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[TMac3000]

I set up roving patrols of half Fighter Carriers, and half ASW Carriers...they usually get it done. But the Silos...oh dear god the silos...

Believe it or not, sending trios and quads of carrier-based bombers against silos is the best way to take them out. But that method is really slow, so it's best if you can spot one or two before they launch...

 

[n122vu]

He has already gone though several sets of regens in the past so it will not be a problem.

The buzz is that he only has 12 regens. This will be his 12th incarnation, thus 11th regen. He has at least one more after this. I say at least, because, as mentioned, they will surely work around it.

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In the space of ten minutes, it went from slightly cloudy, to pouring rain. I just love Tennessee. T_T

Sounds exactly like the weather here in the Ohio River Valley. Don't like the weather? Just wait a bit, it'll change.

 

[Scav]

Sounds exactly like the weather here in the Ohio River Valley. Don't like the weather? Just wait a bit, it'll change.

Hey, we say that about Minnesota weather, too!

 

[n122vu]

Hey, we say that about Minnesota weather, too!

'Murrica. Land of Change.

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

That would have to go hand in hand with allowing the ref to rewatch the scene in slow-motion on video, as it is in Ice Hockey. This would be a good idea in any case, but for some weird reason noone wants to allow it...

For dives, no. Video replay is only used for things like disputed goals & particularly odd plays. Calling a diving penalty is still dependent on how the ref sees it in hockey.

 

[Izack]

'Murrica. Land of Change.

Hey hey, don't count me out. We have our own sayings about flighty Maritime weather.

 

[Quick_Nick]

More than the sky, absolutely everything looks yellow right now. And so many power surges.
Disclaimer: I'm not in Oklahoma for the summer.

And as far as changing weather, it was very sunny and nearly 100F shortly before the storms.

 

[Athena]

Charlie, you hit my arm..

 

[jedidia]

I'm pissed right now. I lent my cymbals to someone, and he managed to loose a wingnut that serves to hold the cymbals down inside the case. Nothing tragic, just a wingnut.

So I get a new one. To my surprise, it doesn't fit. So I put my old sliding caliper back into action and measure the screw. Result: diameter 8 (well, 7.7 actually, but screws are expected to be a bit smaller than they should be), gapping... 1.33? that is the gapping of a 1/4 inch screw, which is supposed to have a diameter of 13. In other words, the screw used to make the case doesn't exist in any sensible norm. You can't get replacements, and you can't get nuts. And if you exchange the whole screw, you can no longer fix the lid.

Seriously, who on earth does something like that? I don't know by how much the production of the case was more expensive for making custom screws and nuts instead of just taking normed ones. this doesn't make any bloody sense at all.
But here I am, without a wingnut.

 

[Urwumpe]

Are you sure, it isn't a "normal" 8mm cymbal screw? It looks like every cymbal or drum manufacturer uses his own prefered standard there, many of them being older than the industry norms.

http://www.drumshop.co.uk/shop/accessories/spare-parts/wing-nuts-screws.html

 

[MattBaker]

Just wanted to say speaking about the sizes of wingnuts sounds really weird if you have no idea what a wingnut actually is.

 

[Evil_Onyx]

:facepalm: Justin Bieber to go on space trip, says Richard Branson :beathead: :suicide:

 

[Urwumpe]

:facepalm: Justin Bieber to go on space trip, says Richard Branson :beathead: :suicide:

We should make a kick starter for a kick stage to accelerate him to 11.2 km/s.

 

[jedidia]

Are you sure, it isn't a "normal" 8mm cymbal screw? It looks like every cymbal or drum manufacturer uses his own prefered standard there, many of them being older than the industry norms.

http://www.drumshop.co.uk/shop/accessories/spare-parts/wing-nuts-screws.html

Cymbal stands usually are normed M8. I tried a few, but none fit...

 

[mojoey]

Just wanted to say speaking about the sizes of wingnuts sounds really weird if you have no idea what a wingnut actually is.

Its like a regular nut, but with two pieces of metal extending from the nut itself to facilitate easier removal. Or it ate a brown leaf IDK.

 

[Loru]

@ jedidia.

Remember that there is more than one screw/bolt measuring system (mm, inch and others).
I'd suggest going to good hardware store with either cymbals or said screw and I'm sure you'll find one that fits.

 

[jedidia]

Remember that there is more than one screw/bolt measuring system (mm, inch and others).

There's metric and imperial norms, there's different types of metric, but really only one type of imperial. I checked them all. The screw has all the attributes of an M8 (including flank angle as far as I can tell), just that the gapping is 1.33 mm (as you'd expect from a 1/4 inch pipe thread) instead of 1.25 mm. I'm originally a toolmaker, and I still have my norming books, and this combination isn't mentioned anywhere, nor can I find it on the net. As I said, must be a custom cut, although I can't see a reason for that, unless they sold millions of those cases. Or are hoping to sell millions of lost wing nuts at exuberant prices, but since the store where I bought the case (over ten years ago, no less) is 800 miles away I can't check even that.

I'd suggest going to good hardware store

Define good hardware store. The kind of hardware store that has blind nuts and a bench to cut a custom thread, sure. Could do it myself if I had a bench (although at this size cutting an inside thread is a real pain, that's what thread drills are for. For normed threads, anyways...). Unfortunately, this is bosnia. Tough to find anything along those lines here.

 

[RisingFury]

We should make a kick starter for a kick stage to accelerate him to 11.2 km/s.

Let's make that 11.3 km/s. Just in case he farts or something...

Either that, or he can just take some shrooms and go go on a space trip. Be just as high...

 

[Artlav]

Hm, i had a similar problem with a camera mount screw - it have an unusual pitch, that is not sold anywhere around here.
Had to buy the cheapest camera tripod and tear it apart.

 

[Fabri91]

Happened to me once too: managed to loose the screw on a tripod, tried to buy replacements, and discovered that it wasn't quite exactly an M6 screw.