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One thing that bugs me is that over and over, they start treating the wrong illness.... and they almost always tell the parents/spouse/whatever that "This IS what they have, and this medicine WILL make them better." Then they look stupid when the first 3 things don't work. Especially when...

Not quite. The US Army bought these .38 Double Action Revolvers with the intention of replacing the Single Action .45 Colt. While the action of the DA was an improvement over the SAA, the US Army learned the hard way that the anemic .38 Colt Cartridge was vastly inferior to the .45. During the Moro...

In the Korean War the North Koreans would wrap their torsos in a bamboo... corsette... so they could keep charging when the UN forces' 5.56 rounds would perforate their guts. Not much stopping power...and that was a rifle. If I recall. Maybe it was 'Nam. Must have been 'Nam, because we was still us...

First, it's "magazine," not clip. You gotta talk the talk. Second, like Gordon says, light and small kind is sort of a trade-off with stopping power. This is one of those areas where people have non-stop arguments. I personally have a .357 magnum revolver, but loaded with .38 special ammo...

So...how exactly do we measure global warming? How do we measure that it's not happening? I assume that we're talking about the same thing. There is some number that represents something about the world's temperature. If it's increasing over time, that's global warming. So...what's that number? How...