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Oh, that's how. Ungodly high shipping.

The lack of any objective standards means that an outright lunatic who is convinced that he can do no wrong is effectively unlimited.

Against a modern shaped charged warhead, even the small ones that quad copter drones carry, tire belts aren't going to provide any protection and may, in fact, worsen it by having something that can catch fire in contract with the “protected” item. So-called “cope” cages are at least 2 feet (ca. 61 centimeters), normally at least twice that, from the protected thing's skin, and against larger shaped charges they provide squat protection, they mainly work against the ~1 lb (0.45 kg) “warheads” that a quad copter can carry. The “shed” on “turtle tanks” is about 4 to 5 feet from the body of the tank. ATGMs have no problem taking them out, even if they do provide reasonable protection against FPD.

Wait. Which one is saving the old school/shop/park/etc from the greedy landowners/bankers/city people?

I would say that it is not a good one when you are seriously considering whether being above ground is better than not. Any pain where you are left wishing for unconsciousness just to escape from it is bad.

Fairly common, actually. Some “consultants” actually say you should do that, to trigger the FOMO effect. Based on their blurb and what they have said online, this is a work of their main design team.

Only if we are lucky

Oh, no, they can turn it on, and have. I've been told about 2 weeks on the inspection.

And they are gone. The closet is better laid out than when they started, you can get to the tank to work on it without needed to move the washer. Granted, if they have to change the tank again, they will need to move the washer, but that shouldn't happen.

I got a hold of the contractor. Their office manager is out of the office this week, and the man I talked to was more or less clueless about me. He said he would be in the office in 30 minutes or so and would get back to me. Joy unto me and mine.

Best option. But I suspect that Cinder Tedd is going to find Prince Elliot there, where PE is hiding from the herd of "I wanna ba a princesses" types that have been swarming him.

That seems to be a possibility. Then he'd be more like the modern Rich, not really a contributor, but not really taken seriously.

This is reminding me of Alan Sherman's "Here's to the Crabgrass".

They did mention, at one time, something about her lease. She may still be packing. A wizard, a seer, a young immortal, and two shape-shifters. The sitcom all but writes itself. It's a two-story house with at least 3 bedrooms (Edward's, Tedd's, Grace's) I hope it's at has at least a bath and half.

That can't be right. <wiki read> Damn. OK then.

Quite aware of both issues.

I am sure that won't matter much. I mean, who needs to be able to see what you and the enemy are doing? Anyway if it is that bad, I am sure they can find a PE-8 in storage somewhere to use as a substitute until they can build a new one. To be fair, the Russians don't really have much in the way of credibility left anyway. I am sure that is not causing any morale issues.

Seems like Putin just had a bad day. An Ukrainian surprise drone attack just smashed a lot of Russian strategic bombing planes, reducing their strategic bombing capacity by 25% or possibly as much as 33%. It seems they have also destroyed the Russian equivalent of an AWACS. An AWACS is cheap, fast and easy to replace, right?

Or just stare at you blankly as they try to process the madness you just said.

OK, Rick Rolling has reached its peak. We can stop doing it now.

Grace 2 - Electric Boogaloo

The Blue & The Grace

: Grace Harder.

“The Human went back to bed because his legs hurt because of the air being too heavy or something like that. He says there may be scary weather coming! I'll stay with him for a while” - Explorer the Cat.

Grace II

Wait until she learns about World War II.

By that notion, Starbucks, with their burnt coffee, must be Hell. Hmm, you're onto something.

A lot of medieval history makes more sense when you understand that many of the rulers were late teen, early 20 somethings that drank wine for breakfast.

And all the problems of this World were resolved by consuming vast quantities of Coffee.

The general theory is that they were, in fact, reset after the incident in France and when we started seeing them in Moperville. It's been generally assumed that it was a bad reset because of how they were acting, but I'm now saying, based on Hope, that it's possible that “young” immortals are just dumber than normal human teenagers.

"Tedd, did you invite Hope into our home?" "Yes, I did, dad. She is a young reincarnation, and needed our help. This seemed to be a good way to connect with her and keep her safe." "You need to talk to me about these things." "I know. It was late when we finished our games, and then we talked for a while afterward. You were already sleeping; I planned to tell you in the morning." "You think it's safe with her around?" "Very much. Several of us distrusted her at first, but she appears to be sincerely helpful. Oh, and she may be a vampire." "I have some stakes ready. Carry on."

Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025)