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    Family Armor: Texas Armoring Corp Gets TLC Reality Show

    How To Load An Armored Bentley On A Jet

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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    11/11/09

    In reply to Family Armor: Texas Armoring Corp Gets TLC Reality Show
    I'd say that we take all reality tv out back and shoot it, but apparently it wouldn't do any good in this case.
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    Image of UDMan UDMan
    11/11/09

    In reply to Family Armor: Texas Armoring Corp Gets TLC Reality Show
    Great, another "reality" television series that explores a Texas Based Armoring Company (One that took advantage of Americas fear of being attacked by the Islamic Terrorists to pad their bank account) and it now wants to show how it's really a "Family" based business that's all about how they run a business, how they run their home life, and how good it is to bring up their faith.

    What a bunch of bullshit. Isn't there enough of this crap on television now? TLC is especially heinous in promoting this "entertainment". OCC has just about lived out its usefulness, John & Kate Plus 8 is tabloid fodder now, and don't get me started on the Duggers, a family that is so procreative they deserve their own zip code.

    As someone else stated earlier, why do they still call it the Learning Channel? And to think, this is what Newt Gingrich held up as an example of they type of television that should replace Public Broadcasting. The Discovery Networks have long since stopped broadcasting quality television to produce this and other countless hours of fertilizer. No wonder I rarely watch anything on cable any more. #armoredcars
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    11/11/09

    @UDMan: The haven't called it "The Learning Channel" in at least a decade. They substantially changed their brand in the late 90s because there's no money in having an education channel.

    BTW, there's no obligation to watch a show if you don't like it. This isn't my type of thing at all, but I can think of lots of people who are probably interested. No doubt I'll be forced to listen to my dad recount anecdotes from this show.

    Is reality TV really that much worse than most of the scripted television that gets made? #armoredcars
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/11/09

    In reply to Family Armor: Texas Armoring Corp Gets TLC Reality Show

    I thought this was all you needed to protect yourself. #armoredcars
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    11/11/09

    In reply to Family Armor: Texas Armoring Corp Gets TLC Reality Show
    Don't most of these armoring companies keep their armoring technique very guarded so as to minimize the armor being compromised and vehicle vulnerabilities being exploited? If I was a high-ranking official who had done business with this company previously I'd be shopping for a new ride that isn't made in a factory that essentially give video tours to TV audiences an hour each week. #armoredcars
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    Image of BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom
    11/11/09

    @YankBoffin: Let's be honest - most of these shows show very little technical details anyway. #armoredcars
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    11/11/09

    @BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom: Good point. It's been years since I actually learned anything from that channel.

    TLC? It's been decades.

    PBS? Continuously. #armoredcars
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    06/18/09

    In reply to How To Load An Armored Bentley On A Jet
    Excuse me, would you have any Grey Poupon?
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/18/09

    @v8corvairpickup: (cough) Rolls-Royce (cough)
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    06/18/09

    In reply to How To Load An Armored Bentley On A Jet
    That's a Bentley? Ha. You sure fooled me.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    06/18/09

    In reply to How To Load An Armored Bentley On A Jet
    The Armored Bentley loaded on the plane gag.....
    ...oldest smuggling trick in the book.
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    Image of ThreeLitre ThreeLitre
    06/18/09

    @SCROGGS!!: that was a Rolls.....
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    06/18/09

    @ThreeLitre: Yes, I know. But I saw the 1st photo in Matt's post and that's what popped in my head.
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    Image of Jo Schmo Jo Schmo
    06/18/09

    In reply to How To Load An Armored Bentley On A Jet
    The captain has turned off the tie-down sign, feel free to drive about the cabin.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/18/09

    In reply to How To Load An Armored Bentley On A Jet
    Why all the pussy-footin' around? It's freakin' armored. It's not like they're going to hurt anything.


    Unless, of course, that special radar absorbant material in the paint makes the paint $10,000 a gallon.

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/18/09

    In reply to How To Load An Armored Bentley On A Jet
    I would think a Bentley would fly under more luxurious conditions. That looks like coach.
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    Image of FlakJack FlakJack
    06/18/09

    In reply to How To Load An Armored Bentley On A Jet
    I'll bet Ahmadinejad wishes he'd put this order in a little sooner.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/18/09

    In reply to How To Load An Armored Bentley On A Jet
    I see trees of green........ armored Bentleys too

    I see em zoom..... past me and past you

    And I think to myself.... what a wonderful world.


    I see skies of smoke..... RPG contrails of white

    Pepper spray-filled days....dark bullet-riddled nights

    And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world.


    The colors of bloody flesh.....so pretty ..in the sky

    Are also on the faces.....of people ..going by

    I see people shaking fists.....sayin.. f*ck you, too

    They're really sayin......I love you.


    I hear babies cry...... I watch as I drive by

    Passing land-mine filled fields.....and leave others to die

    And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world


    (instrumental break)


    The colors of bloody flesh.....so pretty ..in the sky

    Are also on the faces.....of people ..going by

    I see people shaking fists.....sayin.. f*ck you, too

    They're really sayin......I love you.


    I hear babies cry...... I watch as I drive by

    Passing land-mine filled fields.....and leave others to die

    And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world

    Yes I think to myself .......thank god I have an armored Bentley.

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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/18/09

    @pauljones: It's good to see someone doing song lyrics. Well done song lyrics, too, I might add.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/18/09

    @pauljones: Excellent job. I suspect COTD.
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    06/18/09

    @pauljones: Very nice! Made me lol.
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    Image of Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder Tucker589 is Hoarding James Dean's 550 Spyder
    06/18/09

    In reply to How To Load An Armored Bentley On A Jet
    Will tomorrow be "How to turn an armored Bentley INTO a jet?"....please?
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    06/18/09

    @Tucker589: That's easy, you just have to be friends with Matt Tracker.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    06/18/09

    In reply to How To Load An Armored Bentley On A Jet
    Excuse me sir, your Bentely is taking up all of my legroom.
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    Image of 1000songs 1000songs
    06/18/09

    In reply to How To Load An Armored Bentley On A Jet
    Smart - they aren't flying anything valuable on Air France.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    06/18/09

    @1000songs: Usually just pallets full of white flags.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/18/09

    That's funny.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    06/18/09

    @1000songs: Too soon?
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    Image of fanboy.took.my.star fanboy.took.my.star
    06/18/09

    @1000songs: actually...the 747 that cat is getting loaded into belongs to "atlas air holdings"
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    Image of 1000songs 1000songs
    06/18/09

    @urbanturban666: Ahhh yes, plane nerds ([www.airliners.net]). The only group of introverted registration number trackers more pathetic than trainspotters.


    In what parallel universe is knowing who owns a plane of any use, other than to a person being forced onto a Rendition Aircraft (aka Ghost Plane) for a stint of water boarding (not to be confused with a weekend of wakeboarding)?

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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    06/18/09

    @1000songs: It's actually kinda handy if you can't identify a plane, but caught the reg number. Actually did that about a week ago.
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