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SethB6025

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  1. Looks like part of a spouting system, like an adapter that goes from a 3" rainspout to a 4". "Marley" is likely a UK brand. For a hardware solution to the exhaust piece there are probably better things to use.

  2. The real ones were supposedly painted, but no indications what colors were paint and which ones weren't. I don't know that I buy it, looking closely there are no indications that they were painted. Thirty year old recollections can be foggy also. The orange ones have an odd mark on them where a logo may have been painted over but that is the only aberration I noticed while researching them. Plus the backing colors varied on the pauldrons, and were consistent with the corresponding top color. So, at least two off-the-shelf models were used, its probable that only one was painted, if any at all.

  3. You said it, its all a paper shuffle. Either tax and spend, or keep taxes down and don't spend as much. I guess its just the priorities of the people at the top being warped. Like I said before they are disconnected from the reality of what it is to be an average citizen of this country.

  4. When I say public services, I primarily mean education and things like fire departments, police departments, and hospitals. I agree that most of the welfare type of programs could stand to get the boot. Its just sad to me to think of the money we pour into an offensive military (nothing wrong with maintaining a defensive force but lets be honest, that isn't what we do) and I see more useful things underfunded.

    To Mikes point, I also like knowing my money goes into the hands of a fellow hobbyist instead of a faceless company.

  5. Our "defense" budget could stand a reduction. We cut back on funding for public services but continually increase spending on weaponry & war. At some point we need to shift our focus. Obviously we as a country have obligations that need fulfilled but as with our other problems it will require a revolutionary change in thinking to realize that bombs don't build our future.

    There is a nice breakdown of the military budget on Wikipedia.

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