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infrared35: Jan 12, 2005

Illegal Clown posted:

And yet no mention of its use as the sidearm for Colonel Sandurz in Spaceballs. I'm disappointed, at least that's what I thought he used.

Yeah, they need a name-check there. If you go to the Spaceballs page, it says, "A Claridge Hi-Tech pistol was seen in the pistol holster of Col. Sandurz onboard Spaceball One."

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# ? May 23, 2013 09:23

Rodrigo Diaz: Apr 16, 2007; Knights who are at the wars eat their bread in sorrow;
their ease is weariness and sweat;
they have one good day after many bad

infrared35 posted:

You drat kids don't appreciate 1980s tacticlol anymore. It's gotta be all rails and lasers and VFGs.

I suppose you're going to tell me you've never heard of the Feather Arms AT-9 or the AT-22.

Was the whole idea of 80s tacticlol to look as much like a lovely variant of the Beretta PM12 as possible?

# ? Mar 14, 2010 21:48

El Jorge: Feb 26, 2006; A spiritus dominatus,
Domine, libra nos,
From the lighting and the tempest,
Our Emperor, deliver us.

A morte perpetua,
Domine, libra nos.

Inspector_71 posted:

There are people in their 2nd year of College right now who were born in the 90s.

I can remember the tail-end of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Like the October, 1990 fall. I was either too young or not alive for the rest of it.

On the other hand, I felt old when someone mentioned that they couldn't remember Diablo II coming out and the SNES was, in their opinion, a "retro" console. My friend's younger brother didn't believe me that there was an AWB at all. Music from my childhood is being played on Oldies station

# ? Mar 14, 2010 23:20

BaronW: Apr 16, 2007; Why yes, I HAVE seen uhaul.jpg

Illegal Clown posted:

I wish I saved the comic I saw not too long ago, where the kid says something like, "Want to know what's scary? I was born after the attacks of 9/11 and am old enough to have this conversation with you."

Wish granted.
http://xkcd.com/647/

# ? Mar 15, 2010 01:15

Black Stormy: Apr 1, 2003

BaronW posted:

Wish granted.
http://xkcd.com/647/

This is the best xkcd.
http://xkcd.com/137/

# ? Mar 15, 2010 01:28

Chantilly Say: Apr 18, 2008; A man's got to know his limitations.

Also, death to My Little Pony.

Captain Log posted:

I bet some of those young bastards are Twittering this right now!

(We have posters born in the 90's? Yeah I feel old now.)

'91

# ? Mar 15, 2010 01:37

Otto Skorzeny: Nov 7, 2008; He's a PSoC, loose and runnin'
came the whisper from each lip
And he's here to do some business with
the bad ADC on his chip
bad ADC on his chiiiiip

Black Stormy posted:

This is the best xkcd.
http://xkcd.com/137/

No, this is (

)

# ? Mar 15, 2010 01:43

Illegal Clown: Feb 18, 2004

BaronW posted:

Wish granted.
http://xkcd.com/647/

Thanks. I may have saved that one before but then I now have two copies.

Chantilly Say posted:

'91

When you were born, I was being yelled at by my mom to stop watching Desert Storm coverage on CNN all day. And if you were born later in the year, I was feeling sad that the war was over and we weren't blowing stuff up anymore.

A year later and I was up late with my dad, watching the Marines landing in Somalia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCYZOkaAUVk

# ? Mar 15, 2010 02:09

infrared35: Jan 12, 2005

Chantilly Say posted:

'91

When you were born, I was well out of high school and my former classmates all joked that they thought I was probably fighting in Desert Storm. Little did they know I was Fighting The War At Home.

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Uncle Caveman: Jun 16, 2006

The Cola Wars claimed many young men of our generation

# ? Mar 15, 2010 02:15

infrared35: Jan 12, 2005

The blindfold taste tests never broke me.

I was the best of the best of the best.

# ? Mar 15, 2010 02:34

Roadtard: May 24, 2008; The Sonnensault

New Coke... the 30 year failure. I still have nightmares.

# ? Mar 15, 2010 04:01

Micromancer: Apr 17, 2002; He went out to the store
and when he got back
Roll-marks said .22 Short, jack.
If anything I could say that
this gun was rare
Its covered it sweat,
toilet water, and hair

In 1991, I was part of a live Rocky cast where I specialized in Dr. Scott however also did a strip Chucky Gray one night and played Columbia on switch night. I was 21, and neck deep in Florida crazy women. The year after you were born, my ex-wife had her son. He turns 18 in October. I am currently twice your age.

So relax. You have your whole life ahead of you.

# ? Mar 15, 2010 04:03

El Jorge: Feb 26, 2006; A spiritus dominatus,
Domine, libra nos,
From the lighting and the tempest,
Our Emperor, deliver us.

A morte perpetua,
Domine, libra nos.

In 1991, I learned to walk.

# ? Mar 15, 2010 04:20

Selene: Dec 31, 2004; BLAH BLAH BLAH

ChlorineTrifluoride posted:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vi...?Item=160239183

I have come to expect some poor spelling and grammar from the fine folks to post auction at gunbroker. Sometimes though, I read something that goes a little beyond just poor spelling.

drat me, but I want a Finnwolf.

Anyone in the market for a butchered Webley-Fosbery?

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vi...?Item=159947673

Click here for the full 640x480 image.

SOLD 4700 wow

# ? Mar 15, 2010 04:39

Thepossiblelight: Jul 2, 2007; shut up.

my gut tells me a steampunk shithead bought that

# ? Mar 15, 2010 05:06

Blackmage Yapo: Mar 27, 2008; Odin You Sad I Have
All The SPP

Inspector_71 posted:

There are people in their 2nd year of College right now who were born in the 90s.

I was alive for 4 days of the 80s and am now in my 3rd year of college, does that count?

College suck though, no money for guns

# ? Mar 15, 2010 06:42

Tim Pawlenty: Jun 3, 2006

Blackmage Yapo posted:

I was alive for 4 days of the 80s and am now in my 3rd year of college, does that count?

College suck though, no money for guns

You aren't pimping the system or working hard enough

# ? Mar 15, 2010 06:57

Crowley: Mar 13, 2003

El Jorge posted:

I can remember the tail-end of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Like the October, 1990 fall.

The wall fell on 11/9 1989. My dad and I were ready to hop into the car and drive to Berlin. Mom didn't want us to go in case it got messy.

We should have gone.

# ? Mar 15, 2010 07:47

spankmeister: Jun 15, 2008; TFR 2011: All Brony, all the time.

ChlorineTrifluoride posted:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vi...?Item=160239183

I have come to expect some poor spelling and grammar from the fine folks to post auction at gunbroker. Sometimes though, I read something that goes a little beyond just poor spelling.

drat me, but I want a Finnwolf.

Anyone in the market for a butchered Webley-Fosbery?

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vi...?Item=159947673

Click here for the full 640x480 image.

I physically feel anger and disgust when I look at that, an unpleasant tingling of rage.

Dammit TFR you made me a milsurp fag even without owning any milsurp.

Hearing that it sold for 4700 only makes me angrier.

# ? Mar 15, 2010 12:42

Ygolonac: Nov 26, 2007; FURRED STREET,
BITCHES!

drat, y'all some young fellers.

I was born about a month before the Tet Offensive.

# ? Mar 15, 2010 16:32

Bogon: Nov 7, 2006

Captain Log posted:

I know this is far from the worst offender here but what the gently caress is a Linda Carbine?

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vi...?Item=160499015

They are garbage I had Terry Carbine

( not mine) The feeding ramp was made of plastic. One day at the range the ramp broke off and the and caused the bolt to not close in to place the hammer fell and KB! ended up with a piece of brass in my hand and the bolt cracked. I would by a Hi-Point before I buy another one of those again.

# ? Mar 15, 2010 16:54

spankmeister: Jun 15, 2008; TFR 2011: All Brony, all the time.

Bogon posted:

They are garbage I had Terry Carbine ( not mine) The feeding ramp was made of plastic. One day at the range the ramp broke off and the and caused the bolt to not close in to place the hammer fell and KB! ended up with a piece of brass in my hand and the bolt cracked. I would by a Hi-Point before I buy another one of those again.

Why the hell would you buy anything that looks that retarded?

# ? Mar 15, 2010 17:33

Sixgun Strumpet: Feb 16, 2009; I suspect I am still
terribly pleased.

spankmeister posted:

Why the hell would you buy anything that looks that retarded?

I ask myself every time I go to the gunshows here. There is a dealer who always has a special "Linda" display, complete with a poster of a very very late 80's looking woman holding one. Sort of Oleg Volk circa 1989.

It's like the guy got suckered into being a dealer for them 20 years ago and has been doing his damnedest to offload them ever since. I haven't really wanted to ask him why the hell he sells them.

# ? Mar 15, 2010 18:15

eine dose socken: Mar 9, 2008

spankmeister posted:

Why the hell would you buy anything that looks that retarded?

I think it looks cool in its own retarded way- like a space gun out of a science fiction b-movie from the the 1970ies. I can totally picture Buck Rogers or some other spandex-clad shoulder-padded space-hero busting some swamp aliens with this thing.

# ? Mar 15, 2010 18:22

Illegal Clown: Feb 18, 2004

eine dose socken posted:

I think it looks cool in its own retarded way- like a space gun out of a science fiction b-movie from the the 1970ies. I can totally picture Buck Rogers or some other spandex-clad shoulder-padded space-hero busting some swamp aliens with this thing.

This is the correct answer and I'm glad we can both appreciate crappy post-Star Wars B-movie science fiction aesthetics.

# ? Mar 15, 2010 18:47

Eat This Glob: Jan 14, 2008; "Oh, there ain't gonna be any excuses after this fight. I ain't gonna need not one, you're gonna need a bunch of 'em."--Rampage Jackson, July 19
]

infrared35 posted:

When you were born, I was well out of high school and my former classmates all joked that they thought I was probably fighting in Desert Storm. Little did they know I was Fighting The War At Home.

I thank you for your service. You might have lost the skirmish back in the early nineties with Rappaport, but you won the war when it got canceled.

22 April 2007. The day infrared won the war! Never forget!

# ? Mar 15, 2010 19:41

El Jorge: Feb 26, 2006; A spiritus dominatus,
Domine, libra nos,
From the lighting and the tempest,
Our Emperor, deliver us.

A morte perpetua,
Domine, libra nos.

Crowley posted:

The wall fell on 11/9 1989. My dad and I were ready to hop into the car and drive to Berlin. Mom didn't want us to go in case it got messy.

We should have gone.

11/9/89 is the historically marked "Fall" but the actual Wall wasn't completely dismantled until the following year.

# ? Mar 15, 2010 22:39

larrystorch: Aug 25, 2009

Ygolonac posted:

drat, y'all some young fellers.

I was born about a month before the Tet Offensive.

I was going to tell anyone who doesn't remember Nixon resigning to GTFO, but I'll get off grandpa's lawn instead.

# ? Mar 16, 2010 00:30

walrusman: Aug 4, 2006; Ride the rainbow

I was breastfeeding when the Challenger exploded*. I'm young enough to be some of you guys' son, and old enough to think that people born in the 1990s will be old enough to buy handguns soon holy christ.

*so like, I was 6 or 7 I think...

# ? Mar 16, 2010 03:10

QuarkMartial: Sep 25, 2004; I've seen the future, and it has hooves.

walrusman posted:

people born in the 1990s will be old enough to buy handguns soon holy christ.

My thought process when reading this, "Oh 1990...so they've still got another fe..another yearsonofabitch"

# ? Mar 16, 2010 03:27

Captain Log: Oct 2, 2006; Dear Kickin' When Down, I know whatta a problem is...it's PRIDE! PRIDE RULES! MOVE AWAY TO UFC!

Who is the oldest TFR goon? I know I'm not the oldest by far but for the sake of transparency I'll go ahead and say that I turn 26 in June.

# ? Mar 16, 2010 03:31

charliebravo77: Jun 11, 2003

QuarkMartial posted:

My thought process when reading this, "Oh 1990...so they've still got another fe..another yearsonofabitch"

Yeah, my brother was born in 1990 and it's terrifying

I turn 24 on Thursday and I already feel old

# ? Mar 16, 2010 03:33

Forum Hussy: Feb 8, 2005

walrusman posted:

I was breastfeeding when the Challenger exploded*. I'm young enough to be some of you guys' son, and old enough to think that people born in the 1990s will be old enough to buy handguns soon holy christ.

*so like, I was 6 or 7 I think...

I was 11 days old at that point, and I think the 28th was my actual due date.

My fifth birthday party was held in one room of our house, and my dad/grandfather/probably some others watched the initial air strikes of Desert Storm in another room.

# ? Mar 16, 2010 03:39

Detective Thompson: Nov 9, 2007; Oh well looky what what we got ourselves over here.

Captain Log posted:

Who is the oldest TFR goon? I know I'm not the oldest by far but for the sake of transparency I'll go ahead and say that I turn 26 in June.

The oldest I can think of off the top of my head is NosmoKing, though there may be someone older. As for myself, I'm heading toward 27 in another half a year. So close to 30.

# ? Mar 16, 2010 04:04

QuarkMartial: Sep 25, 2004; I've seen the future, and it has hooves.

charliebravo77 posted:

Yeah, my brother was born in 1990 and it's terrifying I turn 24 on Thursday and I already feel old

You old fucker. I turn 24 in July :/

Captain Log posted:

Who is the oldest TFR goon? I know I'm not the oldest by far but for the sake of transparency I'll go ahead and say that I turn 26 in June.

I don't know about TFR, but I know that, at one point, there was a 92 year old goon on the forums.

# ? Mar 16, 2010 04:05

Uncle Caveman: Jun 16, 2006

Captain Log posted:

Who is the oldest TFR goon?

Toss-up between NoSmoKing who IIRC is 40ish, and infrared35 who I believe is a N�men�rian.

I'm just a new entry into the

club at 30.

# ? Mar 16, 2010 04:08

Craptacular: Jul 11, 2004; I have the 50th and Final Pony Av!

walrusman posted:

I was breastfeeding when the Challenger exploded*. I'm young enough to be some of you guys' son, and old enough to think that people born in the 1990s will be old enough to buy handguns soon holy christ.

People born in the 90's have been able to buy handguns for two years.

# ? Mar 16, 2010 04:15

walrusman: Aug 4, 2006; Ride the rainbow

you know what I meant

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Alaan: May 24, 2005; There's no need for words

Uncle Caveman posted:

Toss-up between NoSmoKing who IIRC is 40ish, and infrared35 who I believe is a N�men�rian.

I applaud your reference. book neeeeerd.

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