Retro OCD
Got the aftermarket entrenching tool today.The handle is WAY too short to play the role.I briefly resumed my hunt for an M1951 combination entrenching tool when I stumbled across a tidbit I'd...
View ArticleActual Measure
5.11 Tactial Purse loaded with 9x 30-round loaded M16 magazines (180x M855 ball, 90x 68gr SMK), S&W M&P 9, 2x 17-round M&P 9 magazines (115gr Hornady FMJ), 1 liter of water.9.10 kg or 20.06...
View ArticleSuccinct
In a Facebook conversation that Erin asked me to attend...I'm flailing around trying to explain to a friend of hers about rifling twist and the AR.Because there's lots of variables I'm hopping around...
View ArticleNot Interchangeable
Wurds meen sumthing.Interchangeable is compatible in both directions.In the case of NYPD,The gun, as designed, can hold 17-round magazines — two more than the Glock 19. But the NYPD had the...
View ArticlePilot Shortage
The Air Force is short pilots.I'm going to suggest some heresy to help them.A huge hunk of the prerequisites you have to have before applying to be a pilot are purely administrative and are intended to...
View ArticleExtension
If a small town cannot put a cross on top of a water tower or a nativity creche in the square because of the 1st Amendment's restrictions on government with regards to creating a state religion; this...
View ArticleWaiting For It
I am wondering if the fires in Tennessee are as bad as they are for similar reasons they get so bad in California.Are they mostly forbidden to remove brush and deadfall in TN like they are in CA?I...
View ArticleWho Is John Galt?
John Galt is sumdood who lives in a gultch who likes to talk during inappropriate touching time.
View ArticleOf All The Petty Bullshit
Dakota Meyer denied attendance at Marine Ball because he's critical of the Obama Administration.
View ArticleQuotes Of Quotes
I'm reading a compilation of Gen Mattis quotes.If he actually said all those things, he's cribbing from other folks; notably Winston Churchill.Not entirely a bad thing, because once someone's found the...
View ArticleHow Do I Know She's Wrong?
From Ace.Because the attacks stopped when the stabber was himself killed.If America was really motivated by the hate that's often attributed to it, the killing would reaching a crescendo about now......
View ArticleMinimum Wage Is $0 An Hour
Y'all want $15 an hour for a fast food job?Learn to tell the difference between Sprite and Coke.Someone else is out there with my order and wondering where their Coke is.
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Done!
Got my 'Nam issue web gear completed!It's pure whimsy driving the accumulation, but whimsy can be lots of fun.I've got an urge to sign up for a carbine class now. Or do a gimp-division 2-gun match.
View ArticleMissing Blog Friends
Back on LiveJournal, I had a few people I considered friends there.Only a couple seem to have translated here (and I knew most of them in meatspace before I even had a computer).Moving posts from LJ to...
View ArticleNo Great Revelation
Oh the joys of Facebook.A former friend has decided that since he doesn't have to worry about my delicate sensibilities he can now openly be a frothing liberal.Good for him! You shouldn't have to hide...
View ArticleAs A Former Liberal
I still had some liberal friends. Still have a couple clinging at the edges, but they're more centrist of late.I had a rough patch with one where I confronted her over her liberal bigotry concerning...
View ArticleBut...
"If you can afford a monthly Netflix subscription, you can afford a monthly newspaper subscription."-Chris CillizzaWhile this might be true, one of them sells me something I want and the other...
View ArticleStill A Great Line
From Lawrence of Arabia:Bartender: "This is a bar for British officers."Lawrence: "That's all right. We're not particular."
View ArticleDissonance
Dick's Sporting Goods is on my list.This is because they took deposits (and maybe payments in advance) for an exclusive AR from Troy Defense then cancelled the orders right after Sandy Hook.Troy is on...
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Firearms Click-Bait Quiz
Take it here!While I scored 50 out of 50, it has some issues... Here are some screen shots!There's no Glock 19 in this picture and you can READ that it says 17 on the slide!Sure looks like a model...
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