Does not follow...

[Netpackrat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHZvVsGGY-U

Just... Damn.

[blackeagle603]

Speechless...


LBJ daisy ad comes to mind

[Netpackrat]

https://fee.org/articles/trump-is-quiet ... he-things/

[Netpackrat]

Thriller parody:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynO-bqU6tUk

[Vonz90]

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2017/11/0 ... tests.html

Well good, I am a football fan, but the NFL can rot in hell for all care at this point. Never watching/going to a game again.

[Termite]

Sometimes I am a dumbass.

Last Tuesday there was a storage unit that had not been paid for in months, and the manager was putting the contents up on auction. However, I had been told that there was "some sort of old airplane fuselage and engine" in the unit.

I completely forgot about it. Turns out the fuselage was trash(Bellanca Cruisemaster), but there was an IO-470 and constant speed prop. And a decent stainless side-by-side fridge.

The unit went for $150.........

[blackeagle603]

The unit went for $150........

I feel faint...

[Steamforger]

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....

[Greg]

Got caught outside when it started to hail today. Wasn't even very large hail.

It hurt, especially the ones that got me in the head. Left small welts all over my back. Yay.

[Netpackrat]

I have a new winter driving chant.

"It's not the Jeep."
"It's not the Jeep."
"It's not the Jeep."

And honestly, the new truck is OK so far... But it's not the Jeep.

[randy]

I have a new winter driving chant.

"It's not the Jeep."
"It's not the Jeep."
"It's not the Jeep."

In my mind I hear that in this voice

[Weetabix]

Turns out, if you're done with slow fire, go to rapid fire, then put the rifle down, it WILL melt the lining of the rifle case. Who knew?

[HTRN]

I really hate Uber drivers. It seems like to most of them, driving is something of a new concept.

[Vonz90]

So the house is sold and we close in about 4 week. Have not found a place yet but looked at one today which is pretty good, nice house and enough land to bow hunt. Much closer for the daughter's school and wife's job and about the same for mine.

I hope this works out because I don't want to do a double move

[Steamforger]

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

[HTRN]

Tomorrow off!

[Vonz90]

Well they took our offer, should be in the new place by Christmas. The new place is not the pile of garbage this house was when we moved in. Actually it has been well maintained for the most part.

Still, even though I like the new place and I think it is going to be a better overall situation- it was kind of nice to be done with house projects.

[Weetabix]

I mostly use FB to keep up with what my kids are doing. FB sends emails regularly. Today, it said, "See who likes your Facebook page."

I don't give a crap who likes my Facebook page. I can't remember the last time I posted something there.

[Greg]

I mostly use FB to keep up with what my kids are doing. FB sends emails regularly. Today, it said, "See who likes your Facebook page."

I don't give a crap who likes my Facebook page. I can't remember the last time I posted something there.

I like FB. I use it as a valuable crutch.

I use it to keep in touch with all the people who I theoretically feel I should at least stay in some kind of touch with, but who I otherwise wouldn't actually keep in touch with because they're not close enough to me to be in regular phone/text/email contact.

That and there are a few local things I keep up on through their social media feeds, like the local minor league baseball team, custard shop, etc.

Of course FB has ambitions of its own. You can smack those down by being very strict about turning off notifications and such.

[Greg]

As time goes by, I more and more strongly feel I ought to learn Python.

[Weetabix]

As time goes by, I more and more strongly feel I ought to learn Python.

I recently decided to try C because that's what the "experiments" that came with my Raspberry Pi starter kit have code for. Of course, they also have the Python code.

Why is Python better than C or C better than Python?

ETA: putting on my seldom used "take an interest in others" hat, Gee, Greg. Tell us about what has motivated this desire?
ETA2: That sounds sarcastic, but the sarcasm is directed at me, not you.

[Netpackrat]

As time goes by, I more and more strongly feel I ought to learn Python.

I recently decided to try C because that's what the "experiments" that came with my Raspberry Pi starter kit have code for. Of course, they also have the Python code.

Why is Python better than C or C better than Python?

ETA: putting on my seldom used "take an interest in others" hat, Gee, Greg. Tell us about what has motivated this desire?
ETA2: That sounds sarcastic, but the sarcasm is directed at me, not you.

I don't think he expected the Spanish Inquisition, Weet.

[Weetabix]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

[Greg]

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.

I did, however, just recently buy a comfy chair.

[Greg]

As time goes by, I more and more strongly feel I ought to learn Python.

I recently decided to try C because that's what the "experiments" that came with my Raspberry Pi starter kit have code for. Of course, they also have the Python code.

Why is Python better than C or C better than Python?

ETA: putting on my seldom used "take an interest in others" hat, Gee, Greg. Tell us about what has motivated this desire?
ETA2: That sounds sarcastic, but the sarcasm is directed at me, not you.

C is a much lower level language, what you control with C is much closer to what the computer is actually doing.

So what you can do with 1 or 2 lines of Python code, you might need hundreds of lines of C code to do. The upside, for C, is that those hundreds of lines of C code are almost certainly going to be faster (possibly MUCH faster) than the 1 or 2 lines of Python.

That's the short version.

When computers were less powerful, everything was written in lower level languages, like C. Or even lower, like assembler, for when you REALLY need speed and efficiency.

Now that computers are so much more powerful, higher level languages like Python are more desirable. They make it much easier to get any particular thing coded and done, and they run fast enough. Mostly. This is very desirable for folks like sysadmins, who want to automate various things.

Operating system kernels and such, device drivers, things that work with hardware and need to be *fast* still tend to all be written in things like C. Or just programs intended to run on very small, weak, slow computers.

A systems programmer (someone working on the OS or its utilities, network infrastructure, etc) will still need C, or relatives.

A sysadmin or regular person can get by with a scripting language, of which Python is the leading candidate these days. (Used to be Perl, and before that shell. Those are still used. I can get by in either of those.)

As a sysadmin, evolving to keep up with the world as it currently is, knowing Python is *very* helpful. Many scripts you'll run into are written in it, many of the newer cooler tools use it, or at least integrate with it.

Oh I should add, around 1991 (or 2? 3? I forget exactly) or so when it was clear that engineering wasn't happening, a friend gave me a copy of THE book on C (K&R) and said, 'need a job, learn this'. I did in fact work through the entire book and learn a bit of C, but found it exquisitely painful. So painful in fact, I got a job selling books (many of them copies of K&R) instead of coding C, for 1/4 the money of a coding job. Then my inherent geeky problem solving skills set me on the path to accidental sysadminhood.

Anyway, short version of *that* is, unless you know you need to know C, I recommend learning Python instead.

[Steamforger]

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

I hope the pilot isn't punished too badly

[Rich Jordan]

As time goes by, I more and more strongly feel I ought to learn Python.

I recently decided to try C because that's what the "experiments" that came with my Raspberry Pi starter kit have code for. Of course, they also have the Python code.

Why is Python better than C or C better than Python?

ETA: putting on my seldom used "take an interest in others" hat, Gee, Greg. Tell us about what has motivated this desire?
ETA2: That sounds sarcastic, but the sarcasm is directed at me, not you.

C is a much lower level language, what you control with C is much closer to what the computer is actually doing.

So what you can do with 1 or 2 lines of Python code, you might need hundreds of lines of C code to do. The upside, for C, is that those hundreds of lines of C code are almost certainly going to be faster (possibly MUCH faster) than the 1 or 2 lines of Python.

That's the short version.
.....
.....
Anyway, short version of *that* is, unless you know you need to know C, I recommend learning Python instead.

To add just a little, with Python you both get (depending on platform) and can easily add a huge number of library packages that make it relatively easy to do a lot of things that might have to be written for C. Want to output PDF files? Excel spreadsheets? Control IO ports on the RPi? Run fancy-pants LED lighting? Connect a weather monitor? Do motion detection on the video feed from webcams? Thousands of different things that folks have pre-written libraries for; you include them, you can call the functions in the library, and they do the low level bit twiddling for you. Its possible there is support for some of these in C but it will be a small fraction of the support in Python

[Netpackrat]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/opin ... ml?src=twr

There is a common liberal argument that our present polarization is the result of constant partisan escalations on the right — the rise of Newt Gingrich, the steady Hannitization of right-wing media.

Some of this is true. But returning to the impeachment imbroglio made me think that in that case the most important escalators were the Democrats. They had an opportunity, with Al Gore waiting in the wings, to show a predator the door and establish some moral common ground for a polarizing country.

And what they did instead — turning their party into an accessory to Clinton’s appetites, shamelessly abandoning feminist principle, smearing victims and blithely ignoring his most credible accuser, all because Republicans funded the investigations and they’re prudes and it’s all just Sexual McCarthyism — feels in the cold clarity of hindsight like a great act of partisan deformation.

For which, it’s safe to say, we have all been amply punished since.

Do you love it? Do you hate it? There it is. The way you made it.

[Greg]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/opinion/sunday/what-if-ken-starr-was-right.html?src=twr

There is a common liberal argument that our present polarization is the result of constant partisan escalations on the right — the rise of Newt Gingrich, the steady Hannitization of right-wing media.

Some of this is true. But returning to the impeachment imbroglio made me think that in that case the most important escalators were the Democrats. They had an opportunity, with Al Gore waiting in the wings, to show a predator the door and establish some moral common ground for a polarizing country.

And what they did instead — turning their party into an accessory to Clinton’s appetites, shamelessly abandoning feminist principle, smearing victims and blithely ignoring his most credible accuser, all because Republicans funded the investigations and they’re prudes and it’s all just Sexual McCarthyism — feels in the cold clarity of hindsight like a great act of partisan deformation.

For which, it’s safe to say, we have all been amply punished since.

Do you love it? Do you hate it? There it is. The way you made it.

OMG.

If that hit print in the New York Times, the jig is up. The purge is coming.

[Rich]

Clinton at his worst was worth at least ten of AlGore.

Please, please be careful what you wish for.

[First Shirt]

Clinton at his worst was worth at least ten of AlGore.

Wow! Talk about damning with faint praise!

[g-man]

For a number of (previous) administrations now, it has appeared that vice presidential running mate choices have been made in a self-preservatory manner. One look at the prospect of the Vice Pres being in charge likely stymied many a would be assassin. Or at least it's appeared that way to me.

ETA: addition in parens

[Weetabix]

For a number of administrations now, it has appeared that vice presidential running mate choices have been made in a self-preservatory manner. One look at the prospect of the Vice Pres being in charge likely stymied many a would be assassin. Or at least it's appeared that way to me.

What about this one?

[First Shirt]

On the list of things that work the way they're supposed to: The bread machine I bought from DAK Industries, back in 1993. I'm using it today to make dinner rolls for Thanksgiving. To date, I've needed ONE replacement part (the rubber seal at the bottom of the mixing bowl) that cost me a whole two dollars, delivered.

[g-man]

For a number of administrations now, it has appeared that vice presidential running mate choices have been made in a self-preservatory manner. One look at the prospect of the Vice Pres being in charge likely stymied many a would be assassin. Or at least it's appeared that way to me.

What about this one?

I won't comment on the current administration, just like I tried to not comment on the previous administration when it was the current administration. Officers being politically agnostic and all that malarkey.

On that note, I saw some retarded meme the other day lamenting that saying that you don't want to talk about politics is just 'exerting cis-white-male privilege' or some other trivial crap. My posts to Twitter consist entirely of my astrophotos, because there are actually rules about getting into politics given my position. So it's actually a lack of that privilege on my part. As far as 'non-partisan' political issues on places like facebook? I've just stopped posting or commenting on posts about it because I'm tired of arguing with people over stuff we mutually can't change each other's opinions on.

[Weetabix]

Ah. Forgot about that. Not trying to troll you or anything.

During the election, I kind of liked Pence more than I liked Trump. I kept wondering if Trump was trolling the nation, intending to resign once he'd been in for just a bit.

[g-man]

No worries.

In the spirit of this thread, now for something completely different...

I talked to a local gun shop counter guy on my lunch break one day last week. I can either put a retarded 'paddle grip' instead of the pistol grip on an AR, along with some other nonsense, and make a 'featureless' AR which is CA legal.

Or,

I could buy an M1A with a muzzle-break instead of a flash hider, and only keep 10rd mags, and have a fully functional battle rifle.

Or,

A CMP Garand, delivered to a CA FFL of course, with as many en-bloc clips of .30-06 as I can keep on hand.

Both of which, in the hands of a trained individual, should scare anybody with any sense about guns at least as much, if not moreso than a neutered poodle-shooter.

[blackeagle603]

I've just gone to Kydex slipon "featureless" fin grips. Then pulled the bullet-buttons and pinned on a "featureless" muzzlebreak that I'd rather have than a standard flashhider anyway. Actually better off than before -- until they realize what foolishness they've wraught and pass some more GFW legislation.

Buying a rental property just across the line in Yuma is looking better and better as a spot to set up a secure storage location for no-CA compliant stuff -- like all my freeman standard cap mags. Maybe Tucson since just connected with some family there.

[Greg]

Does anyone happen to know anything about some contrail oddness going on today?

First we noticed one set of high altitude contrails that appeared to be made be planes flying essentially in line abreast. That was odd enough.

Then a little while later we noticed a set of *4* parallel contrails, being left by 4 separate aircraft flying over in line abreast. Yes, we watched them flying over just a few minutes ago.

[randy]

Could have been a tanker with a group of fighters en-route overseas, or practicing for such an event.

When heading over seas fighters will sometimes fly in formation with a tanker to refuel periodically and to let the tanker do the navigation.

[HTRN]

Started waching "Kids react to" videos on youtube, where they get a bunch of kids to listen to, as one teenage hipster in the videos put it "old people music""

So far, I watched Queen, Led Zepplin, and just started Iron Maiden there's also videos with them listening to AC/DC and Metallica.. I wonder if they've done Motorhead, Manowar, Slayer, and Overkill?

The best part, is theres always some seemingly normal looking kid who goes nuts, when he hears what's playing...

[blackeagle603]

The best part, is theres always some seemingly normal looking kid who goes nuts, when he hears what's playing...

Been spending some time in the car with youngest daughter (now almost 22). Her car is in the shop longterm with a trans warranty repair (4th trip back , another story there). Anyway we have been enjoying some dad-dates to the beach with surf boards or the dog. At some point she realized I'd put an updated radio in with and Ipod input so she took over the audio co-pilot responsibilities.

I must say, for all the troubles and difficulties she's having with getting herself on track as a young adult, she sure has great taste in music. Really into wide range of rock and blues. Even old school late 60's rock with heavy country emphasis.

[Netpackrat]

Our foreman at work is on light duty following back surgery, but he keeps trying to do more than he is supposed to try to help out... It's really annoying. Tonight when we moved the last airplane into its parking spot, we made him sit in the cockpit to operate the parking brake. Then we didn't bring the stairs up to the aircraft until the very last, after all the other equipment had been positioned.

[Vonz90]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/30/te ... olumn.html

This should not be hard to figure out, if saying something about racial group would be racist if said about another group- then it is racist.

So yeah- this is racist pro genocidal hate.

[Weetabix]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/30/texas-student-newspaper-blasted-over-anti-white-your-dna-is-abomination-column.html

This should not be hard to figure out, if saying something about racial group would be racist if said about another group- then it is racist.

So yeah- this is racist pro genocidal hate.

Wow. That kid can't think at all. Or read his own words.

“Whiteness will be over because we want it to be,”

“You are both the dominant apparatus on the planet and the void in which all other cultures, upon meeting you, die.”

Doesn't that mean it ... won't be over?

University said,

“We acknowledge that the column could have been clearer in its message..."

Seemed pretty clear to me.

[evan price]

Wife is going to murder me.

I was hauling appliance scrap to my local junk yard and saw a couple of trailer-mounted high volume air compressors parked by the pile. One is the ubiquitous Ingersoll-Rand 185. The other is an Atlas-Copco. Both are similar oil-flooded screw compressors.

Construction company scrapped them because they wouldn't make air pressure and when they got around to tinkering they wouldn't start.

Both are powered by John Deere 4239 Diesel engines.

Ok so the I-R looked the nicest so i brought a battery out and gave it the look over. Fluids up, oil in separator, new alternator and starter. Threw a battery in and cranked it over. It was 28f last night so it's sluggish. Had to get out the jumper cables and manually prime the fuel system. About a half hour of tinkering and she fired right up and sounded great. No leaks no smoke no noises.

Sure enough, no air. Doesn't try to throttle up, doesn't blow more than a whisper. Messed around with the pilot valve for the unloader. Thought i needed an allen wrench to adjust it...then realized the adjuster screw had vibrated loose and fallen out! Found it in the muck in the bottom of the trailer and screwed it in and viola i got her to go.

The Atlas-Copco was more of a cranky bastard. Brand new rotary injection pump. Recent starter and alternator. Somebody had added an electric fuel pump and bypassed the mechanical lift pump. All the injector lines were full of air. After an hour of needling with it i finally got out the ether and she cranked right up. Got a few oil leaks. No air. I'll mess with it later.

Worked out a 2 for 1 deal and paid basically $.25/# for them both.

[blackeagle603]

Well played sir!!!

[Vonz90]

Packing and hauling all weekend- have to be out on Thursday morning for Friday close. Then do it all again into the new house a week later.

Moving sucks and I am beat. Getting too old for this crap.

[HTRN]

Just a heads up - bullets.com is having a sale on mechanical rests, i just bought an alumknum bald eagle windage rest for 140 dollars.

[Vonz90]

Thunderstorm, all 70 lbs of the dog is alternating between pacing around and laying under my chair against my leg..

[Jered]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/30/texas-student-newspaper-blasted-over-anti-white-your-dna-is-abomination-column.html

This should not be hard to figure out, if saying something about racial group would be racist if said about another group- then it is racist.

So yeah- this is racist pro genocidal hate.

Obviously this newspaper knows nothing about history.

[Vonz90]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/30/texas-student-newspaper-blasted-over-anti-white-your-dna-is-abomination-column.html

This should not be hard to figure out, if saying something about racial group would be racist if said about another group- then it is racist.

So yeah- this is racist pro genocidal hate.

Obviously this newspaper knows nothing about history.

I suspect he knows it and is calling for a similar solution.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/12/04/colle ... omination/

Nice start, now fire whomever approved printing it.

[Netpackrat]

What the hell happened, anyway?

[Weetabix]

I don't know, but I was jonesing.

[randy]

Apparently we had a system crash (not sure if hardware or software). I don't have the details.

[Steamforger]

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

[Langenator]

Is it weird that I keep a VCR around for the sole purpose of playing my original trilogy Star Wars VHS tapes that haven't been sullied by George Lucas' CGI additions?

[MarkD]

Is it weird that I keep a VCR around for the sole purpose of playing my original trilogy Star Wars VHS tapes that haven't been sullied by George Lucas' CGI additions?

Not at all. I have the DVD set with both the theatrical releases and the updates, I've yet to watch the updates.

[Weetabix]

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

Literally laughed out loud.

[Netpackrat]

Received this link via email... Apparently CBS got something right for once:

http://thebiglead.com/2017/12/09/video- ... beautiful/

[Langenator]

Received this link via email... Apparently CBS got something right for once:

http://thebiglead.com/2017/12/09/video- ... beautiful/

There's also this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTKWdoJClhA

[Vonz90]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AOlYnAf7oFQ

My boy is in the choir singing here.

[Steamforger]

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

[MarkD]

I wonder how much trouble I'd get into if I wore a shirt to work with a picture of a sprig of mistletoe on the lower back, and invited people to kiss me under the mistletoe......

[HTRN]

I want a mistltoe belt buckle

[Vonz90]

Set up the blind on the new place. Hopefully will get out to use it this weekend but I wanted the dear to get used to it.

Also noticed a huge deer trail (more like a deer interstate) just behind my back lawn, but that spot is sorta - visible to the one neighbor I have, so I am not going to set up a blind there (since I do not want it to be visible to them) but I may build a dead branch/brush blind that would not look like anything to them.

[Weetabix]

Set up the blind on the new place. Hopefully will get out to use it this weekend but I wanted the dear to get used to it.

Also noticed a huge deer trail (more like a deer interstate) just behind my back lawn, but that spot is sorta - visible to the one neighbor I have, so I am not going to set up a blind there (since I do not want it to be visible to them) but I may build a dead branch/brush blind that would not look like anything to them.

The alternative methods seasons have been annoying lately. I can't hunt near my house. A buddy and I go to conservation areas up near the Iowa line. Wife says I can't go until after Christmas.

[Vonz90]

Set up the blind on the new place. Hopefully will get out to use it this weekend but I wanted the dear to get used to it.

Also noticed a huge deer trail (more like a deer interstate) just behind my back lawn, but that spot is sorta - visible to the one neighbor I have, so I am not going to set up a blind there (since I do not want it to be visible to them) but I may build a dead branch/brush blind that would not look like anything to them.

The alternative methods seasons have been annoying lately. I can't hunt near my house. A buddy and I go to conservation areas up near the Iowa line. Wife says I can't go until after Christmas.

Bow season is still going during alternate methods.

Seasons.JPG

[Weetabix]

That's right. I remembered you were a bow guy, but not being one myself, I'd never looked at that season.

[Vonz90]

That's right. I remembered you were a bow guy, but not being one myself, I'd never looked at that season.

Could go with a crossbow, it counts now in Missouri. (I don't really use my regular bow any longer, cause I am much more consistent with the crossbow and I can use the same/same.)

[Greg]

I have a couple of devices in a room that are connected to the rest of my network over a wireless bridge.

One of those devices, well I don't touch it much. I just noticed the other day it was running Debian 6. Yes, 6. So now it's running Debian 9, and doing just as little as it did before.

Except it keeps experiencing this weird intermittent connectivity.

Nothing has changed on that device except the OS install, and every other device in the room connected via that bridge was and is fine. None of them had connectivity problems before or now.

Grrrrrrrrr. Pretty sure it must be arp related, somehow, but the details elude me.

[Netpackrat]

Gun stolen from open carrier in a Walmart:

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/2017122 ... uses-panic

[Vonz90]

Gun stolen from open carrier in a Walmart:

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/2017122 ... uses-panic

Reason # 3427 why open carry in urban areas is a bad idea.

[Steamforger]

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.

[evan price]

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.

Welcome to the club pal.

[Netpackrat]

I can't decide whether these guys are amazing, dangerous, or just amazingly dangerous:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWe75FAM8AQ

But they are almost certainly friends of HTRN.

[308Mike]

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.

You did pretty good!!! I outgrew mine just a few short years after buying it. I'd say you've done well for yourself, discipline-wise.

[Weetabix]

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.

If you started a thread on your research, others of us could ride your coat tails.

[evan price]

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.

If you started a thread on your research, others of us could ride your coat tails.

Can i chime in?

Getting your C&R is a great way to fill a safe fast.

[HTRN]

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

Costco has a Cannon for under 800, just sayin'

But they are almost certainly friends of HTRN.

Don't be ridiculous.

Like i have "friends".

[308Mike]

Can i chime in?

Getting your C&R is a great way to fill a safe fast.

NO DOUBT!!!! If I had one of those, I would have had to buy a MUCH larger safe to begin with!!!

[Netpackrat]

Merry Christmas to me... Ordered the following unit from Woodcraft just now; we'll see if they end up honoring the shipping that their website quoted:

https://www.woodcraft.com/products/riko ... sku=152919

Trying like crazy to keep my new shop from getting as nasty with dust as my old shop did, or especially as nasty as the previous occupant left it, which I have nearly finished cleaning at this point. Later on I may also spring for a dust extraction vacuum to use with those power tools that can accept the hose for one, but the ceiling mount unit should help a lot even then.

[Netpackrat]

AAAnd I got an email notice that my dust eater is backordered, which I am assuming is code for delayed while they decide they won't ship to Alaska...

[Netpackrat]

I sent this link to my brother and it cost him a bunch of money:

http://www.graniteridgeoutfitters.com/A ... 1-MLOK.htm

They have similar deals right now on M5 upper sets (Aero .308) but it will probably help if you like Flat Dork Earth a lot.

Also, for those who are tied into AAC's shitty mounting systems as I am, right now AAC is running a sale on all their flash hiders on their site. I picked up some 51t Blackout flash hider mounts for $55 each, which is as low as I have seen them anywhere.

[308Mike]

I sent this link to my brother and it cost him a bunch of money:

http://www.graniteridgeoutfitters.com/A ... 1-MLOK.htm

They have similar deals right now on M5 upper sets (Aero .308) but it will probably help if you like Flat Dork Earth a lot.

Also, for those who are tied into AAC's shitty mounting systems as I am, right now AAC is running a sale on all their flash hiders on their site. I picked up some 51t Blackout flash hider mounts for $55 each, which is as low as I have seen them anywhere.

Ahhhhhhh, the joys of living in COMMIEFORNIA where I don't ever have to worry myself with such things (NOT)!!!

I'd MUCH prefer CA send all their crazy leftist BS to some commie shit-hole state on the eastern seaboard, and we get back to at least TRYING to remain sane for a few congressional cycles before go go off the deep-end again (NY wouldn't even last a full electoral cycle)!!

[Langenator]

I sent this link to my brother and it cost him a bunch of money:

http://www.graniteridgeoutfitters.com/A ... 1-MLOK.htm

They have similar deals right now on M5 upper sets (Aero .308) but it will probably help if you like Flat Dork Earth a lot.

Also, for those who are tied into AAC's shitty mounting systems as I am, right now AAC is running a sale on all their flash hiders on their site. I picked up some 51t Blackout flash hider mounts for $55 each, which is as low as I have seen them anywhere.

I'm going to have to keep them on my list for this time next year. I've been eyeballing Aero's new ATLAS-S uppers and fluted barrel for a lightweight rifle for Run-and-Gun.

That's a heck of a price, for sure.

[Langenator]

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.

If you started a thread on your research, others of us could ride your coat tails.

Can i chime in?

Getting your C&R is a great way to fill a safe fast.

It used to be even faster. I remember the days of Mosins for well under $100 (and 1000 rounds of 7.62x39 for $79). And I'm not even old enough to remember the great sell offs of WWII surplus rifles of 50+ years ago.

(Side note: Mosins, at least the M91 and 91/30, don't fit well in most safes. I've got 4, all of WWI vintage, stashed in closets around my house for just that reason.

[Weetabix]

(Side note: Mosins, at least the M91 and 91/30, don't fit well in most safes. I've got 4, all of WWI vintage, stashed in closets around my house for just that reason.

I put the rifle somewhere and put the bolt in the safe.

[Langenator]

(Side note: Mosins, at least the M91 and 91/30, don't fit well in most safes. I've got 4, all of WWI vintage, stashed in closets around my house for just that reason.

I put the rifle somewhere and put the bolt in the safe.

I need to get some toe tags so I can keep straight which bolt goes to which rifle.

[First Shirt]

It was -7 degrees last night in Omaha, NE. It was also -7 degrees at McMurdo Station, Antarctica last night. Of course, in Antarctica, it's mid-summer.

[Gunnuts]

It was -7 degrees last night in Omaha, NE. It was also -7 degrees at McMurdo Station, Antarctica last night. Of course, in Antarctica, it's mid-summer.

You guys and your tropical locations....

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[308Mike]

It was -7 degrees last night in Omaha, NE. It was also -7 degrees at McMurdo Station, Antarctica last night. Of course, in Antarctica, it's mid-summer.

You guys and your tropical locations....

You guys can keep that shit!! I MUCH prefer to wear shorts and a t-shirt (in SoCal)!! And living in the snow made me appreciate just how warm our weather is (especially the days when it's well over 100 degrees)!!

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[HTRN]

You guys can keep that shit!! I MUCH prefer to wear shorts and a t-shirt (in SoCal)!! And living in the snow made me appreciate just how warm our weather is (especially the days when it's well over 100 degrees)!!

NYC in summer gets north of 90f, ofeten with a humidity level to match it. Meanwhile it was 9f last night, which is why i stayed the fuck home on new years.

[Netpackrat]

Currently the only un-gimped mechanic on my shift... I may need to seek out a doctor's light-duty letter like the others have just out of self defense. I figure at 43 and having worked physical jobs since I was a teenager, they ought to be able to find something wrong enough to qualify, that's not too bad to keep me from working at all, right?

[HTRN]

Currently entertaining myself with http://virtualtrebuchet.com. it presents some interesting possiblities.

Discovered Northland shooters supply sell Savage target actions, savage f class stocks, criterion prefit barrels and rifle basix stocks. Basically one stop shopping of someone who wants to piece together a custom savage fclass gun.

[Weetabix]

I can't think of any guns I want. What's wrong with me?

[First Shirt]

I can't think of any guns I want. What's wrong with me?

Take two aspirin, lie down with a cool cloth on your forehead, and try to rest. If symptoms persist, see your doctor or other health-care provider.

[g-man]

Joined the 4-plate club yesterday. Don’t actually have 8x45’s, so I had to improvise.

https://youtu.be/d2ovu_6J9Kk

Also, PCS put my diet in the ditch, and the holidays haven’t helped this year. Don’t care where my weight goes as I get back to lifting. But my waist needs to go.

[Weetabix]

I can't think of any guns I want. What's wrong with me?

Take two aspirin, lie down with a cool cloth on your forehead, and try to rest. If symptoms persist, see your doctor or other health-care provider.

I love this bar.

My eldest daughter has a long range plan - take each family member on a trip to somewhere they want to go. I want beach, snorkeling, and no crowds. She wants to do that in the Caribbean.

I said, "What about Dauphin Island? We could stop by and see First Shirt!"

She said, "You want to shoot guns? Just like you do all the time with Mr. S?"

I said, "Different guy! Different guns!"

She said, "No. I'm paying. No guns and no work. That's all you do."

[First Shirt]

Apropos of absolutely nothing, I live about 35 miles west of the I-65/I-565 interchange.