# Mild 'pitting' of Rick; Vehement opining in GQ **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 13, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-rick-vehement-opining-in-gq/459891 "2008-08-13T20:48:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-rick-vehement-opining-in-gq/459891/41 "2008-08-14T21:12:30Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Is there really any such thing as a “mild” pitting? Maybe we need a Slow Cooker forum or something for that kind of action. [/QUOTE] My vote is for a “Hot Plate” forum…[1920s style.](http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/863/hotplate/boxlid.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-rick-vehement-opining-in-gq/459891/42 "2008-08-14T21:21:48Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] Many car companies refer to anti-smash glass as high security glass or security glass. [/quote] Okay, that’s useful to know overall. However, the news article doesn’t say “security” glass, it just says “reinforced” glass. So we’re speculating here on what type of glass it did have. > [@](#): > > You do realize that, if in fact, it was an armored vehicle is would not be a rental, so all the comments in both threads about rentals are rendered moot. Right. And since I’ve already been ignoring them, I will continue to ignore them. We’re not talking about the pros and cons of rental vehicles, we’re talking about why someone would want to have a feature on their car that allows them to lock an intruder in the car. > [@](#): > > Have any of you ever seen an armored vehicle up close? The armoured Ford Expedition I linked to looks just like an ordinary SUV to my admittedly amateur eyes. It doesn’t look like a Hummer or a Brink’s truck; it just looks like an SUV. > [@](#): > > I have, and I can tell you that as hard as it would be to smash the windows on a car with anti-smash glass, on an armored car it is flat impossible. Right. That’s what we’re assuming, that since the teenager wasn’t able to kick out the windows, the windows must have had something thicker than ordinary 1/4" anti-theft laminate glass, thus rendering it, colloquially speaking, “bulletproof”, and that the car must have been an armored SUV, and not just an ordinary SUV. > [@](#): > > The glass is a good 3" thick. Well, that depends. According to [this](http://www.firstdefense.com/html/default_faqs.htm) bulletproof/security glass comes in different thicknesses, from 1/4" to over 3", depending on what kind of firepower you’re expecting your kidnappers to be packing. > [@](#): > > I seriously doubt that it was in fact an armored vehicle. Why? Why couldn’t it have been an armored SUV? And, what difference does it make? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-rick-vehement-opining-in-gq/459891/43 "2008-08-16T18:30:58Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] yeah, but all I got was this mild pitting. :mad: The slow cooker of pittings apparently. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but think of how tender you’ll be in 12 hours. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-rick-vehement-opining-in-gq/459891/44 "2008-08-16T18:35:11Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] Yeah, but think of how tender you’ll be in 12 hours. 🆒 [/QUOTE] And juicy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-rick-vehement-opining-in-gq/459891.md?page=2)