Author Topic: What did you do this weekend? (Read 208403 times)

Raptor · « **Reply #25 on:** June 03, 2017, 12:34:08 am »

Congratulations!!!!!!

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First Shirt · « **Reply #26 on:** June 03, 2017, 08:54:08 am »

Quote from: Raptor on June 03, 2017, 12:34:08 am

Congratulations!!!!!!

Yeah, what he said! Glad to hear that momma and baby are doing well!

Bud · « **Reply #27 on:** June 03, 2017, 09:18:21 pm »

Quote from: GeorgeHill on June 02, 2017, 09:20:43 am

4 hours to get there. 4 hours spent there. 4 hours to get back home... but a great ride.
Also - not me or my video... obviously. But the Dragon is an awesome ride.

George,

Did you lift your shirt for the photographer?

I tried to talk Mary into it but she just waved as we flew by

Bud · « **Reply #28 on:** June 04, 2017, 12:09:23 pm »

(forgot to add the picture)

Raptor · « **Reply #29 on:** June 25, 2017, 02:35:18 pm »

This weekend was a little bit of a comedy of errors for me. See, there was a classic car show being held at the PA Trolley Museum, which is maybe 40 minutes south-ish of me. I thought it was yesterday, so I went down to check it out. Only I got my dates wrong: yesterday was the Parade of Trolleys.

The classic car show was today. There had to be at least 100 cars there. Some highlights:

My personal favorite: a 1967 Pointiac GTO.

Okay, moving on...

There's an honest-to-God chandelier inside that car

That Beetle isn't a tribute car: the owner had the original vehicle registration and other documents proving that the car was sold to the Walt Disney Company in 1968 and was used as a stunt car in The Love Bug and Herbie Rides Again.

Kaso · « **Reply #30 on:** June 26, 2017, 07:57:38 am »

I finally got out to pattern my one shotgun. Results were less than ideal.

coyotesfan97 · « **Reply #31 on:** June 26, 2017, 08:50:06 am »

I worked off duty at our Level One trauma hospital's ER. Lots of joking with nurses and security.

MTK20 · « **Reply #32 on:** June 26, 2017, 08:58:16 am »

Quote from: coyotesfan97 on June 26, 2017, 08:50:06 am

I worked off duty at our Level One trauma hospital's ER. Lots of joking with nurses and security.

What does off duty work entail in a hospital?

First Shirt · « **Reply #33 on:** June 26, 2017, 10:26:08 pm »

Quote from: Kaso on June 26, 2017, 07:57:38 am

I finally got out to pattern my one shotgun. Results were less than ideal.

Okay, why? Patterns too big, or too small? I've had some success tightening up patterns with some patience and some emery cloth.

Mikee5star · « **Reply #34 on:** June 27, 2017, 12:51:04 am »

Just finished a reroof out of town heading home in the morning. Hopefully the weather will be nice so I can shoot the new pistol. It doesn't take much rain to put my range underwater. After 5 days on a 12/12 pitch roof I don't want to shoot in the rain.

coelacanth · « **Reply #35 on:** June 27, 2017, 01:09:44 am »

Quote from: Kaso on June 26, 2017, 07:57:38 am

I finally got out to pattern my one shotgun. Results were less than ideal.

Is it not shooting where it looks?

coyotesfan97 · « **Reply #36 on:** June 27, 2017, 03:34:22 am »

Quote from: MTK20 on June 26, 2017, 08:58:16 am

What does off duty work entail in a hospital?

You're basically an armed guard for the ER. Security takes care of most of the issues. We're there as a deterrent and a first line defense against an active shooter. Plus we can get the cavalry coming with the radio.

That being said you sit and walk around a lot being visible. As off duty jobs go it's a good gig!

LowKey · « **Reply #37 on:** June 27, 2017, 05:07:02 am »

Quote from: coyotesfan97 on June 27, 2017, 03:34:22 am

You're basically an armed guard for the ER. Security takes care of most of the issues. We're there as a deterrent and a first line defense against an active shooter. Plus we can get the cavalry coming with the radio.

That being said you sit and walk around a lot being visible. As off duty jobs go it's a good gig!

Coffee.
You forgot the coffee.

MTK20 · « **Reply #38 on:** June 27, 2017, 10:04:46 am »

Quote from: coyotesfan97 on June 27, 2017, 03:34:22 am

You're basically an armed guard for the ER. Security takes care of most of the issues. We're there as a deterrent and a first line defense against an active shooter. Plus we can get the cavalry coming with the radio.

That being said you sit and walk around a lot being visible. As off duty jobs go it's a good gig!

Wish we had guys like you in our emergency department. I love working in the ED, but sometimes patients can get a little assaulty $:-\$ . As it stands, I believe we only have two cops who watch over our whole ED. It's a pretty big facility, so...

sarge712 · « **Reply #39 on:** June 27, 2017, 01:52:20 pm »

Quote from: coyotesfan97 on June 27, 2017, 03:34:22 am

You're basically an armed guard for the ER. Security takes care of most of the issues. We're there as a deterrent and a first line defense against an active shooter. Plus we can get the cavalry coming with the radio.

That being said you sit and walk around a lot being visible. As off duty jobs go it's a good gig!

My favorite off duty gig here too.

sarge712 · « **Reply #40 on:** June 27, 2017, 01:56:51 pm »

Buried my niece on Saturday. 23 years old, 120 IQ. She could have been anything, doctor, lawyer, astronaut, scientist.

Julie and I changed her diapers, bounced her on our knees, spoon fed her as a baby. Heroin overdose. It was spiked with Fentanyl we think. She told my wife a couple of months ago she wanted to die because she was so very tired and that was the only thing that would beat her addiction. She was mad at her brother for giving her a dose of Narcan last month and bringing her back then. She finally got her wish. A very sobering time.

Kaso · « **Reply #41 on:** June 27, 2017, 02:26:34 pm »

All of my problems together seem so small next to that.

Kaso · « **Reply #42 on:** June 27, 2017, 02:43:33 pm »

Quote from: First Shirt on June 26, 2017, 10:26:08 pm

Okay, why? Patterns too big, or too small? I've had some success tightening up patterns with some patience and some emery cloth.

Quote from: coelacanth on June 27, 2017, 01:09:44 am

Is it not shooting where it looks?

It is a Cylinder bore 18" Remington 870. I bought it used, changed out the springs, and just got around to the patterning. It appears that the muzzle is not perfectly cylindrical, and there is a flat spot at 10:00 if looking at it. It might not affect regular shot as much (or it might) but Federal Flite Control prints an ever stretching group, extending toward the 2:00 target position. (Looking at my pattern board, I would only want to take a COM shot at 15yds or less.) I am thinking that the flat spot is causing just enough drag on the FC wad, that it pulls it in that direction just enough to throw the pattern. Unfortunately, the barrel is dead nuts 18", no no chance of shortening it - I just need to get a new barrel.

MTK20 · « **Reply #43 on:** June 27, 2017, 03:35:05 pm »

Quote from: sarge712 on June 27, 2017, 01:56:51 pm

Buried my niece on Saturday. 23 years old, 120 IQ. She could have been anything, doctor, lawyer, astronaut, scientist.

Julie and I changed her diapers, bounced her on our knees, spoon fed her as a baby. Heroin overdose. It was spiked with Fentanyl we think. She told my wife a couple of months ago she wanted to die because she was so very tired and that was the only thing that would beat her addiction. She was mad at her brother for giving her a dose of Narcan last month and bringing her back then. She finally got her wish. A very sobering time.

I'm sorry for your loss, sarge

.

I've seen several kids that age, with that potential, and who turn to similar drugs.

I don't understand why they do it. If they do it to themselves or if something draws them to it... Or whatever the reason is... I just don't know...

sarge712 · « **Reply #44 on:** June 27, 2017, 03:46:21 pm »

Quote from: MTK20 on June 27, 2017, 03:35:05 pm

I'm sorry for your loss, sarge .

I've seen several kids that age, with that potential, and who turn to similar drugs.

I don't understand why they do it. If they do it to themselves or if something draws them to it... Or whatever the reason is... I just don't know...

thanks. Im angry, not sad. But itll callous over and we will move on

MTK20 · « **Reply #45 on:** June 27, 2017, 04:25:54 pm »

Quote from: sarge712 on June 27, 2017, 03:46:21 pm

thanks. Im angry, not sad. But itll callous over and we will move on

Different people express grief differently, you have every right to be angry.

I personally seem to oscillate between the two, given enough time.

coyotesfan97 · « **Reply #46 on:** June 27, 2017, 05:54:00 pm »

Quote from: LowKey on June 27, 2017, 05:07:02 am

Coffee.
You forgot the coffee.

nope it isn't forgotten.

coyotesfan97 · « **Reply #47 on:** June 27, 2017, 05:55:49 pm »

Quote from: MTK20 on June 27, 2017, 10:04:46 am

Wish we had guys like you in our emergency department. I love working in the ED, but sometimes patients can get a little assaulty $:-\$ . As it stands, I believe we only have two cops who watch over our whole ED. It's a pretty big facility, so...

They have 4-5 security guys per shift. It's a pretty big facility. They want the Officer staying in the ED for the most part. Security calls you to a floor or outside occasionally.

coyotesfan97 · « **Reply #48 on:** June 27, 2017, 05:56:18 pm »

Quote from: sarge712 on June 27, 2017, 01:56:51 pm

Buried my niece on Saturday. 23 years old, 120 IQ. She could have been anything, doctor, lawyer, astronaut, scientist.

Julie and I changed her diapers, bounced her on our knees, spoon fed her as a baby. Heroin overdose. It was spiked with Fentanyl we think. She told my wife a couple of months ago she wanted to die because she was so very tired and that was the only thing that would beat her addiction. She was mad at her brother for giving her a dose of Narcan last month and bringing her back then. She finally got her wish. A very sobering time.

My condolences Sarge

ksuguy · « **Reply #49 on:** June 28, 2017, 08:30:21 am »

Sorry to hear about your niece, Sarge. It's a shame when people go out like that.

I spent the weekend in Alberta. Had to go visit our plant in High River to monitor things while we installed some new software.