And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Russians build everything to a battlefield military spec and then spin the 'Machinas' off into industry. They are designed to withstand terrific abuse, run through the mud on dirty fuel, and to be tinkered with in order to keep them running - which may be why the specialized maintenance is forgone until complete disastrous failure is reached. Used to see this a lot in the Kazakh oil fields. Nutty stuff - Guys using bulldozers for transportation and so forth.
where's that crane when you need it?
ReplyDeleteTime to call AAA!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if all of these are Russian stories.
ReplyDeleteRussians build everything to a battlefield military spec and then spin the 'Machinas' off into industry. They are designed to withstand terrific abuse, run through the mud on dirty fuel, and to be tinkered with in order to keep them running - which may be why the specialized maintenance is forgone until complete disastrous failure is reached. Used to see this a lot in the Kazakh oil fields. Nutty stuff - Guys using bulldozers for transportation and so forth.
That machine will have to be re-tired! :)
ReplyDeleteYou picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel.
ReplyDeleteBut this time the wheels won't heal.
DeleteTell Boris we're gonna need the big toolbox.
ReplyDeleteWhere's the jack when you really need it?
ReplyDeleteBooo.
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