test please delete

[Clownio]

Better today

Yep, I was trying to sneak in without anybody noticing.

[Clownio]

Yep, I was trying to sneak in without anybody noticing.

.....looks like I got away with it

[n5gooner]

back from the gym, how is everyone ??

[Clownio]

I'm working from home from next week !

[n5gooner]

During an informal conversation with Bowman, HAL claims to have detected an impending failure of the ship's communications system. Bowman exits the Discovery in an EVA pod to retrieve and replace the faulty "AE-35 unit", but upon detailed examination no fault can be found. Mission controllers back on Earth assert that HAL is "in error in predicting the fault", something unheard of for the 9000 series. HAL suggests another EVA mission to restore the part and wait for it to fail, to determine the problem. Hiding their concern, Bowman and Poole retreat to an EVA pod, ostensibly to troubleshoot a radio, but, in fact, to discuss HAL's questionable reliability in secret, finally agreeing to "disconnect" him should the AE-35 not fail, as predicted. Unbeknownst to them, HAL is reading their lips.

[n5gooner]

I'm working from home from next week !

good for you, take the weight off you legs...

I'm working from home ;0) Monday........just happens GF is also taking Monday off.....

[Clownio]

good for you, take the weight off you legs...

I'm working from home ;0) Monday........just happens GF is also taking Monday off.....

Just a coincidence then

[n5gooner]

Just a coincidence then

oh pure chance....you know how it is......

[n5gooner]

A rifle is a firearm with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls. This pattern is known as "rifling", and produces raised areas called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon. When the projectile leaves the barrel, the conservation of angular momentum improves accuracy and range, in the same way that a properly thrown American football or rugby ball behaves. The word "rifle" originally referred to the grooving, and a rifle was called a "rifled gun." Rifles are used in warfare, competitive target shooting, hunting and sport shooting.

[n5gooner]

Typically, a bullet is propelled by the contained deflagration of an explosive compound (originally black powder, later cordite, and now nitrocellulose), although other means such as compressed air are used in air rifles, which are popular for vermin control, hunting small game, and casual shooting ("plinking").

Originally the name "rifle" was short for "rifled gun"; but in many armed forces units it is thought wrong to use the word "gun" to mean a rifle. Furthermore, in many works of fiction a rifle refers to any weapon that has a stock and is shouldered before firing, even if this weapon is not rifled or doesn't fire solid projectiles.