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The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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The AR-15 rifle was way ahead of its time. At least the design was. Very space aged concept compared to what was then available offering light weight, superior human ergonomics and accuracy.
It took years for manufacturing techniques and construction materials to finally catch up to create what is now a very reliable accurate weapon used by many nations.
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52-55 Studebaker commander Way ahead the other automakers!
Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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Submarines, V-1/2 rockets, Me262
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Hero's steam engine
It worked, but no use for it was figured out.
Hunt with Class and Classics
Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Even birds know not to land downwind!
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Hunt with Class and Classics
Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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Communism in the USA , it took a long time to become popular , knowingly or unknowingly it is now popular .
The Constitution, it's importance becoming evident with each day .
Then there is the woman , who`d a thought a rib would become so important ?
Not to mention the 45/70 , a hard act to follow Kenneth
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LA Toureau heavy equipment all driven by electric power also invented radial tires i believe.
norm I’ve worked on a couple LeTourneau offshore drilling rigs. All electric. Jacking system. Cantilever skidding amd cranes all electric. Cranes were No speed demons, esp on 4 line, but hell for stout.
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�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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Not all will understand this, but the Lincoln SA200 welder. By the late 1940's they had become a DC engine driven welder that to this day, in my opinion, cannot be replicated in terms of functionality, reliability and simplicity. 70 plus years later they're still out there by the thousands pounding rods day in day out.
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The heater system in the Nash cars. The old system was a hot water core with a fan blowing air thru it. Us northern boys sure liked the new system in the Nash cars.
It also made it possible to defrost the windshield instead of hand scrapers trying to keep a hole clean to see out of.
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The 1920 Savage. It was a mountain rifle ahead of its time.
"May the LORD bless you and keep you, may His face shine upon you, may He be gracious and give you peace" from Numbers 6:24-26
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I REALLY hate to say this, but the AMC Pacer. Yes they were butt ugly, but they were among the first American made cars with economy in mind that actually had many of the features that the big three hadn’t discovered yet. The way the doors and hinges and windows worked together and sealed put the Pintos and Vegas to shame. And they where smart enough to understand a little bigger engine is usually better than a small one. Ive often seen bigger engines have better economy simply because they’ve got enough power to get the job done without needing to run hi RPMs like the little 4 bangers. No, I never had one. First wife had a 74 Hornet with a straight 6, same as the Pacer. It wasn’t a performance car like my big block Monte Carlo, but it ran cheap and it was dependable. The. Vegas and Pintos took a couple years to become dependable. Them little Ramblers got it right the first time. 7mm
So what about the Henry J??
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Browning 1911.
Shocked it wasn't one of the first things mentioned. Agreed.
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