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Nice GF, thanks for sharing those Rocko!

As much as everyone would like to stick it to OPEC, their deep pockets can afford the best congressional lobbyists on the planet to influence (and hinder) meaningful energy reform. I actually work with a guy who's ecstatic about recent oil prices: two years ago he bought x number of shares of British Petroleum stock for about U$27.00 per. Now world demand and speculation has jacked it up to about $76.00 a share in less than 6 months. The amoral lesson here, if you can't beat 'em, invest in them. We told him to keep his joy in check lest he suffer some unforseen accident in the break room.

George Orwell summed it up best imo: 'We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.'

Great welcome home gig! The lewis looks great too.

You're having too much fun Rolf! Dremeling and trimming is fun work.

Very nice work. I did a similar technique painting the butt of my T-21.

I may have posted these earlier but thought I'd share some photos of my visit to the Man Cave in '06. You couldn't have asked for a better host than Tony and no visit to the islands is complete for a sandy or TK without meeting the man in person and getting the TE2 experience. Hope he's doing ok! Some of his first run then waiting for completion. The grand tour. Daetrin's bucket

Paul, how did you apply it? Drybrush? If not then I could see how the material would absorb it whereas drybrushing would highlight the areas you wanted with pigment without penetrating the material.

Rolf, you oughta clone yourself so each of you could wear one of your suits!

Hi and welcome.

I'd go with black. Even though you can't really tell what shade of black from the screencaps, its obviously not woodgrain. It all depends on whether you're going for accuracy or what your aesthetic preference is. I personally liked the woodgrain look better myself but in the end went for black and have been happy with it since. Hope that helps.

I'm very sorry to hear that dutchy and offer my deepest condolences. I've lost people very close to me in my family recently and can sympathize. Hang in there and hope to hear from you again soon.

No worries Seth! Do what you can when you can. My line of work and daily routine also don't allow me to troll and post as much as I'd like. If I weren't so busy....

Even better! -fellow hijacker

No worries Paul, I remember you couldn't resist last time either . Actually, to preface the deployment page would be great. My apologies for posting here but thought it would enhance our deployment page as evidenced by the poll results. Hubris never dies.

Ha ha, yes a familiar face! Seriously, however any pending decision would be appreciated by yours truly. Thanks.

Slight necropost here, but any life left in this idea?: http://www.mepd.net/forum/viewtopic.php ... sc&start=0

Only 5'9" at 160 lbs. It was either going TD or ballet. Guess which one I chose?

I hope your dad gets well soon. When my then 4-yr old son was hospitalized a couple years ago, those round the clock vigils put what's really important in life in better perspective. Hang in there!

Just curious and not to derail topic, but would the tornister meet deployment standards? I think it would be a cool alternative to the desert pack. Sorry if this has already been addressed elsewhere.

Excellente!

And as predicted, proving that banks do look out for themselves - today JP Morgan Chase is helping bail out Bears Stearns from its subprime debacle with a loan, again no surprises there. In banking we call that 'risk mitigation'. Here's another inconvenient truth for digestion: this country (the good ol' US) won't go under because its not in the interests of our economic competitors believe it or not, no matter who's in charge. A huge chunk of the national debt is being underwritten by creditor nations like China, Gulf-Arab states and Euroland. In short, many of these countries are the largest holders of US Treasury bonds and major speulator/owners of reserve boullion. Simply, the dollar is weak, interests set low by the fed translates into our gold becoming a bargain in commodities trading. In the long run therefore that means any saber-rattling against them is counter to our economic self-interest as well. Without taking any sides, I do believe a US strength is its ability to reinvent itself despite the economic hardships. The creativity I see here at MEPD and the exchange of ideas and yes, armor and swag with our overseas comrades demonstrates that strength as a success in microcosm.

Wish I was. Mentioned on the legion boards that I'll be in Tokyo for the next couple weeks and will try to hook up with Japan Garrison.

Nice to hear from a fellow financier I remember back in '73 waiting in line in my dad's Impala for about 3 hours just to fill it up. Don't ever want to go through that again. Yes, the oil crisis is nothing new and even the trend for hybrids is a reflection of the sudden popularity of smaller fuel-efficient Japanese cars back then too. Rest assured also that banks - primarily the major lenders and home mortgage institutes will be asking for a federal bailout as mentioned. But at the same time banks will rely on other forms of income such as performance bonds or standby letters of credit. The weakened dollar may be bad for your Paris vacation, but great for exporters. Some of my clients can't meet demand fast enough for overseas buyers of US goods and resources - its a win-win situation for both the buyer and seller. Cheaper goods in exchange for a comfortable margin once foreign earnings are converted back to dollars. Plus the foreign exchange market becomes pretty lucrative when the dollar's in freefall in overnight borrowing. That means banks will make money off the interest (and not the US prime but London Interbank Offered Rate) alone whenever they trade literally their client's dollars for foreign currency with other banks. You don't have to like the system but that is just one of the ways world finance works in a free market. They don't call econ the dismal science for nothing. Sorry for the dry rambling post folks.

You still will, trust me.