OT: And now we return to our regularly scheduled program

[Der Jaeger]

I had an experience with that without a mask when I was in high school. My mother nagged me until I agreed to go some banquet with her. About an hour into it, someone tossed a couple CS grenades into it. I managed to get my mother and a few others out before I couldn't take it anymore. It was some cop's kid that did it. Nothing ever came of it.

CS is an irritant designed for crowd dispersal, but we use it in training. The idea is for the new Soldiers to gain confidence that their mask will work. They go in with the mask on and sealed, and then do some movements with their heads so prove the seal. Then the break their mask seal with eyes closed, and reseal the mask, blowing the air in it out.

At the end, to show them what the mask was keeping out, they take of their masks for 5 seconds, and then leave the room into open air outside.

 

[brian_griffin]

You can speed things up by eating hot peppers. They'll clear that gunk out of your sinuses. Pepperoncini or banana peppers are hot enough to do the trick.

Sniffing Chinese hot mustard does it too.

CS is an irritant designed for crowd dispersal, but we use it in training. The idea is for the new Soldiers to gain confidence that their mask will work. They go in with the mask on and sealed, and then do some movements with their heads so prove the seal. Then the break their mask seal with eyes closed, and reseal the mask, blowing the air in it out.

At the end, to show them what the mask was keeping out, they take of their masks for 5 seconds, and then leave the room into open air outside.

Analogous to mask clearing for SCUBA. Amazing how people can panic if their mask floods or they lose their primary reg.

 

[Chainshot]

when I was still doing tactical stuff, I’d go to the mask confidence course. A whiff of CS gas, and everything in the sinuses out now!

My father was an instructor on the CS confidence exercise at the end of his tenure in the Marines. He said it used to cause his gear to disintegrate.

 

[Der Jaeger]

My father was an instructor on the CS confidence exercise at the end of his tenure in the Marines. He said it used to cause his gear to disintegrate.

For the instructors, that might be true. The new Trainees only go in once, ever. We used to do it yearly until about a decade ago. We now have a machine with smells that prove the mask works right.

I can't imagine working the CS course. We used to have dedicated instructors. But we went away from that. Even a relatively harmless gas like CS, in constant doses, isn't good.

 

[Chainshot]

For the instructors, that might be true. The new Trainees only go in once, ever. We used to do it yearly until about a decade ago. We now have a machine with smells that prove the mask works right.

I can't imagine working the CS course. We used to have dedicated instructors. But we went away from that. Even a relatively harmless gas like CS, in constant doses, isn't good.

Yeah, he and the other instructors used to get issued fresh utilities every two weeks or so.

 

[Der Jaeger]

Yeah, he and the other instructors used to get issued fresh utilities every two weeks or so.

I image with the older uniforms and gear (mostly cotton and burlap), it probably ate through that stuff.

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Barnes and a relative were on board. Both were killed. R.I.P.

 

[SackTastic]

N965DM Flight Tracking and History - FlightAware

Something not good happened.... they went straight down really hard and fast.

 

[vcv]

Barnes and a relative were on board. Both were killed. R.I.P.

Sucks. Being famous and flying your own aircraft in Buffalo seems to be cursed.

 

[Member 308457]

Rest in peace Steve -- a true Sabre fan.

 

[HaNotsri]

Looked forward to following free agency while helping out my girlfriend in the stable and upgrading my home studio. Not much to follow and a really grey autumn day here in Sweden.

 

[EichHart]

Looked forward to following free agency while helping out my girlfriend in the stable and upgrading my home studio. Not much to follow and a really grey autumn day here in Sweden.

Do foreign travelers have to quarantine in Sweden or any part of Europe? Is it strictly enforced?

 

[HaNotsri]

Do foreign travelers have to quarantine in Sweden or any part of Europe? Is it strictly enforced?

No quarantine in Sweden but entry ban since we follow the recommendations for EU. https://www.swedenabroad.se/en/about-sweden-non-swedish-citizens/going-to-sweden/temporary-ban-on-travel-to-sweden/

I travelled through Germany to Italy in summer but we were headed to an equestrian camp in the countryside.

Not a fun time to travel unless you're hiking or going to do a very specific activity. Pretty much everything is closed.

 

[EichHart]

No quarantine in Sweden but entry ban since we follow the recommendations for EU. Extension of temporary entry ban to the EU via Sweden due to COVID-19

I travelled through Germany to Italy in summer but we were headed to an equestrian camp in the countryside.

Not a fun time to travel unless you're hiking or going to do a very specific activity. Pretty much everything is closed.

Yeah hiking would be the main thing I do. So basically European travel is still banned from the US?

 

[HaNotsri]

Yeah hiking would be the main thing I do. So basically European travel is still banned from the US?

Yup, with the current rise in cases etc. I'm not to optimistic. If you want some pointers for hiking in Norway, Sweden or Scotland hit me up.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Giant spider seen rampaging through downtown East Aurora:

 

[Montag DP]

I made a Sabres / Sweden? kite! You can't tell from the picture, but it is 88 inches tall and 97.5 inches wide.

 

[Jim Bob]

So, this happened at the rink my son has practice at last night...

 

[Montag DP]

So, this happened at the rink my son has practice at last night...

Just when we thought 2020 couldn't get any worse, the Zamboni apocalypse has begun.

 

[Jim Bob]

As if 2020 couldn't get any worse, the Zamboni apocalypse has begun.

Zamboni catches fire at Rochester rink

At least their marketing team is happy...

Zamboni can't be happy that an Olympia machine catching fire is getting called a Zamboni.

 

[Montag DP]

Zamboni catches fire at Rochester rink

At least their marketing team is happy...

Zamboni can't be happy that an Olympia machine catching fire is getting called a Zamboni.

I didn't even know Zamboni was a brand name, tbh.

 

[Jim Bob]

I didn't even know Zamboni was a brand name, tbh.

Zamboni | Clean Ice. Clean Air. Clear Choice.

Yeah, they are one of those brands that just become the term for the category like Q-Tip, Xerox, Tissue, etc.

 

[Montag DP]

Zamboni | Clean Ice. Clean Air. Clear Choice.

Yeah, they are one of those brands that just become the term for the category like Q-Tip, Xerox, Tissue, etc.

I think you meant Kleenex. At least with the other ones I know the real name for them (cotton swab, photocopier, tissue). What's the real term for a Zamboni? Ice cleaning machine?

Edit: Wikipedia says "Ice resurfacer." You learn something new every day.

 

[Jim Bob]