Ordered a piece that I needed on Bricklink - it was only available international, so I purchased enough other items from the seller to make it worthwhile.

They send me the wrong piece - This happens way too often.

4 minutes ago, KShine said:

Ordered a piece that I needed on Bricklink - it was only available international, so I purchased enough other items from the seller to make it worthwhile.

They send me the wrong piece - This happens way too often.

Oh no!

Supposedly Lego HP Icons Collection set getting pushed in the USA, and then this has to be a preliminary:

1 hour ago, Pseudoty said:

Supposedly Lego HP Icons Collection set getting pushed in the USA, and then this has to be a preliminary:

I don't get it...why is that lawn mower leaving a trail of color plants...seems backwards

gonna keep complaining until WM does something about it lol

https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-DC-Comics-Super-Heroes-Batman-Batwing-and-The-Riddler-Heist-76120-489-Pieces/565887730

its the batwing not batcampervan!

Edited August 30, 20214 yr by Bricklectic

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/30/map-caldor-fire-evacuation-zone-near-south-lake-tahoe/

Wildfires causing evacuations in South Lake Tahoe all the way to Nevada border.

For those not familiar w/ Lake Tahoe it's this:

and

and

Wow. Amazingly beautiful! Lakes in Ohio don't look anything like that. LOL.

The world's largest super power is defeated by tribesmen.

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I have a friend whose cabin is currently 2 miles from the fire. They evacuated and I hope for the best, but I doubt it.


Yay LEGO!

Sierra Tahoe (last night)...one of my favorite snowboarding resorts...I used to go up for day trips while in undergrad...also taught my wife to snowboard there.  Was hoping to take the boy up there for snowboarding in winters and mountain biking downhill in the summers.

1 hour ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

Sierra Tahoe (last night)...one of my favorite snowboarding resorts...I used to go up for day trips while in undergrad...also taught my wife to snowboard there.  Was hoping to take the boy up there for snowboarding in winters and mountain biking downhill in the summers.

News report here saying none of the buildings have burned, they are running the snow machines fight the fire!

https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/video/5944517-snowmaking-equipment-used-to-battle-fire-at-sierra-at-tahoe/

14 hours ago, Shortbus311 said:

The world's largest super power is defeated by tribesmen.

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Yes, the withdrawal was handled very poorly. Leaving hundreds of Americans behind along with Afghans who worked with coalition forces. Criminal in my opinion. Sadly it turns out that the Taliban offered for us to control all of Kabul for the withdrawal. Instead we told them we only needed the airport.

Yes, the withdrawal was handled very poorly. Leaving hundreds of Americans behind along with Afghans who worked with coalition forces. Criminal in my opinion. Sadly it turns out that the Taliban offered for us to control all of Kabul for the withdrawal. Instead we told them we only needed the airport.

Just my opinion, but we didn't need to withdraw troops at all. We have kept troops in S Korea since the Korean War (currently 28k troops there), Germany troops since the end of WW2 (currently 35k troops there), and Japan since the end of WW2 (currently 50k troops there).

Having 3500 troops stationed in Afghanistan was worth it to keep an allied government in the region. The last US casualty before this mess was Feb of 2020, so 18 months ago. I wouldn't really call that a raging war.

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Next time I sell my house, I plan on leaving everything inside. I really hope the new owners let me come back sometime to at least get my valuable stuff.

Just now, Shortbus311 said:

Just my opinion, but we didn't need to withdraw troops at all. We have kept troops in  Germany troops since the end of WW2 (currently 35k troops there)
 

Interesting, was not aware of that. What is the purpose of troops in Germany in 2021?

 

Interesting, was not aware of that. What is the purpose of troops in Germany in 2021?
 

Forward presence for quick strike capability and the protection of our NATO allies.

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1 minute ago, Bricklectic said:

Interesting, was not aware of that. What is the purpose of troops in Germany in 2021?

 

Gateway to the east?

2 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

Interesting, was not aware of that. What is the purpose of troops in Germany in 2021?

 

Keep @elmaslıefendiin line?

5 minutes ago, fuzzy_bricks said:

Keep @elmaslıefendiin line?

There's a barrack here, just a few miles away. I often see AH-64s passing by.

I'm very disheartened we pulled out and didn't confiscate heavy artillery, anti-air weapons, up to 300,000 military grade rifles/grenades/launchers, jets/planes, attack helicopters, and military grade humvees. The Afghans just turned it all over to the Taliban.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/08/30/what-military-equipment-left-behind-afghanistan-us/5658895001/

"All told, the Pentagon left behind tens of billions of dollars' worth of equipment given to Afghan security forces. "

Pretty scary stuff

Is Taliban now in the top 100 armies in the worldwide?

https://www.statista.com/statistics/262742/countries-with-the-highest-military-spending/

Edited August 31, 20214 yr by Bricklectic

On a lighter note, my complaint is the "new" Tumbler. I feel sorry for the guy a few years back that decided to start his reselling career by going big on that set. 

The leak is on Reddit

Edited August 31, 20214 yr by lazuli16

Just now, lazuli16 said:

On a lighter note, my complaint is the "new" Tumbler. I feel sorry for the guy a few years back that decided to start his reselling career by going big on that set. 

Just sold my last bring on the new one

2 minutes ago, lazuli16 said:

On a lighter note, my complaint is the "new" Tumbler. I feel sorry for the guy a few years back that decided to start his reselling career by going big on that set. 

That was definitely a disappointing set.  I went big on that one (for me at the time).  I think I have about 15 left.

Edited August 31, 20214 yr by gmpirate

I'm friends with many service members who've fought in the region named Afghanistan. We've spoke at length and none of what's transpired was unexpected. The only reason most Afghans fought on our side was financial gain. Most of the tribes/people in the Afghan region prefer the Islamic values of the Taliban, to the secular progressive rot they believed the United States promoted. The peoples of the Afghan region never embraced a western democracy, nor should they be forced to. They are a feudalistic people comprised of many small tribes, not some nationalistic conglomerate to be ruled by a central leader.   

The western world is the antithesis to their cultural values. A true clash of cultures. Trying to force our mores on their population was never going work. Especially at the barrel of a gun. Maybe, just maybe, with decades of pornography, birth control, nihilistic propaganda and usury you might get the cultural subversion underway. But, I guess we were unwilling for such an prolonged effort. 

30 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

I'm very disheartened we pulled out and didn't confiscate heavy artillery, anti-air weapons, up to 300,000 military grade rifles/grenades/launchers, jets/planes, attack helicopters, and military grade humvees. The Afghans just turned it all over to the Taliban.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/08/30/what-military-equipment-left-behind-afghanistan-us/5658895001/

I think this was intentional. Most believed the Afghan army would fold, which was obvious to many soldiers on the ground. My guess is the United States calculated that a ruling Taliban gave the highest chance of "stability" in the region. These "leftover" weapons gave them advantage against any would be challengers, eliminating a possible power vacuum/civil war scenario where scores would die. This is the only scenario that makes logical sense to my circle of associates.