Was it a comfortable ride on a WW1 tank?
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It's very unlikely that you will get a first hand account, so see if surfing theses links can throw up some information for you.\n\nWorld War I\nWEB LINKS\n\nPRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS.\n\nFantastic Resources.\n\nhttp://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-WorldWar1.htm\n\nWorld War I\n\nhttp://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWusaG.htm\n\nAlthough the USA had strong ties with Britain, Wilson was concerned about the large number of people in the country who had been born in Germany and Austria. Other influential political leaders argued strongly in favour of the USA maintaining its isolationist policy. This included the pacifist pressure group, the American Union Against Militarism.\n\nhttp://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWW.htm\n\nhttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook38.html\n\nRead and listen to stories of the War from the people who lived it. Explore diaries, letters, scrapbooks, newspaper cuttings, photos and keepsakes.\n\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/\n\nhttp://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/\n\nhttp://www.wfa-usa.org/new/links.cfm\n\nAn Internet History of The Great War\n\nhttp://www.worldwar1.com/\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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Congratulations on the win!\n\nPity about your knee. I think you should do two things:\n\n1 If this is persistent, get some advice from a good sports physio or a specialist doctor. It doesn't sound within the normal range of post-ride aches and pains.\n\n2 Change your pedals for a set with more float - both frogs and eggbeaters are good in this respect. Maybe even consider returning to platforms. Try a few vigorous training rides on platforms and see if this cures the problem. \n\nIf you have the typical woman's wide pelvis your knee joints will be inwardly rotated to a greater degree than some (straight up and down) women and most men. You require the maximum floatability because the anatomical relationship in the length from hip joint to knee joint causes a lot more rotational movement of the long female femur. \n\nDon't risk your knees, you'll spend more than half your life regretting it. I speak from experience. I'm a lifelong mad-keen cyclist. Now I'm in my mid-50's a ride every day with clicky knees and a dull, precisely bounded pain somewhere in the medial side of my right knee joint. Getting up stairs is painful for me and sometimes so acute I think my right knee is going to give way. Its a heavy price to pay when I still have maybe 35 years cycling left in me.
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I had a really bad experence with letting my fuel tank run to empty.... Lets just say Me on the side of the road lost in the backwoods of West Virginia at night was NOT FUN... I always try to keep my tank above half full now. I learned my lesson!
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1. Shrapnel does not ping off trees it embeds itself, just as he was alledgedly doing. I have heard and read about many exploits during the war,some true some blatantly untrue, it helps to pass the time and i love hearing them and never discourage or disrespect anyone who has lived through the war,my father was one such storyteller from his exploits he battled hitler single handedly, he once told me he was in Andy Clydes Commados it was years later when i learned that it was the army catering corps, what he didnt tell me that he was also in a highland regiment, that fought many battles and was a seargeant major and had been awarded twenty two medals several for courage displayed in battle, so i never thought about that because those memories he held in ,preffering to lighten his stories of daring rather than relive them, LF
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I would say its more enjoyabe for men to be honest. I mean not sounding too graphic, but as soon as your soldier goes in the honey pot, its lovey and warm and ahem.....tight. And everytime it goes in and out its an amazing feeling and it feels like a glove (apparently). but for women we've got all these differnt spots inside us that need to be hit to make it feel amazing. And sometimes it hard to get it! We can do as many different positions and still not feel as good as it does for men. It feels great with every motion. Just my opinion. =)
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it was good for me. how was it for you, TiCkLe_Me_SiLLy?  hows the ribs? didnt mean to be that rough.
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Churchill's are more comfortable but you don't get as much thrust or grab from them as you would the Vipers. There are a lot of other brands on the market that have other features that might interest you. Personally, I like the Duck Feet Naval Orange because they are longer and they float. They also are good for diving, bodysurfing and bodyboarding. I don't think they make them anymore, though.
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not really. for like a month it feels good but then you get used to it and its really just for shock value.
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Yep I think they hit it right on the head. I think the great war had a very deep and tragic meaning to the British, much like the Civil War to the Americans. I took a tour of Flanders given by a British Army officer. Early war it was Chlorine, burns up your lungs...It doesent kill you right away and they put the guy in the cart and watched him die slowly. He didnt get his mask on in time.Remeber at the start of the poem it talked about how tired they were and they really wasnt paying attention to to gas shells being fired at them. Gas shells usually are not as loud as regular high explosive shells. The early masks were basically chemically treated sacks with cellophane "glas" to see out of.Not easy to put on in a hurry.
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I personally haven't driven the Alcan, but my brother and other friends have.  They said if you have an NRA or any other pro gun decal, they tend to tear your vehicle apart at the checkpoint.  As a military member, you may want to expect it.  DO NOT CARRY FIREARMS!  The drive is beautiful, but take it easy around the corners.  I had a friend come around a bend and smack dab into a moose.  The moose ran off.  It caved in the roof of his car, and cost him alot of time and money to have it repaired, and it wasn't fixed very good.  It's crazy, but the drive is shorter from Montana than from Seattle.  Preplan your trip, check in with someone stateside on a regular basis.  Expect to pay a helluva lot more for gas.  Alaska is beautiful, though.  Hot up there is mid 80's.  The cold isn't that bad because it's a dry cold.  I ran around in jeans and a windbreaker in 20 degree weather.  I hope you have a 4 wheel drive.  Anything else, email me.
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Not exactly, since your butt would stay on the outside and your head would be wound somewhere around the steering wheel! Perhaps things would be the same as a bug if you weighed a little less than a kilogram! Hey, let us know what happens the next time you do it! :)
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I can't answer about life on the battle field.  I can tell you a little about life at home.\n\nThere was no butter.  We bought oleomargarine.  It was white.  It came with a packet of yellow food coloring.  You mixed the food coloring in the white oleomargarine to make it look like butter.\n\nLetters were written daily.  Long, rambling letters telling about everything that went on at home that day.\n\nIf you rode the train to visit the base where your father was stationed, it was a long, hot, boring ride.  You had to sit in a seat that was covered with scratchy material.  Most of the time I had to sit on my mother's lap.  The train was full of military traveling to and from bases.\n\nNo matter if you were at home, on the train, or at the base, you listened to the news on the radio.  The room was totally quiet so everyone could hear what was being said.\n\nPeople read newspapers avidly and shared them with their neighbors.\n\nThe blackouts were not enforced for those of us who lived in mid-America.  We did have to be careful but not like the people in England or the people who lived on the east or west coast of America.\n\nMy mother's best friend's husband died in France.  His body was never recovered.  That was hard for her to deal with.  She held a memorial service, but that is not like a funeral with a casket and a body.  It took her a long time to accept his death.\n\nI was so young at that time that I don't remember being without sugar, new clothes, new shoes, or tires for the car.  Those are all things that were rationed and hard to find even when you had the coupons.\n\nPeople were supportive of one another and did more for each other than they did in subsequent wars.  We had paper drives and the whole town participated.  We collected scrap iron.  The children worked odd jobs and received pennies as pay which they took to school to the teacher to help buy a war bond.
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something u feel comfortable in
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I wouldn't be embarrassed. Especially since you play a rough sport, not many people can handle that. Show off your bruise with pride! Yay for battle wounds?
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You mean, my own personal expierence? Lots of 'em but I'd have to say, the first century I did in Marietta, OH. At Mile 45 I was thinking of backing out and taking the 70 mile route. A couple of girls I was riding with talked me into doing the whole thing, so then I was committed. It was cold, in the upper 40's/low 50's. I couldn't keep up with the fast guys on the flats but I could usually outperform them on the climbs, much to my surprise and delight. I waited up for the girls and at ~mile 80 they waived me off. I was cold, sore and ready for it to end. Then it started to pour. That last 15 miles I did like a reckless kid. I was having fun. I think I was getting delirious at that point. When I made it to the finishing point I was ready to go for another 50 miles. \n\nMade me wonder what kind of masochist I was becoming. But I did it, not only the 100 miles, but 100 miles with lots of steep climbs thrown in. Hey, I did it!
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As long as everything is nice and wet there really isn't a huge difference ... nothing like the feeling of a nice hard one going right into you though !
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ONE- I think that if you wadded up a 600cc then you still haven't learned how to ride.  A literbike will simply make you a Squid smear.\n\nTWO- Maybe you should have worn a helmet when you had your last crash, since it seems to have jumbled your brain and made you post your MOTORCYCLE question under the BICYCLING category.