Richard Mark Fitzpatrick
@richmfitz
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US Marine Recon I Magpul Founder I Artist I Mediocre Helicopter Pilot
A little West of Austin Texas
Joined April 2022
I treated these ones a little better... https://t.co/fBEB8I2xAk
Magpul 15 year Anniversary -Christmas Holiday Knife- 2014 New Kershaw "flipper" knives with replacement side plates made from real recycled PMag bodies. Made only once and given to every full-time employee.
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And like a dumbass, I immediately put the knife in my pocket and used it to open boxes for the next three years, scratching the hell out of the blade and eventually breaking the spring mechanism. https://t.co/wtxAf6yuSw
Magpul 10th Anniversary Employee Knives - 2009 For Magpul's 10th anniversary, the company was still very small, and every employee received a custom-engraved SOG flipper knife with their name and a number indicating how many of the 10 years they had been employed. The standard
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Fair winds and following seas, Scott Adams. You will be missed.
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RIP @ScottAdamsSays While Scott Adams's recent books and podcasts have been a lifeline, I most appreciate the early 1990s Dilbert, as it was the sole beacon of sanity when I joined IBM after leaving the military.
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This is still my best form of therapy...
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I never knew he was a Marine- and even more surprisingly, the voice of Jonny Quest!
Birthday Wishes going out to Tim Matheson as he turns 78. Before starring in “Animal House” in the iconic roll of Eric “Otter” Stratton, Tim served as a Devil Dog. Matheson was born on December 31, 1947 and he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1965. Tim would earn the rank
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RIP Brigitte Bardot
Brigitte Bardot: “I'm a right-wing woman and I don't care what they think. Their opinion, I don't mind! We were less annoyed before, now freedom has disappeared” About President Macron: "Your first words when you received me at the presidential palace... ‘You're going to yell
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Worth a read. Just simple fundamentals and entirely accurate.
Let me explain why people from the third world are often prolific scammers. This time with sock puppets for the literary challenged: The first world assumes rules will be enforced. The third world assumes they won’t, and plans accordingly. The first world is built on trust and
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No matter what Rob Reiner said over the years that made me angry, I would remember he created Spinal Tap, and somehow everything was right in the universe again. RIP Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
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Just found a clip of my first solo flight and landing from 2005 (taken by my instructor). Erie, Colorado Airport's field elevation is 5,130 feet, and the R22 always struggled at mountain altitudes.
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I was having brunch at our hotel in NYC and noticed the Latin inscription on the walls above the paneling. I asked Grok what it meant, and the answer hit a little too close to home for someone supposedly enjoying "retirement." GROK: The Latin inscription you photographed is on
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Just back from NYC. Pray this iconic city does not share the same fate as London and Paris.
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That’s a sweet rack. It’s still sedition.
You can’t bully a patriot. I stand with @SenMarkKelly. This is a decisive moment. Trump is trying to incite violence, intimidate, and punish those who speak up to hold him accountable. But the only thing we fear is not rising to this moment and defending the country we love.
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@Porsche Under the body of 70P/032, after the 5 year mechanical and frame restoration to 1964 racing specs.
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