No Wonder I'm Bad At It
Facebook and Blogs are part of "social media".No wonder I suck at them. I'm no good at the social part.
View ArticleIs It Really So Hard
Something I just noticed about ordering from Primary Arms.The package was shipped out the same day the label was created.Ever since UPS Mail Innovations and FedEx Smartpost got started, it seems like...
View ArticleSatanic Embrace
Ever since I got Agnes, Willard has been disapprovingly clucking at my choice of chambering.Almost as if he feels that being a disciple of Jack O'Connor is something to be ashamed of!Since .30-06 is...
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Color Coordinated
The pour-your-own AR lowers can be made in a variety of colors.I did purple to match a set of Cavalry Manufacturing furniture.Marv did blue to match his Cav. Mfg. stuff.He's wanted a blue sling for a...
View ArticleHidden Figures
I have not seen Hidden Figures yet.I wonder if they're going to mention that Ms Johnson was hired when Dwight Eisenhower, a known Republican, was president. Though the barrier to hiring a black woman...
View ArticleTinkering
As I do more tinkering to the Mausers, I find I am becoming more attached to the ugly one than the pretty one.I find that odd.
View ArticleThat Was Me
Yesterday there was another accident at a busy, light controlled, intersection near here.The same intersection The Lovely Harvey was rear-ended at.I'm sitting there waiting for the debris to be cleared...
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To Dye For
Marv and I are going to attempt to dye some PMAG Gen M3 (MAG557-SND) magazines in various colors.First there was this article for inspiration.Rit has their own guide, which will likely not be quite...
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Dye Dye Dye My Darling
I now have a purple PMAG Gen M3 to go with Lavender Linda.Cavalry Manufacturing's "grape" is a bit bluer and Rit's "purple" is a bit redder.We didn't pursue it too hard because of how three formulas...
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Repeat Experiment
Three capfuls of Rit Dark Brown with 4ish cups of water.I get OD green. Not quite the same green as at Marv's using his water and equipment. His is more of a forest green.I think we've confirmed that...
View ArticleThat's Right!
Doing the magazine dye experiments reminded me of something...Shooting and guns are supposed to be fun!Dying magazines whimsical colors is fun! Even if the results are unexpected.Talking about guns on...
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Speaking Of Fun
I do have a special zombie ammo can to "charge" the zombie specific magazines.
View ArticleMust Resist
The temptation to try other color combinations for a better match of the purple plastic furniture is strong.I have a theory that instead of pure purple that using half as much purple with half that of...
View ArticleRemember Farmville?
At one point I was caught up in the Farmville Phenomenon.The Lovely Harvey is why I got wrapped up in it and it resulted in many of us having multiple Facebook Accounts.I recently revived one of those...
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Will Roll Failure
I succumbed to curiousity...The original purple was 2 teaspoons of Rit Purple into a Pyrex breadpan full of just boiled water then a five minute soak flipping every thirty seconds.L to R all with same...
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How Did It Come To This
I think these things are breeding.For years I was content with my huge collection of USGI 30-rounders with various followers...Then I got the one black Gen M2 PMAG-30. And it was my only plastic AR...
View ArticleWho Knew?
Probably everyone...Did you know that PMAG-30's (both Gen M2 MOE and Gen M3) use the same spring as your bog-standard USGI magazine?I did not know that.
View ArticleThe Same Two Sticks
I bought an iRAM memory kit for my Mac way back when...This will be the second RMA on the lifetime warranty.
View ArticleSpeed
The 12 gb of RAM remaining in the Mac Pro is actually faster than 16 gb with 2 gb in the process of failing.I'm still ticked off that I have to have RAM in matching pairs to get any effect from them.A...
View ArticleNon Event
While reading another series of criticisms about the F-35 project, I recalled something about another plane...The placement of the gun port on the F/A-18, centerline and on top of the nose, would blind...
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