Sounds like a very cool weekend!Since I'm usually the one taking pictures, it's hard to get in them. Plus, the fact that most of the pictures I have of the Senior Minions involve dead animals, and I'm really reluctance to post them on the Internet.
Have you posted any in the "member pictures" thread before? I don't recall. I would myself, but I'm about as elusive as Bigfoot when it comes to cameras :neener.
Since I'm usually the one taking pictures, it's hard to get in them. Plus, the fact that most of the pictures I have of the Senior Minions involve dead animals, and I'm really reluctance to post them on the Internet.
Looks like y'all had fun. I'm doing the Ohio one in July with my inlaws, looks like a blast.It's probably the most fun you can have and still keep your clothes on! Just remember that it's team first, runner second, and everything else is a distant third place.
It's probably the most fun you can have and still keep your clothes on! Just remember that it's team first, runner second, and everything else is a distant third place.
Yeah I'm just running support, I've been paid to run those things, this is just fun.
Personally, I think I'd have preferred the 336 to the engraved H&H. More affordable to shoot, and less likely to be "too pretty" to actually use. :thumbup1
Congratulations!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QrXQGeJLSA
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.
I worked off duty at our Level One trauma hospital's ER. Lots of joking with nurses and security. :thumbup1
I finally got out to pattern my one shotgun. Results were less than ideal.
I finally got out to pattern my one shotgun. Results were less than ideal.Is it not shooting where it looks? :hmm
:thumbup1
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.Coffee.
That being said you sit and walk around a lot being visible. As off duty jobs go it's a good gig!
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!
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!
Okay, why? Patterns too big, or too small? I've had some success tightening up patterns with some patience and some emery cloth.
Is it not shooting where it looks? :hmmIt 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.
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...
thanks. Im angry, not sad. But itll callous over and we will move on
Coffee.
You forgot the coffee.
:neener
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...
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 SargeAnd mine as well.
Went to Libertycon30 this weekend. Since The Boss was out of town on family stuff, I transferred her registration to Senior Minion #1 (the owner of the Scout project rifle). Between us two, and The Darlin' Daughter, plus the two junior minions, we had our own little gaggle, and there was enough interesting stuff to keep everybody pretty busy. Met some great people, and renewed acquaintances with some equally terrific people that I haven't seen since last year.
While I'm not a geek, I speak the language fluently, and under some limited circumstances I can pass as a native. Everybody else blended in pretty well. This is the only sci-fi convention I've ever attended (this was my fourth year) and I can't imagine any of the others being more fun!
Got a link for the Gun Monkeys Hot Stove League?
Sounds interesting and nothing came up via internet search.
Went to Libertycon30 this weekend. Since The Boss was out of town on family stuff, I transferred her registration to Senior Minion #1 (the owner of the Scout project rifle). Between us two, and The Darlin' Daughter, plus the two junior minions, we had our own little gaggle, and there was enough interesting stuff to keep everybody pretty busy. Met some great people, and renewed acquaintances with some equally terrific people that I haven't seen since last year.
While I'm not a geek, I speak the language fluently, and under some limited circumstances I can pass as a native. Everybody else blended in pretty well. This is the only sci-fi convention I've ever attended (this was my fourth year) and I can't imagine any of the others being more fun!
Came into the house, there were 2-3 in the kitchen. Went back in the pantry to grab the swatter, and there were about a dozen of them. Checked the rest of the house, another 8-10 in one of the bathrooms. Went outside, there were probably a hundred flying around and/or crawling around a spot on the exterior wall just above the kitchen. And I can hear them crawling around in the kitchen ceiling.
Called an exterminator: he suspects they're in the process of setting up a hive and recommended I hit the spot on the exterior wall with a garden hose. Apparently that tricks the bees into thinking that they've picked a location that will flood easily, so they'll leave and try to find a new spot that hopefully isn't our house. It seems to have done the trick: they don't seem to be coming into the pantry anymore (that's the suspected entry point), there aren't as many of them outside, and I don't hear as many of them in the kitchen ceiling anymore. Exterminator's still going to come (at my request) and finish off the remainder of the hive.
:shrug I know zilch about bees. I mean, I can tell the difference between a Bumble Bee, a not-Bumble Bee, and a Wasp/Yellow Jacket/Hornet, but that's it.For reference, carpenter bees look remarkably like bumblebees. They are huge, slow moving, and fun to bat at with tennis rackets. >:D
Mama and Papa Raptor assumed they were Carpenter Bees because they'd moved into the wall rather than build a hive outside the house. The exterminator (who deals exclusively with bees) ID'd them as Honey Bees.Okay, no, carpenter bees bore individual holes into the underside of wood eaves or siding. There is no combined colony, just individual nests. This is why was curious what an infestation looked like. We have them by the hundreds every year, as our house is cedar logs. There is no good way to stop them from boring their nests.
:shrug I know zilch about bees. I mean, I can tell the difference between a Bumble Bee, a not-Bumble Bee, and a Wasp/Yellow Jacket/Hornet, but that's it. Mama and Papa Raptor assumed they were Carpenter Bees because they'd moved into the wall rather than build a hive outside the house. The exterminator (who deals exclusively with bees) ID'd them as Honey Bees.
It's ok, Raptor. Maybe Kaso can't forgive you for not being able to know the species and genus of individual bees, but I'm sure after much effort and gritting of teeth the rest of the forum will let it slide :rotfl.As one who lives around both kinds every day, I sometimes have trouble remembering that others are recent transplants from sterile suburbia. :neener
Okay, no, carpenter bees bore individual holes into the underside of wood eaves or siding. There is no combined colony, just individual nests. This is why was curious what an infestation looked like. We have them by the hundreds every year, as our house is cedar logs. There is no good way to stop them from boring their nests.
We rarely have carpenter bees here in mid OK, and I have never seen one in west OK where I grew up.
There are a few in east OK, but I have never even had one attempt to sting.
Hybrid honey bees are a whole different story. There are a ton running around all over OK, and they will sting for no real apparent reason at all.
The biggest surprise I see fairly often for new biologists working for us is the truly awesome experience of the ole scorpion/spider/bull ant in the boot. They never learned the lesson to dump those boots in the morning before jabbing your feet in them. Usually one experience makes a lasting impression.
I don't empty my boots when indoors :-[. The only thing I take out of my boots are my car keys. People complain about losing their keys and even buy fancy wall hangers or bowls to keep them in, but I have them outsmarted >:D. Never leave the home without having shoes on first and you'll never forget your keys either.If people have a simple, designated place where they put their keys each time, (like your boots) then they never get lost. A tiny amount of discipline and organization is all that is required. I have no respect for people who 'lose' things like that.
I've lived most of my life with carpenter bees and worked in close proximity to their nests on many occasions. I have yet to have one sting me or even try to as far as I can tell. Kill them if you must but they are probably the least objectionable insect on the planet IMO and ought to be left alone if possible.The mix I gave is to prevent them from boring into the log rather than exterminate them after the fact (although it may do so as well).
Out of curiosity, what is the biologist protocol for a scorpion sting? My texts don't seem to agree at all, but they seem to tell us nausea and pain in adults and then for paediatric patients 2 or less, they can be fatal.Depends greatly on what scorpion.
I don't think that Texas has any particularly bad ass scorpions or anything :shrug.
Depends greatly on what scorpion.
Had a bad time after being stung on the arm in Florida as a kid. Didn't notice the sting, but the infection that came along with it nearly cost me my arm.
Over here we've got some scorpions which are pretty much a death sentence.
In Thailand I've been hit by (what I assume was) a variety of emperor scorpion, big black fat clawed looking thing which stung my hand while I was doing some renovations to my FIL's home and I put my hand into a wall cavity without looking. Was about on par with a bee sting. The giant centipedes there scare the daylights out of me though, as well as my FIL. Says a sting from one of those will have you sick as a dog and in the worst pain you've ever felt for a week.
With scorpions, good general rule of thumb is to look at the size of the pincers.
Big fat pincers and they're probably on the bee sting end of the scale.
Tiny, delicate pincers and they're more towards that "take three steps and drop dead" end of the scale.
Apparently the more potent the venom the less they need to rely on the brute strength of their claws.
Moral of the story?
Always shake out your footwear. :D
There are no scorpions in Texas that are considered lethal to man.
:o Yikes. Scorpions we have here have very delicate pincers. I'm going to now google common Texas scorpions :panic.Baddies-
ETA: I feel a little better now: http://texasinsects.tamu.edu/cimg364.html
Out of curiosity, what is the biologist protocol for a scorpion sting? My texts don't seem to agree at all, but they seem to tell us nausea and pain in adults and then for paediatric patients 2 or less, they can be fatal.
I don't think that Texas has any particularly bad ass scorpions or anything :shrug.
:o Yikes. Scorpions we have here have very delicate pincers. I'm going to now google common Texas scorpions :panic.
ETA: I feel a little better now: http://texasinsects.tamu.edu/cimg364.html
In my part of the world the main protocol for scorpion sting is to point and laugh a considerable amount at the victim.
We only really get wood scorpions(striped bark scorpions) and they are about like a bee sting or so. So you watch for anaphylaxis like you would with any sting/bite. Mostly you just laugh and point tho.
You guys got bull ants tho just like Oklahoma. Those things can lay down enough pain to make you repent your heathen ways.
https://youtu.be/EF-oSVCCqzU (https://youtu.be/EF-oSVCCqzU)
Striped bark scorpions are what we have here too, apparently.
Oh man :facepalm. Learnt about a new death dealing animal today, can't say I'm happy about that :scrutiny.
Bull ants will not kill you. They just make you wish for death. I have been stung by about everything that can sting in this part of the world, and a bull ant is miles ahead of anything else. I would rather get bit by a rattlesnake again than take a bull ant sting.
I didn't mean literally die. After all, the video said no humans have died to date from that ant/wasp.
I cannot imagine an insect bite being worse than a rattle snake bite :hide . I understand that rattlesnake venom is another one that commonly causes nausea and vomiting as well. I cannot stand snakes :panic.
Other than the minor medical texts I have read on venomous critters, I feel like I need to read up specifically on what is in my area.
The mix I gave is to prevent them from boring into the log rather than exterminate them after the fact (although it may do so as well).Yeah your mix is not terribly lethal as these things go and it does prevent fungal damage so its got that going for it. Borax and boric acid is pretty toxic to bugs that ingest it but most things just leave it alone when its sprayed on wood. My favorite dust for applying to the outside of the house is boric acid powder and food grade diatomaceous earth. Keeps all manner of creepy crawlies at bay without being poisonous to kids and pets. As for what I did this week-end, well, I got out my old insecticide duster and gave all the exterior cracks the once over with the aforementioned concoction. :cool
Side benefit of the mix is that it also inhibits mold, fungus, and rot.
I'm assuming you were at Comic Con and got "busted" by the 501st or Mandalorian Mercs, but unfortunatelly, all I'm seeing is a "broken picture URL" icon.
Try this:
http://stephenjd.deviantart.com/art/Arrested-695526938 (http://stephenjd.deviantart.com/art/Arrested-695526938)
Try this:
http://stephenjd.deviantart.com/art/Arrested-695526938 (http://stephenjd.deviantart.com/art/Arrested-695526938)
Edit: I've tried to fix the link above.
Freakin' awesome! Are you a member of the Rebel Legion?
I'm going to be flying out to Boston Comic Con myself two weekends from now. I'll have to post pics when I get back, especially since I'll be cosplaying. Not gonna say who or what I'm going as. Don't want to ruin it for y'all!
It is impressive :thumbup1, but being her grandpa you might be a little biased ;).
How'd she get her ankle injured (again?) and why are you rough on her? :neener You only have a few grandkids, you can't just go around breaking them :P.
I note how the prop whip had to be the equivalent of 'zip tied.'
I note how the prop whip had to be the equivalent of 'zip tied.'
Raptor, that looks awesome and fun.
I've been meaning to hit a con for years, you're motivating me.
:scrutinyNot a top choice as a weapon per se, but one with a weighted tip can break a skull.
Snap someone with a leather belt one time, and see how they react. Then imagine doing it with an implement designed for the task.
:o I didn't even realise that :facepalm.
I could see a whip being many things: traditional livestock herding tool, Indiana Jones accessory, 'adult recreation device' :-[, but never as a serious or deadly weapon. That's just nonsense.
I take the time to make a flawless tongue in cheek BDSM joke and you flat foots took it literally.
I don't even know why I try anymore :banghead.
If your communication is not understood by your audience. It is rarely the fault of the audience.
It is much like those 'super intellectual' people that cannot communicate to less intelligent individuals. If someone has a truly powerful intellect it is child's play to communicate effectively to those with less intelligence.
That is demonstrably false. I know some extremely intelligent people who cannot communicate with those who are less intelligent.
Then they have never applied themselves to learning communication skills. Which can be fairly common for some of the math nerds.
There is also the joke you set yourself up for there. Like maybe you just misunderstood them. Since they cannot communicate with those that are less intelligent. :neener
:o I didn't even realise that :facepalm.
I could see a whip being many things: traditional livestock herding tool, Indiana Jones accessory, 'adult recreation device' :-[, but never as a serious or deadly weapon. That's just nonsense.
A few days late, but I imagine it was used as punishment for a variety of crimes for a reason...
Sent from my iPad using a bunch of electrons, copper, and probably some fiber optic cable
/sarcasm tag missing...
:scrutiny Now you're just trolling. There were subsequent posts explaining it as a joke. Unless you picked out that one remark and then glazed over the rest in order to post a reply, there is no way you would have missed that.My goodness, you are dense. The point of the sarcasm is that he did get the joke. :bash
My goodness, you are dense. The point of the sarcasm is that he did get the joke. :bash
You can't pull off sarcasm unless it comes with a label.
Wherever you are, I meant what I said. When you post such a question (and you do) I am often left shaking my head wondering if you are trolling, or if you really truly just didn't get it. :scrutiny I end up wondering this quite a lot, and so I finally said something.
:hmmThat's the problem. I can't usually tell if it is intentional, or if you are just naïve or dense.
I guess it depends on the post. I do like to troll sometimes. Not maliciously of course.
That's the problem. I can't usually tell if it is intentional, or if you are just naïve or dense.
On another tack entirely, I went shooting today with The Minions (all four of them!) and we had a ball! The two Senior Minions ran me out of practice ammo for my 1911s, and we're ready for cooler weather, when the hogs are moving during the day, the new one (with the Marlin .30-30) is on her second 50-round box of FTXs, and the youngest one tried (once more) to sneak my bird's head Vaquero into her gun case when she thought I wasn't looking. Of course, this was after she ran through 50 rounds of the "Jenny" loads.
Gonna hafta get her gun finished, just so I can keep mine! (People say that I spoil them, but that's not true! I'm just being nice to them because they'll be the ones to choose my nursing home.)
I'm just being nice to them because they'll be the ones to choose my nursing home.)Or, if your really nice to them, one of them may just decide to spoon feed you and change your diapers themselves. Beats the heck out of any nursing facility that I've ever been in. :-\
Or, if your really nice to them, one of them may just decide to spoon feed you and change your diapers themselves. Beats the heck out of any nursing facility that I've ever been in. :-\Or even kinder, bring you a silver pill box with the ticket to a more graceful exit when the time comes and you make the call.
Or even kinder, bring you a silver pill box with the ticket to a more graceful exit when the time comes and you make the call.
At least that's what I hope for...
:shockedHey, if the day comes that you're reliant on someone else to ensure you change your depends, you can't remember what year it is, and generally are past your "best by" date, I think it's totally acceptable to decide that it's time to get off the merry-go-round if you so choose, hopefully with a little dignity and style.
Hey, if the day comes that you're reliant on someone else to ensure you change your depends, you can't remember what year it is, and generally are past your "best by" date, I think it's totally acceptable to decide that it's time to get off the merry-go-round if you so choose, hopefully with a little dignity and style.I agree. I also find it telling how a person's 'best if used by' date is often years or decades before their actual expiration date.
I agree. I also find it telling how a person's 'best if used by' date is often years or decades before their actual expiration date.When you decide it's best that you go is up to you...it shouldn't be up to anyone else, it should be a personal call, or at least one the you make before you start to resemble a houseplant.
When you decide it's best that you go is up to you...it shouldn't be up to anyone else, it should be a personal call, or at least one the you make before you start to resemble a houseplant.I am not talking about when a person should punch out, or be punched out. It is a reference to food labels. 'For best flavor, consume by...' does not mean that it expires then.
Or even kinder, bring you a silver pill box with the ticket to a more graceful exit when the time comes and you make the call.
At least that's what I hope for...
It's a matter of independence. When I can't do the things I want to do, when I don't recognize family members, when I can't control my bodily functions or feed myself, it's time to pull the pin. I don't want my loved ones to have to deal with all the stress and trouble that comes from watching someone you love dissolve into a breathing meat sack. That's not living, that's just existing.
It's not so much the physical frailty that scares me, it's the indignities that are heaped on you when you get to that point. I've watched one grandmother and several uncles and aunts go out that way, and I'm sorry, I'm not doing that to my family.
JMHO, YMMV, IRDDU.
And I'm not saying that you're wrong (like the Irishman said, "If I knew where I was going to die, I'd never go near the place!") I'm not ready to check out yet, I figure I've got 20-30 more years left. But I'd like to leave with a modicum of dignity.
My grandfather used to lay down a pony keg of apple cider every fall. It wasn't very big, probably five or six gallons at most. But he'd tend it carefully, and when it was ready, he'd occasionally get himself a mug full of it, to ease the pains of the day. My grandmother, on the other hand, was a devout Baptist, and did not hold with anything resembling demon rum. (Half her Anglo ancestors were ministers, the other half moonshiners. Guess which side she took after.)
Grandpa would get himself a wee tipple, and she'd start in: "You're gonna wind up just like my Uncle Elton, drank himself to death, he did!" Grandpa would try to ignore it, heaving heartfelt sighs the while.
One day, he'd been having trouble with a set of cabinets he was building, and nothing was going according to plan or design. He decided to quit before he really screwed something up, and toodled off to the cellar for a bit of nerve medicine. Back up in the kitchen, drink in hand, he sat down at the table, and Grandma started in: "Just like my Uncle Elton, drank himself to death!"
At that point, for the only time in my life, I heard my grandpa raise his voice to his bride of 50+ years.
He slammed the glass down on the table, and said, "Dammit, Chelsea, the man was 93 when he died!"
(After she stormed out of the kitchen, he looked at me, shook his head and said, "Of course, if he'd been sober, he wouldn't have tried to ride that horse in the first place.")
So, yeah, if I can check out like Uncle Elton, I figure I'm doing pretty doggone good!
Have an old service buddy, who's coming up on 70 years old. He runs a marathon a month, without fail. He's not going to set any speed records, and he really doesn't care, he's just having fun.
He says "You don't quit moving because you get old. You get old because you quit moving."
Sounds like proof of that, to me.
You have my sympathies. I missed Grandpa's funeral because of my Southeast Asian Vacation. And missed Grandma's because I was in Korea at the time (during the Great Tree Cutting Incident of 1976).
My grandmother once drove a Model T through a barn. Three times. The first time, the back doors were closed. But after Grandpa died, I had to show her how to open a car door, because she'd never had to open one for herself, Grandpa always did it for her.
Of course, these were the people who raised me, so it might explain why I'm a bit... off?
Got kicked out of third grade because the teacher was determined that I would be right handed. After several attempts at moving the pencil to the right hand, she started cracking me across the left-hand knuckles with a ruler, to get her point across. About the third time she attempted that, I grabbed her arm, and bit a chunk out of it! (I'm not kidding, it took six stitches to close the hole I made!) Lots of backing-and-forthing, and they finally decided to move me to the "other" third grade, the teacher of which said "I don't care if he writes with his feet, as long as it's neat and legible."
Thus, after all my other homework, I had 30 minutes of penmanship practice, before I could go out and raise H**l! (May explain why people say "My, you have such nice handwriting for a left hander.") Grandpa told them, "I've seen the boy write, and I've seen him shoot, and it might be easier to persuade a mule to be baptized than to make him be right-handed."
Of all the truly amazing people I've ever met, my grandfather is still my hero.
:thumbup1
I would like to add that I envy your penmanship! I have been cursed with Dr.'s handwriting. We tried to fix me, but at this age it seems that I am doomed :rotfl.
Get a a good calligraphy book. Practice a lot. Eventually, it will all soak in!"If" is a dammed fine start in educating a youngster in the more important aspects of character, if you don't mind my saying so.
Trust me! I couldn't draw flies on a hot day, but I can do pretty fair calligraphy. Just takes a little practice, and a little patience. And do not ask The Darlin' Daughter if the calligraphy version of Kipling's poem "If" is for sale. It isn't.
Get a a good calligraphy book. Practice a lot. Eventually, it will all soak in!
Trust me! I couldn't draw flies on a hot day, but I can do pretty fair calligraphy. Just takes a little practice, and a little patience. And do not ask The Darlin' Daughter if the calligraphy version of Kipling's poem "If" is for sale. It isn't.
Of all the truly amazing people I've ever met, my grandfather is still my hero.Your Grandfather sounds a bit like Ira Johnson.
"If" is a dammed fine start in educating a youngster in the more important aspects of character, if you don't mind my saying so.
Your Grandfather sounds a bit like Ira Johnson.
By any chance, is your hair red?
No, but my daughter's hair is. And some of the Minions are red heads, as well.Perhaps an offshoot, then, if not the line direct. ;)
The choice of gift says worlds about their personalities. And yours... ;)
Happy birthday. :D
No no, it's good... :thumbup1
This weekend... I spent the weekend on the couch recovering from a motorcycle accident that gouged a leg bone and tore some muscle.:doh
No surgery or cast required, and I can walk. Slowly and painfully... but I can walk.
This weekend... I spent the weekend on the couch recovering from a motorcycle accident that gouged a leg bone and tore some muscle.
No surgery or cast required, and I can walk. Slowly and painfully... but I can walk.
Spend my weekending tearing out drywall, AC duct, the stage/alter area (whatever you wanna call that raised area at the front of a church) and the sound booth / wiring & equipment from our church which got ~36" of water in it in Harvey.
Our big outdoor event for kids. Coffey County OK Kids (www.okkidscc.com (http://www.okkidscc.com)).Best wishes that you have 17 more years of this. It sounds like a really good program.
Registration point we had over 600 t-shirts just for the kids. gave out all of them by 2 pm.
Events included, camping Friday night. Breakfast Sat. morning. Fishing tournament. Lunch. events during Sat. afternoon included, trap shooting, pellet gun shoot, archery, sling shots, water cannon fight, rope bridge, milk crate climb, bouncy castles, horse back rides, disc golf, pedal cars course, paint ball shoot, bird house building, MOPS (mothers of pre-schoolers) had sidewalk chalk, changing and feeding stations and activities for the littlest ones, balloon lady, magician, hay rack rides, supper, prize drawings, movie and popcorn, camping again on Sat. night, with breakfast on Sunday morning and a non-denominational worship service after breakfast. over 1200 people total at the Corp of Engineers park (John Redmond reservoir) and every bit of it was free.
This is put on by our emergency services, Sheriff, Fire, Police, EMS, emergency management, Parks and Wildlife, Federal fish and game, Corp of engineers, Recreation center, quail forever/pheasant forever, and a host of sponsors and everything is provided.
basic idea is to get the kids outside for a day, give em a ton of stuff to do, and the parents don't have to spend a dime on food or entertainment.
This was our 17th year of doing this.
And I did it with a obsolete wheel gun! Shoothing against a gen5 g19
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Our big outdoor event for kids. Coffey County OK Kids (www.okkidscc.com (http://www.okkidscc.com)).
Registration point we had over 600 t-shirts just for the kids. gave out all of them by 2 pm.
Events included, camping Friday night. Breakfast Sat. morning. Fishing tournament. Lunch. events during Sat. afternoon included, trap shooting, pellet gun shoot, archery, sling shots, water cannon fight, rope bridge, milk crate climb, bouncy castles, horse back rides, disc golf, pedal cars course, paint ball shoot, bird house building, MOPS (mothers of pre-schoolers) had sidewalk chalk, changing and feeding stations and activities for the littlest ones, balloon lady, magician, hay rack rides, supper, prize drawings, movie and popcorn, camping again on Sat. night, with breakfast on Sunday morning and a non-denominational worship service after breakfast. over 1200 people total at the Corp of Engineers park (John Redmond reservoir) and every bit of it was free.
This is put on by our emergency services, Sheriff, Fire, Police, EMS, emergency management, Parks and Wildlife, Federal fish and game, Corp of engineers, Recreation center, quail forever/pheasant forever, and a host of sponsors and everything is provided.
basic idea is to get the kids outside for a day, give em a ton of stuff to do, and the parents don't have to spend a dime on food or entertainment.
This was our 17th year of doing this.
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Also, I grew up riding the Strasburg Railroad in Lancaster County, PA, which is one of, if not the best historic tourist shortline railroad in the country, so I have a VERY high bar.
On the plus side, they have an active turntable in Frostburg (the other end of the line) and we got to watch them turn the diesel locomotive around. No pics of that, sadly, because I was shooting video that didn't turn out very well. That's what I get for trying to film with my phone and no tripod...
My grandfather (the one who was in the FBI), was born in Sayre, PA, and worked for the railroads in the area as a teen before going to college in DC and starting work at the FBI as a clerk, in an internship program.
What?!? Impossible! Wheel guns will get you killed in a defensive situation! Glocks are perfect! Reee! :neener
Just kidding :cool. You told us what the competition was running, but what wheelie boom did you have?
I have never heard of anyone doing this before and it sounds really cool :thumbup1 .
How big is the population of your city that you have the resources to do this? Waco is 124k and we never do anything like this.
quite small actually. Burlington is 3000 and Coffey county overall is about 10,000.
The "Dais", I believe.
How're y'all doing, DR? Glad you're safe enough to post...
And, yes, there are cows just wandering in traffic all over the place.
Looks like an interesting trip.Looks surprisingly neat, clean and orderly.
They have a rough copy of the Arc de Triomphe?
Looks surprisingly neat, clean and orderly.
To be honest, I couldn't bring myself to photograph many of the living conditions I saw there. I was well and truly appalled. Best I can describe is imagine one day you drive by the local landfill and find people are living there. And not on the nicely compacted surface over the landfill. They have carved out hovels in the junk and garbage of the tipping face.That's why I was so surprised at how clean it looked.
Dude, you look freakin' amazing!
I melted and cleaned about 1200 lbs of lead. All neatly stacked in 7.5 lb ingotsJealous.
Jealous.Totally. Nothing beats inhaling lead fumes.
Totally. Nothing beats inhaling lead fumes.If you're sucking in lead fumes you're doing it wrong.
If you're sucking in lead fumes you're doing it wrong.True that.
The weekend is not over yet, and I just popped open the best bottle of liquor I've ever had, bar none. :cool
Schladerer brand, Williams-Birne pear brandy. 40% abv, but I could drink this stuff out of a cup. 'Smooth' doesn't begin to describe it, and with a very clean pear aftertaste.
A) Where does one get that much lead to melt down?, and B) you must have one heck of a propane burner to melt that much down in one day. That's several lifetimes worth for the amount of shooting I have time for.
A. Nukmed is a close friend. And his forum name is more than just a cool sounding handle, he is a radiological pharmacist. I process all his pharmacies scrap lead shielding and containers.
B. I have this and two dutch ovens: http://a.co/f54qtfn Took me about 5-6 hours yesterday to melt it down. Most of it will go to an alaskan fishing guide who will cast deep sea lures.
I don't know if it is due to the steel jacket issue, or if they have had other quality control problems with the Russian stuff.It is much more likely that the range staff just doesn't like having to pick out all the steel casings before they can sell the brass.
I know you don't like most alcohol, but I always get a distinct pear flavour with Speyburn 10 yo. You might like it, if you find some in your daily travels :shrug.I am still working on the bottle of Kirschwasser (cherry brandy) that was bought almost a year ago. Also Schladerer, and why I gave their pear brandy a shot. The stuff made from cherries is good, but the pear is just worlds better.
It is much more likely that the range staff just doesn't like having to pick out all the steel casings before they can sell the brass.
Might be to discourage a particular type of shooter. I remember they used to specifically ban AKs and SKSs, even though they sold them at the attached gun store. I think they were basically cool with regulars bringing in an AK, it was the more casual folks that caused a problem. I think they were getting a constant string of yahoos that were going in there blasting up the target systems. Bubbas or the wannabe gangsters would get themselves a cheap SKS at the gun show and end up trashing the downrange lights or hitting the target return cables.
That makes sense. At the range I used to go to back near Philly, they had big signs up saying that any handguns larger than .44 Magnum, i.e. .454 Casull, .50 AE, .500 S&W Magnum, .45-70 (I believe those were all specifically mentioned on the signs) could only be single-loaded, and if you loaded multiple rounds into the magazine/cylinder, you'd be ejected. I asked why, and they said it was because of morons showing off by emptying their Deagles and whatnot as fast as they could, and putting rounds through the ceiling (indoor pistol range in the burbs, not good) and destroying the target systems.
I am still working on the bottle of Kirschwasser (cherry brandy) that was bought almost a year ago. Also Schladerer, and why I gave their pear brandy a shot. The stuff made from cherries is good, but the pear is just worlds better.
A. Nukmed is a close friend. And his forum name is more than just a cool sounding handle, he is a radiological pharmacist. I process all his pharmacies scrap lead shielding and containers.So, what do you use to remove the white paint from the outside of the containers? Or do you just toss the thing into the pot and skim it off as dross after the metal melts?
B. I have this and two dutch ovens: http://a.co/f54qtfn Took me about 5-6 hours yesterday to melt it down. Most of it will go to an alaskan fishing guide who will cast deep sea lures.
So, what do you use to remove the white paint from the outside of the containers? Or do you just toss the thing into the pot and skim it off as dross after the metal melts?
<snip>Anyone know if the Dremel brand replacement cords will fit a Craftsman?How close to the tool did she chew the cord? If you have at least a foot of cord left, I'd just put a new plug on it and plan on always using an extension cord. I like not having to worry about always having to get within 'x' feet of an outlet.
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I like it. :coolMy back didn't.
Yeah but the alternative was probably worse . . . :vomitOh, come one, it wouldn't smell that bad... :P
Yeah but the alternative was probably worse . . . :vomit
Oh, come one, it wouldn't smell that bad... :P
Oh, come one, it wouldn't smell that bad... :PLime, gotta have sacks of lime.
Lime, gotta have sacks of lime.To throw some lime on him, I would still have to dig up this tunnels to find him. He was shot on the face with a 12ga., but he still manages to crawl a bit.
Went from bare poles and rafters on Friday morning, to being able to hold heat end of the day today.
I think at one point we had 5 ice packs in application...
Tell that to my shin...
(In all seriousness, they were being used by the kids... one poor kid had a tendency to lead with his nose: got nailed in the nose once, and bashed his teeth against his lip hard enough to draw blood the second time. Both times his Mom was out of the room. Learned something odd: I am not comfortable giving someone else's kid a comforting hug while he's bawling his eyes out with a bloody lip. So I just sat there, holding the icepack on his lip and patting him on the shoulder.)
You monster >:D .....and college tuition after Mommy and Daddy sue you for being a pervert who was groping their kid. :panic
My constitution could not bear that. If a tiny human is injured, I will give them ice cream, a hug, a Ferrari, or whatever else they require if it comforts them.
....and college tuition after Mommy and Daddy sue you for being a pervert who was groping their kid. :panic
These days it's best to have the parents there, or at least a LOT of witnesses. Lots of over-reactive parents out there, as well as lots of opportunistic parents.
Tell the little kid to walk it off...
::) People are opportunistic a______s, regardless. Nothing new to see here :coffee .Um, yeah... but do you enjoy being sued? Because there are people that actually enjoy suing others. Don't give them a reason.
Um, yeah... but do you enjoy being sued? Because there are people that actually enjoy suing others. Don't give them a reason.
If you are in your work clothes, maybe you could get away with comforting a stranger's child. In public? No way.
He didn't say a strangers kid, he said "someone else's". If they were one of the children attending his child's birthday party, then I assume that there is at least some association there.
Since he's still in pre-school, the dayschool we have him at basically 'suggests' inviting all of the kids from his classroom (last year, we had it at one of the local public parks), and keeping presents to under $20 or so... I don't feel bad about this, as my son seems to get along with most everyone, and we get along pretty well with the other parents. The kid in question is one of the three or four that my son gets along with particularly well, though. But yeah, the last thing I need is some parent getting overprotective and surly.
Funny aside - one of the girls attending the party got jealous of the other kids having icepacks, so she wanted one, even though she hadn't gotten hurt.
That's actually my favourite joke to tell in my professional life :rotfl .
My father's favorite saying when you are hurt and looking for sympathy is. 'I have had worse on the head of my dick.'My father was fond of saying, "If you're looking for sympathy you'll find it in the dictionary between "sh*t and Syphilis." ;)
I have to catch myself all the time to NOT say that to people and the children of my friends.
He didn't say a strangers kid, he said "someone else's". If they were one of the children attending his child's birthday party, then I assume that there is at least some association there.I'm just going to say that my father once came a hair's breadth from being accused of improper behavior with a child, (and I was right there when the alleged incident happened, so I know there was nothing at all improper) so I'll be playing it safe, thanks. Not my kid = Not touching them.
Either way, I feel this is all much ado about nothing. People can sue you for any damn thing and while I understand not giving them reason too, if you can help it, it is still best practice to help others. It seems weak in spirit and character (i.e. being a b____) to let the fear of a potential minor suing paralyse you and rob you of your humanity, so as to keep you from rendering aid to anyone. Whether that be a crying child or a car accident. I cannot say that I would want to be in the company of an individual that would be of such a weak or immoral temperament.Yeah okay, whatever. I find a certain irony in the fact that you will 'do what it takes' for a child's comfort, and risk the consequences, but have a phobia about the legal risks of marriage. Conversely, I view the pitfalls of marriage to be an acceptable part of the game, yet won't come within 10 feet of other peoples' kids. (family excepted)
Stephen, you look freakin' awesome!
I was actually thinking about putting together a Colonial Marine costume myself for last year's Boston Comic Con, but decided against it due to time and budget constraints (and the fact that I'm useless at "arts and crafts" stuff).
BTW: did you ever "officially" join the Rebel Legion?
What kind of holster? I've been thinking of getting something similar for my CZ75.
And not this weekend, but I just signed up for my second attempt at the A100 trail challenge. 100 miles in 50 hours. Brutal. Made it 28 miles last year before tapping out with foot issues, but I'm planning to crush it this year.
https://northcountrytrail.org/trail/upcoming-events/special-events/allegheny-100/
Not as exciting as battling Vader, but I finished a table for my wife. She’s been after me for 5 years to build a farmhouse table. Now she says she needs a matching bench, so look for that in spring 2023.
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Biscuit joiners are also things to be loved, for such applications...
Biscuit joiners are also things to be loved, for such applications...
The issue I often have using dimension 2X lumber is it tends to warp when I apply a finish. Have had this happen several times. May be something to do with the dry Utah climate.
I prefer dowels over biscuits for making panels. It is just cheaper and holds about the same in my experience.When I was a kid we had an old, rough farmhouse table in the meat house made with oak slabs for the top and frame, locust post legs and the whole thing was held together with hand cut tapered pins. You probably couldn't have broken it short of hitting it with a truck.
When I was a kid we had an old, rough farmhouse table in the meat house made with oak slabs for the top and frame, locust post legs and the whole thing was held together with hand cut tapered pins. You probably couldn't have broken it short of hitting it with a truck.
Agreed. If you have never gone to an antique farm equipment show it is worth the time and effort to do so. Seeing old steam powered equipment in operation is a jaw dropping experience for most and almost guaranteed to put a grin on the face of every child ( regardless of age ) within earshot of a steam whistle. :cool
Watching everything from tractors to threshers and sawmills run without so much as a single watt of electric power gives you some idea what our ancestors did for a living and how tough it actually was. It amounts to a snapshot of the industrial revolution. Valuable knowledge indeed in the event of a societal collapse and reversion to previous levels of technology.
The issue I often have using dimension 2X lumber is it tends to warp when I apply a finish. Have had this happen several times. May be something to do with the dry Utah climate.2x lumber is not dried to a very low moisture content. That can be (and is) one reason it moves once it starts drying out. Another reason may be if you only finish 'the sides you see,' neglecting the back/bottom/ends. It makes the board 'unbalanced,' and will contribute to warpage.
2x lumber is not dried to a very low moisture content. That can be (and is) one reason it moves once it starts drying out. Another reason may be if you only finish 'the sides you see,' neglecting the back/bottom/ends. It makes the board 'unbalanced,' and will contribute to warpage.^^THIS^^
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CDB at Ga Mountain Fairgrounds in Hiawasee
for an 82 year old, Charlie still rocks! (sorry about the crappy cell phone photo)
and then the drive home the next morning
Love the images of the road! :thumbup1It was an interesting drive home--on one hand; the time of year and weather meant we had the road practically to our selves---on the other hand; my truck is a 5 speed---it and my left knee were NOT happy by the time we made it down to flatter ground
My favourite kind of weather is when it is about 50 degrees, foggy, and sheets of mist so thin that they travel upwards in light currents of wind :cool .
I tried a crossword. Sort of.
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I tried a crossword. Sort of.
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Went to a tiny local comic convention (in the most literal sense: it was almost completely focused on comic books & comic collecting) that was kind of meh. Not all that well organized, though I suspect the organizers got shafted by the venue (though listing the wrong address on the website was definitely the org's fault).
On the upside, I finally took my first step into a larger world and joined the 501st Legion.
The SJWs would have us believe that the one and only symbolism of the confederate flag is RACIZZM and hate. Some (most now?) flag companies wont even make them, from what I have heard. They don't want the risk of being associated.
Then again, if I were to want to put little Nazi flags on the graves of relatives that fought for the Reich, people would lose their s___. (and in Germany, I would be arrested) So it is all but a matter of perspective.
Viagra Falls?
Typo . . . :cool . . . auto correct is my worst enema.
went and listened to the pipes, and watched guys in skirts throwing telephone poles
In the interest of keeping the momentum going on renovating the basement and finally having real shop space, I stayed home this weekend to rearrange and clean the basement.
Next step will be moving the beer fridge out to the garage, which (due to the size of the fridge) will require not just removing the doors from the fridge, but may necessitate removing the door frame from the wall (the door betwitxt garage and basement is 32" wide - the fridge is 36" deep and well over that wide).
Meh. The door needs replacing anyway... *sigh*
Don't get me started about whichever of them also removed the other steel support column that should have been under the beam supporting the kitchen and the rest of the house. :bashAh...then I presume you're familiar with railroad/screw jacks and the "1/4 turn per day" protocol for raising a floor? :D
I think that the builder needs his fingers flattened. I really wanted to put a 42" front door in just to make appliance moves easier. Garages, basements, laundry rooms all NEED at least a 36" door.
I am about to pull an eight pound pork shoulder out of the smoker after eight hours at about 225, meat thermometer says it should be done. I am looking forward to some good eating this week.
Ah...then I presume you're familiar with railroad/screw jacks and the "1/4 turn per day" protocol for raising a floor? :D
Doors... *waggles hand* I've got the tools to make my own, the hard part would be getting the same quality of pine we had just thirty years ago. The lumber we get nowadays is grown so fast, it's soft, and doesn't have the same grain structure. And I'm not feeling a burning need to put custom made oak doors in... there's a line where you get investments back on upgrades, and doors are juust one the other side of that line. Kitchens and bathrooms, you'll get a good chunk of it back. Doors... you'll get that back if the person cares.
There are a few local lumberyards - the closest one to me has some good stuff, but I haven't price checked among the ones around me (need to do that, but it shifts seasonally, I'm sure).
My table saw is a contractor grade, not cabinet grade... I'll update it when I have the cash to. In the meantime, I'll build a cab around it, and work with what I've got.
Other'n that, I've got a good bandsaw, floor stand drill press, 12x36" lathe+, thickness planer, 6" bench jointer, 6" floor stand jointer*, router table, free hand plunge router, and buttloads of odds and ends.
+ One of the first things I turned for a friend is a bat, from ash. He won't give it back for me to put a finish on it.
*I got it free off of freecycle - it might need a new motor or drive belt - previous owner said it chipped, even with new blades. Craftsman, cast iron stand, weighs a ton.
This past weekend I sighted in a new scope.
Back story: I had a very nice older Leupold LPS 2.5-10x45 hunting scope. Bought it new many years ago. Used extensively. Taken a lot o deer. Very bright, well-made. Recently, it started to change point of impact when adjusting the "fast focus" ring. Upon inspection, I saw that some seal or other part internally had failed. This caused the fast focus ring (and actual ocular lens assembly) to "wobble" side to side, and up and down. When the eyepiece moved, it altered point of impact.
Fast forward: About 4 weeks ago I packed up the scope and sent it back to Leupold. Their policy on this and other "Gold Ring" scopes is to repair or replace free with comparable scope.
Well, I got a box back from Leupold. Apparently they no longer had repair parts for this legacy model. They substituted.
In the box was a VX6-HD 2-12x42 with Firedot Duplex reticle. Guys, that is a scope Leupold shows as $1,800 or so on their website and has a street price of about $1,400. I was elated!
I had a lot of fun sighting it in on the ,280 Rem bolt gun that previously wore the LPS.
This is an extremely bright scope, great resolving power of fine detail and has the always ready motion-activated Firedot reticle. Another feature my old scope lacked is the exposed elevation and windage turrets (in MOA) with zero stop (they call it zero lock). Once sighted in and the turrets turned to zero, you cannot accidently go past zero and lose your position. Maybe they've had this on hunting scopes, but I've seen this mostly on tactical or long range target scopes.
Leupold also provides a card in the box to send in with your chrono data and they will send you a custom elevation dial for you favorite load. I like to dial in for distance with either MOA or milrad and am used to that, so I don't know if I will even bother. But, hey, its' free. I do have a pet 140 grain handload (Barnes TTSX) at about 2950 fps, that I might send in the data on.
Shorter version: Sent in old broken scope, got new state of the art tricked out hunting scope for free except for cost of one way shipping. Happy customer.
Well colour me envious :thumbup1 .
The husband of a friend of mine has a Kubota dealership... I have a feeling I'll be renting one next year, for probably the same reason you were driving it around Nukmed's yard... Landscaping? Fixing grading issues?
Congrats on your own place. Wonderful feeling, isn't it? :thumbup1
Congrats on the Master's, too! :thumbup1
Wasn't this weekend, but it was on A weekend. I put an 8,000 pound class 3 hitch under my 2016 Colorado. Had to tie ropes around the ends of the bumper to hold in roughly in place, since the same bolts that hold the bumper to the truck are used to install the hitch (replaces the bumper hitch piece that tucks up and hides under the bumper). Took my neighbor and I an hour or so. Pain in the posterior. Literally. Not nearly as easy as a class 3 for a Ford Ranger. Those are 15-20 minutes, solo installations, without air tools.
That sounds awful :-\ .Well, it wasn't fun, but it was satisfying when it was all done.
You know, Toyota Priuses don't have tedious trailer hitch hook up problems :neener .Don't have "tedious trailer hook up problems" at the back end, or at the front? I could tow a Prius with no problem. The same can not be said about the Prius. And if my battery needs replacing it doesn't cost $7,000 or more.
That sounds awful :-\ . You know, Toyota Priuses don't have tedious trailer hitch hook up problems :neener .
That sounds awful :-\ . You know, Toyota Priuses don't have tedious trailer hitch hook up problems :neener .I'm thinking you don't really need a proper hitch if all you're rated to tow is a Radio Flyer kid's wagon . . . :coffee
I'm thinking you don't really need a proper hitch if all you're rated to tow is a Radio Flyer kid's wagon . . . :coffee
Empty Radio Flyer...at a maximum speed of 25mph.
That sounds awful :-\ . You know, Toyota Priuses don't have tedious trailer hitch hook up problems :neener.
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Can't tow and launch the boat with a Prius either. Kinda hard to take the trash cans to the transfer site also. So the wife "borrowed" my truck when she wanted to go fishing.
The 2018 GMC Canyon gets 22 city/30 highway and the 2018 Chevy Colorado also gets 22/30.
Just checked. The 2018 F150 gets 20 mpg city and 26 hwy :shrug .
The 2018 GMC Canyon gets 22 city/30 highway and the 2018 Chevy Colorado also gets 22/30.
It's irrational, but I really want that Canyon :banghead . There's nothing wrong with sedans... There's nothing wrong with sedans... :rotfl .
And the Canyon and Colorado are twins.
Mechanically identical except for body parts and interior trim items.
Hard to find anything with decent towing capacity that isn't truck based. $6 - $9k is another strike against finding anything with decent towing capacity as most things that are capable in that regard are going to be $10k + if there's any life left in them.Decent towing capacity= tow another car on a dolly or 16ft travel trailer/moderately loaded ute trailer. I've driven big trucks professionally, so I'd be a bit more cautious and baby things if I were dealing with steep grades, ect.
I suppose I should ask what you consider "decent towing capacity"? :hmm
Ugh. What weekend? Spent all day Saturday helping my parents with their massive yard sale (for which I was paid rather handsomely, so I can't complain too much) and then all day yesterday babysitting our neurotic dog while my parents are out of town for a funeral. They've gone out of town at least once a month for the last three years, never longer than two nights, but the little bugger still gets himself so worked up that he makes himself physically ill.
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Man, the north rim must have been awesome this time of year. They get some real howlers up there during the summer. Was Zion really crowded?The North Rim was colder and wetter than the last time we were there in August. The thunderstorms were incredible to watch coming across the canyons. It also seemed like there were more people there, including a lot of French tourists.
Got my new gun "safe" assembled, and then hauled my guns and a sh*t-ton of ammo from my parents' house to my apartment.
And wit that, The Move That Will Not End has pretty much come to an, uh, end. Now I get to devote my (more or less) complete attention to the sequel: The Great Unpackening.
I always have the urge to burn everything, and to just start over when I move. That may be a just me thing tho.That sure beats moving it all. It’s expensive though.
I always have the urge to burn everything, and to just start over when I move. That may be a just me thing tho.
Moving is awful, I've thought long and hard about ditching my bed for a camping cot and then reducing all my belongings down to what fits into one suitcase.
We Americans are truly blessed to have as much unnecessary material crap as we do :banghead .
I could move everything I had in just my pickup UNTIL I got married.
If one woman can add so much stuff to be moved. Then I have no clue how lesbians ever move at all. I assume hire a few semi trailers.
I'm glad it's not just me.You are not alone.
I always have the urge to burn everything, and to just start over when I move. That may be a just me thing tho.
My son is looking for a compact pistol in anticipation of getting his CCW in the next month or so. I, being the dutiful father and all-around awesome guy that I am, volunteered to accompany him to the gunshow today and offer all the unsolicited advice he could handle. ::)If I could share some unsolicited advice: I was at the local gun pusher last week, and they have a case dedicated to used pistols. I noted to the merchant of death helping me, that the vast majority were mid-size to upper-mid sized pistols. Sig P229, HK P2000, commander 1911s, and the like. His response was that I was correct, and that 'most guys think they will conceal a lot better than they do.'
Raptor,
My apologies for any stress my range report may have caused to your psyche or pocketbook. ;)
NukMed
The boy is leaning toward a subcompact like the Shield or a PPS...Both are good guns. I mentioned in another thread, have him try to find a range that rents, or friend who owns the guns in question. My personal experience with a PPSm2 is that the grip geometry and my hand shape do not agree very well, and a crushing grip (aka a firing grip for a mouse gun) causes the gun to tip forward and not allow a good sight picture. Hard to catch in a store, but much easier on the range.
Nukmed, I have shields in both 9mm and 45 ACP. When you come over to brag about your Archon B and P10C, bring number 1 son and he can fondle my shields.
Dang, for a minute there I thought that was a video of an ANTIFA rally . . . :scrutiny
It is easy to see the one underlying distinction of everything you pointed out, class warfare. Marxist thought lays all your ills at the feet of some 'other'. These 'others' are already in the process of war against you. So you are entitled to self defense. Therefore any violent action you take is justified.
bourgeois, usurpers of the will of the 'Great Masses', or the white patriarchy are all names used to describe this nebulous 'other'. Once you add the Maoism that the 'Great Masses' need education to correct their 'petty bourgeois tendency'. Then you get a well-formed weaponized societal virus to infect individuals.
I would put Marxism-Leninism-Maoism ideology as one of the most destructive products of the human mind up to this point in our history.
Destination Star Trek was in Birmingham this weekend so I headed down with my bamboo cannon that shoots diamonds. Got lots of autographs, including one from this man who has never been in Star Trek at all but was a priority for me:
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That's Fred Haise. One of the astronauts from Apollo 13.
Also got autographs from:
Gates McFadden, William Shatner, Jeffery Combs, Walter Koenig, Nicole De Boer, Andrew Robinson, Marina Sirtis, Jeri Ryan, Alexander Siddig, Michael Dorn, Vaughn Armstrong,Kate Mulgrew, Rene Auberjonis (plus a drawing of a bucket), Nana Visitor, Terry Farrell, Alice Krige, Robert O'Reilly, Chase Masterson.
Great collection of autographs! Can you actually read Shatner's? I managed to get his in 1970 on a playbill after watching a play he'd starred in. He came out on stage after, answered a load of questions (mostly on STAR TREK, but some on a tv movie he'd done, THE ANDERSONVILLE TRIAL) and signed all the playbills.
Somewhere I also have James Doohan's autograph --- which is legible!
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I hate you so much right now. Had to scrape frost off my car this morning.We are on the big island at Kona. I am sweating my butt off when not in the water. It is like porn for field biologist here. There was an Indian mongoose running about when I was eating breakfast this morning.
I hate you so much right now. Had to scrape frost off my car this morning.Cut him some slack. He had to scrape some frost off today as well.
Not a weekend, but this morning I helped rescue two kittens from the left shoulder of I-75S, on the way into work.
With the help of the first guy to stop, a State Patrol unit, a Cobb County cop, and a HERO unit, we got 'em collected (including fishing one out of the front right wheel well of the State Patrol SUV), they're currently in quarantine in my master bathroom.
Yeah, those videos where the rescued animal instantly turn into bundles of thankful love? That only works with dogs...
Or not. :coffee
Cleaned out the back gutter now that most of the maple and cherry leaves that overhang it have fallen.
Yeah, 6" are way smaller than 12". And they're even harder to hit when someone is on the other side trying to send them back your way.
That it is. Lots of fun though. I also set one of my 12" plates at appx 100 yards (prob closer to 90) for rifles and managed to ding it a few times with the Glock, which was probably more luck than skill.
So, better than average but not great. Which is also in my Tinder profile.
Well, since you started the braggin' :cool...I may not do it on demand but I can hit a 12" plate at 50 yds more often than I miss. Speed is good, accuracy is good...by shooting far more than a normal person but not nearly as much as the pros, I've become acceptable at both but not particularly proficient in either. :o
At our "church shoots" it's safe to say I'm the best pistol shooter there. No bragging, just an observable fact. And these guys are probably pretty good representatives of the "average gun owner". You put me in a match with guys who live for this kind of stuff and I'd be surprised to be in the top half.
So, better than average but not great. Which is also in my Tinder profile.
When last I competed in IDPA just at our local level, I almost always came in in the bottom third. I don't practice that kind of shooting as much as they do, and I'm lousy when a clock is running.Same here. I'd place roughly in the middle, higher or lower depending on who showed up. I could beat the new guys but not the match junkies. I just didn't (and don't) put the reps in to level up.
Same here. I'd place roughly in the middle, higher or lower depending on who showed up. I could beat the new guys but not the match junkies. I just didn't (and don't) put the reps in to level up.
I know it’s not really weekend stuff, but here is a pic of where I will be this weekend
Home
Beautiful :thumbup1 . Looks like a screenshot from the long dark .
Finally finished my costume(s) for the 501st and submitted my pictures for legion approval. Fingers crossed...What type? Pics?
What type? Pics?
TIE Reserve Pilot and Bridge Crewman.
That's awesome. I have always been a Star Wars fan. I'm a bit too old for that type of cosplay, (not technically, just too old to deal with crafting a uniform) but I too would pick something OT.
My only... question... would revolve around the uniform fit. Are the baggy shirt and pants correct? It has been a while, but I seem to recall imperial bridge staff sporting a more tailored look.
This weekend my oldest boy and I finished moving my latest tool (http://fellingfamily.net/images/mill.jpg) into place.
VFD and some tooling arrives on Tuesday/Wednesday, so hopefully my mid-week I will be making some chips.
As always, free time during the week was non-existent, so all the mid-week goodies just sat until Saturday.
On Saturday we ran the conduit, pulled the 10/3, installed a double pole switch and wired the VFD to power and to the mill. Programmed and pushed the button for a test run just before the bell rang to clean up for a night out with the missus.
Sunday morning before church was spent with the indicator on the spindle tramming the head. The table is pretty chewed up, but I got it within about a thousandth all the way around. Mounted up a Kurt vise and got it trued up to the table. I also got the VFD control wiring connected to the head switch on the mill, so once the VFD is on, it works pretty much as anyone would expect. Almost missed church, but made it in during the first hymn.
After church I scrounged up some 1.5" EMT conduit and put a 3/8" end mill in a collet, put the EMT in the vice, and put a small flat on it. Then I cut a 3/8" groove about 3" long using the X power feed.
So, the mill is in business!
8 hours of firewood cutting, splitting, and stacking on Saturday. We bought a 7 cord dump truck of logs that were delivered on Valentine's day. Would have been done before sunset except I ended up going to town to get a new chainsaw after breaking my older, now smaller chainsaw.
Today 8 hours of snow blowing after getting the new carb on the snowblower. 8" of snow last night, another 3-8" in the forecast for this up coming week. I had thought that we had not gotten any snow this winter until I went around the other side of the greenhouse and realized that the snow was 6' deep on that side. The appeal of Tuscan is becoming clear to me.
I am tired. Can I go back to work for another 50+ hour at work so I can get rested up for my next fun filled weekend.
And . . .
I'm still stuck. Snow stopped and it warmed up to almost 40, but there's so much out there that I still can't go anywhere. I tried a couple of hours ago. Got 10' further than the first try. And had to get a shovel out to clear 6' behind the rear wheels so I could get running room, and clear a path for the front wheels to track in so it would turn back toward the driveway.
And I have a bunch of tax prep waiting at work . . . That I can't get to.
Pooh.
Guess I'll have to load up some 9mm ammo as a consolation. :rotfl
Did you mean "Better to be snowed in at home than snowed in at work?" Oh, definitely!
There's no food there.
**snip**" the sunshine yellow color the previous owners had painted has proven to be the single most difficult color to cover I have ever dealt with in my life.
**SNIP**
I've always had decent results with KILZ.
BTW, I've also discovered Zinsser works better for cabinet doors, and woodwork where you want to still see details. KILZ works great, but goes on so thick it can obscure seams, etc. (not necessarily a bad thing, if you're looking for that).
Before I renovated my wife's townhouse, we painted all the cabinets in my kitchen in Athens, which was a *loooot* of cabinets. With the Zinsser, the cabinet door panels and frames still looked crisp, whereas the test piece I did with KILZ looked like it had two or three more coats of paint on it.
Just an FYI, if you ever have to go through that...
:facepalm Glad you're feeling better. For future reference try this - when you first begin to feel sick from something like that, eat an entire lemon or lime. Pulp, juice, membranes, peel, seeds and all. You may be sick for an hour or two but when the nausea clears up that's usually the end of it. It was a tip I got from an old fisherman who ran a shrimp trawler down on the gulf coast. Seems to work for me every time I've tried it. :shrug
Interesting! I'm not sure I could eat a whole lemon when nauseated though.
I wonder why this works... acidity kills the bacteria, maybe? Not sure the peel is necessary, but there are plenty of acids in the essential oils, so maybe... huh. :hmm
Would definitely recommend keeping the menu light for a few days after that, maybe eating yogurt, or something else probiotic to boost the gut biome...
I'd like to see the ad for that:College kids need money.
"Hi! We'd like to give you food poisoning, and see if it can be headed off by you eating a citrus fruit, whole."
"Whole?"
"Yup, peel and all. Munch it down."
"Fluff off."
I don't think that would explain the nausea subsiding after a few hours and returning to near normal over the next 24 hours. Its worked like that for me on a few occasions when others in my party who ate the same food but didn't do the lemon trick were deathly ill for 48 hours or more. I couldn't say what the whole truth is without some scientific testing - just passing on friendly advice.
Does it give you diarrhea? If it does. Then Lowkey might have a point about it just making the body pass the problem.I generally don't keep a journal and I particularly don't keep one when I'm feeling poorly but I can't recall that it gave any particular problems along those lines. Certainly nothing like the projectile vomiting and diarrhea commonly encountered with a cracking good case of food poisoning. :hmm
Someone take one for the team and eat a whole lemon while you're healthy, damnitt!!! :cussIt changes every time I eat a pint of blueberries . . . :whistle
Document the event and tell us if your poop changes :coffee .
It changes every time I eat a pint of blueberries . . . :whistle
Someone take one for the team and eat a whole lemon while you're healthy, damnitt!!! :cuss
Document the event and tell us if your poop changes :coffee .
Would it count if it were coupled with adequate amounts of liquor to make it palatable?3 shots of tequila, I'm handsome.
'Cuz Saint Patty's is coming up, and I can do that with a lime & tequila, no problem... it'd take, what? 8 shots?
How's the count go? One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, more! Four tequila, five tequila, six tequila, floor!
Technically it's a vacation, but since it's going to last until next week, I say it counts.
Nah. Tucson is a sh*thole. I think it was one of those the president mentioned a while back . . . :whistle
Nah. Tucson is a sh*thole. I think it was one of those the president mentioned a while back . . . :whistle:hmm
Well my property and road is rapidly becoming a mudhole. :whistle We are much too small to ever be noticed by the president.Key difference: You are not being overrun by dirt worlders. The people make the s___hole, not the other way around. Our president knows this, and it is what he meant. That is why the media hated it so much.
To get us back on track (as it were):
I finished putting the half-bath back together. Mounted the mirror over the vanity, and changed out the electricals to white plates/switches/receptacles instead of black.
Fun part of that was (re)discovering how badly the house is mis-wired. The ground fault receptacles in the front two bathrooms do not go back to the ground fault circuit - they go to the circuit labelled 'jacuzzi tub' (which is in the master bath). Had to find that out the fun way - flipped a bunch of jumpers, then (when that didn't prove fruitful), pull out the receptacle while it was live, caaaaarefulllly remove the black wire, and touch it to the ground wire. Small spark, small pop, circuit goes dead. Swap in the new receptacle, and go find out which circuit jumped.
Fun. Only got buzzed once. :D
The electrician we hired to do the electrical portion (moving the disposal & the dishwasher wiring), asked me where the panel was (down in the laundry room). Instead of going and turning off the breaker, he grabbed a pair of insulated wire cutters and snipped the line, producing a loud pop, a small flash... and a pair of wirecutters arcwelded to the wire (which came off with a little bit of wiggling). He then went down, and checked which breaker had jumped, remarking "Cool. For once, it was labelled right.":scrutiny Followed immediately by him being thrown out of the house on his ear?
:scrutiny Followed immediately by him being thrown out of the house on his ear?
I ALWAYS test outlets and/or switches after I've turned off the "correct" breaker.
Was bit too many times when I was in college.
:drool
You lucky sonova....
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Having finished all three tasks without issue, I dug into the 2018 taxes with some concern based on the experience so many of my peers had shared. But, they worked out reasonably well and I have no concerns.
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What's the rule about luck? It always runs out ;) .
Oh, and they pretty much got the withholding tables too low, as more people are ending up owing when they'd usually received refunds before.
I actually got a little back since I didn't have any more income from the old rental house that I sold. However, that just means I got back a small fraction of what was stolen from me.
This has been uniformly true among people I have spoken with. Numerous friends are scrambling to scrape together money they didn't expect to have to pay before next Monday.
My refund was fully 60% smaller than last year. And I did lose a college tax credit from one of my kids, I know that didn't account for that 60% drop alone.
The target is very dead, in any case.
15 yards, semi-auto? Nothing to be ashamed of there Mike.
And, that target above? That was the better of two, when I was shooting SWC bullets. The other had the round-nose bullets, and while about the same left to right, had a little more vertical stringing, which was all me. If I'd been shooting at a bowling pin, I'd have hit 11 of 12. Had one low left flyer.
That is a good group at 15 yards.
You also do not seem to have vertical or horizontal stringing. Which is good. You are messing up equally in all directions which is always promising. ;)
If you can pull off consistent headshots at 25 yards. Then you are better than 95% of the folks I have ever shot with in person.
Really? I thought it was better to consistently string shots in one direction, because it showed consistency in your mess ups (which meant you could be corrected). I was actually worried about having them "equally dispersed".
Oops!
Sorry MTK20. I misread and thought Mikee5star posted that grouping. :facepalm
I'll just slink back in to my corner and tighten my green eyeshades now.
My weekend was unexpectedly long... because I caught a truly horrific stomach bug. Haven't been that sick in years. Three days of ultra-bland food. I'd kill be to be able to eat something that has actual flavor right now.
Sorry to hear that. There's a lot of intestinal, respiratory, and plain old 'bad' allergies (at least, bad allergies in the south) going around right now.
My wife is basically taking ALL the allergy medicines right now, and she is still feeling not the greatest.
Finally, after something like a year and a half, watched Solo. Was running errands, stopped by the local library on a lark since I was driving by, and lo and behold, the DVD was on the shelf. Last time I'd checked their catalog, there were I think 60+ holds on it.
Anyway, it was... fun. Not a good movie, but a fun movie.
No idea. I suppose he could have plead the charges down to misdemeanors. The arrests were for theft of services, bad checks, tresspassing and harassment. I don't know what the convictions ended up being for, but he netted himself a lifetime ban from the financial/ real estate industry.Apropos nothing whatsoever, what was his party affiliation?
Flyers went around of his mug shot and everything. But he had seemingly endless funds to throw at promoting himself. :shrug
Nice. :thumbup1 I've been to Bath and Stonehenge as well. Impressive stuff.
Nice photos.Fortunately, no. We rented a car and drove from London.
Looks like what I recall from seeing those places back in '89.
I'm guessing you didn't make the mistake (like I did) of taking the local bus route and walking the rest of the way to Stonehenge?
In cowboy boots, no less. :facepalm
Went to the Strasburg Railroad... and saw this beauty. May I present Her Royal Majesty, the Queen of Steam, Norfolk & Western 611.
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And I got to go up in the cab and blow the whistle! (not sure how to embed videos, so click the link!) https://photos.app.goo.gl/Sgp67BBdMY6LkvLe6 (https://photos.app.goo.gl/Sgp67BBdMY6LkvLe6)
You look so happy after you finish blowing the whistle :cool .
Some things just put a smile on your face no matter how old you are or how many times you do them. :thumbup1
Took a loooooooong weekend and flew down to Florida to visit my parents for Thanksgiving.
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As usual, Mom cooked WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much, so we all ate WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much.
Flew back to Coldandwet Yankeeland late last night. Flight was late getting in, then we got stuck on the tarmac for another half hour (navigation instrument wouldn't calculate), so long story short I didn't get back home until after 1:00 AM. So that was fun.
And here I thought you and your parents always lived in PA :shrug .
A long weekend with family doesn't sound so bad :cool .
Drove up to the mountains to spend the weekend with family. Snagged a slight deal on a Ruger Mark IV 22/45... remarkably accurate little thing. My cousin and I put two shots into a beer can at 10-15ft - one shot each.
My son - 6yo now - threw up for the first time in his life Saturday at midnight, so I stayed up to 4am while he slept, in case he woke up needing to do so again (stumbling to a bathroom in an unfamiliar house in the dark generally doesn't go well).
His review of the event was succinct: "Puking sucks!"
Yes, yes it does.
Ugh. I feel for you and your boy both. Though I am envious that he made it 6 years without puking.
I spent a month one week visiting relatives in Haines City . . . :facepalm
I spent a month one week visiting relatives in Haines City . . . :facepalm
"Cleveland. What a lovely city. I spent a year there one day."