Comments by ATACdawg (page 45)

Forget the skis!! I'm with you EndlesSummer!🥰💋

Good grief! I can't believe this place is still in business - it was a trash heap 20 years ago the last time I drove past it.

Ooh! That's evil. I like it!!!!

Just a pair of hatchets for me. Chop, chop!!🪓🪓

A few. Most also had other opportunities and COVID was just the tipping point, but in a few cases, it was the only factor.

Congrats, Daddilac! Beating 'bama was ALMOST enough to make me forgive them for what they did to my Wolverines....

Happy Birthday, shadowcat! I want to be you when I grow up! 🎉🎂😉

I would suggest a nice Pinot Grigio!

Only if both of you like garlic and onions, shrimp scampi or pasta with white clam sauce. If you're really adventurous, pasta with a combination of shrimp and clams, in a sauce of olive oil, onions, mushrooms, some chicken stock, some cherry tomatoes (halved) and some white wine.

I was saddened to hear of his passing. A fine actor and a very good man.😢

Infected patrons coughing on the buffet would provide an effective vector.🤧🤮🤢

"Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make famous." 😕

Тогда смотрите свою шестерку!

Good luck to the dawgs, if only because they're not 'Bama!

Also, let's not forget some of the economic benefits. Building a carrier is about a seven year process, which supports approximately 12,000 workers in the shipyard alone, not to mention the legions of steelworkers, pipe and electric cable manufacturers, steam turbine and nuclear reactor builders and all the rest. Plus, you have all of the workers who build the air wing, make all of the munitions. All of these, by law, have to be made in USA if the capability exists. The only thing I'm aware of that is procured foreign is the 4-3/4" anchor chain (US factories can't make chain larger than 3-1/2"). These workers also spend money. The classic Kenseyan multiplier ratio is 5:1! Also, there are significant technological innovations that eventually find their way into our economy.

"meanwhile the USA operates a fleet of 20 carriers and adding 4 more in coming years" Actually, we only have 10 actual carriers. The other flattops are LHD/LHA types which basically support helicopters and V-22 Ospreys and a large contingent of Marines and amphibious assault vehicles. With the advent of the F-35B, flown by Marines, they can also function as sea control ships, but with a vastly smaller air wing and no integral radar aircraft.