I have things to get done today, I be having Friday and Saturday off, and therefore haveta get all of my stuff done on Friday ’cause Saturday is like a special day…..According to the sale paper, anyway.
Meh.
Just not feeling it.
Ffnorgh
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Just sayin’
Yeah, I know it is late…..
Still funny though
Aaaannndd… you knew it was coming
“It’s about marriage equality,” Nathan Collier told reporters in Montana on Wednesday, using the term supporters of same-sex marriage prefer to advocate for their cause. “You can’t have this without polygamy.”
Look: I don’t care if you have a relationship with your lawnmower (as long as the lawnmower can consent and is of legal age….), but really, we all knew that this was coming as soon as the Gay Marriage case was adjudicated. I personally think the State should only record the contract between consenting partie(s) for legal purposes (next of kin, consent/healthcare decisions, inheritance, etc) and leave “marriage” to other organizations to solemnize.
It does, however, appear to be an attack on “Marriage” in our culture.
Look: I don’t care if you have a relationship with your lawnmower (as long as the lawnmower can consent and is of legal age….), but really, we all knew that this was coming as soon as the Gay Marriage case was adjudicated. I personally think the State should only record the contract between consenting partie(s) for legal purposes (next of kin, consent/healthcare decisions, inheritance, etc) and leave “marriage” to other organizations to solemnize.
It does, however, appear to be an attack on “Marriage” in our culture.
Officially jumped the shark
TV Land has pulled “Dukes of Hazzard” reruns.
Because “confederate Flag”.
Flag bad
This is completely insane now. I can (maybe) understand Amazon and Ebay and WalMar’ts actions….but this is now groupthink gone way too far. Despite attempts, you can’t rewrite all history.
I guess this action somehow fixes all the issues? Makes the world a better place?
A Damned Good Question
Are Republican Leaders being blackmailed?
I’d like to believe otherwise, but it it, really, the only explanation that I can see that makes sense.
Unless, of course, they are selectively replaced by something from a pod or whatever…..
Rifle stock Bleg
Does anyone know of a manufacturer of 10-22 rifle stocks with adjust able Length of Pull and adjustable height cheekpiece?
Bell and Carlson make one, but the workmanship was….terrible. Their tolerances could be measured with a yardstick, and accuracy and tightness is….lacking. Checkering was…cosmetic, and seams would require a file to cut down….Sad, that. I liked the idea of the stock, but the workmanship was terrible.
I’m building a custom 10-22 range gun with mostly aftermarket parts, and plan on having to fit things a bit here and there…but I’d prefer not to have to inlay/cut the stock to fit the action…which I’d have to do with the Bell and Carlson. (they are that bad, sadly)
Suggestions?
So the mom of the 2 young ladies I taught this weekend
Called and offered to pay for the ammo we used over the weekend….
I declined to accept any money….for ammo or my time.
She said “the girls want to go again”.
I said she could buy the ammo for that trip.
She pointed out that she could afford to pay, and that I had spent a fair amount on ammo. And that I could teach others with the ammo I could buy to replace the stuff we had used for her girls…
I said that I didn’t care.
She asked why I do it.
“Well”, I said, “I began to teach classes without any charge primarily to pay back those who taught me, many of whom have passed on, and I teach to honor the time, effort and money they spent for me…..paying back, and continuing the legacy.”
“Now, I do it for that reason, and because I love teaching and seeing that “smile” that every new shooter gets on their face, no matter what age”
“Besides, if I can help keep even one person from harming another accidentally, then it is all worth it”
And really, that is it. I also don’t think that anyone who has actually been taught in a class how to handle a firearm and to shoot them ever becomes an Anti-Gun” type….
Why do you folks do it?
Egads
But at least it isn’t “Purse Carry” as proscribed by the experts……..
2 more for the Dark side….
So Saturday was the shoot for the 2 young ladies.
Mom brought them to the range about 10 AM. Signed them in and had them sign waivers and all the other stuff the range requires.
Showed them around.
Then we had a short familiarization for the 2 girls.
Safety briefing.
4 rules
types of actions
4 rules.
Range safety briefing
4 rules
Time to shoot. Indoor range (Mosquitos were….voracious.) Strung the 7 yd cable and hung some targets.
go over the 4 rules again.
.22 pistols (the girls liked those, especially the ones with red dots)
.380’s (not so much)
big 9MM. Yeah!
small 9mm (not so much).
.38Special. (Meh)
.45 (1911). YES!
Their hands were a bit small for the pistols (being young girls) but they hit every time, at least on a NRA 50 ft Small Bore Pistol target. (about 12X12). With the .22 and the .45 they ate the black out of the targets….
The outdoor 50 yd/25 yd range was occupied, so we did .22 rifles inside at 50 ft.
Both girls like the scoped 10-22….(who wouldn’t?) and the one said “This is just like Call of Duty!”
Hits were hard to call after the first one, even with Shoot and See targets. All one hole (I know, 50 feet, but still, first time shooters).
I had fun, they had fun, they learned something, learned that guns are not toys, and above all, I got to see two beautiful “first time shooters” smiles. Was too busy to take pictures.
They want to come and do some more shooting soon.
Mission accomplished.
So Tuesday is, apparently, the day
Apparently, on Tuesday, Greece is gonna default.
Which begins the death spiral for the EU.
This should be interesting.
If you haven’t pulled out your money from anything remotely connected to Europe, or a European market, it is probably too late.
But try anyway.
Save what you can.