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I concur. The PRC may "mutter a lot" about the ROC, but I doubt that the People's Liberation Army is actually capable of a successful invasion, particularly in the face of US opposition... And after the Falklands, we ALL know what happens to a government who launches an unsuccessful invasion... At the end of the day, sea-denial in the formosa strait is well within the capabilities of the US & ROC so this isn't a seroius statement of intent of the part of The PRC. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Just in case we all get a little too serious in here. http://www.hasbro.com/operation/operationdemo.cfm Yep! It's OPERATION. The mad mad online version.

From another thread... ...Ya know, some people take Dungeons & Dragons far too seriously! http://www.lookatentertainment.com/v/v-309.htm Unfortunately this particular "Demon God of Conquest" turns out to be powerless against the power of the "Mighty Glock" - even in the hands of a mortal! Having said that, one questions the "legality" of the shot!? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Naaah - It's definitely a Russian Army Knife. The French Army Knife is more like a switchblade... Only when you press the button a White Flag pops out of one end while the other dispenses toilet paper with excuses printed on it! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Ya know, some people take Dungeons & Dragons far too seriously! http://www.lookatentertainment.com/v/v-309.htm Unfortunately this particular Satanic Lord turns out to be no match for The Great Glock - even in the hands of a mortal! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

here's a suitable source for "pi$$-take" pics on almost any subject. http://www.therealgang.de/php/myexp/hinse.php?dir=FUN/Bilder%20-%20FUN Now... Some of them may be NOT WORK SAFE!.... Some may be OFFENSIVE!.... And some may even have GUNS!!!!!!! (But then what do you expect from a German site!? Enjoy. Mike. PS: Samples below. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

What an excellent ad. IMHO one that should be shown in ALL "first & second" world nations. Particularly those which sell such "area defence products". I particularly liked the use of soccer as an internationally common game, rather than a characteristically American game such as baseball, and the scene could represent almost any western country. It's also very suitable for dubbing. Surely the issue isn't whether it should be shown in the US - It should be shown worldwide! On the other hand, military & paramilitary forces of the world absolutely love landmines because they're a phenomenally cheap & effective means of area defence. Indeed, if they aren't commercially available then they are invariably improvised in some way. As such, a standardised landmine, ideally without anti-handling devices is generally considered easier to deal with than improvised devices. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

There have been a few "automatic" pistols over the years. Most notably the Russian Stetchkin and the German Mauser 712 (or Modele 1921). The fundamental problem with both these pistols (apart from their size) was their rate of fire, which was commonly in excess of 800 rounds per minute due to the lightness of the reciprocating parts and their short travel. Further, these weapons operated from a closed bolt and were prone to "cooking off"! In effect, even with a 20 round magazine, one trigger pull of, say, a Mauser 712 on "R" would almost certainly empty the magazine (80% straight up), and if it didn't, then round #19 would probably cook off in the chamber! In more modern times, Heckler & Koch have attempted to address selective fire pistols with their VP-70, but it was unpopular. At the end of the day, full-auto & handguns really just doesn't mix. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Naaah... Stuff like that just pops into my head. That one took all of 10 minutes & a quarter glass of wine. Simple. Especially with something like the MJ Trial where the jokes almost write themselves! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Oh dear. I feel a song coming on! With sincerest apologies to Rudolph The Red--Nosed Reindeer... " MJ the Ring-Tailed Lemur, Had a very stripy And if you ever saw it, Your family got a new Buick. All of the other Jacksons, Used to laugh and call him strange, They never let poor MJ, Join in any adult games. Then one sunny cali day, Michael bought a fair, Down came children poor & sick, company for his Now the poor kiddy's D-A Smiles and laughs and shouts with glee MJ, The Ring-Tailed Bad-Boy, Is going down for Thirty-Three." Right. That's THAT out of my system. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Oh c'mon Becky-Boo, Y'All KNOW that hunting from a stand isn't risk-free... What about if they release armed psychotic Asians with a race persecution complex into the park an hour before the hunters arrive? Wouldn't that make it fairer? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Yeah... That's why I'm trying to confine myself to using it as a source of satire. Of course, IF what LadyBug says is true about MJ's "stripy anatomy" appearing in court, he'd better change his defence: "My client considers himself to be a child as well Ring-Tailed Lemur, and his excessive involvement with children is altruistic and innocent proof that he is in fact tame and cuddly. He is not a persistent danger to children because he believes he is also a child only eats shoots and leaves." Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

One word of caution. Sexual abuse is singularly easy "Mud to sling", with the advantage that it is extremely sticky! Now... Where were we with the "World Domination" & UberMensch plans? Or is it "Buckle-Up-Time" again? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

A valid point... But any intelligent discussion must include all points of view and certain hypotheses. And let's be honest, we are collectively a remarkably intelligent group with a wide variety of experiences outwith skydiving. This is perhaps unsurprising since it takes a certain degree of intelligence and some disposable income (& hence success in life) to participate in our sport. Therefore, we surely ARE qualified to discuss current affairs and given our superiority the discussion would naturally be intelligent. After all, haven't we as a group evolved from mere worries about survival to the point where we can willingly & wilfully place ourselves in situations of extreme danger and then extricate ourselves while remaining in full control and aware... For ours is no mere instinctive survival reaction, but a manifest sign of superiority which the world will one day come to recognise and accept as we Skydivers finally come together as One People, with One Regime, and One Leader.... Seeking only space to live as the superior beings we so manifestly are... Peacefully among ourselves... with Whuffos placed safely away form us... Where they cannot dilute our superior race... All we ask for is "Living-Room" to be ourselves... And live our life of adventure & superiority... Because of that we require Germany, Austria, The Sudetenland, some of poland, that part west of Danzig... For The Ukraine will be our breadbasket, Romania will be our petrol station and The Black Sea will be our Boogie place... I promise you Bread & Skydiving... We will find Whuffo's a place where they will be suitably employed and can live together where they cannot interfere with our development... Living their own life and working hard as they will... AND OUR SKYDIVING WILL LAST FOR A THOUSAND YEARS!!! Am I alone in hearing cheering and chants of "Hail Victory!" "Hail Skydiving!" ..? I know that I am NOT alone... For I know that all true Skydivers believe what I believe... And hear what I hear... And will one day say what I say... SKYDIVERS... AWAK.. Oh... Err... Hi Iona... Is it time for my pills already? Now you know I don't like that jacket... The sleeves are far too long.... And now you've fastened the buckles far too tight... I can't even move, let alone type............... MIKE IS SLEEPING NOW. IONA xxx. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

And Cuba... Actually I heard that he he was refused permission to travel to Cuba - along with suitably draconian threats against whoever was foolish enough to land him on cuban soil!!! You see... That's a benefit of having a one party dictatorship, and showing airlines a search team equipped with sledgehammers and machetes! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Yeah... We heard that the house search turned up a pic of an almost nude child on the front of a pack of Pampers Diapers!!! Also, The DA has obtained a 4 minute videotape in which Michael Jackson repeatedly admits: "I'm Bad!" Evidence AND admission... What more could you want? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Hmmm... I doubt that this case is going to be "Black & White"... But then again neither is Michael Jackson! Personally, I would have concerns about a complete stranger who liked my kids so much he bought me a car! I certainly wouldn't be allowing my kids to go away unsupervised with someone just because he's famous & "rich". Anyway, based on what I've seen so far, I'm grateful that I live in Scotland. We have a "Not Proven" verdict. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

For the further elucidation of those in the .223" Vs Nato 5.56mm argument: "Inspired by experimental work which showed the efficiency of small-calibre rifles, they went to the other extreme in adopting the M16 rifle and its tiny .223 (5.56x45) cartridge, developed from Remington commercial hunting rounds which had been designed for taking small game such as rabbits. This was actually only intended to be an interim purchase pending the perfecting of the SPIW flechette rifle (see below) but as this never happened, the 5.56x45 became the US Army's standard rifle cartridge by default. Much controversy arose about its effectiveness in stopping a determined enemy, but what was clear was that the long-range performance of the little bullet (designated M193) was poor. In the next competition for a new NATO rifle cartridge held in the late 1970s, the 5.56mm was duly adopted but in the new Belgian SS109 loading (M855 being the US version), which has a heavier bullet at a lower muzzle velocity and thereby achieves a better long-range performance." Link here: http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/Assault.htm Oh yeah... The conclusions: "Two conclusions about the present situation seem pretty clear. One is that there would be financial and logistical benefits in having only one military rifle/MG cartridge. The other is that it wouldn't hurt to have a rifle cartridge with more reliable hitting power than the 5.56mm. As it happens, both conclusions point in the same direction; towards a cartridge intermediate in power between the 5.56mm and 7.62mm NATO. Such an "ideal" cartridge would need to combine a long-range effectiveness comparable with the 7.62mm, with a recoil light enough to permit controlled, full-auto fire. Is it possible to achieve this? The evidence suggests strongly that it is. The British aimed to do this with the 7x43 cartridge half a century ago, and by all accounts succeeded admirably." EM2 Anyone?

Doh! Sorry about that. Regarding the "difference between .223" & 5.56mm NATO. Apparently it used to be the same thing - until Nato changed the standard slightly in the 1980's after some shoot-off between the original .223" Remington, The British 4.5mm (same cartridge necked down with longer, narrower, heavier bullet) & a "new" 5.56mm with a (slightly) shorter case & longer, heavier bullet for the same overall length. From there, I'd suggest that a weapon chambered for .223" will chamber & fire 5.56mm NATO, and even conceivably 4.5mm (or was it 4.85mm... BUT WITHOUT THE PRECISE FIT! Hence the throat erosion. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Ah Christel... You really ARE determined to single-handedly destroy the whole German reputation for precision... Aren't you!? At least you now have a suitable signature line... Roter-Ansatz Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

OK Christel! I've put on my Kevlar vest.... Although given that you're about 800Km away I think it's superfluous... Even with a Holland & Holland .500. Anyway, wasn't that just the cheap version of the .600 Nitro Express? Tscheuss, Mike Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Perhaps you're 51% redneck!? Don't worry, that only suggests a penchant for large calibre firearms. Speak to Kennedy about the Man's version of The M-16! If you look earlier in the thread we have established that Christel is 110% REDNECK The fact that she recently bought a Schimpanse-Panzer Leopard 1 to go squirrel hunting! only tends to confirm this. God save those poor little squirrels whose cute litle Kevlar vests won't stand up to Christel's 105mm main tank gun new sniper rifle! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

FUCKING IDIOTS!!!!![/B][/I]: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4299609.stm I sincerely hope that The Israeli & palestinian leaders can work through this. Perhaps withboth parties combining toward the removal of those elements of Islamic Jihad that were responsible. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

"OK, first, what in God's name is an assault pistol?" How about a Mauser 712? Heckler & Koch VP-70? Stechkin? In effect a handgun with some selective fire capability? Commonly with the ability to add a shoulder stock? In effect the bridge between self loading handguns and machine-pistols (sub-machine guns). Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Amen to that. Eugene Stoner was the designer of The AR-5 & AR-7 survival rifles. The rifle knocks down & stores in it's own buttstock! It also floats whether assembled or knocked down. He also designed the AR-10 & AR-15 rifles. The AR-10 would have been the sensible choice for the US Army but it got scared & went for the more traditional-looking M-14. The AR-15 was originally marketed for The RVN Army to be supplied under MAC(V) - Then 'said MAC(V) grunts saw it & the rest, as they say, is history! Stoner's crowning moment in military small arms was the "Stoner 63 System". A single receiver to which items could be added to make anything from a short carbine right up to a crew served heavy MG! I still don't understand why that system didn't sell all over the world? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.