tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post4468179403018176431..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Seen At Dayton: Gernsback Gone WildRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-86084761843230237932012-05-19T14:47:55.898-04:002012-05-19T14:47:55.898-04:00Nope, the hat prevents abrasion. Also, it's k...Nope, the hat prevents abrasion. Also, it's kewl to have 'em mashed like that, dunno why.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-75799764385457731542012-05-19T13:49:48.044-04:002012-05-19T13:49:48.044-04:00Roberta and Mike, I'm reminded of B-17 pilots ...Roberta and Mike, I'm reminded of B-17 pilots with their headsets OVER their hats. <br />A bit over-concerned about being out of uniform?rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-29127933378341845072012-05-19T11:46:54.739-04:002012-05-19T11:46:54.739-04:00I'm pretty sure he owes Keith Laumer for that....I'm pretty sure he owes Keith Laumer for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_%28tank%29" rel="nofollow">that</a>. And the land leviathans are a bit large to be Bolo, Mk. 1.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-62767067599822971792012-05-19T10:44:01.864-04:002012-05-19T10:44:01.864-04:00Perhaps the land-mobile battleships were the inspi...Perhaps the land-mobile battleships were the inspiration for Oh John Ringo No's SheVa Mark VII continental siege unit?Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-73263935127526881862012-05-19T07:22:54.245-04:002012-05-19T07:22:54.245-04:00And here I was, thinking those...hats...were Old S...And here I was, thinking those...<i>hats</i>...were Old School impractical even for 1917.<br /><br /> Major points for style but possibly not much good for shrapnel. More "Pickett" than "Pershing."Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-87947804679064386892012-05-19T01:14:56.981-04:002012-05-19T01:14:56.981-04:00"...I did not say good ideas. Eventually you ...<i>"...I did not say good ideas. Eventually you run out of extension cord, have to stop Westinghousing and fix bayonets! Also: machine guns."</i><br /><br />Forgive me for the following, if you might but...you don't know what you're talking about. Anything looks good, even a frontal assault against prepared positions, <i>anything</i> looks good with that four dent Montana Peak campaign cover. Always did.<br /><br />Mike JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-19014589019677323462012-05-19T00:27:56.422-04:002012-05-19T00:27:56.422-04:00Saddam Hussein might have read that, during the Ir...Saddam Hussein might have read that, during the Iran-Iraq war he employed the electrocution tactic in the marshes. He brought "the Westinghouse" with him, though.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.com