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Man shells out £14k on army tank for supermarket run
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| 9th October 2006
Posted on 10/10/2006 10:25:29 PM PDT by george76
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To: george76
Yeah, you start yelling and all of the sudden the gun swings around...
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posted on
10/10/2006 10:44:24 PM PDT
by
scott7278
(The War on Terror includes defending the homefront from the MSM.)
To: george76
I'd put a white "BANG" flag in the barrel, just for fun.
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posted on
10/10/2006 10:45:12 PM PDT
by
scott7278
(The War on Terror includes defending the homefront from the MSM.)
To: knews_hound
I'll wager the guy who issues the annual inspection stickers doesn't give him much flak, either...
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posted on
10/10/2006 10:46:40 PM PDT
by
decal
(Building a wall on the border is like treating lung cancer with cough syrup.)
To: george76
I'd drive it through the mooselimb neighborhoods and blast heavy metal music while tossing out bags of pork rinds to the children. Yes, I am a jerk.
To: george76
Tell them you'll give them a running start at a light, then point the barrel in their direction!
That would be too much fun to own.
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posted on
10/10/2006 10:47:32 PM PDT
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: Captainpaintball
"I'd drive it through the mooselimb neighborhoods and blast heavy metal music.."
Or country music while shooting paintballs a la Oddball in "Kelly's Heroes."
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posted on
10/10/2006 10:49:22 PM PDT
by
decal
(Building a wall on the border is like treating lung cancer with cough syrup.)
To: proud_yank
Give them a hundred yard head start...
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posted on
10/10/2006 10:50:40 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Captainpaintball
ROFLOL!
Personally, I'd opt for Charlie Daniels :-)
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posted on
10/10/2006 10:51:22 PM PDT
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: george76
LOL The possibilities are ENDLESS!
I think for shites-n-giggles, I'd have to put a 'Save the Earth' or 'Go Vegan' sticker on it.
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posted on
10/10/2006 10:53:20 PM PDT
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: proud_yank
I think for shites-n-giggles, I'd have to put a 'Save the Earth' or 'Go Vegan' sticker on it.
"My other car is a M1A2".
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posted on
10/10/2006 10:56:52 PM PDT
by
zencat
(The universe is not what it appears, nor is it something else.)
To: george76
The title is, "Man shells out £14k on army tank for supermarket run".
Meanwhile there's this quote from him in the article
I've never taken it to the supermarket
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posted on
10/10/2006 10:59:39 PM PDT
by
perfect stranger
(Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass). "Getting bombed has always struck me as the better option.")
To: zencat
LOL! It could also give a more literal meaning to the classic 'Keep honking, I'm reloading'.
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posted on
10/10/2006 11:10:26 PM PDT
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: proud_yank
I think for shites-n-giggles, I'd have to put a 'Save the Earth' or 'Go Vegan' sticker on it. Heck no ... put this on it ! :)
THEN watch their heads explode.
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posted on
10/10/2006 11:32:48 PM PDT
by
Centurion2000
("Be polite and courteous, but have a plan to KILL everybody you meet.")
To: george76
I'll bet nobody cuts him off on the roundabout...
I hung out with a kid in high scholl that had a jeep and a M-20 Grayhound variant. Too cool driving up and down the local 'strip' - made by fomoco, but it still seemed to run fine.
I envy his fun.
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posted on
10/10/2006 11:34:56 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
To: kinoxi
"Stephen had a military assault boat when I met him but he got rid of it. Then he said one day 'I want to buy a tank' and I said 'Ok, love, it's up to you.'
A real feel good story here.
She probably just thought (uh huh, yeah right...)
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posted on
10/10/2006 11:43:18 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
To: george76
He should repaint it...you know, a good, solid metallic color, some racing stripes, flames perhaps...
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posted on
10/10/2006 11:46:21 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
To: Centurion2000
LOL! I went to school at Michigan Tech, which was largely an engineering/sciences school. We had a firing range in our student's union building, and the 4x4 club I think was the largest school club. That was probably one of the most popular stickers there.
I saw another one here in AK a couple days ago:
I'm PRO-CHOICE. I choose to hunt, fish, trap, wear fur, and eat meat.
I had a vegan in the car (well, SUV w/leather) with me when we saw that one. She even said to me, 'Oh look, there goes a liberal!! (giggles) She was sadly disappointed.
Man, the more I think about it, I think I really want to get a small tank some day. Make a nice hunting vehicle!
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posted on
10/10/2006 11:52:09 PM PDT
by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: george76
I want a light reconnaissance tank.
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posted on
10/11/2006 12:30:34 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Peace begins in the womb.)
To: george76
1974 Sabre light reconnaissance tank
I always knew this vehicle as a Scimitar. Do the British have a different name for it?
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posted on
10/11/2006 2:04:18 AM PDT
by
Sarajevo
To: Sarajevo
'I always knew this vehicle as a Scimitar. Do the British have a different name for it?'
The Sabre and Scimitar are very similar - the Sabre is actually the turret of a Fox combat vehicle mounted on a Scimitar chassis - it still has the Rarden 30mm cannon, but has a 7.62mm chain gun mounted in place of the GPMG on the Scim.
http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/av/av_sab.htm
Anyone who has travelled near the Bovington tank traning grounds will be familiar with these. One minute you are pootling along a quiet Dorset country road and the next minute 4 of these burst out of the hedge and zoom across the road without looking or stopping!
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