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forgot to bid , 12-02-2014 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

For those into the classy older ones:

For the anime fans:

And for the occasional butterface encounter:

Just fwiw your picture links don't work.

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LivingTheDream , 12-02-2014 02:56 AM

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80 & newK,

Just when I thought I was going to kick my APC habit, youse guys have to reply to my post in a completely civil & gentlemanly fashion and draw me right back in! Thanks.

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DeadHead , 12-02-2014 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by LivingTheDream

80 & newK,

Just when I thought I was going to kick my APC habit, youse guys have to reply to my post in a completely civil & gentlemanly fashion and draw me right back in! Thanks.

If sheep porn doesn't scare you off, I'm not sure anything will.

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maddogmax , 12-02-2014 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

Iran attacked ISIS with F4's in Eastern Iraq. This is the first time I can ever remember thinking anything Iran did was, "cool."

Still one of the coolest and meanest looking jets ever built.

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badflaps , 12-02-2014 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

Iran attacked ISIS with F4's in Eastern Iraq. This is the first time I can ever remember thinking anything Iran did was, "cool."

I wonder if we are slipping them parts under the table.

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flyallnite , 12-02-2014 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by RockyBoy

Couple of things here.

First, fracked wells are not like Saudi wells that can be turned on and off. The production drops off very rapidly once the well is fracked. Once production drops off it can be increased by "servicing" the well which helps, but the production still drops off significantly.

U.S. Shale-Oil Boom May Not Last as Fracking Wells Lack Staying Power - Businessweek

If companies want to wait on production they drill the well then don't frack it. This is called a "completed non-producing well" vs. a "completed producing well". You can see the stats and see how many wells are drilled and waiting to be fracked and how many have been fracked and are producing. So basically U.S. shale producers will stop drilling and fracking if they want to reduce bbls they put into the system.

Second, the amazing thing about the U.S. shale boom is the pace that we as Americans have gained efficiencies in obtaining very expensive oil. I don't have exact numbers, but I know that they have almost cut the cost to get a single well producing in half within the last 4 years. That is an amazing number in the oil world.

It used to take 3 weeks and over 6 million bbls of water to get one well to production stage. Now using zipper frac and eco-pad technologies they can frac 8 wells within the same amount of time using the same amount of water. They are now working on 16 hole pads and recycling water which will further drive down costs. Halliburton is also looking into using CO2 instead of water to frac with. They are saying they believe that will help in the rapid drop off of production vs. using water.

So while right now they are saying U.S. shale producers are not profitable at $60 oil, I think Americans can continue to innovate and drive the costs down to where we can profitably using fracking technology to extract oil at $30bbl.

America will be the worlds leader in energy production within 10 years and the Saudis can't do anything about it.

Compact fusion is going to change all of this though so it won't matter.

I do hope that's the case. It has all the earmarks of a desperate last ditch effort by opec to retain influence. Once this tips over, the problem of the ME carriers should solve itself.

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Hoser , 12-02-2014 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by maddogmax

Still one of the coolest and meanest looking jets ever built.

Thunderbirds were awesome when they flew F-4s. Now they're using them as drones out of Tyndall and even replacing them with early F-16s. Still get wood when I see the one flying the Heritage Flight at airshows.

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satchip , 12-02-2014 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by badflaps

I wonder if we are slipping them parts under the table.

Maybe, but there are so many F-4s out there in the world that I'm sure someone is selling them parts.

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satchip , 12-02-2014 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Bucking Bar

Iran attacked ISIS with F4's in Eastern Iraq. This is the first time I can ever remember thinking anything Iran did was, "cool."

I'll see your Iranian Phantom and raise you a Kurnass!

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maddogmax , 12-02-2014 06:27 AM

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As a A-7 guy the only good think about going 1V1 with the F4 was you could see them coming miles away. Still usually got my butt kicked.