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I'm not looking for an Unlimited Class Benchrest rifle here. This is a stock Rem 700 variant of a PSS that I just wanted to make some upgrades to. I was fully expecting that this would come in around $1500-ish going by my research. We're coming into the end of long range season at my range out here ...

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I had posted back in the Ye Olde Rifle thread about an Aero M5 lower I picked up on sale recently. For those that don't know, Aero does a daily item of 10-15% off if you're on their mailing list, along with other specials. I'd figured on a long, slow build to a 6.5 Creedmoor using this method. I als...

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Can confirm Tillicum is still a hellhole.

My old boss calls it "Killascum". Apparently, he had thought poorly of some people in the neighborhood.

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Christ on a bike, I don't think this crud is going to take me. I've used an entire roll of john wayne today because my sinuses are kicking out quarts. My teeth feel like they're going to pop. I'm constantly in that "just about to sneeze, but doesn't quite yet" state. My eyes are on fire, a...

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MS and lower Louisiana are lovely country. I met up with Cybrludite in Metairie for dinner. He's a gentleman and a scholar, and I approve his choice of restaurants.

Dragos?

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Who the f^%$ is Trans States Airlines??? I get sent to Champaign for a training class. The best itinerary I can get without having to drive to Seattle is 3 flights. Spokane to Minneapolis to Chicago to Champaign. It sucked, but i didn't have to drive over any passes and cut about 1.5 hours off my dr...

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We've apparently broken NICS this month.

That's fine, I hope someone somewhere is doing a spit take over this. Looks like I have to wait a while for this one, but that's ok too. I knew it would be a slow build.

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I have many, though I haven't done any builds on them.

The last 3 lowers I bought were Aero and I have no complaints at all. If you're just looking to put away some "Poverty Ponies" for a rainy day, go for it. If you're building something you want to use, get Aero's.

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Yeah, I have one of those (but not in flat dork earth) along....

I like the color about as much as any other and live in that high deserty bit between N Idaho and the Cascades, so there is at least a little reasoning behind it.

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In anticipation of this becoming more and more difficult in WA, I decided to jump down the rabbit hole headfirst. Aero (who I've had tremendous results from with previous builds) just happened to be running a sale. $160 and change shipped in FDE. This was practically a blem price for a new cerakoted...

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Can I get one in phased plasma in the 40 watt range?

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Heard female and headscarf. This one will probably go down the memory hole.

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I've generally found American Reloading to be ok. RMR is another source I used for pulled boolets.

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May have been an April Fools joke. Carry on.

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I also kept feeling some ... spray or something off of the side walls of the booth with it. She felt a bit too, after I asked about it. Not sure what that was. Sounds like the cylinder is mis-timed. It happens. Basically, the cylinder is not lining up with the forcing cone as perfectly as it should...

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MCM US Project List

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Some "Liberal Lion" of the 9th just took an unexpected dirtnap.

It'll be interesting to see who gets tapped.

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I particularly didn't like Kelldar or whatever it was. I thoroughly enjoyed the Posleen series and would also add Yellow Eyes to that list. Watch on the Rhine was a good read despite intensely disliking some of the characters. I do think it answered a serious question in the world and situation he c...

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I'm ready to see some states splitting up.

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It comes at the worst possible time. We've all seen the writing on the wall for years. The media is pushing this as an inevitable result of the Parkland Fascists and their agenda.

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There seems to have been a correlation that happened that linked what these idiots think of the rest of us in their minds to the Gadsden, Culpepper, and Navy Jack flags. As usual, no one did even a scrap of research. Because they don't know what a fascist is, and believe with every fiber of their be...

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TheArmsman wrote:How hard would it be to setup a guntube? What steps would need to be taken?

A Brit has apparently set up something called "Gunbook".

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In another non-shocker, Reddit apparently just deleted /r Gun Deals today. I'm beyond pissed. ETA- It appears that something called H.R. 1865 was passed that was ostensibly to combat sex trafficking on the internet, but can likely make a website criminally liable for something it's users do. Some ot...

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Your short range, low power, low light requirements, and apparent hatred of money kind of sound like a Trijicon of some flavor in .308. I know you aren't hot on a BDC reticle, but if you're planning on that short a range, you might as well get some quick & easy holdovers out of the deal. Serious...

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relevant and entertaining

Personally, if I'm squinting at tiny toys and painting them for hours, I'm painting Angry Marines

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blackeagle603 wrote:We really need to let Aesop back in to add to this thread.

Sleeping dogs and all that.....

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My sister eventually went the nursing route and is a nurse anesthetist (sp?) now. She makes about double what I do as a Project Engineer. For a 30-40 hour week. No nights , weekends, hearts, or heads. A friend of hers from school working down in El Paso came in at almost $400k this last year hustlin...

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Mine is in November, but I think I may get me this.

From your list you could do Glock 27 Gen 4 and probably some glass for the AR like a Strike Eagle.

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Feinstein nearly slides off her seat

That woman is a fucking ghoul.

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Incidentally, most people I went through with who hired into departments full time failed their psych evals that were part of the hiring process. You didn't mention a psych evaluation, but they may do one. It was so predictable that it became this big joke. Everyone was crazy the first time around. ...

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I was often on my own after my first year. It's the best free education you can get on the Human condition. ETA- you may start as a fill in and there will likely be some mandatory events you'll have to work, but once your shift gets to know you as a solid guy in a pinch, a lot of that stuff drops of...

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I never had an interview or a polygraph. A friend in the department hand carried my application to the training coordinator. If you're good on pt, focus on the other things. 10 codes and signals come easy enough, but you will likely see many of them on tests every week. Get deep into whatever system...

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They're no loss really. The real thing to remember with them is getting "sporting goods" into the web adress. If you leave that off, be prepared...

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Outside of finding them generally entertaining in a tin foil hat kind of way, I find it difficult to subscribe to conspiracy theories. Despite that reticence, I have to ask if "someone or someones" wanted this to happen in order to catalyze a new round of gun control bills, what would the ...

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My Granddad saw me off to boot the exact same way 25 years ago. Can't believe it's been that long. Either way, his Granddad sent him off to USAF boot in the early 50's with everything the same except for $5 instead of the $20. The $5 back then may honestly have been worth more. It provides me no sma...

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Massive load of LE Trade In Glocks showed up on AIM's page this a.m.

Want that 35. Want, want, want......

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On another note, can we stop high police officers wearing General stars? This galls me to no end. More so than having Sergeants and Lieutenants as ranks, but I don't care for them either. Like this asshat, or any other, is walking around thinking they are the equivalent or contemporary of Leahy, Ni...

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He might want to consider relocating somewhere a bit more unknowing of his "exploits."

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Grin?

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Been wanting some green tip on hand and now 450 are on the way.

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Having trouble linking it. Was sent to me embedded at Red State. Can't speak to the truthfulness of it, but it looks real and correct from here. NOT opening it on a work computer..

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There's a video making the rounds that looks like the aftermath of a Zis-5 full of troops that soaked up a Hellfire. It ain't pretty. Notable is the only language you hear in it is Russian (or Serb, or something slavic and similar), and these guys are ratfucking the literal burning dead for everythi...

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It could get weird a few ways. First and foremost, the bumpstock doesn't change the operation. One pull, one shot. You can bump fire with a belt loop and a finger. Will they ban that too? Will the bumpstock ban open the machine gun registry? If so, I should get a dozen.... ETA- trumps base always wa...

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They, and their weird shipping policies, can go @#$% themselves.

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I do not like brussel sprouts. Full stop.

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I need to buy one to stay on the list (and I want to stay on the list).

Buy and sell.

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I'd been looking for a Cougar 8000 (Full size 9mm) for some time. The last one I got a lead on I ended up missing by less than an hour. I didn't really want to go for the Stoeger and had been researching the PX4 for a little bit. AIM had a bunch of LEO trade ins show up on their website last Friday ...

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The guy in the green Carhart at the end looks like he may be holding a knife or a Harry Potter wand.

"Avada ka...."
"BLAM"

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Another sailboat "disaster" I'll never understand how people define planning as "stocking up on food and water" and not actually learning some basics and fundamentals of sailing before embarking on these journeys. No incomes. No experience. No idea what they were doing. No insur...

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Zamak durable?

This is my laughing face

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The last one I was in was back in '14 in Key West. We were there for a diving training class and one of the guys just had to have a steak so we went there during our lunch break. He goes on and on when the server gets there about how he was a t-bone and it has to be "this thick" while maki...

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Kicked out of Outback??? They did him a favor.

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Former Co-worker tries to murder Larry Nassar. He didn't get too far, but he wasn't charged either.

I'm proud of him.

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It's looking like its a weird one this year. The Franklin Musket for $2k and maybe 4 moa, the AR-ified Thompson, the Rapidly Deployabe Bayonet, etc. I did like that lever action that was modernized and while PSA is off my buy list I enjoy that they'll be cutting the legs out from under the MP5 market.

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I'm looking into either a long term deployment to the sandbox or an overseas gig in an /extremely/ remote location. That and the current shutdown have....well....shutdown any plans for a new safe in the foreseeable future.

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Enabling Winning!

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You can only reload Henry's from the tube AFAIK. I'd go with something that had a loading gate, or a different platform entirely.

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It beats harsh language. Know your manual of arms and run what you brung...

ETA- I seem to remember Madogre had a couple of guys that ran lever actions in his carbine class. If memory serves, they didn't have an insurmountable issues.

http://madogre.com/?p=3052

Jacked up linky because mobile.

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Article . From the article, it sounds like Germany's procurement programs are in worse shape than our own. Kind of refreshing, but being 2nd in a race to the bottom is never a good thing. We're at least able to deliver, even if the program is severely flawed (LCS anyone?) Some high points from the ...

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Sorry to hear. Sincerest condolences.

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There was an article on reddit this morning about a woman who was given an OB/GYN exam in a hallway full of other people also waiting for medical care. Some of those other waiting folks are dying in those hallways apparently. They also mentioned using ambulances as treatment rooms.

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Gott mit uns.

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I thought my CoC had gone insane when they came up with "inspection disagrees." It was confirmed when they decided we should be unrepping in "inspection disagrees." For the uninitiated, unreps are dirty affairs. Lots of different types of grease, fuel oils, sea dye markers runnin...

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There's a weird culture of 20+ hour workdays, Five and Dimes schedules, increased ops tempo and tasking, and a deep, blatant double standard between enlisted and officer leadership vs crew. Topping this off is a fervent belief that if leadership had to suffer when they were junior enlisted, then eve...

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The guys I know have shifted from high-speed dynamic entries just because of stuff like this. They prefer now to hunker down in and behind the Bearcat after a perimeters been set and pump gas.

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The $$$ amount didn't concern me at all, and they do at least seem to be useful.

"Scissoring" is a lesbian thing. I'll leave the Googling of it to the adventurous.

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Got some Amazon gift cards. Family came over for lunch and my lesbian aunt gives everyone a pair of scissors.

Scissors.

I had to excuse myself for a bit. You can't make this shit up

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I've officially outgrown my safe. You know it's tight when you're alternating rifles upright and upside down and separating AR's so they fit into smaller spaces.

Guess I know what a chunk of this years refund is going to.

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There is something called 45 VRAP. Don't know anything about it, just stumbled on it the other day.

ETA-Nevermind. It apparently runs on an AR-10 lower.

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I've only used their parts for one build, but found them to be superior to Wilson and far more economical. Doesn't hurt they've installed the sights, staked the plunger tube and installed the ejector either. That save a bit of time and $$$ on tooling.

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Cough, cough...

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Anddddddd I'm finally blocked on my work computer. Only took 6 years....

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One of my meetings today.

Contractor- "Grout will be 500,000 PSI, non-shrink."
Me- "Wut...."
Contractor- "Oh, 5,000 PSI!"
Me- "I was wondering where you'd get 500 KIP grout..."
Contractor- "Wut..."

FML

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I also like Aviation and Plymouth for gin.

ETA- words, correct ones.

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Hornitos is a fine mixing tequila.

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... was he too lazy to go cuff him and drag him out, like what they are trained to do? I don't think he was being lazy. I honestly think this guy just wanted to punch a ticket. Some of these "Twister" hijinks are appropriate to felony traffic stops. There were a lot of commands from those...

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FWIW, that piece of shit cop was charged, but the police investigated the police and found the police did nothing wrong. The "Youre Fucked" dustcover was thrown out and not considered by the jury. The video was gagged until the trial was over so public opinion would be minimized. The judge...

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I can neither confirm nor deny parts scavenging was discussed.

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Fucking coward.

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I'm unhappy about losing a $2500 deduction every year. I hope the increased individual exemption will offset that loss, but it makes the increase for the individual exemption much less effective in my case. This bill is also extremely unfriendly to anyone still trying to get an education. A friend ...

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I'm unhappy about losing a $2500 deduction every year. I hope the increased individual exemption will offset that loss, but it makes the increase for the individual exemption much less effective in my case. This bill is also extremely unfriendly to anyone still trying to get an education. A friend i...

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I got a call earlier this week and it hurts to even talk about it. My old dept has a couple of M-14's that have been hanging around for a long time. They got them on the 10-33 program apparently. A friend called whoever you call for these things and told them they could come get the M-14's back as t...

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So glad that I moved to the east side in WA. There's some of this in the cities like Spokane, but nowhere near like what Seattle and Portland have. Outside of the cities here isn't much but bitter cold in the winter, hotter than Seattle summers, and a hard day of work in an orchard. It's tough to pa...

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I'd start researching Aero M5E1, Sig 716, and Mega. Aero is certainly the more budget conscious of those, but I love everything by them that I have. Their cosmetic options are really limited, but I feel the product is solid. Much more so than PSA and for not terribly more money. They also make 6.5C ...

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I have some trigger time on a Sig 716. I liked it very much. It was rather spendy though....

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DSA Voyagers are priced into the PTR 91 range right now. I have a Saiga .308 I picked up when they were a new thing. It's fun enough, but the installed sights only go to 300, so an optic for some long range fun is necessary and right now they probably fall into the same price range as the other two...

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Saw it happening. The dam I work at is not too far down the road. I opened up Flightradar24 and determined that it either had to be the .mil or Boeing on a test flight (they fly a lot of stuff around Moses Lake).

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We watched this happen yesterday afternoon standing outside the office. Sky Dick

I hope the pilot isn't punished too badly

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The PSA enhanced trigger group ($29 usually) is actually pretty damned smooth. I have a couple installed and like them.

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.... so they didn't have to eat ..... each other.... I wouldn't bet on that......... :lol: More info has come to light, like this wasnt the first time she got into trouble on a sailboat, that Appel was a stripper, and has been described by associates as "not too bright" I think the only p...

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Processing about 1200 LC 7.62 this week. That primer crimp is stout.

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I think it would be worthwhile to prevent ad revenue from landing in the news agencies coffers over these stories. This constant coverage and the bloodthirsty salivating over these stories is causing these shitheads to think they can get the newest high score and be famous.

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blackeagle603 wrote:
The unit went for $150........

I feel faint...

You feel faint? I just recommended spending another half million dollars and adding about 4 months of time to a project that was wrapping up in Dec. I can't wait for our weekly meeting on Tuesday....

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Cybrludite wrote:If they send you a SASE, I'd say sent it back with a steel plate in the envelope to up the weight and thus the postage they pay.

Duct tape the envelope to a fireplace brick. Steel plates are for hanging targets

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Their story is completely unraveling. Battering attacks by 30' Tiger Sharks, only wanting to use the EPIRB for "life threatening" situations, not making landfall two times because their hull was too deep to make the harbor, storms that didn't exist, and a lot of other bull. In addition to ...

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Read earlier that the handguns were "replicas". Haven't heard anything to refute that as of yet.

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carrying what turned out to be a paintball gun and a pellet gun.

And there it is....

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Got to see piston-engined warbirds in action yesterday. A local airport is home to both an EAA chapter and a wing of the CAF. They combine to host an annual event that features a B-25 and a TBM (GM-made Avenger torpedo bomber) dropping loads of pumpkins on a target. Big crowd pleaser. :) The B-25 w...

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Eddie Izzards "Eine minute, bitte" about this moment and the break from Cathol was pretty funny.

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If I get bipap supplies off Amazon, they tend to run 70-90% cheaper than what my supplier charges my insurance.

If that isn't waste....

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Cartagena. /shudders. Pretty sure I drank to the point of alcohol poisoning at this dive on the beach called "Banana Rama's". Then, as my battle buddy and are hopelessly lost and wandering the back alleys trying to find the pier, the ship's van nearly runs us over. If it weren't for that, ...

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