daylight savings time

[dmcgee1]

All the more reason to do away with the antiquated system.

Takes one to know one 

Leave it to the army to whip out the age jokes.  Don't you guys learn any new tricks?

[Seamus]

I thought something only had to be 50yrs old to be considered antique?  Or does that only cover material things?

Wedge it depends on the type of item and who is defining it.  I believe among car collectors, it is 50 years to be considered antique but with some types of furniture it has to be at least 75 years old.  With fashion they don't use the word antique but consider things to be 'vintage' clothing after about 5 years.

[Veez]

I fly a helicopter that's 40+ years.  What does it make that I wonder?

[wmeredith]

I fly a helicopter that's 40+ years.  What does it make that I wonder?

Hello

That makes it standard issue

wmeredith

[Topkick]

ROTFLMAO 

Score Karma for wmeredith

[dmcgee1]

I fly a helicopter that's 40+ years.  What does it make that I wonder?

Dangerous to be a pedestrian?

[Dr. Nick]

yeah, today they toss the money in "security" and "prevention" (as in private security guys, cameras, bugs, cellphone/car plate localisating, data-x-referencing, ...).

in the german military, they even save the money for new planes when only after ~7-10 years the reduced maintanace would pay for the replace.. a cousion of me works in plane-maintanace..
(if one of the oldtimers then really drops out of service, it gets even pricier.., sometimes they even rent planes..)

o tempora, o mores..