Good job. Have to have a good high pressure washer. Put it up on Social Media, and get paying business.
It seem there are rumors floating around that some in leadership positions in Iran are trying to depose the Ayatollah.
Just saw a video of Israel taking out the front gates to Evin Prison.
That job was a lot of work. Those guys are great. Other vis show landscape guy doing free cleanups. Also, rich guys, usually some young person who made a lot of high tech, or youtube money, handing out thousands of dollars to average people who responded to plea for spare change, or minor assistance.
Some good news. A Vermin who wanted to shoot up a church was shot dead by the church security after a church goer hit him with his vehicle after noticing he was armed and shooting into the church. Many churches have armed security staff, many times volunteer parishioners, to prevent these attacks. Other gathering places, especially for Jews, should arm themselves.
Police were first called to CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, a western suburb of Detroit, at 11:06 a.m., to reports of a white man wearing camouflage gear and a tactical vest. One witness said he was driving a silver SUV “erratically” in the parking lot.
Minutes later, further 911 calls said the suspect fired a weapon, before a parishioner driving a pickup truck hit the suspect with his vehicle.
CrossPointe Community Church Senior Pastor Bobby Kelly Jr said the churchgoer noticed the shooting was in progress and drove towards the shooter, striking him.
“He was run over by one of our members who saw this happening when he was coming into church,” Kelly told the Detroit News, adding that this allowed the security team to return fire.
“The church security team was alerted by the gunfire and reacted quickly to engage the suspect outside the main entrance doors of the church,” the Wayne Police Department said in a statement.
The front doors were locked, and a member of the security team shot and killed the suspect. One member of the security team was shot twice in the leg in what authorities said was a “non-life-threatening” injury. Police said he was in a stable condition in a local hospital, having undergone successful surgery Sunday night.
Bullets were fired into the church, Kelly said, but no one else was injured during the shooting.
Officers gave life-saving treatment to the suspect, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by Wayne Fire Rescue.
Thanks Bob. I love a story with a happy ending.
This reminds me of watching “my mechanics” on YouTube. He’s from Switzerland or Belgium and he finds old, beat up antiques like a railroad lantern or an ancient coffee grinder and restores them so they look like new.
Anyway, he inevitably has a metal piece that needs sandblasting and this guy has a sandblaster in his workshop. Gloves go on, he reaches into the glassed-in case, and decades come off the metal piece in seconds.
When neo is 97, her great-grandchildren will rent a power washer and do her’s for free.
For those who, like me, were wondering how the B-2 crews could fly a 36-hour mission, I did some research.
When I was young and hardy and flying the A-1 Skyraider we had to fly 9-hour missions. They were exhausting, and we could barely walk after sitting in the cockpit for nine hours. We had a box lunch, a water bottle, and a pee tube.
Later on, when I was flying C-118s (the DC-6B), we flew many 12-to-14-hour legs. But we had an augmented crew with bunks, a head, box lunches, and water to drink. We could stay rested, hydrated, fed, and use the toilet. Pretty comfy.
So, I asked myself, what kind of facilities do the B-2 pilots have for a 36-hour mission? Turns out it’s spartan, but adequate.
“The B-2 stealth bombers used to attack the Fordow nuclear enrichment plant are equipped with toilets, microwaves and usually a cooler for snacks to make life more comfortable for the pilots who were stuck in the cockpit for the 37-hour trip from Missouri to Iran and back.”
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“There’s also enough room for one pilot to lay down and rest while the other flies the batwing jet.”
So, there it is. A toilet, snacks, and a bed. The aircraft has enough advanced tech that most of the flying is done by the flight management system. One pilot can monitor that while the other sleeps. The times when both pilots need to be on duty are takeoff, refueling, bomb runs, and landing. The rest is fairly routine.
Also, what happens if their satellite nav system malfunctions? Not to worry. They have a built-in backup celestials navigation system. Pretty impressive.
It’s a wonderful machine, but they cost $2 billion per aircraft. So, it should be wonderful.
My model from Israel has arrived. It was addressed to my name at my town. Nothing else. My local PO figured out it was me.
There was a small coyote in my yard last night.
Baseball fans already know what Cal Raleigh has accomplished.
”It’s a wonderful machine, but they cost $2 billion per aircraft.”
That includes the pro-rated development cost of $21 billion (in 1990 dollars) spread over only 21 airplanes. The flyaway cost of a new B-2 in 1990 was about $280 million, or about the flyaway cost of two 747s.
mkent, thanks for that financial breakdown of the B-2s. It’s still a lot of money.
IMO, we are spending too much on manned aircraft. They get so expensive we can’t afford to have one shot down. The Navy used F-4s as an attack aircraft in Vietnam until they lost one. Then the brass figured out they were too expensive to risk in attack missions.
It looks like drones are the future. Cheap, unmanned, and so far, quite successful. Until someone comes up with a cheap, highly effective anti-drone weapon. 🙂
The B2 saves some costs because its stealth technology means it needs less in the way of fighter escorts and its bomb capacity means fewer overall planes needed.
According to Vietnam air loss summaries, the US Navy lost 128 F-4s with 65 crew killed and 42 POWs. 60 of them lost over North Vietnam.
The US Air Force lost 445 with 321 killed and 135 POWs. 193 lost over the north.
The US Marines lost 98 with 55 killed and 4. Only 5 lost up north.
45 Phantoms fell to SAMs and 51 to MIGs.
Top VN air losses by type
USAF 445 Phantoms, 397 Thunderchiefs, 242 Super Sabres
USN 271 Skyhawks, 128 Phantoms, 117 Crusaders
USMC 98 Phantoms, 81 Skyhawks, 25 Intruders
Those time-lapse clean-up videos really are hypnotic and satisfying. A nice ad for businesses, win-win.
Support your local businesses so they CAN do free work when needed.
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Good job. Have to have a good high pressure washer. Put it up on Social Media, and get paying business.
It seem there are rumors floating around that some in leadership positions in Iran are trying to depose the Ayatollah.
Just saw a video of Israel taking out the front gates to Evin Prison.
That job was a lot of work. Those guys are great. Other vis show landscape guy doing free cleanups. Also, rich guys, usually some young person who made a lot of high tech, or youtube money, handing out thousands of dollars to average people who responded to plea for spare change, or minor assistance.
Some good news. A Vermin who wanted to shoot up a church was shot dead by the church security after a church goer hit him with his vehicle after noticing he was armed and shooting into the church. Many churches have armed security staff, many times volunteer parishioners, to prevent these attacks. Other gathering places, especially for Jews, should arm themselves.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-identify-michigan-church-shooting-suspect-local-man-attended-mo-rcna214440
Police were first called to CrossPointe Community Church in Wayne, a western suburb of Detroit, at 11:06 a.m., to reports of a white man wearing camouflage gear and a tactical vest. One witness said he was driving a silver SUV “erratically” in the parking lot.
Minutes later, further 911 calls said the suspect fired a weapon, before a parishioner driving a pickup truck hit the suspect with his vehicle.
CrossPointe Community Church Senior Pastor Bobby Kelly Jr said the churchgoer noticed the shooting was in progress and drove towards the shooter, striking him.
“He was run over by one of our members who saw this happening when he was coming into church,” Kelly told the Detroit News, adding that this allowed the security team to return fire.
“The church security team was alerted by the gunfire and reacted quickly to engage the suspect outside the main entrance doors of the church,” the Wayne Police Department said in a statement.
The front doors were locked, and a member of the security team shot and killed the suspect. One member of the security team was shot twice in the leg in what authorities said was a “non-life-threatening” injury. Police said he was in a stable condition in a local hospital, having undergone successful surgery Sunday night.
Bullets were fired into the church, Kelly said, but no one else was injured during the shooting.
Officers gave life-saving treatment to the suspect, but he was pronounced dead at the scene by Wayne Fire Rescue.
Thanks Bob. I love a story with a happy ending.
This reminds me of watching “my mechanics” on YouTube. He’s from Switzerland or Belgium and he finds old, beat up antiques like a railroad lantern or an ancient coffee grinder and restores them so they look like new.
Anyway, he inevitably has a metal piece that needs sandblasting and this guy has a sandblaster in his workshop. Gloves go on, he reaches into the glassed-in case, and decades come off the metal piece in seconds.
When neo is 97, her great-grandchildren will rent a power washer and do her’s for free.
For those who, like me, were wondering how the B-2 crews could fly a 36-hour mission, I did some research.
When I was young and hardy and flying the A-1 Skyraider we had to fly 9-hour missions. They were exhausting, and we could barely walk after sitting in the cockpit for nine hours. We had a box lunch, a water bottle, and a pee tube.
Later on, when I was flying C-118s (the DC-6B), we flew many 12-to-14-hour legs. But we had an augmented crew with bunks, a head, box lunches, and water to drink. We could stay rested, hydrated, fed, and use the toilet. Pretty comfy.
So, I asked myself, what kind of facilities do the B-2 pilots have for a 36-hour mission? Turns out it’s spartan, but adequate.
“The B-2 stealth bombers used to attack the Fordow nuclear enrichment plant are equipped with toilets, microwaves and usually a cooler for snacks to make life more comfortable for the pilots who were stuck in the cockpit for the 37-hour trip from Missouri to Iran and back.”
**********************
“There’s also enough room for one pilot to lay down and rest while the other flies the batwing jet.”
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/06/22/inside-the-b-2-stealth-bomber-surprising-amenities-available-for-crew-during-grueling-37-hour-flight-n2190771
So, there it is. A toilet, snacks, and a bed. The aircraft has enough advanced tech that most of the flying is done by the flight management system. One pilot can monitor that while the other sleeps. The times when both pilots need to be on duty are takeoff, refueling, bomb runs, and landing. The rest is fairly routine.
Also, what happens if their satellite nav system malfunctions? Not to worry. They have a built-in backup celestials navigation system. Pretty impressive.
It’s a wonderful machine, but they cost $2 billion per aircraft. So, it should be wonderful.
Has Mr. Song-in-Your-Head-Boy been lobbing Doris Day at you?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_vwik0Ftek&t=12s
My model from Israel has arrived. It was addressed to my name at my town. Nothing else. My local PO figured out it was me.
There was a small coyote in my yard last night.
Baseball fans already know what Cal Raleigh has accomplished.
”It’s a wonderful machine, but they cost $2 billion per aircraft.”
That includes the pro-rated development cost of $21 billion (in 1990 dollars) spread over only 21 airplanes. The flyaway cost of a new B-2 in 1990 was about $280 million, or about the flyaway cost of two 747s.
mkent, thanks for that financial breakdown of the B-2s. It’s still a lot of money.
IMO, we are spending too much on manned aircraft. They get so expensive we can’t afford to have one shot down. The Navy used F-4s as an attack aircraft in Vietnam until they lost one. Then the brass figured out they were too expensive to risk in attack missions.
It looks like drones are the future. Cheap, unmanned, and so far, quite successful. Until someone comes up with a cheap, highly effective anti-drone weapon. 🙂
The B2 saves some costs because its stealth technology means it needs less in the way of fighter escorts and its bomb capacity means fewer overall planes needed.
According to Vietnam air loss summaries, the US Navy lost 128 F-4s with 65 crew killed and 42 POWs. 60 of them lost over North Vietnam.
The US Air Force lost 445 with 321 killed and 135 POWs. 193 lost over the north.
The US Marines lost 98 with 55 killed and 4. Only 5 lost up north.
45 Phantoms fell to SAMs and 51 to MIGs.
Top VN air losses by type
USAF 445 Phantoms, 397 Thunderchiefs, 242 Super Sabres
USN 271 Skyhawks, 128 Phantoms, 117 Crusaders
USMC 98 Phantoms, 81 Skyhawks, 25 Intruders
Those time-lapse clean-up videos really are hypnotic and satisfying. A nice ad for businesses, win-win.
Support your local businesses so they CAN do free work when needed.