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Clear The Passing Lane
George Barris has passed.Everyone mentions the Batmobile.Why don't they ever mention The Munsters?
View ArticleConjunction Junction What's Your Function
While there's a LOT of wisdom in leaving lawyering to lawyers...I'm one of those weirdos who thinks that GovTalk should be in plain, commonly understandable English.Documents should say what they mean...
View ArticleLoss
What did we lose with all the duplications in Pulp Guns and Adventure Guns?We have published stats for a potato digger in 6x60mmSR Lee Navy, but we don't have published stats for the M1895 Lee Navy...
View ArticleConversion
I've returned to converting the GURPS 3eR Fantasy Bestiary to the 4e rules.I'd made it to Sea Serpent last time I took a break.I'm remembering why this is so hard. While the rules are simple enough,...
View Article'Merica!
Reading Peter...Of course we spend hundreds on a knife that's ultimately not much better than the $20 example.This is the culture that took the M1911A1, a pistol with an international reputation for...
View ArticleMurderhobo Style
Back in the day....32 caliber pistols were considered "enough" for "social" occasions. Today they are not.Why?Because back in the day, there were no antibiotics. Getting shot with anything that could...
View ArticleNo Cake Today
Hit the wrong button scheduling the post.Fixed.Nothing to say now.LOOK! A monkey!
View ArticleBatting At The Bare Bulb
The Lovely Harvey shot me a page with a listings for all the Veteran's Day promotions this year.Lots of free grub out there for those who've served.Once again, though, there's some stand-outs that...
View ArticleUgh
Finnish Mosin bayonets are astonishingly expensive.But I found good news!The m/39 bayonet was just a Civil Guard item, so my Army kiv/39 would be appropriately trimmed with the earlier, far more common...
View ArticleNot Insulted
Way back in January...Tam told me that I took all the wrong things from a post.It wasn't really my take-away from it I was writing about.The article she was referencing that got me typing simply...
View ArticleDid You Know
The Star B is one of the most powerful handguns ever made?When loaded with mere blanks it's capable of dropping a horse where it stands.You don't even have to point it at the horse!
View ArticleHappy Birthday Lex!
No Guinness this year, can't support Planet Vega.But plenty of COURAGE from the Jameson.We've a chair set for you.
View ArticleA For Allergic
The A-10 is the last "Attack" plane accepted for service.A-12 is the last type classified "Attack" plane designated.The services are allergic to the A designation.It's an honest niche, tactical...
View ArticleRacin'
I get a giggle when I think that NASCAR rarely runs at night and never in the rain.Conditions that bootleggers sought to escape notice from the authorities.
View ArticleLook For The Little Label
At the bottom of each post is a little label.For example, the Panther post below has history and military.Those aren't just superfluous.Things marked with humor or mindless amusement really should be...
View ArticleFound!
When assisting Willard's assembly of his last most recent AR...I fumbled and dropped the roll pin for the bolt-stop.Today while cleaning up around my work bench, I found it sitting on the book shelf...
View ArticleFudge
In whose interest is it to foment a race war?From where I'm sitting it sure doesn't look like it's in the minority's interest to get it going for reals.A real race war would be brutal, but once it gets...
View ArticleWhite On Black
People who blog with white on black text should prepare themselves for the Special Hell the Gods have set aside for them.Pray all you want, you will not be saved unless you atone and change your color...
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