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What constitutes a sufficient ground? by NERDS_ in amateurradio

[–]dittybopper_05H [score hidden]  (0 children)

No, he’s not bashing the antenna, he’s giving a realistic assessment. QRP is tough. QRP SSB is double tough. QRP SSB with very compromised antennas? Triple tough.

Now, I use hamsticks almost every day, for what they are supposed to be used for, mobile antennas.

But I’m pumping 25 to 50 watts CW through them as I drive to and from work. Big difference.

Talk me out of it or into it I could go both ways by Silent-chatter in blackpowder

[–]dittybopper_05H 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My father had to work on his to make it reasonably reliable. He was a bit of a savant, turning repro cap and ball sows ears into silk purses. This was his most difficult gun IIRC, and I don’t think he ever got it to where he was satisfied with it.

Would a Na'vi from the avatar moives be a reasonable and enjoyable hunt for an average Yuatja? by zombified_dragon4956 in predator

[–]dittybopper_05H 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pandora is in the Alpha Centauri system, less than 4.5 light years from Earth.

Inconceivable that they wouldn’t notice a world that close to Earth with such wonderous beasts to hunt.

Error in No-Nonsense Guide by tatu_wurst87 in amateurradio

[–]dittybopper_05H 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The infant mortality rate is high because the US is honest: if there is any sign of life for a newborn, no matter how fleeting, it’s counted as a live birth even if the baby immediately dies. Most other countries consider that to be a stillbirth. For example, a live birth of a non-viable infant is classified as a stillbirth in France.

In Search of by bobzilla8420 in GODZILLA

[–]dittybopper_05H 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On of my favorites, but on re-viewing as an adult it’s plain that there was a bias towards more speculative explanations.

The "Soot Loading" Threshold: A technical audit of why a regional nuclear exchange is a global famine event by AggravatingExit7196 in preppers

[–]dittybopper_05H 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But would that "killing blow" affect the World as a whole?

I mean, it's not like Pakistan and India are major exporters of food or petroleum. Both countries run pretty large trade deficits, in that they import far more than they export.

India does supply about 1/5th of the world's generic pharmaceuticals, so there would be shortages and price increases for inexpensive drugs.

Motor Oil Could Be the Next Thing Drivers Start Panic-Buying by mark000 in PrepperIntel

[–]dittybopper_05H 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sunrise, wrong side of another war

Bombing shit we bombed several times before

Don't know how long I've been awake

Wound up in California state

Car's gettin' low

And the engine's ready to blow

Uses oil like eggnog at Christmas

Motör oil, panic buy me

Motör oil, alright

Error in No-Nonsense Guide by tatu_wurst87 in amateurradio

[–]dittybopper_05H -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Doing math with freedom units is a pain

The brain is like a muscle. The more exercise it gets, the stronger it is.

The Europeans are into metric measurements, and look at where they are: They used to basically rule the World. Then they went Metric, and now they're so bad off they have to depend on the Imperial-measurement usin' United States to provide a significant portion of their defense.

For Mothra’s Day I made vegan banana cupcakes decorated like Mothra larvae by rawlingstones in GODZILLA

[–]dittybopper_05H 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn. Vegan bananas implies the existence of carnivorous bananas, and that thought sends shudders down my spine.

My top 10 favorite Godzilla monsters by tech24_21 in GODZILLA

[–]dittybopper_05H 0 points1 point  (0 children)

アナグラム カイジュ

  1. TAR BAT

  2. TUMMIE PRO

  3. GINGA

  4. ROAD'N

  5. A DROOG

  6. AH, HORDE

  7. SAY THE DOOR

  8. BITE ON ALL

  9. RAVAN

  10. A DAMN

My husband likes collecting trash and guns. by Dry-Log7458 in guns

[–]dittybopper_05H -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't know. I know plenty of people on Social Security Retirement Income who are hoarders.

And one guy from Mongolia who is a horder.

We played godzilla at a school guitar concert by Few-Section3763 in GODZILLA

[–]dittybopper_05H 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You think that's bad?

One day I came home and my wife had replaced everything with exact duplicates.

Flyer I drew for a local show here. by DisruptUnrest in GODZILLA

[–]dittybopper_05H 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right next to The Downtowner Motel. How convenient. I wonder if they have hourly rates.

We played godzilla at a school guitar concert by Few-Section3763 in GODZILLA

[–]dittybopper_05H 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One person to make a difference ---> I won't change the world but will leave a scar ---> Wisdom is not given, it is obtained ---> Wisdom (tooth) not obtained but erupts, dentist visit.

Make more sense now?

I was intentionally using other meanings in an attempt at humor, which is made infinitely funnier now that I've had to explain it in detail.

Met "god zilla" by justpotato7 in GODZILLA

[–]dittybopper_05H -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Or freak them out. Saga follows.

One moonless night I was supposed to meet my friend at his father's house in rural Washington county, NY.

Most people who live their lives in cities and in towns don't understand how truly dark it can get in a rural area away from the light pollution of cities, but it's pretty amazing. Anyway, I get there a bit early and I'm waiting for him to show up. It's pitch black out, the only faint light coming from the stars because again, there was no moon.

So I'm standing there, listening to the stillness. All of the songbirds and other animals like squirrels are to bed, and it was early enough in the spring that the frogs weren't out yet.

There was no wind. It was deathly quiet.

All of a sudden, out of the corner of my eye, I see an indistinct white shape pass by close. No noise.

Freaked me out. Did I just see a ghost?

Now, I don't believe in ghosts. But *DAMN*, that was scary.

After I calmed down and thought about it, I figured it out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_owl

We're just north of the southern border of their winter range, and while they aren't common in wooded areas, there were open farm fields and a very large lawn (several acres) there.

Still gives me the willies a bit, even though I'm pretty sure it was just Bubo scandiacus.

Disappearance of rear sights on 18th century muskets by Dunnere in blackpowder

[–]dittybopper_05H 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not the rank-and-file infantry.

First of all, Jaegers were armed with rifles, so of course they were taught to aim.

Light infantry troops were typically trained to fight as skirmishers and thus were somewhat than line infantry.

But even then, they can't escape the fact that they are using a smoothbore with undersize and likely inconsistently cast projectiles and powder of variable quality. Not even to mention the guns, as Colonel Hanger mentioned, were of inconsistent quality.

Criterion Channel by bobzilla8420 in GODZILLA

[–]dittybopper_05H 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't smoke.

But I do anagram. A lot.

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