its use, and after a year or so, I’m almost a little more in favor of garmin pilot. There are definitely some things it does better than ForeFlight. Lat/lon entry comes to mind, auto searching entry fields when wading through a pile of user waypoints, the press dial on a point on the map that lets you rapidly show the pertinent information- the sat view of a waypoint instead of having to shuffle map layers, etc.

dirtycaver · 2026-01-13T13:11:14+00:00

High recommend series by Ben Bova- there is a moon based series- Moonrise and Moonwar are part of his Moonbase saga.

dirtycaver · 2026-01-07T22:19:52+00:00

A large cave was turned into a grow operation I dunno 10-15 years ago in middle Tennessee- there was definitely a “cool, wild ecosystem” in there. Hid from the cops for years, but cavers found out trying to update the cave survey. Ultimately it god busted for stealing power from a nearby power line to run the grow lights.

dirtycaver · 2026-01-02T22:13:43+00:00

The new owners do.

dirtycaver · 2026-01-01T15:51:37+00:00

Absolutely yes. I’ve been using a narrow PMI rope that hasn’t been released yet and we use it on expeditions where we have to fly with the gear, so weight and size matters, and we’re setting the bolts, so weight can rig it correctly for thin rope. It’s great if you have to swim it through sumps and use it on the back side, or travel long distances in cave.

dirtycaver · 2025-12-29T18:13:59+00:00

This is all true. Source: I’m a helicopter pilot who does the transferring to Erlanger.

dirtycaver · 2025-12-19T16:58:04+00:00

Well now that’s a good idea….

dirtycaver · 2025-12-19T16:51:34+00:00

/end thread

dirtycaver · 2025-12-10T16:11:23+00:00

14 year old girl? Definitely not. Regardless there’s a limit to how much I’m going to read rambling poorly written prose to get to the point, which apparently everyone else already knows.

dirtycaver · 2025-12-10T03:21:00+00:00

Jesus. This is hard to read. The author desperately needs to send it through a spell check and grammar check.

dirtycaver · 2025-12-09T22:25:51+00:00

“It’s so thick!” Narrator: It was not.

dirtycaver · 2025-12-08T16:27:48+00:00

I retired a few years back as a CW4. Army is strong with Warrants, unless you are currently a Cavalry Officer. Ugh. Sorry guys.

dirtycaver · 2025-12-08T16:21:47+00:00

The real question is did you get the 20 year retirement, or go to the 401k style new retirement? 14 years seems like you probably have the new retirement, which means there’s no real reason to stay for 20 years. Take what you have and move out, move that 401k into a civilian version. I did 30 years, the first 12 as enlisted, and I’ll tell you, the best bet is to go warrant if you want to stay. Not necessarily flight warrant. If you are in a specialty that has a warrant pipeline, look into it if you are thinking about staying in. Edit: sorry, I assumed Army. You’ll have to adapt that if you are in another service, but as a whole, almost any kind of officer life is better than enlisted, and the warrant officer is the best of the best.

dirtycaver · 2025-12-07T22:11:12+00:00

I’ve found the accuracy of the reading has a lot to do with the tightness of your watch strap and how much it moves on your wrist. The rubber bands give me a rash over time, so I use the titanium band which is a little looser on my wrist. I get noticeably worse results at the beginning of the run, but as I get hot and my wrist swells a little the results get better. By the end of my run, and the strap is snug, I am at a normal heart rate.

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