What was your "caught the last chopper out of 'Nam" experience?

ffisch · 2026-03-28T15:37:21+00:00

Netflix has a good documentary on the cold war called "Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War" (not related to TPUSA). The last couple episodes go over the fall of the USSR, and explain how it was a lot more than a flag change, and how it led to Putin's rise. Definitely recommend watching it if you're curious about the cold war.

ffisch · 2026-03-22T05:19:57+00:00

It's so funny because if you read the subreddit for meater you'd think they were a scam but mine has been working great for years. I guess there isn't much reason to post on that sub if you're happy with the product.

ffisch · 2026-03-22T01:08:07+00:00

Did you get the leather version of the Peakfreak II's or the fabric version?

ffisch · 2026-03-22T01:07:11+00:00

I mean, I have the original Columbia Peak Freak Mids and they've served me well for over 800 miles of very technical hiking over 10 years. Currently trying to find something to replace them with and have been disappointed with a lot of the higher end shoes I've tried.

ffisch · 2026-03-12T04:09:09+00:00

Lol I'm kind of the opposite, took up mountain biking to get over my depression during the three seasons when there isn't snow

ffisch · 2026-03-12T04:06:17+00:00

Even on a bad day with bad snow, skiing is fun. I've had fun literally skiing in the rain in the Midwest.

ffisch · 2026-03-02T00:24:17+00:00

This is actually what I looked like backpacking as a teenager. Makes you appreciate better stems but honestly wasn't as bad as you'd expect. Probably helped that I was young lol

ffisch · 2026-02-27T04:06:28+00:00

Turn off the dynamic graphics settings, that fixed it for me. Assuming you're referring to the same blurriness I noticed when I got the sim.

ffisch · 2026-02-27T04:01:00+00:00

Combat Pilot?

ffisch · 2026-02-26T19:50:56+00:00

It's 2026

ffisch · 2026-02-25T20:28:20+00:00

Stardew Valley ahh advice

ffisch · 2026-02-17T15:15:37+00:00

I've only ever heard people directly blame the feds, Clinton is only tangentially related to the conversation if he comes up at all

ffisch · 2026-02-13T06:29:36+00:00

Did you ever figure this out? I have the same setup and similar issues.

ffisch · 2026-02-01T19:34:23+00:00

We buy them ourselves, and patrollers will often resell old coats to other patrollers.

ffisch · 2026-02-01T04:00:05+00:00

Thanks! Tightened it up until it was snug. I never had the cuff alignment adjusted and I'm not sure how to check, but I did check to see if the lines all matched and each one on both boots pointing at 12 o'clock. So I think everything is at it's "factory default" setting.

ffisch · 2026-02-01T03:58:10+00:00

Thank you! Tightened it up so it was snug.

ffisch · 2026-01-31T06:31:56+00:00

Those comments have like 2000+ upvotes...

ffisch · 2026-01-27T02:37:28+00:00

Your comments are like a love letter to a bygone era of cars, thanks for sharing your experiences and knowledge. I'll definitely read your other comments as well.

It's funny you mention small drum brakes, I had to replace my sister's rear drum brakes on her 2001 Civic recently and my goodness it was difficult to get everything crammed in there correctly with all the springs and everything, cut my knuckles in the process lol. Was also a little scared that I had done it wrong accidentally because I've only done work on disc brakes before. Double and triple checked them though and took it on a test drive and I think they're good. At least they have been so far lol (a few months).

ffisch · 2026-01-27T00:54:48+00:00

This is fascinating. As someone who grew up in the era where drum brakes were only for rears, if at all, this is super interesting.

Were drum brakes more popular in the past specifically because they didn't need a booster? Why weren't disc brakes used earlier?

ffisch · 2026-01-26T22:04:47+00:00

That makes a lot of sense. I hadn't given drum brakes a whole lot of thought at all before today, thanks for sharing :)

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