Epiphany
Did you ever notice that much of the debate on the internet is taken up by people who'll spend entirely too much time arguing over what is depicted in "The Treachery of Images" and thinking themselves...
View ArticleInsidious
Do you know how many services you have to cut to do a complete boycott of the NFL?Can't have cable or satellite, because even if you don't watch the games your fees subsidize the channels. The...
View ArticleNormally I Wouldn't
It would have served Kim Kardashian right to be murdered by a gun where the laws she so fervently wishes imposed on us did nothing to slow down a larcenous gunman.Somewhere in France is a gunman who's...
View ArticleWho's Your Daddy?
I remember 7.62x51mm NATO being described as a shortened .30-06.But that's not where it came from, at least not directly.7.62x51mm NATO is a lengthened .300 Savage.Which is a .250 Savage necked up to...
View ArticleYet They Can Predict 100 Years From Now
If you pull up the graphics archive for Matthew, you'll see the prediction cone shifting.You will also see that the actual position of the storm often misses the next predicted spot.If they can't...
View ArticleDammit Already Said It
Came up with something clever to say, only to find I'd already posted it.Dang.Well, it gave me something to post about!
View ArticleNew Experiment
Going to give Clenzoil® a whirl.I know, I am obsessed with trying out CLP's.It must be good, it smells medicinal!Tabitha gets the first time out.
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Making Me Nervous
Watching The Weather Channel's coverage of Hurricane Matthew reminds me of someone trying to sound reasonable and calming while being exultant that the BIG ONE is finally here and they have something...
View ArticleTest One Complete
Clenzoil® cleans.I am not sure I like how it cleans though.Shooter's Choice and Hoppe's seem to carry more gunk away with the liquid. Clenzoil leaves moist carbon that's easily wiped off.I feel like I...
View ArticleTinker
You know you're tinkering too much when you need a log book to keep track of what parts from whom are in which gun.It's not a log book, it's a spreadsheet, but same thing.I've got one for my AR's, and...
View ArticleThere Was Once A Reason It Was Called A Grid
In reference to this.At one time the power grid earned the name because it was a real grid. Taking out an intersection would have no immediate effect because the power automatically would travel...
View ArticleShootin
Took out Willard's PPK/S and Beretta 21A (Deluxe) and my M&P9 out to the range today.The M&P still shoots, and I can still hit with it. Shocking, I know. I still shoot it well, even if I hate...
View ArticleC Is For Cleaner
Clenzoil has cleaned an M16A1 clone that had 80 blanks through it in July.It has cleaned an M&P 9 with about 500 rounds through it.The C part of its CLP powers is confirmed.I figured out why I...
View ArticleInfernal Distances
I am trying to explain geography to my Iowa friends and relatives, again.I'm in the Tampa area. That's about the middle of the Gulf Coast.If I want to drive to another state, the nearest is Georgia....
View ArticleSlow Clap
Our Governor issued a prudent warning to the people in the path of Matthew telling them that this storm has the potential to kill.People in Orlando, well off the direct path of the storm, hear "KILLER...
View ArticleRate Of Fire
The M60 machine gun has a cyclic rate of fire of about 550 rounds per minute, no selective fire.That's a GURPS RoF of 9!.I just watched a video about the gun.It tells us that sustained fire is 100...
View ArticleQuote Of The Day
They were showing pictures of haiti and I thought it was just after a disaster... ...but it was from a couple weeks ago. It always looks like that.- Marvyn
View ArticleOvercast And Breezy
The 170 miles from Matthew report...We've got about a 20 mph wind from the NNW, we're solid overcast with no rain.This is far better than 2004 when we were thinking, "not another one!"
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