Athanatos
Favorite team: | Vanderbilt |
Location: | Baton Rouge |
Biography: | Parthenogeneically brought into the world fully grown and fully armed. |
Interests: | Football, debates, food |
Occupation: | Student |
Number of Posts: | 8134 |
Registered on: | 9/2/2010 |
Online Status: | Not Online |
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re: AirBNB dude won't bring a key to my wife and daughter... they're in Belgium at 11pm
Posted by Athanatos on 3/1/24 at 6:39 pm
Two women and six bags? Were they planning on coming back?...
re: Explain this thinking: NO plastic straws but serves food with plastic utinsils.
Posted by Athanatos on 3/1/24 at 12:06 pm
Plastics in the ocean are a problem worthy of addressing. Stop being a fat slob and eating takeout all the time and you won’t use so much plastic. ...
re: Boating question - What does it mean to 'let it eat'?
Posted by Athanatos on 2/29/24 at 11:34 am
Yeah, that’s definitely an expression. Heard it all my life. ...
re: American Airlines is raising bag fees again
Posted by Athanatos on 2/20/24 at 7:21 pm
Ppl pack too much shite....
re: Asbestos siding removal
Posted by Athanatos on 2/12/24 at 6:35 pm
After the next hurricane, rip that stuff with with day laborers and be done with it. ...
re: AP: Parisians vote to hit SUVs with eye-popping parking costs in latest green drive before
Posted by Athanatos on 2/6/24 at 8:26 am
Then you take the train to the periphery and pick up your car for the days you want to drive somewhere. Parking your car at a hotel probably costs €50-100 anyway. ...
re: Yellowstone/Grant Teton best places to stay
Posted by Athanatos on 1/21/24 at 5:03 pm
Rent and RV and stay in the parks.
[link=(https://www.blacksford.com/yellowstone-rv-rentals)]Blacksford RV[/link]...
re: Louisiana shrimper missing for 6 days survived severe weather, found alive
Posted by Athanatos on 1/10/24 at 3:59 pm
When I saw who was missing, I said to myself, there is no way that guy goes down like this. His prior resourcefulness is too well documented. ...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/26/23 at 2:13 pm
I’ve seen it. It works, and you don’t need a huge crane to try to lift the whole thing. ...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/26/23 at 8:52 am
[quote]It’s going to take them a long time to get that sunken ship out of the way so they can reuse that docking spot to load/offload materials[/quote]
I think they could use those same cranes with drop knives (thick steel plates pointed like a knife and dropped from a height) to cut that into p...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/21/23 at 8:05 am
[quote]But here's the cold reality: In 2010, when Yanukovych was elected, Ukrainian trade looked like this: Exports: Russian Federation $13,432M (26%), Turkey $3,027M (6%), Italy $2,412M (5%), Belarus $1,899M (4%), Poland $1,787M (3%). Imports: Russian Federation $22,198M (37%), China $4,700M (8%), ...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/20/23 at 10:39 am
People complain about the Lake City armory because their bullets are used by civilians, but it’s exactly this dual market that enables them to stay tooled up and ready to meet government demands. This should be the standard to follow as much as possible. Obviously it wont work for 155mm shells, but ...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/19/23 at 4:38 am
Isn’t the purpose of the defense production act to spur production? It’s almost inconceivable to me that the US (and Europe) can’t send more shells than Ukraine can shoot after two years of war.
As the Arsenal of Democracy, our production ability is shameful. How technically difficult is it to m...
re: Nippon Steel acquires US Steel
Posted by Athanatos on 12/18/23 at 9:21 am
Hopefully they make some additional investments in US steel production. The US is overpaying on steel since the trump tarriffs. ...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/7/23 at 12:07 pm
[quote]western backed coup d'etat?[/quote]
This meaningless statement leaves the wildest imaginations free to assume that the CIA personally ran Yanukovych out of town on a rail. Be precise, what are you alleging that the US did? Made phone calls of support or directly intervened in the legislati...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/3/23 at 7:22 am
The Zumwalt debacle put the US behind. The whole program was a step in the wrong direction, and its failure should be a signal that we need to focus on reliable technology that can be built to scale on a reasonable timeline. ...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 12/2/23 at 7:40 pm
Our shipyards are awfully insufficient for our needs. They cost 2.5x more than building in Asia. We pay more for steel and more for workers. Outbuilding China on a tonnage basis is not going to work.
If we are going to be competitive with China, we are going to need more, smaller ships, particul...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 11/30/23 at 8:39 am
Absent some meaningful security guarantees from the West, Ukraine will be an economic dead zone. They can’t stop fighting unless peace involves some affiliation with NATO, even if it’s just a firm roadmap. ...
re: New Realtor talking point: "Marry the house, date the rate"
Posted by Athanatos on 11/13/23 at 11:01 am
Nothing about either of those two images says it’s universally a bad time to buy. People need houses, and if you can afford the note and the price is fair, buy what you want. I certainly would not stretch with the expectation that rates will change soon. I also wouldn’t wait on the sidelines waiting...
re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted by Athanatos on 11/13/23 at 9:08 am
Apparently the Russians are regrouping away from the Dnieper. ...
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