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Apparently I Am Rich
Notice, no reserve. I thought the $299 starting price was a bit high, but not insanely so.This is your basic, everyday M16A1 upper receiver. There's not a thing special or particularly rare about it.
View ArticleFake News
If I were today's media I would say, "today is the 75th anniversary of the United States cowardly appropriation and theft of chemical and kinetic energy from the heroic Empire of Japan."
View ArticleFacts And Theory
Facts and TheoryJerryYour correspondent, Mr. Porter, asks what is the difference between a Fact and a Theory. This was not a question much asked in the 19th century, when the difference was clear, but...
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100% Gun From An 80% Lower
Got my lower back from Freedom Finishing today!Next time I do one of these I have to remember to have it sand-blasted. That'd make the finish more matte.And with the rest of the parts to make it a...
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Iron Sighted Muskets
Top to Bottom, clones of: Early M16, Mid M16A1, M16A2. The slings show a progression too, from Garand type cotton M1 to the "seatbelt" nylon M1 to the black nylon M1. It's amusing to an extent that...
View ArticleDamn You 2016
John Glenn has left earth for the last time.Unlike all the other Mercury 7, I got to see Mr Glenn launch. In the shuttle (STS-95), I watched the launch from the parking lot at work, with everyone...
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The More Complicated You Make It The Easier It Is To Gum Up
The Precious was giving me the security light on the dash.This is a singularly uninformative indicator.To quote page 2-18 of the owner's manual:Theft-Deterrent SystemYour vehicle is equipped with a...
View ArticleComics
Webcomics live on getting clicks and hoping those clicks turn to purchases of physical goods like shirts, mugs, compilation books... etc.Because they live on those clicks, the authors should avoid...
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Gluten Free
I discovered, reading the cans of beans and tomatoes that they are gluten free.No shit, Sherlock.There's no wheat or close relative thereof in beans or tomatoes.Nor in the hamburger or the sausage....
View ArticleObscure Reference
He plays the pronoun game so hard his name should be Albert Andreas Armadillo (no relation to the Sarsaparillas).
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For Purely Aesthetic Reasons
Swapped the A2 style flash-hider from Dottie to Valentine and the Accu-Tac 3-prong from Valentine to Dottie.I think they better match their respective barrel profiles this way.
View ArticleGone
Doing the nostalgia thing with Google Maps.I cannot find the campground we went to every summer near Kankakee, IL when we lived in Bolingbrook.I can't even find the terrain.It was right on the Kankakee...
View ArticlePopular Vote
I hate to break it to the poor, suffering Hillary supporters who're upset that despite winning the popular vote they still lose the electoral assignments...That straight democracy was rejected by the...
View ArticleI Give You Some Relevant Information
This prick doesn't even read the blog.How can I tell?Because he posted this comment:Thank you for your interesting and informative blog. I have enjoyed reading it and appreciate the work you have put...
View ArticleMy Taxes Pay For Your Car!
Actually, no.The physical car, is paid for entirely by me.I pay an annual tax called "registration" to be able to drive my car on public roads.I pay a per gallon tax on fuel regardless of if I use my...
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Rising Sea Levels
Just up the road in St Augustine there's a nice indicator that sea levels haven't risen much at all in the past 300 years or so: Castillo de San Marcos.Why do I say that sea levels have not...
View ArticleThe Criticism Of The F-35 Sure Seemed Familiar
I happened across this video:History doesn't repeat, but it rhymes.The Bug has been successful and not the unmitigated disaster implied by that 1980 report.
View ArticleUSA! USA! USA!
Heroin now kills more people than gun violence!I just can't get worked up about it.The level of addiction that eventually leads to fatal overdoses is, itself, a form of temporary suicide for a LOT of...
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