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11 years 10 months ago #16354 by foxhunter
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In 68 I thought it was the bong. In 71 it was the hemicuda, In the 80's the computer, In the 90's the cell phone, soon I will probably think it's Viagra and eventually it will be Depends.
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11 years 10 months ago #16356 by OleCowboy
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Somewhere I have the P 38 the last one I used in Vietnam back in '68

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11 years 10 months ago #16360 by Siscowet
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foxhunter wrote: In 68 I thought it was the bong. In 71 it was the hemicuda, In the 80's the computer, In the 90's the cell phone, soon I will probably think it's Viagra and eventually it will be Depends.

Don't use the Viagra at the same time your wearing Depends, you might tear a hole in them.

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11 years 10 months ago #16362 by OleCowboy
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foxhunter wrote: In 68 I thought it was the bong. In 71 it was the hemicuda, In the 80's the computer, In the 90's the cell phone, soon I will probably think it's Viagra and eventually it will be Depends.

Man don't knock those depends, you can hide a Clint Eastwood 44 mag in those things and still have room left over...

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11 years 10 months ago #16432 by Sharkey
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LebbenB wrote: As great as the P38/P51, Metallic Cartridge and Bigfeet shoes are - and I take nothing away from the ingenuity it took to create them - they can't compare to this marvel of efficiency:

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Gentlemen...I posit that the spork is mankind's greatest invention.


I'm gonna have to call bunk on that one buddy. The spork can EASILY be copied into a plastic version whereas a P38/51 has ONLY been made in metal which means the demand made on the P38/51 are FAR greater than any old spoon and it was perfection from day 1 with no further improvements.

I mean, once you get the can opened, you can eat it with your fingers or just pour it out but my goodness, if I was trapped in a Baked Bean warehouse for a month and all I had was a spork, I'd be a seriously dead bastage - unless of course, I found a way to turn my silly and now useless spork into a field expedient P38 or something cool like that ya know.... :laugh:

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11 years 10 months ago #16435 by OleCowboy
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Sharkey wrote:

LebbenB wrote: As great as the P38/P51, Metallic Cartridge and Bigfeet shoes are - and I take nothing away from the ingenuity it took to create them - they can't compare to this marvel of efficiency:

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Gentlemen...I posit that the spork is mankind's greatest invention.


I'm gonna have to call bunk on that one buddy. The spork can EASILY be copied into a plastic version whereas a P38/51 has ONLY been made in metal which means the demand made on the P38/51 are FAR greater than any old spoon and it was perfection from day 1 with no further improvements.

I mean, once you get the can opened, you can eat it with your fingers or just pour it out but my goodness, if I was trapped in a Baked Bean warehouse for a month and all I had was a spork, I'd be a seriously dead bastage - unless of course, I found a way to turn my silly and now useless spork into a field expedient P38 or something cool like that ya know.... :laugh:

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That is funny I don't care who you are

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11 years 10 months ago - 11 years 10 months ago #16436 by Sharkey
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Funny story about "duct tape".

I was sitting in some joint out west one time and there was a roll of duct tape sitting on the bar.

Some blonde (yea, I know, cliche but it's painfully true) asked why they call it "duck tape".

I advised her with my usual calm demeanor and most serious and thoughtful expression that when duck hunting was first invented, it was ONLY legal to shoot the birds in flight and it HAD to be a kill shot. If the bird hit the ground and was still alive, you could not kill it.

Well, this led to a lot of suffering for the ducks not to mention the duck hunters not being able to shoot any more ducks until they either saved the birds life, or stood there and waited for it to die.

Well, being damn sick of having to stand around waiting for a wounded bird to die was just crazy so at some point, someone figured out that the adhesive properties of a particular tape would not only stick to duck skin VERY well, but would also, in a very short period of time, literally draw the lead shot right out of the duck and by the time the adhesive wore off, the tape AND the lead shot would just fall off of the now very healthy duck.

And that's how it eventually got to be called "duck tape".

I was suddenly just about THE most knowledgeable man she had EVER met and I'll skip the story of the tribute I received from her for my extra large brain that evening but it was well deserved just for keeping a straight face through that entire story... :laugh:

I don't think I ever did get her name...not that it mattered...
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11 years 10 months ago #16451 by Redscout02
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Ok I have to say the P-38 is very good ( mine is from 1977) the Spork is right up along with duck tape,rescu tape (aka as F-4 tpae)and panty hose ,takes the prize. Why panty hose you ask Well one dark night on a very lonely Hwy 395 I lost the belt to my altenator on my peterbilt and on the advice of an old truck driver use the 2 to make a belt that not only got me back to the yard in Tacoma ( 340 miles away) but lasted for a week until I could take time to get a new one. True story fellers

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11 years 10 months ago #16459 by OleCowboy
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Sharkey wrote: Funny story about "duct tape".

I was sitting in some joint out west one time and there was a roll of duct tape sitting on the bar.

Some blonde (yea, I know, cliche but it's painfully true) asked why they call it "duck tape".

I advised her with my usual calm demeanor and most serious and thoughtful expression that when duck hunting was first invented, it was ONLY legal to shoot the birds in flight and it HAD to be a kill shot. If the bird hit the ground and was still alive, you could not kill it.

Well, this led to a lot of suffering for the ducks not to mention the duck hunters not being able to shoot any more ducks until they either saved the birds life, or stood there and waited for it to die.

Well, being damn sick of having to stand around waiting for a wounded bird to die was just crazy so at some point, someone figured out that the adhesive properties of a particular tape would not only stick to duck skin VERY well, but would also, in a very short period of time, literally draw the lead shot right out of the duck and by the time the adhesive wore off, the tape AND the lead shot would just fall off of the now very healthy duck.

And that's how it eventually got to be called "duck tape".

I was suddenly just about THE most knowledgeable man she had EVER met and I'll skip the story of the tribute I received from her for my extra large brain that evening but it was well deserved just for keeping a straight face through that entire story... :laugh:

I don't think I ever did get her name...not that it mattered...

Yea she told me that story, it was early in the am about 2 IIRC and I am driving down some lonely country road when there is this gal walking down the road. I pull over, roll down the window and ask her if she needs a ride. She said yes and got in. Then she tells me this story of some guy she met in a bar who was trying to impress her with his knowledge of Duck Tape. Then he wants to take her for a ride and show off his new car. So I asked well why are you walking out here in the middle of the road this time of the morning. She sez, well I told him I would rather walk the 10 miles home than give him a dose of the clap. Well I laugh and then she says: I figured my story was as far fetched as his Duck tape tale...and you are a nice looking man and I would like to THANK YOU for the ride... :rotfl:

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11 years 10 months ago #16473 by Sharkey
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Did I mention I have Mod Buttons??? :laugh:

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