I have an idea for a new thread...

[Tothehills]

Or this?

[Tothehills]

fact or fiction

[Pants Boy]

fact or fiction

Welcome to the internet.

[MTBeer]

fact or fiction

possible in Arsestralia

[Tothehills]

possible in Arsestralia

Maybe it should state: fact, fiction or photo shop. No aligators in Mozambique

[Velouria]

possible in Arsestralia

Which is why they have these signs in Cairns

[Velouria]

Then again, they also have "No Brawling" signs:

[mon-goose]

Which is why they have these signs in Cairns

 

What a pity, this looks like such a nice piece of water to train in

[Witkop]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VlHYc39Mas&feature=player_detailpage

[Witkop]

[Cippo]

 

My two favourite things on wheels.

[udxcob]

This is a bit long, but well worth the watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chhBLHFBUe0

 

Better than all the conspiracy theory Blackwater is evil type movies in my opinion.

 

Hmmmmm so so so so interesting

[gummibear]

Canadian tailor to make bulletproof three-piece suit

 

 

 

http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/12/4916504/art-Garrison-Bespoke-bulletproof-suit-620x349.jpg

Extra protection: A marksman shoots a handgun at the bulletproof suit. Photo: AP

A Canadian tailor is releasing a three-piece suit that has everything a danger-seeking 21st century executive could need – killer looks plus bulletproof protection that would make James Bond envious.

The company, Garrison Bespoke, believes it has combined style and safety, using lightweight carbon nanotube technology to absorb impact from bullets fired from handguns and prevent punctures from knife attacks.

We focused on making the ultimate James Bond suit. David Tran, Garrison Bespoke

All in all, the luxury suit, retailing at almost $C20,000 ($20,450), seeks to provide a select few customers a way to avoid being killed while travelling abroad.

http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/12/4916517/art-353-Garrison-Bespoke-bulletproof-suit-2-300x0.jpg

Slugs in the bulletproof suit. Photo: AP

"We focused on making the ultimate James Bond suit," said David Tran, head of special projects for Garrison Bespoke.

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"The tailoring industry is actually quite sleepy, and you want to be challenged like this."

Tran said the suit was inspired by a conversation with a client who was shot in a foreign country six months ago, but lived to tell the tale. At his next visit to the store, he confessed that he was shaken up by the near fatal encounter.

http://images.smh.com.au/2013/11/12/4916516/art-353-bulletproof_610x406-300x0.jpg

The suit claims to protect against handguns and knife attacks. Photo: Garrison Bespoke

"After five minutes, we thought, 'Are we really serious here?' And then we started looking into it," said Tran.

As purveyors of smart tailoring, however, the company could not simply use bulky Kevlar, the typical combat protection material that is used in police and regulation military gear.

So they reached out to contractors – Tran has an agreement to keep their name secret – who previously provided elite body armour to US Special Forces in Iraq.

Once a suit has been custom-tailored, six thin nanotube sheets are slipped into the lining of the back of the suit jacket and in the front of the vest, allowing the fit to remain crisp and clean.

Although more sheets can be added for extra protection, comfort and ease of movement would be compromised.

"A lot of men in the finance industry, or mining and oil, have confessed [to us] that when they're in dangerous places, they feel really on edge, they feel really nervous when they're out there. It affects their performance at a high-level strategic meeting," said Tran.

"So it had to be completely discreet. If it's bulky, it's signalling to the other party the wrong message – they're scared, they don't trust them."

It's not the first unconventional project the company has embarked on. Tran says Garrison Bespoke has commissioned all kinds of special suits, from crushed-sapphire tuxedos to an outfit that can be worn underwater.

The original client who was shot and survived was the first person to buy its bullet-proof suit.

Tran said there have been at least six requests and there is a waiting list, adding that even the staff of international world leaders have reached out, hoping to tailor their respective country's president or prime minister.

For a company that prides itself on a personal touch, it's created something of a predicament.

"We're not set up to do mass manufacturing," said Tran. "So right now, we're revisiting what we should be doing and our next moves."

 

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/canadian-tailor-to-make-bulletproof-threepiece-suit-20131112-2xdld.html#ixzz2knFE6qXE

[gummibear]

It's still going to break a few ribs.

 

[Slowbee]

It's still going to break a few ribs.

 

http://youtu.be/g25CL93f0f8

headshot ?

[gummibear]

http://liveforlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/nirvana-nevermind.jpg

Remember the baby from Nirvana’s “Nevermind” cover? He is 22. Feel old yet?

 

 

 

Well, if waking up without any sore joints today was a good feeling, all I had to do was read a headline about the baby that adorned Nirvana‘s Nevermind album turned 22 years old, to make me feel the affects of dementia, arthritis, menopause (wait, I’m a man) and other old people ailments. I even started putting cream under my eyes from the apparent crow’s feet that instantaneously showed up.

Has it really been 20+ years? I remember being all grungy, wearing plaid shirts and JNCO jeans – way before the population of hipsters in Williamsburg did (well, the plaid shirt part, at least)….now I can’t even wear that without someone thinking that I’m a hipster (how dare you), **** you very much! – when Nevermind came out. I remember coming home from high school, putting on MTV (when they still played music) and watching Kurt Loder announce that Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent, self-inflicted shotgun wound. It’s crazy how time flies.

http://liveforlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/nevermind-baby.jpg

And now this little f***** turned 22?!?! Jesus Christ, I’m not even married yet, I don’t have any of my own rugrats….where have all the years gone? Ok, calm down; stop freaking out, man.

Sorry, I just saw my life pass before my eyes. Anyway, Spencer Elden (The Baby) recently turned 22 years old. The fine art student now studies at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where his father Rick let his infant son appear as a model for an up-and-coming band’s new album in 1991.

He told CNN: ‘When I am introduced, they introduce me as the Nirvana baby.

‘My dad was an artist rigging special effects for Hollywood. They went to the local pool, threw me in the water and that was it.

‘It was a friend-helping-a-friend kind of thing.’