tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post2956437469656324173..comments2024-03-24T15:11:59.233+05:30Comments on A simple desultory Philippic: In the belly of ...J. Alfred Prufrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-23218208674955396432009-05-06T18:21:00.000+05:302009-05-06T18:21:00.000+05:30Tanks rock, but tank + desert = bad combo. Even th...Tanks rock, but tank + desert = bad combo. Even the modern air-conditioned M1 A1 tanks are way too hot, according to some friends who were in Iraq. Imagine how bad it would've been for Rommel's men in the 40's! A German colleague of mine used to tell me that his grandpa used to tell him stories of using tank tops as hotplates to cook omelettes!Idling in Top Gearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440232972672349966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-9265833904333619482009-05-03T20:29:00.000+05:302009-05-03T20:29:00.000+05:30An old jute mill on a night in June is hell? I had...An old jute mill on a night in June is hell? I had no idea.<br /><br />But wow. 72 hours. Imagine that in the heat of a desert.mystic rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125795139102746210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-43907349275211046282009-04-28T19:59:00.000+05:302009-04-28T19:59:00.000+05:30Informative and entertaining, as usual.Informative and entertaining, as usual.Sougatanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-86141352165313714352009-04-28T10:08:00.000+05:302009-04-28T10:08:00.000+05:30SS, I daresay this machine would whup Grendel's as...SS, I daresay this machine would whup Grendel's ass. Big time.<br /><br />Anirban, nope, different ministry. And this thing, well, I just lucked out.<br /><br />LazyAni, did you like the billboard? Go out and BUY some of our stuff now.<br /><br />Ph, appreciation from YOU? We are not worthy!<br /><br />KM, in these times of recession, they might just weld 105-mm barrels on their Humvees instead.<br /><br />J.A.P.J. Alfred Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446127543417759542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-87355169751630148632009-04-27T22:45:00.000+05:302009-04-27T22:45:00.000+05:30I've come to the conclusion, after reading your fi...I've come to the conclusion, after reading your fine field report, that *this* is the dream vehicle consumers dream about in America. <br /><br />//Thanks for opening up the blog again!kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-15457261278913349662009-04-27T22:10:00.000+05:302009-04-27T22:10:00.000+05:30I must apologize for being hasty in dismissing thi...I must apologize for being hasty in dismissing this earlier. <br /><br />Reads much better the third time. :)<br /><br />And this has nothing to do with the fact that you can take a good shot.Phantasmagoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046443423659096154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-21474598371649917312009-04-27T15:25:00.000+05:302009-04-27T15:25:00.000+05:30Maan, do you live an interesting life!!
From sett...Maan, do you live an interesting life!!<br /><br />From setting up real jute bags on a bill board to travelling in a battle tank, it's really something.Lazyanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04515533973086213840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-73198769721850625682009-04-27T12:16:00.000+05:302009-04-27T12:16:00.000+05:30Wow! This must have been quite an experience. Are ...Wow! This must have been quite an experience. Are you moving through the defence ministry by some chance?<br /><br />AnirbanAnirbanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433768661764733605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11411104.post-43470840378887824302009-04-27T01:09:00.000+05:302009-04-27T01:09:00.000+05:30This was interesting, though obviously completely ...This was interesting, though obviously completely unfamiliar territory. Or should that be: terror-tory? Reminded me of the Old English monsters like Grendel...and Leviathan, of course...Sucharita Sarkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802171314546508539noreply@blogger.com