Saving Money Hand Over Fist
Went to a gun show last weekend.Didn't buy anything. Including a $600 Yugo AKS.Went to the gun shop yesterday, didn't buy a Beretta 92FS. Saved $425!Going to a gun show Sunday. Not going to buy...
View ArticleIt Took A Facebook Meme
To get me to realize...The people who tax cigarettes and alcohol with the expectation that those taxes will make me smoke and drink less......are the same people who tax our wages with the expectation...
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At The Pawn Shop
We're friends with the proprietor of a local pawn shop.He mentioned that a Lorcin .380 had returned to the shop twice because it was unreliable.I suggested next time he say, "What did you think it was?...
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Lovingly Drowned In Cosmoline
It's a Zastava Poluautomatska puška M59/66A1. Also known as a Yugo SKS.My first gun in the dreaded 7.62x39mm. According to the log book that came with it, it was manufactured on October 31, 1973....
View ArticleWorlds
I twitch a bit when I hear Russia referred to as a "first world" power.Etymology is dead in J-school it seems.They use the terms first world and third world all the time without stopping to wonder,...
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History of Dottie
Dottie has seen almost as many changes as Kaylee.Dottie's name derives from a line in the movie, "Armageddon". The amateur astronomer who discovers the planet killing asteroid wants to be able to name...
View ArticleClimate Change Is Fraud
How do you tell?The people who tell us how serious the crisis is, don't act particularly concerned about it.Air Force One gulped down (using average fuel consumption) 29,460 gallons of jet-fuel in the...
View ArticleSaves Me The Trouble
Cracked had an article that laments that it's nearly impossible to study gun violence.I was going to go off on it because, unlike Cracked, I was around for CDC studies about firearms related...
View ArticleFreeman Dyson On Global Warmering
Plus Dr. William HarperNot that the person who piqued me into posting every single example of Climate Change Heresy will bother to read it. They don't care about the truth of things, all they wanted...
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PAP M59/66A1 'Portia'
This is Portia, in keeping with naming my guns with girl's names. Her last three digits of her serial are 926, which reminds me of Porsche, which sounds like Portia...It's more amusing if you've...
View ArticleHere Come Da Judge
My father-in-law says he's going to buy himself a Taurus Judge.He says it looks like fun, and it's going to be a toy.I sent him to the Hickok 45 video and something struck me...Many of the loads cannot...
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Not All The Way Dead
The phosphorescent night sights on Portia aren't completely dead.If I charge them up with my super bright Chinese 7w CREE LED light, they will glow quite brightly for about 30 seconds.Before...
View ArticleMotivation
Why am I going through the effort of getting a Utah carry permit for a one-week trip to Seattle?San Bernadino.I simply will not go where I am disarmed by law unless required by law to do so.This is why...
View ArticleIn Before The Rending Of Garments
And gnashing of teeth.Ending Federal funding of Planned Parenthood is not a ban on abortion.You can still go to Planned Parenthood and have an abortion after the Federal teat has run dry. You'll just...
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I Got Wood
Heh heh heh heh heh.The 1970 made PAP M59/66A1 has decidedly different wood from the 1976 made one.'76 on top, '70 on bottom.Am I seeing the difference between elm on the '76 and beech on the '70? Or...
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Now In Lego
For a while now I've thought that Lego mini-figs were ideal for marking your character in GURPS.They fit perfectly in a 1" hex and are nearly infinitely customizable. Especially with accessories from...
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Useless
Some people say that a rail section on top of a scope is useless.I disagree...There's nothing more utilitarian than a small bayonet on top of your scope!
View ArticleYou Said It You Own It
I just realized that the circumstances where Michele Evermore terminated contact with me were not actually of my doing.She took offense at what others were saying on my LiveJournal account and ended...
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