Scott Fyn

Life hacks my dad taught me 👇

@GraceGym_ Old folks ain't as bad as young folks make them out to be... at least at first glance.

@elonmusk To... Artist: profound beauty here. Aerospace engineer: Technological marvel. Futurist: I can see! Economist: OMG Government: Let's be pals All of the above: replay/loop

This model comes with several versions in two scales plus a BW. fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraf… youtube.com/watch?v=_4cjcO…

youtube.com/watch?v=JHNid1… 'Neil Paper Models' on YouTube has done a lot of excellent video tutorials on how to build Fiddler's Green favorites. He's trying to build his channel, so pop in and throw down a 'like' for him.

Old customer, Dennis, bought our full jet collection for his son for 40 bucks. Here's the heart-warming story in a nutshell. Print this F-15 model and share it with yer young 'uns. Jets at fiddlersgreen.net #PaperModels #Jets Three free models with free sign-up.

@AdamCrigler According to "Felix the Cat", it's a bag of tricks. It's for whenever he gets in a fix.

What are you thoughts on what these "bags" are that are found all over the ancient world?

@xAviation I would spin it as a successful test.

What would you guys do in this situation?

The F-117 Nighthawk uses radar-absorbing materials (RAM) on the canopy windows. It's not exactly 'blocking'. It's more like 'not allowing it to reflect'. In a paper model, the radar waves are completely or partially absorbed or reflected by the paper. fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraf…

Did you know the F‑117’s canopy windows were laminated to block radar waves from entering the cockpit? Without this special coating, the radar reflection from the pilot’s helmet alone would have been greater than that of the entire aircraft!

@maniaUFO x.com/chip_fyn/statu…

Ironically enough the DNA of an octopus is so foreign to anything else on Earth, that they speculate that the species could have come from somewhere other than Earth. 🧐🤔🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙

@elonmusk Neuralink + Octopus? 🐙 Grok decodes color dances on screen! Alien brain merge - shrimp negotiations incoming. Visual non-invasive conceptual telepathy. (Grok told me to tweet this to Elon) #GrokOcto or #Groktopus ?

Thanks for that detailed breakdown. Even if you allow for the possibility that some beings may have lived for thousands of years, those lifetimes you listed all fit squarely into feasible (normal human) lifespans if they were talking about months and not years. Perhaps if you factor in a belief in reincarnation, or dynasties that survive that long, then it may be possible to develop a belief system that embraces millennium long lifetimes. You would have to first redefine what a 'life' is. I don't completely rule out the possibility that life forms could have existed (or still exist) who can survive for thousands of years, but I seriously doubt Noah was one of them. He was no God.

Actually, the long lifespans didn't originate in the Bible. They came from Sumerian cuneiform tablets, written thousands of years before Genesis. Here's the breakdown, with their lifespans preserved in both Sumerian and later biblical texts: Adapa (Adam) Created by Enki as the first civilized man Lifespan: 930 years Sati (Seth) Son of Adapa Lifespan: 912 years Enshi (Enosh) Name implies “mortal man” Lifespan: 905 years Kunin (Kenan) Priest-king figure Lifespan: 910 years Malalu (Mahalalel) Lifespan: 895 years Irid (Jared) Means “Descent” (possibly of the Watchers) Lifespan: 962 years Enki-me (Enoch) Taken to a 10-level orbiting station Lifespan: 365 years before being "taken" Mutu-sil (Methuselah) Son of Enoch Lifespan: 969 years Longest-lived human recorded Lamech Father of Noah Lifespan: 777 years Ziusudra / Utnapishtim (Noah) Survived the Great Flood Lifespan: 950 years Called Ziusudra in Sumerian, Utnapishtim in Akkadian, Noah in Hebrew These ages are not mistranslations of months. They reflect the Sumerian belief that the early kings and hybrid humans lived much longer due to their divine genetics and pre-Flood atmospheric conditions. The Sumerian King List, inscribed on clay tablets in cuneiform, shows rulers living for tens of thousands of years before the flood, measured in sars (3,600 years). The biblical version toned it down but kept the same structure. If these ages were in months, Noah would’ve died at about 79 years old, which contradicts every ancient source, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, which also gives Utnapishtim (Noah) a godlike, extended life. So, it wasn’t a mistranslation. It was an older, more advanced knowledge about humanity's origins, filtered through Sumer, Akkad, Babylon, and eventually into Genesis. 😉

Noah died 350 years after the flood, at the age of 950, the last of the extremely long-lived antediluvian Patriarchs. The maximum human lifespan, as depicted by the Bible, diminishes rapidly thereafter, from almost 1,000 years to the 120 years of Moses.

I'm going to try the tournament system. The closest thing I've ever done is to put them all in water and use the ones with the most buoyancy. Normally, I scoot them over to one side and hack off the empty cells with a scissors. Takes less space in the fridge, and I can always know how many eggs are left without opening the carton. This also helps me with rotating the stock because the hacked up carton is always the oldest. If you don't have laying hens, all of this is very hard to understand.

My girlfriend got on to me the other day because she doesn’t understand why I can’t just pick eggs out of the carton like a “normal” person. She’s standing there watching me and says, “Why can’t you just go row by row like everyone else?” I said, “Because no egg should ever know when its time is coming.” She stared at me for a second, shook her head, and said, “You’re a psycho,” then walked off. Little does she know…I’ve got a whole tournament system going on. I take two eggs, tap them together, and whichever one doesn’t crack moves on to the next round. Only the strongest survive. 🥚 💪 😂

@RealAirPower1 As a child at the time, I was burdened with too much knowledge of geopolitics. There are pros and cons to everything. In 'Cub Scouts' I recall our motto was "Be Prepared".

Operation Chrome Dome was the ultimate “deterrent bridge.” It kept the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction credible during the most volatile phase of the arms race, buying time for US ICBMs and submarines to catch up. It was a hair-raising chapter, yes - but for seven critical years, this aerial nuclear tightrope walk prevented the unthinkable (perhaps). What’s your take, #avgeeks? Was it necessary, and did it work? 3/3

Nuclear Insurance? Operation Chrome Dome (1961–1968) was SAC’s most audacious move against the Soviets. 24/7, at any given time, up to twelve B-52s, each armed with four B28 thermonuclear bombs, were kept airborne, circling the skies. This wasn’t training; this was real, continuous, armed alert. Why this flying doomsday alert? To ensure that if the US was caught with its pants down by Soviet ICBMs, the counterstrike was already flying. It was the Cold War’s most terrifying airborne commitment. 1/3

This makes me wonder why, in all my years, I've never seen camo like that. Seems like a no-brainer in urban settings. Your camo is better than anything Grok can currently make.

@Lead_Flinger 30-30 has more utility for me in an urban setting, not a hunter so better the rifle go to someone with that skillset. If I can get home I can get my SW22, crowbar, and hatchet. Don't need to gather supplies if the other guys are loot pinatas. Also got perfect camo vs BRICS

Foreigners are blocking the roads out of town with their semi trucks and some are parachuting into town with weapons. The BRICS alliance is invading and has activated sleeper cells. Your cousin swings by and you jump in his pickup truck. You barely make it out of town alive. Back at camp the others are divvying up the weapons and you get your choice between two. You need to survive and harass the invaders when possible. Which do you choose? Rem 700, 30-06 with 3-9x scope or Marlin 30-30 lever action Why?

The rocket came back from space at hypersonic speed and then hovered at a precise position

@GrrrGraphics @vikingsparrow Cutting edge graphics... at the time. It was awesome if you had cable TV.

@vikingsparrow I remember this video- classic! Money for nothin'

"Streaming killed the video star...." The very first song ever played on MTV was 🎸 “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. It aired at 12:01 AM on August 1, 1981, when MTV (Music Television) officially launched.

“Hello, old friend.” Luftwaffe ace Hans Meyer is reunited with a Bf 109G, the fighter he flew during WWII. He's standing silent and still, but you can almost feel that in his mind, the past has taken flight once more. A deeply moving photograph. Military Aviation Museum, Virginia Beach Airport, 2015.