uncanny un·can·ny [un kánnee] (comparative un·can·ni·er, superlative un·can·ni·est) adjective 1.eerie: too strange or unlikely to seem merely natural or human 2.keen: unexpectedly accurate or precise •an uncanny resemblance to the president
—un·can·ni·ly, adverb —un·can·ni·ness, noun Encarta(r) World English Dictionary (c) & (P) 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Bob, you're really starting to sound like a "(little bit) more prolific Madigan"...are you obsessed with homosexuality like him? On 8/10/06, Bob Calco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
! -----Original Message----- ! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Helio W. ! Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 4:41 PM ! To: ProFox Email List ! Subject: Re: [OT] all we've seen so far is just a prelude ! ! What makes you think an ex-insurance salesman who has only access to ! material available to the general public can be considered a weapons ! expert? (granted, after "The Hunt for the Red October" he probably got ! to know good contacts inside the military/industry) All I said was his knowledge was uncanny. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/uncanny I didn't say it was correct and indeed, I'm not qualified in general to judge it on technical merits. ! ! Regarding what you called "don't ask don't tell" pilots, one flew ! AH-64A Apaches in Desert Storm, the other is an ex F-15C Eagle pilot ! who now is involved in the F-22A program at Langley AFB. I got in ! contact with these two gentlemen via internet aviation/modeling ! foruns. You don't have to be embarrassed in this august crowd of open minded folk to admit that you frequent chat rooms and have an account on eHarmony... ;0) ! ! Your kind of response is VERY SIMILAR to one I got from a ! "self-proclaimed weapons expert" journalist here in Brazil when I ! confronted him to the BS he had written for a local newspaper. Well I don't proclaim to know diddly about weapons systems, so that speaks more to that person's credibility than mine. ! ! You call me "Toshi", I call you "egocentric and self-proclaimed ! intellectual Bob". LOL :) We're all a bunch of comedians here. ;) - Bob ! ! ! On 8/10/06, Bob Calco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ! > ! Tom Clancy's "uncanny knowledge of the weapons of war"??? ! > ! ! > ! LOL... a good tecno-thriller writer? Maybe yes. ! > ! ! > ! Weapons specialist? ROTFL ! > ! ! > ! (I exchanged e-mails with USAF and US Army military ! pilots who think ! > ! Tom Clancy is a joke). ! > ! > If any pilots Helio knows think Clancy is a joke, then ! Clancy doesn't ! > know what he's talking about; Some pilots Helio corresponds ! with think ! > that Clancy is a joke; therefore, Clancy doesn't know what he's ! > talking about. ! > ! > That's interesting "logic". ! > ! > You exchange emails with some select individuals, I'd say. These ! > wouldn't happen to be the "don't ask, don't tell" pilots would they, ! > Toshi? ! > ! > ;-) ! > ! > - Bob ! > ! > ! ! > !
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